Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-09
GROSS[EY WILL
NOT G|VE N Up
Says He Will Be Back With An
other Primary Measure at
Next Legislature
ELECTION TO BRING CHANGES
Believes That Results Of the Coming
Election Will Leave No Doubt as to
the Course the Legislature Should
Pursue-Rankin Says Marshal Bill
Will Be Revived.
by Ora Williamsl


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 9.-Senator James
j. Crossley, who is one of the hold
over senators for the next session, saws
ne will be back here nine months from
now With primary election law which
ne VIII Introduce in the senate and
seek to get passed. He has tried row
three different times and failed brt
! stlll has hope that such a law can
pe gotten on the statute books. He
was the only standpatter at the ses-
sion just closed who voted for the
primary election bill, but he believes
tnat the election to take place next
november as we'll as the campaign that
is now on over the state will greatly
| change the aspect of things so far as
the primary election matter is con-
cerned.
Before leaving for his home in Win
terset Senator Crossley said: 81 be-
lieve that primary election law
should be state wide, that it should
apply to all parties, the primary be-
ing on the same day and at the same
voting places and with the same
judges and clerks as at the election
i believe the primary law should Iro-
vide for a plurality selection and that
the vote should be on all public Off
GERS. Those are the fundamentals of
a good primary election law The only
reason / made any compromise and
deviated from those general provis-
ions in the second bill that / intro
duced this session was in the hope of
getting some of the provisions on the
statute books with the hope that fu-
ture legislatures might amend and
strengthen it. There is one feature
that I will put in my next bill that
has not been in any of the others and
that is that the delegates to county
and state conventions shall be select-
ed from among the delegates named at
the primary election. believe there
is quite an advantage from so do
ing"
While these are the provisions that
Senator Crossley believes should be in
a primary election law he is not ready
to say that he will draw the bill with
them all in, but will rather wait and see
what the complexion of the next
house and senate is on the primary
question.
A. c. Rankin, of state marshals
fame. is remaining in Des Moines
for few days. He has telegraphed
to his assistants to come to Des
Moines for conference at which ne
proposes to decide on the outlines OF q
campaign for an assault on the next
legislature with a state marshals bill.
Mr. Rankin declares that the state
marshals idea is far from dead, and In
fact is stronger than ever.
So
Some light hearted members of rhe
legislature saw only comedy IN the Wo-
mans suffrage movement, but tho they
were unaware of it, there was Tragedy
also When the second and last move
by the women lobbyists was defeated,
Mrs. Dame. one of the lobbyists sought
a quiet secluded spot in which to have
a. good cry. 1t was her first year as
lobbyist, and she was unprepared tor
defeat, being sure of victory. She came
to the committee room allotted TO une
press and being in the proper mooo sat
down at typewriter and wrote Wnat
she thought of Wolf, of Alton, VINO re-
Gently said some unkind things about
the late Susan B. Anthony.
But before the defeat of the suffrage
move was fairly accomplished the SUI
fragists were planning for the cam
paign at the next session. At that time,
according to the intentions hoW' every
thing will be asked for Inc women
will ask for the right to vote LOT pfesl-
Dental electors, for school directors
and for everything else including SUD
mission of the subject to the people for
a constitutional amendment. These
different requests will be made separ-
ately in the hope that some one OF them
will squeeze thru. Another part OF me
plan is to ask of each representative
and senator Immediately aftef tne elec-
tion what petition or form OF petlllon
he will consider as having weight. II
he says he will consider most welghty
one signed only by women they VIII
| proceed to get all the women IN MS ois-
trict to sign petition. If ne wants
| it signed by men they will get one
signed by men. If he wants one signed
| by certain particular influential men or
women they will attempt to supply
| that. securing for each legislator just
what he considers weighty induce
ments.
The refusal of Lafe Young to publish
| the laws designated to be printed IN the
Capital and Register and Leader was
much discussed Saturday by the re"
legislators remaining in the city Nhe
executive council meets today to decide
what to do about the matter. Some OF
the members were sure they had pas'sed q
law to allow an increase IN tne aInoii.
paid but an Investigation d1scioses ina
this was not done The bill was INTRO
| duced in the senate, and IT was stateo
by Senator Garst that At was desired. to