Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-07
A CLEAR GUT VICTORY
More About the Vote on the
Lewis Resolution and Its
Significance
sTANDpArTERs WERE OPPOSED
Lineup Of the cummins and Opposing
Forces Shows cummins People Have
Majority in the senate-The ResoIu-
ton Endorsing Pure Food Bill in
Congress Adopted.
[By Ora williams.l
IDJ VT W f't''''F7'1
Special to Times Republican.

BY Ora Williams.l
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 1.-THE first line
up in the senate was yesterday in the
vote on the Lewis resolution for a con-
ference of governors and legislators on
the subject of voting direct on United
States senator's. The lineup was a
clear cut victory for the Cummins peo-
pie who won by % to II in getting the
resolution referred to the committee
on appropriations of which Garst Is
chairman and where it will have some
change to be reported out instead of to
the committee on federal relations
where it was sure Of burial. Two out
Of the eight democrats voted with the
standpatters in favor of referring the
resolution to the federal relations COM
mittee. There We're five absent or not
voting. The democrats held the ball
ance of power. Had the six democrats
voted with the standpatters along with
Wade of Butler and Smith of Des
Moines, the Crawford motion would
have carried by 90 to %. The five
absentees are classed as standpatters.
Those given to figuring in the future
are now estimating what the senate
vote will be on the primary bill. The
vote in the senate on reference of the
Lewis resolution to the federal rela-
tons committee was as follows:,
Vaac-J3conl,S awfnr1 I1unt
Elerick, Gale, Gilliland, Hasselquist
berry, Smith of Des ,Mones, Spaulding
Stookey. Wade, Whipple.
N.ays-Bleakly, Bruce, Dowell, Eek
les. Ericsson, Garst, Harper, Hayward.
Hopkins, Hughes, kimmel, Lambert,
Lewis, Lyons, Maytag. Newberry.
Saunders, Smith of Mitchell, Stirton,
Taylor, Turner. Warren, Wilson of
Fayette, Wilson of Clinton, Whine,
Young of Lee, Young of Calhoun,
Young of Washington.
Absent or not yoting-Courtrigh
Crossley, Hartshorn Jameson, Sucks
lager.
Aside from the Lewis resolution in
the senate yesterday the matter of in
terest was the vote on the joint reso-
luton endorsing the pure food meas
ure before congress. Senator Harper
introduced the resolution endorsing
the Hepburn bill. He asked unani-
nous consent to consider it at once.
Senator Molsberry took the floor to
speak against the resolution but as
scented to it's consideration. He was
"a hot ha
had not seen. In the spirited debate
that followed Harper took occasion to
say that his resolution endorsed mere
ly the principle of pure food and he
had supposed everyone was convers-
ant with the needs of the country on
that score. He pointed out that a ma
tional law was needed to reach the in
ter-state business which could not be
reached by the states and that a state
law was needed to reach the state bus
mess which could not be regulated Ky
the national government. Newberry,
who is pushing the pure food bill in
the senate endorsed the resolution.
Saunders moved to amend by striking
out the Hepburn clause, thus making
the resolution endorse the principle of
a pure food measure only. This lass
ed by vive voca vote and the resolu
ton then passed on roll call, only
nine voting against. These were
Bruce, Crawford, Durham, Gale, Gill
l.iand, Molsberry, Spaulding, Stockey,
Stuckslager. There were five absent
or not voting. Those absent or not
voting were: COPYRIGHT, Cross.ey,
Hartshorn, Hogue, and Jameson.
Senator Ericsson introduced bill
yesterday carrying an appropriation of
$15O,OOO for the completion and fur
nishing of the historical and state Ii
brary building 1t is expected to push
the bill through so that the money
will be available as early as possible
as It is hoped to get into the building
this year. The work yet to be done
is The interior finishing and the equip
ment.
Senator Durham reported the bill
prohibiting saloons within 200 feet Of
any railway passenger depot yesterday
in the senate with the recommendation
of the committee on the suppression
of intemperance that it pass. There
was objection and the bill was recon-
mitted to the committee to permit
certain interests to be heard upon it.
The action of the committee recon-
nlending the bill was taken some days
ago and Senator Durham carried it in
his pocket several days.