Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-14
PASS ANTI-PASs BILL
SENATE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
HUGHES MEASURE.


HUGHES MEASURE.
FactionaIIsm Rampant in iowa Gen.
eraI Acknowledgements Pay
High Tribute to David 3. Henderson.
Adopt Memorial Resolutions.
Des MONIES, March 13.-The Hughes
anti-pass measure, prohibiting rail
roads, street railways, telegraph and
passes and franks to state and ma
tional officials, with the exception of
railroad commissioners and newspa.
pers, passed the senate by unani-
nous vote. The measure carries with
it a provision making violation of
the law misdemeanor. punishable
by fine or Imprisonment. 1t has not
reached the house.
Factiona!ism in Legislature.
The present general assembly of
Iowa is destined to go down into his
tory as one Of the most turbulent in
the way of factionalism and political
activity of any assembly in the history
of the state. AS a general thing there
has been considerable wire pulling of
a political nature in Iowa assemblies,
but most of it has been enacted out
side of the chambers of the house,
and what has been done has received
n Of tbn in, f,,f r,o
conventions or elections. But this
year the political germ has infested
both branches of the assembly and
nearly every question of Importance
which is brought up is closely and
carefully scanned by leading mem
bers in order to discover what polit-
ical advantage or disadvantage is
hidden away in its provisions, if there
be any.
1t is declared that factionalism, and
factionalism alone, has deprived Iowa
of the advantage Of having primary
law placed on her statute books. 1t
is also declared that factionalism Is
back of the Senator Lewis resolution,
which provides for a convention of
the states to be held in Des Moines
during the present year to take action
looking toward the amendment of the
United States constitution SO United
States senators can be elected by d.
rect vote of the people. The resolu-
ton has passed one body of the legis-
lature and strenuous efforts are being
made to get it through the other
house. with bright prospects of sue.
cess.
1t is also declared now that faction.
alism has inspired the introduction OF
the bill by Representative Green OF
Madison, which remodels the congress,
sional districts of the state, making
changes In each of the eleven dis
tricts. The claim is made that the
bill is a movement in the interest CT
Governor Cummins, or the faction OF
the Republican party which he repre-
sents, and that its adoption will give
the governor and his friends control
of seven of the districts when it comes
to the selection of state committee
men at the next state convention.
The bill has been before the house
committee on elections for severa
weeks, but has now been recon
mended out for passage. One feature
of the measure is that while it makes
changes in all of the present districts
as to territory included in theil
boundaries, it does not remove sin
gle one of the present congressman
from the district he now calls home
The new districts as provided for b,
the bill which has the approval O
the committee are as follows:
| First-Muscatine, Louisa, Washing
ton, Keokuk, Jefferson, Henry, De
Moines, Lee and Van Buren,.
Second-Linn, Jones, jackson, Cir
ton and Scott.
Third-Butler, Bremen, Blackhawl
Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Franl
lin and Wright.
Il. Fourth-WinneSago, Worth, Mitcl
ell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamake,
Cerro Gordo. Floyd, Chickasaw, Fa,
cite and Clayton.
Fifth-Hardin, Grumpy, Marshal
Tama, Benton, Poweshiek, low,
johnson and Cedar.
II Stxth-Jasper, Marion, Mahask
Lucas, Monroe. Wapello, Appanoos
and Davis.
seventh-Polk. Warren, Madison
Adair, Dallas, and Story.
Eighth-Adams, Union Clark, FIR
mont. Page, Taylor, Ringgold, D
catur, Mills, Montgomery and Cass.
Ninth-Harrison. Shelby, Audubo
Pottawattamie. Guthrie, Caro-
Greene, Boone and Monona.
Tenth-Ida. Sac, Calhoun, Crawfor
Webster, Hamilton, Pocahontas, Hun
boldt, Kossuth, Hancock, Palo All
and Emmett.
Eleventh-Lyon, Osceola, Dickinso
Sioux, o'Brien, Clay, Plymouth, che
okee, Buena Vista and Woodbury..
Politics will certainly make SON
strange bedfellows If this bill is adop
, ed into law, for it separates man
counties from districts with whic
they have been associated for Ion
terms of years and puts them into e.
tirely new company. The fate of til
bill cannot be predicted, but 1t
hardly deemed possible that it wi
go through the senate in its prese,
form even should it pass the hous
II Under the law, however, a distric
ing bill of some kind must be adopte
and while the concensus of opinio
seems to be in favor Of a readoptio
Of the present districts, there may |
a few changes, but none of wide e
feet on the political complexion
the state.
Memorial for Henderson.
The Iowa legislature paid glo,
ing and well deserved tribute to tt
memory OF Colonel David Bremn,
Henderson by holding a joint meetir
OF both houses, at which the foIlowir
esolutions were adopted by risir
tote:
Resolved, That, first OF all, we tie
fer to the bereaved family of the d
ceased our sincere sympathy and a