Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-10
ENGLISH AND cHAssELL ARE
CHOSEN STATE PRINTER AND
BINDER
LONG FIGHT is ENDED
Joint Convention OF Both Houses Of
the Legislature puts < Finishing
Touches to Contest Over Important
State offices.
/. ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
.oes Molnes Bureau of the Courier,

~ "A JOluL COuV6QL1On OF Cn6 HOUSES VI
the general assembly this morning
elected Emory H. English of Polk coun-
ty state printer and p. D. Chassell OF
plymouth county state binder, All OF
the trustees Of the state educational
year were reelected.
The senate today devoted the entire
session to consideration Of the bill
teachers The bill was ordered en-
crossed and will be voted upon tomor-
row. The pure food bill has been made
a special order for next Tuesday morn
Ing in the senate.
The smoot Resolution.
The Reed Smoot resolution was not
defeated in the house yesterday be-
cause the members Of the Iowa legis-
.lature have any use for polygamists In
the United States congress and II the
Mormons have any doubt about 1t they
would do we'll to try to seat polyga-
mist in the Iowa assembly, and see
how quick he would be kicked out In
to the street.
/. But the diff1ficulty was that too
many resolutions affecting the acts OF
the congress and the Iowa delegation
In congress have been offered in this
session and when it came to request
ing them to do a thing that they are
dead sure to do-always vote against
a polygamist sitting in the United
States congress--some of the members
thought it useless and SO voted against
the Geneva resolution.
Suggestions are Many.
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The house already had passed the
Weeks resolution requesting the Iowa.
delegation to stand firm for the rail-
road rate regulation for which some
Of the members of congress have been
fighting since 1877, or during thirty
long years. This resolution was sent
to the senate committee on federal re-
lations, some of whose members op-
pose the idea Of passing resolutions
of any character directed to the dele
cation in congress. When the senate
resolution endorsing the national pure
food legislation proposed by Congress-
man Hepburn arrived in the house 1t
was referred to the committee on fed
eral relations Of which Representative
Weeks is the chairman. 1t is prob
able that when the senate committee
reports on the Weeks resolution the
house committee will report on the
pure food resolution which was offered
by Senator Harper.
A Matter Of Form.
The fact that the Temple resolution
to stop bills February 20 was adopted
by the house is not sign Of adjourn
ment as some imagine 1t is passed
every year, almost, and then is sus-
pended when some good fellows really
. want to offer additional bills. The
6 legislature can suspend rules Of its
own making on it's own motion, when
it sees fit and this is one of them The
assembly is pretty certain to be in ses-
sion the usual length of time-that is
till the middle of April.
The Greene Re-Districtins Plan.
Representative Greene has a desire
to try to pass his re-districting bill
and thinks that there is chance; but
\ the impression among the members
is that it is inopportune to do it. Al
ready, however, there is consider
able buzz as to the different districts
and amendm ents are being considered
seriously.
The new scheme makes the average
population of the different districts
about 100000, ,equalizing the popula-
ton very nicely. The average should
be about 1920, and the Greene
scheme will make them from $4,000
to 205,000
The belief prevails that the congress
sfonal delegation will kill the re-dis-
tricting scheme. All of the members
are said to oppose the idea. 1t has
/ been believed that there was
chance to attach Iowa and Johnson to
the fifth and Jones to the second; but
aside from that it has not been re-
garded as feasible to discuss redis.
tricting.
Following are the changes in the
present districts which the Greene
measure makes:
The New Idea.
First district gains Keokuk and
Muscatine counties.
Second district gains Linn and
Jones and loses Muscatines Iowa and
Johnson.
Third district loses Hardin.
Fourth district gains Winnebago.
Fifth district gains Iowa, Johnson
Poweshiek and I-ardin, and Loses Linn
and Jones.
SIKH district gains Marion, Lucas
Wa.ne and Appanoose, anG loses
tibweshiak
Seventh district loses Marion and
gains Adair.
Firhth district saina cass Nils >p..