The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-09
CUMMINS OBJECTS
TO ELECTION BILL
Iowa Senator Springs Measure
Before Administration Docu-
ment Is Presented. :
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Des Moines. Jan. Ex-senator J. J.
Crossley Of Winterset introduced his
statewide primary bill in the assembly
today, and it is reported on reliable
authority that it is not satisfactory to
Governor Cummins.
The governor would make no state
ment, but it is understood he will urge
the passage Of a bill of his own that
will be fathered by one Of his friends
in the upper house.
Senator Crossley's bill provides for
the election Of senators by popular vote
in the state. Other provisions are, state
wide primary elections the second Tues
day in August, biennially, all officers
incl uded, from township to United
States senator; the registration of af-
tiliation Of voters required on general
registered to file affdavits Of party
affiliations thirty days before the
primary; all parties to hold primaries
the same day; the general election of
officers to municipal offices in cities
of more than 5000, the expenses Of
which shall be paid, half by the county
and half by the state; penalties for VIC
lation Of the law, bribery, etc, the same
as in the general election law.
Clarke Makes Assignments.
Speaker Clarke has announced the
there has been such a squabble. Repre-
Sentative Teachout, Of Polk, was as
signed the Craftsmanship of committee
on municipal corporations over which
the principal fight conferred. Hamble-
! ton, Of Mahaska, succeeds Teachout as
! head of the committee on mines and
mining, and Crosse succeeds HANDLE
ton at the head OF, the public lands COM
ml1ttee, Christensen Of Clinton gets the
Lamkin Of Lyon, who resigned.
The new members Of the house were
Epperson, of Eddyville, who succeeds
Buchanan Of Ottumwa; G. G. Merideth,
Of Atlantic, who succeeds the late L. l..
Delano Of the Cass district; E.. w.
CLARK Of Grinnell: succeeds Thomas
Van Eaton Of Little Rock, succeeds G.
B. Lamkin, resigned, in the Lyon Osce-
ola district; J. II. Darrah of Charlton
succeeds Eli Manning, resigned. from
Lucas; J. M. c. DeMar of Belknap sue
ceeds T. J. Prevo, deceased, from Da-
Wis. and G. Youde of Sutherland is con
testing for the seat of G. r. Whitmer
in the O'Brien district. 49, - ~
~ Contest in O'Brien District.
| - = = 49, .
In this contest, committee com
posed of Wright Of Webster, Kendall
! of Monroe, Hart of Allamakee, Clarey
of Chickasaw and Spring of Buchanan,
was appointed to make report. The
legislature hesitated to admit Youde
because of Emory English Of Polk,
who has moved from his county, lust
as Whitmer Of O'Brien did. The
| Cummins faction does not want Eng
ish unseated. If Youde is seated, the
anti Cummins faction will claim the
action as a precedent and attempt to
unseat English, who is Cumnnins' can
didate for state printer.
searchlight Resolution.
State Senator T. M. Molesberry to,
day introduced in the legislature reso
luton providing for the appointment
Of a joint committee of the house and
/ senate to conduct an investigation OF
| the life insurance business, revise the
statutes, frame new bills and report te
the next general assembly, which meets
next winter.
The resolution went over under the
rules.