Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-01
Coming Session of the Legis-
lature Not a Special Session
as Some People Assume
PROVIDED FOR BY ELECTION LAW
Will be Composed of 100 Representa-
tives and Fifty senators-Expected
There Will be Deuge of Bills =
Primary Election Law Likely to
Start a Big Fight.

Des Moines, Jan What is err
roneously termed in some quarters q
special session of the Iowa legisla-
ture will convene here one week from
today at noon in the state capitol. AS
a matter of fact and of law, 1T Is the
regular session of the general assem-
blythe personnel of which will be
Thirtieth general assembly. under the
operation OF the biennial elections
amendment adopted by popular vote
at the November election of 1904.
The assembly will be composed of
fifty senators and 100 representatives
The membership OF the senate will
be the same as that OF last two years
ago without a single exception.
In the house there will be seven
changes, caused either by death or
removal f. NJ Epperson, of Eddy
vile will succeed A. w. Buchanan,
of the Wapello district; G. A. Mere
dith, of Atlantic, will succeed l.. L..
Deano, deceased, of the Cass dis
trict e. w. Clark, of Grinnell. will
succeed Thomas w. Harris. deceased,
of the Poweshiel district; G.. r.. Van
Eaton of Little Rock will succeed c.
b. Lamkin. removed, of the Lyon
Osceola district: j. H. Darrah. of
Charlton, will succeed Eli Manning,
removed, of Lucas district; John c..
De Mar of Belllnap. will succeed Il.
j. Provo, deceased. of Davis district;
and C. Youde of Sutherland. will sue
coed G. r. whitmer. who has removed
to Sioux City from the O'l3rien dis
trict.
The political complexion OF the sem
ate is forty-two republicans and eight
democrats.
The political complexion Of the house
is seventy-eight republicans and
twenty democrats and two independent
republicans republican gain of two
and democratic loss of two, brought
about by the changes above indicated.
On joint ballot this will mean: re-
publicans 1870; democrats IS; indepen-
dent republicans 2.
Will Be DeIuge Of Bills.
Present indications are that the
plea which is sometimes put forth that
states are to much governed and that
we should have fewer laws instead of
more will be treated with dignified
contempt by the Iowa solons now pre-
pairing to assemble. There will be
measures galore. There will be bills
which the natural needs of the state
imperntively demand; bills which are
expected to have more OR less bearing
upon the issues now matter Of po-
litical and factional debate; and bills
which stand for nothing more than the
latest fad which somebody delights to
exploit, but which will never be taken
seriously by any lawmaking body.
AS to just what the legislature will
be called upon to consider, however,
is not altogether nebulous Enough
reliable information is at hand to make
a forecast permissible.
1t is a certainty that one of the first
bills to be introduced and pushed with
vigor will he the statewide primary
election bill, which Senator j. j. Cross
ley will have in charge.
The Hughes anti-pass bill. which has
received the buffetings of two sessions,
will again be in evidence with it's
original author to lead the fight In it's
behalf.
Another reapportionment bill will be
introduced with the especial object in
view of looking after the Second con-
gressional district and making the pos
sibilities of democratic success more
remote than they are under the pres
emit arrangement.
Senator John H. Jackson, Of Wood
bury, is known to be an earnest adj
vocate of a law which shall place in
formation given to newspaper report
ers in the same category as that
which is known to the law as priv
LEGGED communications"
REPRESENTATIVE Weeks will present a
bill for the adoption of the dispensary
system of governing the liquor prob
lem and which is in vogue in South
Carolina.
To Revise Insurance Laws.
. State Auditor Carroll is an earnest
champion Of new laws relating to the
matters with which the-has had to deal
in am official capacity, and his recon-
memdations will be considered. For
example: The state auditor recon-
mends a commission, similar to the
state railway commission, which shall
have supervision of state banks-the
commission to be aided by laws en-
towering more rigid inspection than
is now possible. He also favors a law
which shall make it possible for stock
holders to obtain more minute
knowledge of the financial institutions
in which they are interested. He
furthermore insists that greater safe
guards should be placed about private
banks.
Promoters of Kansas oil interests
will ask for legislation under which to
fight the Standard Oil monopoly,
which they allege has an unfair hold
upon that industry in Iowa.
1t is expected that there will be some
revision of THE state insurance laws
1t is known for certainty that an at
tempt viii be made to repeal the
Blanchard anti-compact law, which
was recently upheld by the United
States supreme court.
Confidence is expressed by many that
the terms of county officers will be eX-
tended to four years.
| An attempt will be made to secure
the passage Of state marshal law.
The labor interests will urge legisla-
t;oc, fophid3ippr the emnloyment OF