Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-06
LAST POLITICAL GAME
Standpatters Worked Politics
to the Very Finish in the
Legislature
KILL THE REDlsTRlcTlNG BILL
Measure That Seemed Perfectly Fair
and Just to All Parts of the State
is Knitted Because Standpatters Fear
ed 1t Would Give cummins Republic
cans Some Advantage.
KILL THE REDIsrRlcTlNG BILL
[By Ora willlams.l
Special to mes-Republican.

by Ora Williams.1
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. April 6.-The refusal of
the standpatters in the senate to allow
the state to be redistrfcted senatorially
when it is recognized that the present
apportionment is manifestly unfair, Is
likely to go down in history as the last
big political game of the thirty-nrst
session. The Cummins supporters in the
senate proposed to give the northwest
ern part of the state, which is short on
senators, some additional senators at
the expense of other parts of the state,
but there was opposition, and the
standpatters mustered 80 votes against
the proposition to but is that could be
secured by the progressive element.
Prominent standpatters and democrats
admitted that the bill presented to the
senate from the b-committee OF
which Garst was chairman, was the
most fair and just measure that mas
been presented. and yet they voted
against 1t. The admissions were not
made on the floor of the senate. On
the floor the standpatters argued that
the bill rediStricting the state as 10
representatives gave the northwestern
section many more representatives.,
giving them one for each county,sand
that was sufficient. The progressives
took the stand that the senatorial d1s-
tricts were not concerned with the
representative districts, that II the
northwestern section of the state was
entitled to more senators they shouia
have them, regardless OF Whether OF
not they were getting more represent
tatiyes. This was the argument Oh
Smith Of Mitchell and Garst. On the
standpaty side, Jackson, OF Woodbury.
county. and manager Of the PERKINS
headquarters here, spoke against the
measure and claimed that the sectloil
of the state from which he hlmseH
comes would have more representatives
and because the bill was offered late
in the session he was opposed to 1t.
Hasseluuist, of Lucas, and Molsberry
were also opposed. Molsberry offered
a substitute bill which re-enacts the
present senatorial districts, and the
vote to substitute this bill, which was
the real test, was as follows:
Yeas-Bleak1y, Brooks, COPYRIGHT,
Crawford, Crossley, Durham, Eckies'
Elerick. Ericsson, Gale. Gilliland Harris
horn, Hasselquist, Hogue, Jackson,
Janlison, Jones, Lambert, Molsberry'
Newberry, Smith Of Des MONIES
Spaulding, Stookey, Stuckslager Iayior
wade, Whipple, Wilson of Clinton,
Young of Lee, Young of Calhoun-3o.
Noes-Bruce, Dowell. Garst, Harper,
Hopkins, Hughes, Kimmel. Kline,
Lewis. Lyons, Saunders. Smith OF
Mitchell, Stirton, Turner, Warren, Will
son of Fayette, Whine, Young OF Wash
ington-1S.
Absent or Not voting-Hayward,
Maytag.
After the substitution had been
made, Senator Garst, who was the au-
thor of the original bill, refused to
have anything further to do with It,
declaring that the child ceased to rec
ogniZe him as it's author, and 1t was
turned over to Molsberry to make the
usual motion to put the bill to vote.
The senate yesterday passed al bill
increasing the monthly per capita al
!owance at Eldora to $13 and at Mitch
ellyille to- SIG. 1t was stated on the
floor of the senate by Durham in sup
port of the bill that at present the pu-
pills at these two schools have meat but
once a week and butter but rarely. 1t
was stated by Durham that because
of the meagre allowance at present
there is but So cents week with which
to feed each pupil, an amount he said
that each senator paid daily for one
meal There was no opposition to the
bill when the facts We're once gotten
before the senate, tho at previous
session the same proposition to in
crease the allowance was voted down.
The senate yesterday passed the
house bill defining weights and meas
ures, but found it necessary to amend
it by adding the word ''seed" after the
word alfalfa" The house will doubt
less concur in the amendment.
The senate yesterday passed the bill
from the house requiring the inspection
of registered cattle imported into the
state for breeding and dairy purposes;
granted legislative assent to more
complete endowment and maintenance
of the agricultural experiment station
by congress at Ames; referred to the
appropriations committee the appro-
priation for an exhibit at the James
town exposition; sent to the sitting
committee the house bill to prohibit
Sunday theaters; amended the drain
age law: concurred in the slight
amendments of the house to- the bill
allowing banks to extend their char
ters: and killed bill providing that
banks and other corporations organ
lied for pecuniary profit shall not con-
stitute less than a majority of the
stockholders or directors a quorum.
MAYOR DOING GOOD WORK.