Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-21
Executive Committee of Sen.
atorial Convention Hasten
ing Its Plans
ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURES
It IL Hoped to Have Enough Join in
the Cali TO Secure Constitutional
Amendment Within the Year-Poli-
tieians Have Their Attention Direct
ed Towards Des Moinss.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, Dec. 21.-4As soon AZ the
4 stenographic report of the proceedings
of the interstate senatorial convention
held here the first of the month, has
been typewriter the report will be
printed along with a formal address
to the legislatures of the forty six states
OF the union, urging the various legis-
latures to act In conformity with the
resolutions adopted by the convention
there.
There are thirty-n nine states in which
legislatures will meet in January. A
/ resolution passed by thirty-one OF them
would be sufficient to make it manda
tory upon the congress to call a con-
situtional convention. Only seven
states now have their legislatures meet
in the even numbered years and 1t is
therefore entirely possible that enough
states may act on the proposition this
winter to bring the question to head
in congress At the session Of the leg
islature In this state next month the
lead will be taken by adopting the res
olution recommended to the other
states. "A, great many states have acted
in favor of the direct election of I'm
| tied States senator's In some. how
ever. the resolution has not been prop
erly worded and all the states will be
asked to act again in the matter.
Senator Cheshire, chairman oftheexe-
cutive committee, is now hurrying the
matter in order to get the report Of the
convention here and the address, urg-
ing action in the hands of the various
legislatures as early as possible. The
address will be- prepared at once and
submitted to the other four members
of the committee before sent out. The
printed report will be put in substan-
tial form and with it will be reprinted
the pamphlet prepared by Senator L.
w. Lewis and printed at his expense.
giving the action of the various leg
islatures up to this time.
The seven states whose. legislatures
meet in the even numbered years are
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis-
sissippi, Ohio, Vermont. and Virginia.
Six states, Georgia, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island,
and South Carolina, meet annually
and all the other states Of the union
meet in the odd numbered years. There
will therefore be thirty-nine states
that will meet the coming year and If
thirty one of them act favorably ON
law be forced to call constitutional
to the constitution.
In the pamphlet prepared by Sena-
tor Lewis it is shown that twenty-four
states in the union have acted favor
ably to the direct election Of senators
by the adoption Of resolutions various
ly worded. OF these twenty-four that
have already acted there are but two
Kentucky and Ohio, in which the legis-
latures will not meet the coming year,
1907.
The legislature OF South Carolina, one
of the twenty four, meets annually.
The other states which have acted fav-
orably already and can reasonably be
expected to act favorably again are:
Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Kansas. Michigan, Mime
sofa, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, North Da-,
kota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Utah. Washington, Wyoming. This
leaves seventeen states to meet the
coming year that have not acted on the
proposition and whose attitude is UNI
known.
A casual visitor to the lobby Of the
Savery yesterday afternoon might have
reached the conclusion that itlwas pro-
posed to have organized an association
Kendall was most conspicuous, but
there was also ex-Speaker Clarke, ex-
Speaker Eaton, ex-Speaker Byers and
ex-Speaker Funk. They failed. how
ever, of all getting together at one time.
In Aact they were here on business not
at all related.
But Nate Kendall, whose speakership
,cinch was diagrammed some time ago,
was the center of attraction for
group of members, including Weeks,
Conn, Meredith, Sullivan, Holiness Paul,
Grier, White, Inman, Weldon, Marston,
Feeley and some others. Rush Bene-
dict, who has failed thus far to dis
cover any opposition for chief clerk,
was also on hand.
, Mr.. Kendall d in the city in con-
nection with the closing up Of the af-
fairs Of the insurance. commission. The
others presumably came to talk with
him about committee assignments and
number of them also to arrange for
rooms and board for the session. 1t
will be necessary for Mr.. Kendall to
do quite a bit Of visiting with the
members, especially the new ones, that
he may properly assign them to COM
mittee places He must place so many
new men that he will have to tax his
wits to discover just what each man
ought to have in the way of places.
In the group of members here this
week is a majority Of new ones, most
ly young men, and they made a very
favorable impression on those with
whom they came in contact They are
all bright, energetic and earnest men,
apparently not disposed to take up with
any fads or to look at matters in any
factional way. II the mon here this
week are fair samples of the entire
the next house will be
full Of business.
As there are more house committees
than there are old members it follows
that several OF the new members will
get chairmanshfps. But not very many
of the best committees will be headed
by new members. One Of the problems
confronting Mr. Kendall relates to the