Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-19
Many New and inexperienced
Men Will Sit In Iowa Legis-
lature This Winter
KENDALL WILL BE SPEAKER
Very Probable Monroe County Man
Will be Selected Presiding Officer
Probable Changes in Various Com
mittees in Both House and Senate
-standpatters Lose Strong Men.


| Special to TfmeS-RepuDllcan
Des Moines, Nov. 19.-Speaker Nate
Kendall will have fine time handling
bunch of legislative colts the coming
winter. This is on assumption that
Kendall will be speaker 1t is true that
candidate for the place. AS between
Kendall and Teter there is little doubt
| that the Monroe man will be a winner.
He is longer in the service. Mr.. Teter
is popular and most excellent man,
but Kendall is all that and more. No
speaker ever presided over house
with a larger number of new members.
This does not imply that the house will
be unmanageable or hard to manage;
hut it will take much tact to direct its
| affairs smoothly.
| There will be an effort on the part of
! the standpat element to defeat Kendall
| If there is any chance to effect this. f.
f. Jones. of Montgomery, will be their
candidate. Mr.. Jones is a plain and
solid business man. He has proved
himself capable legislator and man
of much influence, especially In COM
mittee work. But if he is a candidate
| at all. it will be because of the desire
| of the standpat element to have one
of their own number in position to
name the committees of the house.
Speaker Kendall will have one adj
vantage over his immediate predeces-
sors. He will not be bothered with
precedents in the making up of COM
mittees. Nobody has any claim on
anything. He will not have to displace
old chairmen. For Instance. Speaker
Clarke had to choose between Temple
and Kendall for chairman of the jul
dietary committee. Both W W..ntec..t ana
both were entitled to it SO far as ser
vice and ability were concerned. In
| like manner several were in line for
| the appropriations committee and the
railroad committee. Speaker Kendall
| has a clean slate to begin With.
| Those who were on the ways and
means committee and were reelected
are --endall, Stoltenberg, Shaffer, Ge-
neva, Darrah and Ritter. Darrah is the
logical man for the place If an old
member is to have the place. And he
is abundantly competent.
| For head of the judiciary committee
new member will be selected. Te-
ter Weeks, Dow and Meredith are on
i the committee now. One of these
might get the place.
| In the makeup of the railroad COM
mittee much care will be taken, az
usual, for that committee will have lots
Of work to do. Weldon, Weeks, Low
rey, Conn, Lister, Jones, Doran and
Hambleton are on the committee.
The insurance committee will be an
important one at the Coming session, as
also the elections committee, banking
committee and agriculture. One mem
ber has already made move to secure
the coveted place of chairman Of the
committee on suppression of intemper-
ance Some Of the previous speakers
have had difficulty in getting anyone
to accept this place. The committee
on woman suffrage will of course be
in demand.
While there Is small number of old
members in the house, the new MEM
bers are Of good material. Among the
strongest of them, so far as they may
be measured in advance, are Lee, Mar
ston, Feeley. Van Houten, Innan.
Moore, Harding, Stillman, Paul, Rea-
ney Sullivan, Hanna, Wilson and Shell
don,
President Garst, when he takes up
the work of recognizing the senate
committees, will find problem quite
different from that of Speaker Ken
dali. The dropping out Of half dozen
republicans from the senate leaves
the committees pretty we'll filled. But
President Garst will not hesitate to
make such changes as he deems best
for the interests Of the state. He has
never been accused Of lacking nerve
and initiative. His courage is quite
equal to his sagacity. He will also do
things differently from his predecessor.
For instance, when it comes to naming
sitting committee for the purpose Of
suppressing bills, he will not place it
in control Of men supposed to be in
fuential by special interests.
There is reason to expect that Sen
ator Dowell, of Polk, will be continued
at the head of the important judiciary
and has made most acceptable chair
man of the committee. Courtright,
Molesberry and Crawford retire from
this committee. But there are others
who will not remain on the commit
tee.
The ways and means committee was
headed by Hayward, and there remains
on the committee available for use
Senators Bruce, Whipple, Ericsson,
i Hughes and Crossley. Senator Garst
headed the appropriations committee
and with him were Smith, Hopkins,
Maytag, Saunders. Eckles, Durham
and others. who may remain.
It is entirely probable, if one may
Judge of appearances, that these two
important committees will be divided
between Maytag and Smith, but az to