Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-28
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Senate Republicans Will Each
Secure Craftsmanship of
One Committee
HOUSE JOBS WON'T GO AROUND
Smith of Mitchell, May Not Want
Ways and Means-co Considered SEQ
ondary to Other Important Commit
tees-ProbabIe Apportionment Of
chairmanships.
Special TO rimes-Republican.

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| Special to Tmes-Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 2S.-There will be
| thirty-six republicans in the next state
| senate and there are forty committees.
There will therefore be little difficult
ty in giving every republican member
Of the senate the craftsmanship Of a
| committee. In the house there are
seventy-five republicans and fifty
four committees. 1t will therefore be
| impossible. to give every republican
| in the house q craftsmanship. The
situation as to numbers tells almost
the entire story as to the difficulties
Of the presiding officers of the two
bodies in making up the committees.
For the first time in many years at
least it is practically known in advance
who is to be the next speaker Of the
house. Heretofore the candidates for
speaker have been able to put Off can
dtdates for the plums by saying they
did not. know whether they would be
elected or not This year that ID i'm
possible for II is well known that Ken
dali will be the next speaker without
opposition.
Attic the ways and means committee
Is the ranking committee in both the
senate and the house that committee
In fact is not considered by the old
members the most important committee
and is probably the ranking committee
because it is such in congress, where
that committee handles the tariff.
There is some question whether Smith
Of Mitchell will be given ways and
means in the senate for this reason.
The committee handles the tax and
millage levies and q few things Of
that kind. The railroads committee,
of which Smith was chairman at the
last session, will be an important com
mittee at the coming session and there
Is question whether he would not
rather have this than ways and means.
Smith is the ranking member of the
appropriations committee, however,
which is undoubtedly the most inn
portant in either house. 1t will be
quite natural for him to be given the
appropriate tons committee. Senator
Maytag who has been slated for the
appropriations or the ways and means
will probably be given the next most
important committee outside of ju-
dietary, which will go to Dowell. May
tag can have the ways and means
committee If he wants it.
IL Maytag takes the ways and means
craftsmanship and Smith Of Mitchell
the appropriations the railroad COM
mittee will be left open to Hopkins,
who ranks next to Smith, who was
chairman at the last session. Ericsson
lof Boone, is the ranking member on the
agricultural committee. tho Eckles has
been talked of for that position ALSO
Ericsson is chairman of the public Ii
braries committee and being interest
ed in that committee may desire to re-
tain the position Of chairman Of that
leaving Eckles the agricultural commit
tee. So
The d1rst important committees OF
the senate will likely line up about as
follows: Ways and means, Maytag;
judiciary, Dowell; appropriations,
Smith of Mitchell; agriculture, Eckles;
railroads, Hopkins; cities and towns,
lGillilland; suppression Of intemper-
ance, Durham, reappointment; insur-
ance, Whipple, reappointment: schools,
Crossley, reappointment; congression-
al, and judicial districts, some new
member; senatorial and representative,
districts. Bruce, reappoipt consti- 4
pointment; public health. Young of
"a ~ or;n TS,~.l
icson. reappointment; banks, Sucks
lager, reappointment; the chairmen of
the committees on pharmacy, building
and loans compensation of public Of
ficers penitentiaries and pardons, man
ufactures, public buildings, public
lands, are all members who hold over
and will likely be reappointed. Sena-t
tor Hughes will. probably be given a.
more important committee than at the
last session as will also Turner OF
Adams
This arrangement would leave but
one important committee and that the
elections committee. The primary elec-
lions law will be one Of the most linz
poftant measures at the coming SEES
sion. Its proper handling demands
that the chairman Of the elections COM
mittee be leader and man capable
Of handling the measure on the floor Of
the senate. It demands a. lawyer and
one who is in favor Of the measure.
Aside from Dewell who is chairman
Of the judiciary committee there are
but two lawyer senators in the next
senate who are known to favor the
measure heartily and those are Warren
who was member at the last session
and Allen Of Pocahontas. Turner Of
Adams county has been mentioned for
the position but 1t 10 quite possible
that he will be given some other i'm
portant committee and the elections
committee craftsmanship given to AL
len or Warren. Both are capable law
yers and able to take care Of the meas
ures coming to that committee.
COAL OPERATOR HAS TROUBLE.
Five Damage Suits Begun as Result of
an Explosion.
Special to Times-Republican.