Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-27
Representative Wright Believes
the Measure Has Been Gaining
Ground in the House
DEBATE WILL BE INTERESTING
A Number of Members Are Prepared
to Discuss the Measure and Some
Strong Support Has Been Promised
Debate Will Begin Some Time This
Week.
IBy Ora williams.]
Special to Times-R Republican.

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Des Moines, March 27.-The board of
regents bill is on the house calendar
as a special order for this afternoon,
but as the primary elections bill is in
ahead of it, the affairs of the state edu-
cational institutions will probably not
come up at once. Those who are in
terested in the board of regents bill are
prepared, however, to take it up at any
time in the house. The debate does
not promise to be as long nor as ami
mated as that in the senate There is
an array of able men in the house who
are going to support the bill, among
them Wright, Cummings, Weeks,
Spaulding, Teter, Kendall, Chassell and
Langan. Hart is most conspicuous
among those who will oppose the bill.
1t is not known what Temple will do
and it matters little. He has been on
both sides of the question. Mr.. Wright
is prepared to lead in the fight and he
has gathered a vast amount of infor-
nation on the subject. He is hopeful
of success.
J. 90 IOl hltoN Nila ~ ~ -
suit" he said. II believe the bill has
been gaining in the house recently. l
think they have rather overdone the
lobbying against the bill and 1T has
convinced many of the necessity for
the consolidation. l feel that 1 am
within bounds when l say that letters
have been written by the tens of thou
sands and sent out from the college,
at Ames. Here is a letter bearing the
signature of Professor Holden in which
he d%enounces the bill as n that Will
force politics into the board. NOW
lust the opposite is what Will occur.
We want to lake it all out OF pohtlcs.
But the idea of a college faculty APP
healing to high officials to DO loopy
work is not inspiring. They nave triea
10 get such men as Judge Mcfhefsou
Of the federal court, and Judge Deem
er of the supreme court, to engase III
for them. That seems to pc
goina a little too far. The EFFORT OF
the college people to array the mi
of the state against the bill on the
thaorv that it will be of injury to the
aario,,,+,,ra interests of the college IS
. failure. The farmers ought TO De
for the bill, for it will make posai o
the enlargement of the agrlculeula q,
work. of the college, and stop ,ne 9
wasting, as l call 1T, OF fuhos
for agricultural work. -
r. 10 said the democrats OF the house
we about evenly divided on me =
No factional lines are drawn as ys.'
40 & 10 probable the effort VIII pe
,oode TO create prejudice in the house
even as it was in the senate.
An interesting race may be observed
:, ,o.,s,atiye circles this week. IHe
two houses. or certain persons III ~
40 houses. are In rivalry as to which
shau send first to the other a p.iiha,y
election bill. Perhaps both VIII. ian.
No sooner had the house got a primary
h;1, renresenting republicanlsm than
~ sanate got one representing lns
p,vtbe idea. Today the bill comes up
=, +ha house on the calendar. IT Is uh-
,;,a1v # will be disposed of IN any
eorm Immediately. Mr.. tiie
am+hor 10 ct evening expressed hope1th-
go for the hill. Republican leaders
of the house all agree that the pi.l
good one and that It's a feai pl.aa
Hill and provides for an actual piinlas
system for the state. Ihes nope go
of tho democrats will break away IRON
the standpat-democrat agreement 81
oar,v in the session and help start ths
urinary system in the state. some u
those who are accounted
I've declared they will vote TOT d
rr;,narv They have heard from nome
hh1tho Secretary Shaw has MADE ms
ore,,ment to show that every NIUE
aanm,lnity should have it's own way
,,o+ MANY are agreed that TINS is rishe.
D. tho senate is ready to CONSIDER
tho kind of a primary bill that oha
s.o,,1d annroye of. The senator's favor
;ng This hill would like to pass II ana
sana If to the house before the mouse
cots action. They will therefore MAKE
araat haste. House republicans are
Vomiting out that the senate Dill migh'
natter he called a bill to put an emo 20
aninoaries 1T provides only Tor ma
1T nonoinations-something entirely
imnracticable. 1t would force the SIX
+v-seven counties of the state now en-
;av;ne tha benefits of a plurallty prl-
yoarv system under party regulatloh 10
rive this up and practically TO return
- tho convention method. The debate
IN tho urinary bill in the house Will
~ 10 &c long as was that in the sem
ate. and the senators VIII haroly siNs
,mnch time to discussing the o-calieo
nrimary bill they are to have pefofe
them.