The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-01-25
MUCH POLITICS
IN LEGISLATURE
EVERYTHING ls oAuaHp nv pAn
TY APPLICATION.
GOVERNOR HOLDS TWO JOBS
Draws salary o. $1,000 per Year From,
Iowa state TraveIlnpmen's
Association - Mahaska
Wei, Represented.

surely getting down 70 business, Much
interest centcrs around the much dis.
cussed primary election law and
strong opposition is being unearthed
where II was least expected. A fight
on this question is brewing and the
eventual outcome IL nc present far
from certain. Persistent effort on the
part OF those opposed TO this measure
would count for much II systematic.
ally promoted.
The Child Labor bill which last year
did not pass the assembly has been
modified and was again introduced in
both house and senate. Those IN
touch with the situation agree In be
lleving II will pass without any fur.
Their difhculty.
The democratic and "standpap ele.
ment are stili wroth over the English
success In attaining the nomination
for state. printer. Inc hearty en-.
deayor OF tho "Cummins element 20
ungeat Representative Whitaker, a
democrat, because of his removal from
o'Brien county, and I'LL the vacancy
which was declared by the auditor OF
that county and filled by electing
Chas. Youde, republican, TO the seat
NJ special election, called by Gov,
CummiLS, Is being closely watched.
The committee win make It's report
on the inyestigation early in the week
and those on the inside declare that
there wifi certainly be "sometbin' do.
I'M. II has even gone 80 far that
nnseemIy threats nave been uttered.
The decision will most certainly es-
tablish precedent and II has been
said that II whitaker Is forced from
the seat which his friends claim right.
fdIly belongs 10 him, the same action
will be brought 70 bear on English,
VINO was 80 recently llDgtalled through
strenuous efforts OF his friends and
the CumL1ins element, as the nominee
for state printer Emory English
yeeks the Office AZ a representative
Y from Polk county and yet his home
and printing plant IL In Cerro Gordo
county. The claim will be made by
the opposite faction and the demo.
Gratis that he has no right 10 a posi-.
ton backed by any other county than
the one in which he lives II Represent.
alive Whitaker be pnseated for the
same reason.
Another incident in progressive re-
publicanfgm hag come out recently
since the organization OF the house.
without the knowledge Of the, repre-.
sentative from Cerro Gordo county,
the name Of a resident citizen Of that
county appeared on the SLATE" 40
doorkeeper OF the house and was duly
nominated in caucus and elected.
He was notified Of his election from
some source, though the other mem
4 ber' from cerro Gordo county, who is
7 otherwise known as the Junior mem.
ber from Polk now nominee for
! state printer, also disclajmcd any part
in HIS nomination, and duly appeared
on the stand and was sworn In.
Soon q letter appeared In the
Rockwell Photograph, from the new
door-keeper, which. after fellcitatng
himself on the "easy job" he had Sc
cured, took "shot" AT the new pro-
posed primary election law, saying II
was only opposed by the corpora,
tons Then 10 ezprey his gratitude
further, he characterized the members
81 ne assembly as "a lot OF swine
Z with their shoots in the public trough"
who had not recovered from nerTi.
ment and holding their sides Eince be-
ing returned by the biennial amend
nent 30 they had so far done nothing
in the way OF business. The mem
berg 10 whose attention II has been
called are cmphaticaliy regenting the
lndignities heaped upon them and a
storm OF protest rs likely 10 break out
IN the form OF resolution asking Tor
the door-kceper 10 resign.
Governor Has q Side Iseue.l
Politics seem TO enter into almost
everything in the city OF Des Moines.
Two thousand travelling men have Tor
the past few days laid aside their
sample cases and been pulling the
wifeH Of their annual election. on
tbb floor Of the convention az well az
in the Hobbies many words OF dissat
fsfsction with the paet board OF man
age6ent Of the Iowa State Travelling
mems Association were expressed.
Much criticism was iieaped on GOV
ernor Cummins, who az their attorney
n drawing thousand dollars year
salary. He was even compared with
Senator Depew, attorney for the New
York Life Insurance CO., who was %
recently asked 10 resign his oficial
position. II was claimed that the
main difference was that DeDew got q
salary Of $4,000 a year, while the gov
ernor OF Iowa only got $1,000.
OskMoosa Is having her fun share
Of recognition in all the things poiitl
cal that are happening or shout tc
happen in the capital city. Mayor
Williams was here IN attendance al
the meeting Of the Municipal League
which resulted IN tbe Introduction o.
4 bin in regard 70 appropriations q