Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07

favor of making the terms OF ONCE OF.
railroad commissioners four years, OIL
tha members of the board OF SuperNlS-'
orc three wears and township trustees
10 hold two wears land this report was
accepted
The matter of selecting a chief JUS
tice of the supreme court, which came
nm an the very first bill introduced, was
.disnosed of on the last day by provid :
ing that the oldest of the two Judges
entitled to preside will preside the first
wear and the younger one the next
wear of the biennial period.
The insurance commission is to con-
sist of Senators Durham and Jameson,
and Representatives Kendall. Jones
and clary. The commission will organ
i've M once and begin work. The COM
mission is regarded as a fair one.
Speeches closed the session OF the
senate for the close of the thirty first
general assembly The greater part OF
the afternoon was spent in waiting iGr
the committee on enrolled bills TO con-
clude its work for all the bills had to
be signed in the presence of the senate
before the senate could adjourn. The
enrolled Mills committee had to work
overtime The conference committee
on tenure of office and the conference
committee on millage tax bills were
slow i'm concluding their work and 1t
was after 8 o'clock when this
business was all concluded and the SER
ate had nothing left to do but talk.
Lieutenant Governor Herriott WAS
the first TO bid farewell to the senate
and he read his speech from manu-
script The session that has been so
full filled with politics from the first
day could not be closed without poli-
tics, and it cropped out i'm the speeches.
Lieutenant Governor Herriott, in his
speech. followed out the position he has
taken all thru the session in standing
by the standpatters, and his statements
were easily interpreted as being hit
at Governor Cummins when he sail:
Il solemnly declare to you and to the
people we represent that never, in my
opinion, has the work of legislation in
Iowa been 50 free from insidious and
subterranean influences adverse to
public honesty, as during the session
that closes today" and especially in
the statement Sweeping accusations
against legislative bodies have become
common turnout the country. Indeed,
reckless charges of such evil deeds and
purposes have become epidemic BY
the progressives, in the light of the fact
that every committee the lieutenant
governor has appointed has been
standpat, this declaration of the lieu
tenant governor is taken to mean that
he is against the progressive move
ment.
Whipple. of Vinton, followed the
president in a short speech in which he
did honor to President Herriott for his
fair rulings. Saunders, of Pottawatta-
ME- paid glowing tribute to Senator
Garst, chairman of the appropriations
committee, and having served with him
on the committee, was in a position to
know of his valuable services. Senator
Garst, who followed, was unstinted in
his praise of the uniform courtesy in
the senate and the good feeling that
ever prevails. He declared that as to
integrity and ability the Iowa legisla-
ture is the equal of any. Crossley of
Madison, Lambert, of Jackson, Court
right. of Blackhawk, Dowell, of Polk,
all spoke briefly and to the same point.
For many of the senators this is their
last session. Senator Garst, if he re-
turns for the next session, will be pres
ident of the senate, being a candidate
for lieutenant governor. Young, of
Washington, who was one of the speak
ers, Is a candidate for congress- and
,Molsberry, of the same congressional
district, who was one of the speakers,
is candidate for congress also.
Neither will return to the senate for
the next session.