Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-23
FEDERAL FIGHT
NOT YET ENDED
Republicans Well Satisfied Over
Delivers Reelection, But
Not With Slate
CONTEST WILL BE PROSECUTED
Law Proposed to Take Fire and Police
Departments of Iowa Cities Out Of
Politics-eilI to Correct Mix-up in
Jury conditions-Grocers Want Food
Law Amended-state House Gossip.
Special Il Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, Jan. 23.--Altho the
formality of electing senator is one
which has been gone thru with good
many times in Iowa the proceeding Is
one which even the legislators have
to learn each time anew. Yesterday
both houses voted separately, one at
about 10 o'clock and the other an hour
and a half later, in each house the
straight party vote being given to Dol
liver and Porter. This completes the
election. Today just at IL o'clock, in
accordance with the strict letter of the
United States statutes, the two houses
met in joint assembly and after hear
ing the reports as to each houses ac-
have happened that in one house
or the other Dolliver had not
received majority then a sec.
ond ballot would have been
necessary. What was done today was
merely declaratory. The certificate of
election was signed by President Garst
and Speaker Kendall and the two
clerks before the assembly dissolved.
Among republicans generally there
is entire satisfaction with the out
come. There is not one to be found
denying now that there was any desire
on the part of members to effect the
defeat of Dolliver, for the truth is
known of all members; but there is
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very much better that the plans of the
disturbers to encompass his defeat
were not put into execution. II sue
cessful it would have accentuated the
division in the party and it would have
forced elements into the legislature
that would have been harmful to good
legislation. Senator Dolliver appears
to have convinced the men who were
offended by his course at the state con-
vention that he did what he then be-
lieved to be right, and that in what he
has done that is regarded as hostile
to the vested interests at Washington
he has acted in accord with popular
sentiment in his state.
The matter of federal patronage is
not disposed of as yet. Murphy, man
ager on the part of the slate in nor
thern Iowa, declares absolutely that D.
c. Chase is favored by but one member
of the Iowa delegation, Congressman
Conner, and that Tobin is sure of Sc
lection. b. F. Keltz, of Webster City,
questions the truth of this announce
ment It remains to be determined
whether any other than Conner will
make a stand for a break In the fed
eral slate. Members of the, legislature
say that the fight for fair deal in
federal patronage is not ended by the
senatorial election, but it will be con-
tinued in accordance with the original
program.
By simply putting the chiefs OF po-
lice under civil service, Representative
Sullivan of Polk county expects to lift
the entire police. department of the
large cities of Iowa out of the influence
of designing politicians Des MONIES
now has police and fire commission
Members Of the police and fire depart
ments must pass examinations as to
their physical ability, moral character
and general intelligence. But the chief
OF police is appointed by the mayor.
The chief Of police without explanation
can change a man from one beat To
another for the good of the service.
Because Of this condition it is claimed
that politicians dominate the police de-
partment by threatening the chief OF
police to defeat the mayor unless he
acts as they dictate.
Now it is proposed to go step far
Their and put the chief of police under
the civil service. Then he will not be
responsible to the mayor or to anyone
else and threats to defeat the mayor
will have no effect upon him, good
character and able administration of
the affairs of his office being the only
things that will keep him in his posi-
ton.
Representative Anderson, Of Hamil-
ton county, introduced a bill yesterday
that is designed to correct the jury con-
ditions and. to provide for avoiding
such a condition as now confronts
Polk county which is without juries
and likely to remain so for two years
unless the legislature helps it out OF
the hole. Anderson's bill provides that
the supervisors shall canvass the
names of the jury lists returned by the
clerks and judges of election and shall.
have the authority to remove the
names of any who are Ineligible for
any reason and to supply the names
of other persons to take their places,
the additional names to be approved
by the court, the judge of the district
court, county clerk and recorder for
their approval.
Grocers are asking that the pure food
law be amended, and it is not unlikely
that an amendment will be offered
soon At the session last year the
proposition was first preached of COM
polling the manufacturers to place on
the outside of their packages the per
cent of each ingredient. Manufactur-
ers objected and claimed that by so
doing they would be giving away valu-
able secret formulas. 1t is claimed,
however, that it is as much deception
to the public nearly to know that
syrup is made of maple sugar and cane
sugar as to know only that it is syrup.
If there is but 10 per cent maple syrup
and 80 per cent cane sugar. the label
on the can reads just the same as tho
the proportions were the other way,
and the purchaser is very much in the
dark yet. Grocers claim they could sell
good syrups with a little cane sugar
in them readily if the amount of the
cane sugar were known to be but