Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-22
Both Houses of Legislature Bal
lot Today For United States
Senator
DEMOCRATS SUPPORT PORTER
No. Ripple Of Opposition in the For-
NAL Procedure Of Selecting a Repub-
iican candidate-DolIiver Favors a
Primary Law and Popular vote on
Senator'S.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 22.--Jonathan r.
Doliver received again today his COM
mission to sit in the United States
senate as a representative Of the SOW
ereign state of Iowa.
The process Of electing United
States senator is simple. AT conven-
lient time in either house, on this day,
a member moves that the election OF
senator be made. The vote Is taken
on roll call, each member voting for his
I5candidate This was done today in
Isboth houses. Tomorrow the two
houses will meet in joint convention
according to law, and will compare the
vote. announcing the election OF Sena-
tor Dolliyer. If there had been a fall
ure of either house to have q majority
for Dolliver then vote would be taken
in joint session.
Five wears ago the election OF sena-
tors occurred on January II. senator
Allison received thirty-six votes IN the
senate for the term commencing Marcn
4. 1903. and E. n. Thayer received ten
votes. with four absent, In the mousse
Allison received eighty-three. to six
teen for Thayer and one absent. Later
the vote was taken on Dolliver for the
nnexpired term and he received the
same vote as Allison, the democrats
voting for John j. Seerley
Tomorrow both houses VIII remain
in session until such time as the Ger
|tifcates of election have been written
up and are signed by the president ol
the senate and the speaker Oh .ne
house in the joint session, ana the 1hl'l-
utes of the joint session are approVeu.
ut usually takes some time 70 90 th's
detail work.
Des Moines. Jan. 22.-The democrats
in legislative caucus Unanimously NOM
mated Claude Porter for their canai-
date for United States senator, ana IN
the session of the two houses Voteo
solidly for him. The announcement
was made that Porter waved all right
to consideration on account of having
been a candidate for governor.
In the senate Dolliver was placed IN
nomination by Erickson, jackson,
Crossley and Young, and in the house
nv McAlister. For the democrats. Por-
ter in the senate was nominated py
Moon and Stirton and in the house py
Koonz. Clary and Shuttle. The vote
was strictly on party lines.
The visiting committees for the state
;nstitutions were announced today, as
follows to visit the cities named, IN
each of which a state institution Is To-
Gated:
Marshalltown-Erick Jamison OF
Clark, Maben, Blackmore and BonWel.
Davenport-Wilson of Clinton, Jaml-
son of Page. Dun, Nix and Dowell.
Vinton-Foley, Jones, Dow, Webster
and Kendall
Council Bluffs-Stookey, Warren,
Conn, Mann and Swift.
Glenwood-Maytag, Eckles, Bixby,
Dye and Demar.
Eldora-Seely, Frudden, Weeks, kel.
ly and Feay.
Mitchellville-Clar Elerick, Shaffer,
Sheldon and Mcdonald.
Mount Pleasant-Stuckslage jack
son. Darrah, Dods and Moore.
Clarinda-Dunham, Bleakly, Geneva,
Smith and jewell.
independence Hopkins, Mates,
Hume. Morris and Heles.
Cherokee-Kinn, Kimmel, McElrath,
Youde and Pierce.
Ft. Madison-Young, Smith of Des
Moines, Wilsden Feelty, and Ritter.
Observation-Disclosures, Taylor, Wilson
of Tama, Fem and Price.
Anamosa-Turner, Lambert, Meal
lister. Hambleton and Holmes.
Ames-Saunders, eStirton, Lister,
Felt, Stillman.
Cedar Falls-Wilson of Fayette, Gill
lilland, Jones of Montgomery, Inman
and Miller of Bremer.
Iowa City-Newberry, McManus,
Lowrey, Kellogg and Grier.
New bills were introduced in the SEN
ate today as follows:
By Jamison and Bleakly, Of the in
surance commission, eight insurance
bills revising the insurance laws of
the state and providing for insurance
commissioner.
By Young-An embalner's license
and regulating embalming.
BY Newberry-Pure food bill as to
stock foods and seeds, also requiring
labels on paints and oils.
By Frudden-Amending the law as
to state labratory.
By kson-Approprlation for
work on the state archives.
BY Allen-Increasing pay for pub
lication of laws; legalizing act of Mt.
Pleasant in giving money to earth
quake sufferers from public funds.
New bills in the house were:
BY Jones-By making the appropria-
ton for the vital statistics department
annual.
BY Anderson-Making it possible to
correct the jury lists thru boards OF
supervisors.
By Panl-changing the penalty for
prostitution.