Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-25
More Than Halt OF Present
Membership Asking to Be
Returned to Legislature
SEVERAL LEADERS TO RETIRE
crossley, Hughes, BIeakley and Jami-
son Will Leave Senate and Kendall
the House-some Seeking Higher
Political Honors-Iowa County At
torneys Want New Law.
Republican.

/ Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones, April 25.-Forty-eight
/ republicans in the house and nine in
| the senate and twenty-three democrats
| in the house and two in the senate who
are members at present are asking for
denomination by the primary which
will be held on June 2. OF the re-
publicans who are thus seeking re-
nomination three voted against the
passage of the primary election law
and of the democrats eleven opposed
! it. OF the forty-eight house repub-
| licans thirty five have no opposition in
their own party and none of the dem
ocrats have any opposition. There are
| twenty nine senatorial districts In
which there will be elections this year
out of the fifty in the state. All of the
1OS representative districts will elect
house members.
Many members who have been con-
spicuous in legislation in past sessions
will drop out at this time. Senator
Crossley, the father of the primary
election law; Senator Hughes, father of
the anti-pass law; Senator Bleakley
and Senator Jamison, who were mem
bers of the insurance commission, with
Dunham, Eckles, Ericsson, Gale, Hop
kins, kimmel, Kline, McKlveen,
Stookey, Turner, Warren and Young of
the republicans will drop out not be-
ing candidates for denomination. There
are only four districts now represented
in the senate by democrats in which
there will be an election this year.
Taylor of Appanoose county and Wade
of the Butler-Bremer district are can
didates for denomination Stirton of
the Cedar-Jones district and Lambert
of the jackson district are not candi-
dates.
OF the republican members Of the
senate who drop out this time Hop
kins and Bleakley are each candidates
for the office Of state auditor.
Over on the house side there are also
to be a number of changes. Nate Ken
dali, speaker of the house and re-
publican member of the insurance COM
mission; Jones of Montgomery, re-
publican member of the insurance COM
mission; and Tim Clary of Chickasaw,
the picturesque democratic member of
the insurance commission all drop out
and are not asking for denomination.
Kendall is asking for nomination as
congressman in the Sixth district.
On the republican side Conn who was
the author of numerous insurance
measures, Doran who was the author
of the speed limit BILL Hambleton who
was speaker pro tenn of the house,
Lister who was chairman Of the agri-
culture committee, McAllister of Linn
who secured the soldiers roster bill,
Offill who was father of the anti-fire
cracker bill, Weeks who was chairman
of the judiciary committee are not ask
ing for denomination and will not be
members of the next house. G. H. Van
Houten, who was a member of the
house the last session and early In the
session developed the reputation of be-
ing parliamentarian of unusual abil-
ity and Hambleton of Mahaska, who
was speaker pro tenn last session are
candidates for election to the senate
of the indulgences of Mr.. Van Houten
who was at one time secretary of the
state board of agriculture to change
the style of his whiskers every time
he changes his political position. While
he was secretary Of the state board Of
agriculture he wore WhiSkers of the
"a la Russian" style that covered his
entire shirt bosom and obviated all
necessity or excuse for wearing neck
tie. During the last session of the leg
islature he wore no whiskers at all
but since then has grown whiskers of
the Gen. Grant type a trifie extended
and a. little bushier. His chances of
election to the senate seem good but
the kind Of whiskers he will wear is
entirely problematic matter and far
harder to predict than the chances of
his election.
On the democratic side the most
conspicuous absentee at the next ses-
sion will be 1.-The gentleman from
Chickasaw," Hon. Tim Clary. Next to
him, Cottrell of Plymouth Cottrell is
not candidate for denomination. He
took leading part the last session,
and made a speech on the 2-cent fare
law that won him an affinity and con-
siderable of notoriety. John DeMar, |
the tallest man in the house, a demo-
crat, and Clifford B. Paul, republic
an, and the next tallest, will neither |
be in the next house, as neither are
candidates. koontZ, of Johnson, who |
soemnly announced in Des Moines |
some weeks ago when the democratic |
state central committee met here, that
he would not be candidate again, |
filed his papers and is a candidate.
He will be reelected There is no
question but that his intention was
not TO be candidate. He is the faith
er of the democratic side Of the |
house. If the democrats had ma |
jority. he would be elected speaker.
His candidacy is clearly case of the |
office seeking the man, since he was