Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-03
|O NAME CUkN|NS
FOR SHORT TERN
Action Of Legislature Indicates
Speedy Disposal of SEN
atorship
AGREE TO VOTE ON SEPT. 9
LesisIat Decides Not to shirk Its
Plain Duty-Gililand, standpatter,
Claims Action viii Mean Defeat Of
cummins in Primary-Prosressives
Gratifed With Situation.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Sept. 3-The senate ad-
Journed today after McManus had in
troduced bill to appropriate $4,000
to erect monument and celebrate the
defeated by viva voce vote.
The substitute Of Swift, OF Shelby. to
adjourn sine die on Sept. was de-
feated by 35 to 6S; as was Hambel-
toms substitute to adjourn Saturday
to Nov .. Miller. of Bremer. had ac-
cepted Hambletons substitute.
The Demar resolution to meet in
joint session Wednesday. Sept. 9, to
elect senator was reported out by the
house committee and adopted on roll
call, 72 to 20. The house adjourned to 2
this afternoon. The senate to 10 to-
morrow
1t is promised that the lawyer sub
committee will have bill ready by to-
morrow providing for a separate bal
lot and requiring those not voting at
the June primary 10 swear in their
votes, and making these who voted in
June subject to challenge.
line-up Not Factionai.
Certain standpatters have made an
Oregon plan If the democrats would
vote against electing a United States
senator at this session. The democrats
turned 1t down and today voted with
the progressives to elect senator.
The lineup of votes in the house to-
day Is not, however, strictly factional,
some standpatters voting to elect a
senator and some progressiyes voting
against.
The house adjourned without fur
ther business to 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 3.-Governor
Cummins will be sent to the United
States senate by the present legislat-
i've assembly and will be given his
commission at once That fact seems to
have been made very plain by the ac-
tion taken by both houses on Tues
day.
The timid postponement scheme
has failed utterly. The legislature will
not shirk its duty. There will be no
keeping it open until election day to
make it source Of danger during the
campaign. Neither will the legislature
tolerate complete abandonment and
denial of it's plain duty. The vote will
be taken.
The house voted an emphatic Mega
tive to the postponement scheme and
in the afternoon the Lambert resolu-
ton came up in the senate. Lambert
asked immediate action, and Durham
proposed that the vote be put off until
next Friday. Durham, Jameson and
others supported the delay. Senator
Smith, of Mitchell, in a calm and
earnest speech, urged that the resolu-
ton be considered now SO that there
could be no further question as to
what are the intentions Of the legis-
lature.
The vote on the Durham motion for
delay was 18 to 80, the 1S being stand
patters except in the case of Newber-
ry On the Lambert resolution the vote
was S4 to IL. 1t was thus disclosed that
In the senate the anti-C -Cummins
strength is about II at the outside.
Senator Gale explained his vote and
said that he did not believe the Lam
bert resolution was pertinent or neces-
sary, but that the duty of electing a
senator at this session was impera-
tive and without &the resolution 1t
would be done.
The vote of the senate was sufficient
warning that a senator would be elect
ed by this legislature and hence a
caucus Of progressives was held at the
Slavery in the evening at which the
views of those fayoring the election OF
Cunlinins at this session were heard
as we'll as those advocating delay. 1t
was made the unanimous program OF
the conference to vote for Cummins
in the republican caucus altho several
loyal progressives led by Speaker Ken
dali doubted the wisdom Of it. Repre-
sentative Arney, from Marshall county
was among these and did some siren
uous talking to stem the tide but to no
avail and he fell in line with the ma
jority. Senator Eckles voted with those
fayoring the election of Cummins from
the start.
The standpat element is indignant
over the action taken yesterday. "This
means the defeat of Cummins at the
fail election by over 100000 majority,
declared Senator Gilliland. ut is the
worst thing that could ever happen to
him He will be accused of playing a
trick on the people and we cannot de-
fend him. am in favor of postponing
until after election so as not to enl-
barrass anybody. If there is reason
for referring the matter to the people
in November then there is reason for
waiting until after that referendum. It
is all wrong"
"The situation looks good to me, !"
said Senator Dowell 1.-The feeling
among members is veering around in
favor of the election of senator now
The scheme to postpone until after
election; is sheer buncombe. The voters
would have a right to denounce every
cne OF US for failure to perform our