The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-09-11
Members Assemble i'm Des Moines
for Meeting Which They Say
VIII Be Brief.
HOUSE AND SENATE ORGANIZE.
Governor A. b. Cun.ains Presents
Message Dealing with Election
of United States Senator.

The Iowa Legislature met in special
session in Dies Moines Monday. The
Senate took ten minutes to organize for
the session when il met AT > o'clock. AT
ter the prelimi1aries il elected George
Newman, clerk of the Sena te. George
Wilson, assistant clerk Joe Meyer, sec
ond assistant clerk j. S. Harris, journal
clerk, and ended the short time organiza-
ton by e~lecting X. Il. Huff sergeant-at-
arms. Most Of the men served in the
same capacities during the last General
Assembly.
The Assembly convened at . o'clock.
y. Il. Kendall presiding as Speaker and
Lieut.. Gov. Garst in the Senate. But one
committee in each branch was appointed.
This was committee on elections. After
receiving the written message from the
Governor the House spent the afternoon
IN perfecting an organization.
Gov. A. b.. Cummins during the after
noon transmitted to the special session
OF the Thirty-second General Assembly his
message.
After explaining the purpose Of the
special session as being to amend the pri-
mary law so as to permit Republican
voters throughout fine State to select their
candidate for United States Senate the
Governor said
1T does not fall within the scope of
ny duty TO advise you with regard to
the specific form of the desired amend
meRt. The object to be attained is clear
and plNIu and I ~, vtrr sla,. ,-iIG ka ~,
serious difficulty in reaching it. / may,
however. without improperly, say that
the proposed amendment should conine
the privilege of voting for Senator. under
1t to the member of the party which
has been or may be deprived of it's choice.
In the particular instance now under
consideration the vacancy exists in the
Republican party and none but Repub-
lcans should be permitted 10 fill it.
When you have answered the question
W hat is required TO be a Republican,
you will have discovered the test that
should be applied. II is generally believed
that there are in Iowa more than three
hundred thousand men belonging to that
party Not one Of them should be ex-
claded from the privilege. nor should any
other be admitted to it,
With reference TO succession 10 Senator
Allison the Governor said There hgs
been much discussion respecting the nan
ner in which the existing vacancy in the
Office of Senator in Congress should be
filled. A great deal of it has been car
ried on without an examination of the
Law governing the subject and | think it
is only fair both TO you and to me that
this message express the law as | under
stand it.
Section 3, paragraph >. of the con-
stitution of the United States is as fol-
lows 'And if a vacancy happens by res
ignation or otherwise during the recess
of the Legislature of any State the ex-
ecntive thereof may make temporary ap
pointments until the next meeting Of the
Legislature, which shall then fill such
vacancies
According to the well settled interpre-
tation of this clause of the constitution,
If ! Mad made an appointment ii would
have expired with this session Of the gen.
eral assembly. and if you adjourn without
filling the vacancy my power will not be
reviewed, but the vacancy must continue
until a legislature fills it,"