Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-19
NAMED
AGAIN As SENATOR
Legislature Elects Him For
Full Term of Six Years in
Upper House
FEELY ANNOUNCES COMMITTEES
FEELY ANNOUNCES COMMITTEES
Speaker Completes Task of Dessnat-
ing Who Will Formulate Legislation
in House-White, of Story, Heads
Ways and Means, Sullivan the Ju-
dietary and Moore Appropriations.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 19.-Albert B. Cum
Minis is for sure senator the next six
years and six weeks. The six-year
term was given him today by vote Of
the republicans of the general assem-
bly,. AS provided by law the vote was
taken in each house separately today,
and 1t showed that Senator Cummins
received a majority in each house,
which completes the election. All the
legislature needs to tomorrow is to
meet in joint assembly and after hear
ing the report of the vote in each
house, declare the result No ballot
seems to be necessary in joint session,
tho that was done two years ago, when
Dolliver was reelected. The certifi-
cate of election, however, was based
solely upon the election in the two
houses separately.
When the result Is declared in the
joint assembly at noon on Wednesday,
1t is expected that Senator Cummins
will appear to express personally to
the members his thanks for their con-
fidence in him. He is in the city and
will be ready to meet the members. He
has never faced this general assembly,
tho he has appeared before the others
in recent years Quite a number of
the republican members have never
met CumminS personally
The senatorial election two years ago
was on Jan. 90 and Dolliver was unan-
imously reelected. In 1902 both Dol
liver and Allison were elected on Jan.
81 and the joint assembly was on Jan.
o. Allison was not present, but DOL
oliver appeared and delivered famous
address in which he declared his belief
that the tariff schedules were then an
'tiquated and too high, and made a
pledge that he would devote himself
to the passage of bill to secure their
reduction.
The joint assembly will tomorrow
also elect E. D. Chassell as state bind
er, and Emory English as state print
er, for the next term. There has been
no opposition to this and utter absence
Of any talk about abolishing the offices
Which talk was common a few years
ago. In fact the printing and binding
has been done so much better and more
promptly than in other years that there
is no longer any cause for complaint
as to the system.
On the election of United States SEN
ator the senate voted: Cummins "a,
Porter IA. Senators Jameson and
Wilson We're absent. In the house the
vote was: Cummins 7S, Porter 26. Four
democrats were absent.
Larrabee Could Not Come.
At the opening of the house Speaker
Feely announced his committees. Ex-
Governor Larrabee wrote to the legis-
lature expressing his regret that he
would be unable to be present, as in
vited, on the occasion of the election of
Cummins to the senate, and congratu-
lated Iowa on having selected Cum
minis for the senate.
Among the important bills introduced
in the senate were by Dowell to re-
quire payment of interest on county
funds in banks; Carson, to authorize
the governor to remove officials; Nc
Manus, to increase the size of the SUI
preme court; Seeley, to give employees
of institutions a vacation each year:
Peterson, an employers liability bill.
The senate appointed committees on
contest for Mahaska county.
Van Law Introduces Bill.
Senator Van Law introduced meas
ure to give cities authority to invesd-
gate and determine proper rates for
public service corporations.
In the house Meredith introduced
bill to provide for special counsel for
the state in all rate matters before the
railroad commission and interstate
commerce commission, to be appointed
by the governor Harding introduced
bill to create a commission to investi-
gate the taxing systems.
The House Committees.
The committees named by. Speaker
Feely were:
WAYS and Means-White, Darrah,
Wilson, Hacker, Hansen, Welden, Ar
ney, Moore of Linn, stillman, Beery,
Smith, Bonwell, Harding, Fox, Dlury,
Felt, Brandes, Elliott, Dewell, Alfred,
Blackmore, Cassidy, Ward, Dalby,
Davidson, Jacobs, Cooper, Thompson,
Klay Derrough, Miller of Bremen, Bau-
man, Kull, Ritter, Schroeder, Calkins,
Miller of Dubuque. Mcdonald, Huffa-
ker, Fulliam, Boettger.
Judiciary-Sullivan, Lee Hackler,
Harding, Meredith, Bascom, White,
Davidson, Goodykoontz, Larrabee, JAG
obs, johnson, Perkins, Cooper, Schee,
Ripley. Klay, Hickenlooper, Schultz.
Wolf. Koontz, O'Conner, Dabney, Gro
zier.
APPROXIMATIONS Of Linn.
Stillman, Grier, Wilson. Hansen, In
man. Anderson. Felt, Lee. Sheldon.
Fem, Smith. Jewell, Blackinore. De
we'll. Johnson, Larrabee, Ward, Beeba,
Ide. Hickenlooper, Derrough, Dewey.
Zeller, Cunningham, Fourt, Dalby Til
ton. Boe. Fulton, Kendall. Mcdonald,
Miller of Bremen, Dodds, Swift.
Schultz, Fulliam.
Railroads--Welden, Meredith. White,
Marston. Lee, Sullivan, Holmes, Drury,
Dye. Grier. Darrah, Stillman. Reany,
Arney, Cassidy, Harding, Elliott, Han