Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-10

executive council but with reduced
appropriation. There Is no provision
for legislative reference department
other than that which has existed for
several years under tho control Of the
law librarian and an assistant.
A bill was introduced just at the
close of TIE session to give the state
auditor six bank examiners and two
extra cler'- the desire being to have
the WORK that office kept up. and
this was :? sed with change leaving
it only s extra clerk.
The 6 age of the bill to require
that q lists blanks for liquor ap-
plicat be secured from the county
audit . Id be numbered and the 9TH
er bi ) luiring that there be no more
thar saloon for each 1000 Of popu-
lati 9 we're both carried on the last
da' 9 he persons in the house inter-
esteE n these bills were In position to
force vote and they did so.
The democrats claim the credit for
defeating the governors aims In plac-
ing new man on the board of con-
troll. They voted solidly against Judge
Conner and against Mr.. Jones, and
each time they had the support of
three republicans. Judge Conner re-
ceived 23 votes and Mr.. Jones &c. 1t Is
necessary that "a votes, two-thirds of
the membership of the senate. shall
be cast in favor of confirmation of an
appointment by the governor for 1t to
be legally approved by tho senate.
The friends of John Cownie found
that 1t was unnecessary for them to go
on record in opposition to the govern
ors nomination when the democrats
took the solid stand against the two
appointees. The fact that only about
forty votes We're cast indicates that
some eight or nine senators refused to
vote.
One of the minority senator's, speak
ing in a general way. voiced the senti-
ment of the democrats as 1t was prob
ably expressed during the executive
sessions, when he said that when the
board of control was created 1t was
with the understanding that 1t should
consist of one business man. one law
yer and one farmer or n man whose
interests, sympathies and information
could enable him to intelligently direct
the agricultural interests of the state
institutions. That the names presented
by the governor did not meet the i'm
piled requirements is the claim of the
democrats, and this resulted In a solid
front against confirmation by the min
ority
The question that now remains to be
settled Is whether Mr.. Cownie will be
able to hold his place after the ex-
piration of the term of six years, upon
x,r1,i ioI, hn to TN,
will end on April 5, 1910
One of the last acts OF the senate
during the Thirty-t third general assem-
bly, was the passage of the amended
primary law by Senator Peterson and
Representative Lee. Tho the measure
bears the name of the senator who
worked thruout the whole session upon
it, 1t contains several amendments
which are features of the Lee bill, in
troduced in the house at about the
same time when Senator Peterson in
troduced his bill.
The main provision Of the bill is
that it does away with the unfair plan
Of publishing names Of candidates on
primary election ballots. Instead of
printing them alphabetically, the new
law provides that they shall be rotated
so that each name is at the head of the
list Of candidates for each respective
office as many times as are the other
names. A complicated system Is pro-
vided for rotation. and 1t is con-
sidered the best and most practicable
plan possible.
There are several amendments to
the present primary law in the bill
adopted yesterday, and 1t WILL it ,s
thought, make the law one which will
prove fair and satisfactory to every
one in the state, regardless OF party
or other consideration.