Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-06
List Of Those Entitled to Hon
ors Unless Precedent
Is Ignored
sPEAkERsHlP CONTEST is ON
Candidates for Honor of Presiding
Over House Getting Their Forces
Lined Up-candiaates for Minor Po-
sitions Are Not So Numerous as
Usual.

| Des Moines, Jan. 6.-Unless Lieuten-
ant Governor Clarke breaks down prec-
edent and throws to the winds a Gus
| tom that has existed for many years
| in the Iowa legislature the chief COM
| mittee chairmanships are decided by
rank in service" Members who were
chairmen of important committees last
year will probably hold their same
| posts this year unless a vacancy i'll
! higher committee gives them ranking
/ place. Following up this custom Lieu
tenant Governor Clarke will appoint
committee chairmen as follows:
Ways and means-J A. Smith.
Usage.
| Judiciary-C. c. Dowell, Polk county.
I Appropriations - Fred Maytag, Jas
per county.
Agriculture James Bruce. Cass
county.
| Railroads-Senator Saunders. Potta
wattamie county danlling)
+, Cities and towns-Shirley Gillilland,
| of Glenwood.
1 Banks-senator Stuckslager. Linn
county.
| Suppression of intemperance-Sena-
! tor Wllipple, Vinton. (ranking).
! Insurance-Senator Frudden. of Du
| buque, (democrat).
| Schools-W. B. Seeley. Mt. Pleasant.
Congressional and judicial districts
| C. Il. Peterson, Clarion.
Senatorial and representative dis
/ trict-H. C. Burgess, Cresco.
Elections = j. L. Wilson, Clinton,
/ (democraD.
I Constitutional amendment and suf-
frage-L. l.. Taylor, Centerville, (dem-
! ocrat).
Public health-E. w. Clarke. Grin
nell.
j Public libraries-F. N Smith, Bur-
/ lington, (democrat).
| Telegraphs and telephones-Joseph
Mates, Odebolt.
Corporations - ]. I. Nichols, West
Liberty.
Military-Joseph Allen. Pocahontas.
(democrat).
1 Educational Institutions. L. Tay-
lor, Centerville. (democrat).
Mines anu lHlIllllB-1A. VI. 0Aooii' w
tumwa,. (denlocraD.
/ Highways. A. De Almond, Daven-
port, (democraD.
I Pharmacy-s. w. DeWolf. Reinbeck,
/ (denl ocrat).
Printing!. D. Jameson, Shenan-
doah, (democraD.
| Charitable nstitutions-Senator Fol-
ey New Hampton. (democrat0
Building and loans--W. c. Whiting,
Whiting, (democra).
| Because in so many committees dem
ocrats are ranking members 1t is quite
! likely President Clarke will honor new
republican members with chairman
ships in some of these committees
rather than give democrats preference
! by precedent. Other committees In
! which old members all have chairman
ship ranks in other committees and
which will be left to the disposal of the
president unincumbered by custom are
the following:
| Rules. compensation Of public .offic-
ers. penitentiaries and pardons, feder-
! al relations, claims, commerce, manu-
facturers, public buildings, horticulture
and forestry, fish and game, public
lands, engrossed bills and enrolled bills.
| Two interesting contests stand out
prominently during pre- e-assembly week
| in Des Moines and they are the cause
of continual political buttonholing
among the legislative members now
arriving for the session that begins
next Monday. They are the speaker
shin in the house and the secretary
iship in the senate. The former is a
! contest among half dozen men. The
| latter is contest based largely on re-:
publican factional lines and is an eff
fort to displace George A. Newman. OF
/ Cedar Falls, an especially strong stand
! natter. who has held the post for years.
| His onponent is S. w. Neal, Of Wash
/ ington.
Candidates for speakership COM
/ menced arriving in the city yesterday
| afternoon. n J. Lee of Emmett, ar
rived early in the morning and went
looking for members. Charles L. Mars
ton of Mason City, arrived in the aft
ernoon and is an active candidate for
the honor. Representative White Of
Story county was already in the city.
Guy Feeley of Waterloo, is expected
| to arrive today. John Sullivan of Des
! MoineS, VINO mas peell All dEo"ou oul
rather inactive candidate. was COM
PEELED to leave the city last night on
professional business for u few days
and viii accordingly be prevented from
personal solicitation for support
| Some OF the older members believe
| the contest will simmer down during
| the next few days to one or two men
and that there will be but little trouble
| In the caucus. Much interest attaches
| to the arrival of Representative Gard
| ing of Woodbury. county, who was a
candidate for the speakership and who
rumor says will withdraw. He has
made no statement concerning the
matter and 1t is interesting to know.