The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-06

/ morning OIL MHTCn L . WuSA pun oiu
John, as he was then sometimes
called when not called something
worse, introduced an inivatation from
1 the commercial club Of Iowa City to
visit the university, and in SO doing
4 announced that the Rock Island had
/ rendered a free train for the trip.
/ Senator Garst arose and addressed
/ the chair and said he would like to
ask the senator from Iowa Ques-
| ton Senator Hughes readily and
graciously yielded. Is it possible the
senator from Iowa would be willing
to ride on free transportation? Sen
ator Hughes colored up and choked,
but when he got command of him
self, answered manfully that he ex-
pected to pay his fare.
Bill Was Unpopular.
But the bill. 1t was introduced
on February s and referred to the
judiciary committee (see page las,
senate journal 1904). The commit
tee was made up as follows. Stand
pat: COPYRIGHT, Crawford, Crossley,
Durham, Gillilland, Jackson, jam
ison Jones, Molesberry, Saunders,
ST. key, Whipple;; progressive:
Bruce, Dowell and Newberry; I'M.
certain, Warren. The standpatters
as will be seen, had the committee
four to one. AS soon, however. as
In our Judgment it was advisable to
bring the bill out. the judiciary COM
mittee brought 1t out with favorable
recommendation. (See page 6S9.l 1t
was brought on for consideration
the 30th of March and reached a
final vote just before the noon adj
journment on the 31st. (See pages
869-70, SS6-91.) The question,
Shall the bin pass?" shows twenty
four yeas. That vote was made up
as follows: Progressive, Dowell, Ec-
kles. Ericsson. Kimmel, Kinney, Lew
is, Maytag, Newberry. Smith, Tur-
ner, Young of Calhoun. Young OF
Washington; standpat. Brooks, Cross
ley, Durham, Elerick. Gillilland.
Harper, Hartshorn, Hogus and
Jones; democrats, Stirton and VIII
son; uncertain, Warren.
Garst Didn't Vote.
The journal shows that Garst was
present all day the goth. was among
the absent or not voting on the
Both: excused on the ground of III
ness on the morning of the S1st, but
was present throughout the session
In the afternoon and voted for the
first bill taken up-to require rail-
roads to furnish passes to stock ship
ers.
Senator Hughes, when he realized
that his bill had received but ewtn-
ty-five votes changed his to nay
for the purpose of moving a recon
sideration. Garst was already In the
chamber when the motion to recon
slider was filed. If he had been in
terested in the bill his vote would
have forced reconsideration and
have passed the BILL
Senator Gillilland further discusses
the claims of Garst how he aided in
passing the primary law. The Pri-
mary bill, as every school boy knows,
was introduced by Senator Crossley,
standpatter. Garst posing as the
leader of the senate, did not inter-
est himself in its passage and only
after it wac forced to a vote by the
aggressive standpatters behind the
measure did Garst vote favorable to
the measure. No credit, it is shown,
is attached to Garst. Senator Gill
illand continues:
Now, what is the record on stock
watering? | challenge Garst or any
body else to show that that bill had
the slightest standpat opposition. 1t
went to the corporations committee
OF eleven members-fve sandpatttrs.
Bleokly, Gillilland, Nichols, Sucks
lager and Whipple; two progressives.
Erickson and peterson; three dem
ocrats, DeWolf, Frudden and Stir
ton and Warren, who was chairman.
The bill was reported favorably
/ without dissenting vote, and was
! so easy that Senator Peterson called
I 1t up on Saturday afternoon when
there We're only thirty-four senator's
prestnt and it received every vote.
/ (See pages "a for committee. sos
for report, and 9s4 for passage.
The bill (senate file No SO, by
4 Peterson) TO prohibit corporations
from contributing to campaign funds
went to and came out his same com
mittee with favorable report. and on
final passage received forty-seven
votes, every senator in the chamber
at the time. There never was at any
stage opposition to the bill, (See
page 27o of senate file 1s07.)
Institutions no Issue.
THE state institutions and the ed
ucational institutions were never the
subject of factional controversy at
ony stage in the ten years that Garst
refers to. There was never a faction
al controversy about the commission
form of government. The facts are
that the only occasions of really SER
rious division / have pointed ont
above. In the one instance we on.
posed an amendment that would
hnuo made v,boio H..