Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14
CLARKE RECEIVES ASSURANCE
OF MOST HEARTY SUPPORT
Legis latve Session Fails to Develop
Candid ates for Second Place on State
Ticket - Senator Allen Considered
AvaIable-Aii Auto Numbers Must
Be Changed Every Year by New Law.
Special TO Times Republican

SS!SiAc looh iiiS ~ tSpshA lSu
terday he was almost the last of the
legislators to go. He and Speaker Paul
Stillman lief. on the same train. Their
last acts officially were 10 sign up var
ious and sundry memorial resolutions
that had been passed. copies of which
were to be forwarded to interested
perso ns.
President Clarke was called upon by
quite number of the senators before
they left and was given assurance OF
support in the primary of next year
when he makes the race for the repub
lean nomination for governor. The
announcement of his candidacy ten
days ago met with a highly favorable
response among the members Of the
legislature.
II is now. regarded as almost certain
that Ex-Senato tor COPYRIGHT. of Water
loo. will be the opposition candidate for
governor. and if SO the lines will be
clearly defined as between the two.
COPYRIGHT has been out OF political
life few years but IN his last session
in the senate he stood with the stand
patters and was one Of those to make
a hard fight against the principle OF
nominations by primary method.
It is the common understanding that
the democrats hope 20 unite on Frank
O'Conner, of New Hampton. as their
ca ndidate for governor He is young.
vigorous and alert and has made
fire record in the legisla ture which as
sures him hearing before the people.
Very strangely the legislative ses-
sion did not develop any candidate for
lieutenant governor. Some Of the sem
a tors have urged Senator Smith, OF
Mitchell county, to enter the race. and
Others have suggested Senator Van
Law of Marshall. or Senator Hunter.
OF Woodbury., while on the house side
there was talk of the availability OF
Representative Moore.
Senator Allen. of Jefferson. who be-
came prominent as an active and earn
est legislator. has been looked upon as
available material for state office
and it has been suggested he would
make a good state auditor, but il is not
known he has ambitions that way.
There was very little in the Iegisla-
ture OF trimming for political advantage
or laying wires for future preterment.
The senatorial situation overshad owed
all else politically and LEFT the members
free to think of legislation without re-
gard to their own Offices.
There will be a goodly number go
from Des Moioes to Fort Dodge on
Saturday to rejoice with the neighbors
and friends OF Senator Kenyon over
his election. Senator Fred Larabee
remained in Des Moines and invited
the good people to come to town and
see real celebration of an event IN
which all the people will take pleas
ure.
There are g great many very warm
personal friends of the new senator in
Des Moires and he is already almost
as we'll known as was the late Senator
! Deliver.
The new senator was prevailed upon
| to arrange his affairs so that he could
reach Fort Dodge on Saturday rather
than at some other time in order that
the celebration might be properly
framed up.
Representative Shane remained over
and prepared for drug journal
story of the achieven1 ents Of the drug
gists with the legislature. Nine bills
of more or less importance were
passed relating to the drug business
Among them was the bill for reciprocal
recognition of certificates and bill TO
give the secretary of the pharmacy
commission greater authority and also
an appropriation for the enforcement
Of the drug law. bill to give drug
gists the right to fill prescriptions for
cocaine and similar drugs will be of
~, tic 10 nj n
authorize the druggists to fill out the
blanks in the liquor applications will
| do away with much annoyance and
some positive danger to druggists. The
customer only fills in some OF the
blanks The law to permit sale OF Ii
cuors to regular customers by jobbing
houses in Iowa will put these houses on
par with those outside the state The
Hesitation affecting the drug trade is
more important than any vi taa.
nature in many years and much OF the
credit for 1t is due to Mr., Shane, who
is a druggist at Eldon.'
One feature of the new law In re-
gard to automobile taxes that will
cause trouble for time Is that 1t
means a changing Of all the numbers
of all the autos in the state every year.
There must be a new, registration ev-
cry year and with the new registration
a new number, and the owner must put
i the number not only on the rear OF the
machine but on the front end. II
motors have been assessed this year for
taxation the assessment will be can
,celed and when the state tax is paid
July 1 it takes the place OF the local
taxation The task OF handling the
matter OF re-registering all the motor
cars in the state will not be a small
one and Il will keep more than one
clerk busy.
It was q great disappointment te
Senator Brown that his bill for IN ap.
preparation to gtve the Iowa soldiers
monument to Des Moines for . pari
ornament dId not pass the house. Some
Of the members regarded II ~ very
doubtful " 80. 900 would pay Tor tear
ling IL down ana rebuilding and nscss'
sariiy there would b great deal o
thrAakakA and much 0ew Ynltefla