The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-11

the leadership of Senator Cummins,
do not desire it, but insist that the
| Legislature elect, while several years
ago, Cummins was shouting the loud
est for the primaries.
Cummins is one of those fellows
who looks out for Cummins first, last
and all the time. He throws consist
ency to the winds when it SENS to
| interfere with his plans. To my mind
Cummins has always been trimmer.
and while to many he is the ideal of
a statesman, to my notion he falls far
short of it.
remember a good many years ago
| ] was in Des Moines and as | had
never seen nor heard the senator,
and as he was advertised to deliver
an address at the dedication of the
Congregation church, the next Sun
day. out of curiosity, hunted up the
church and went to the dedication.
/ On arriving at the place ] found it
/ was a colored church that was to be
dedicated, and on seeing and listen
ing to the senator it seemed to me
The was playing to the galleries" and
| did not think much of his speech or
appearance.
The republican MEMBERS of the
house held caucus at the Slavery
Saturday afternoon and l quietly and
unnoticed, as the door was open,
stepped in and listened to the pro-
ceedings. guess they thought l was
one of the high moguls," in the pro-
ceedings, or thought | was one Of
the leading members CD At any rate
no one offered to kick me out or
show me the door.
William Larrabee, so- of the for
mer Governor Larrabee, was the
chairman. Paul e. Stillman. of Jeffer-
son, Green county, was chosen by the
caucus for speaker of the house,
which selection, no doubt will be rati-
fed by the house when the legisla-
turer rconvenes.
While the caucus was in session
county, a democrat, appeared and ask
ed permission to be heard by the
caucus. The permission being granted
Representative koontz went on to say
that while they were in the minority
in the legislature or the house they
J represented one-third CT the people oil
Iowa and considered tina. it would be
only fair if the republican members
would let them, the democrats, share
} in the fiat plums or tho officers to
be elected by the house.
A committee was appointed consist
ing of one from each congressional
district to consider the matter, and
they recommended and the caucus
ratified it, that the democrats be
given their fair proportion of the Off
GERS to be selected.
! Thus an unheard-of thing ard q
new precedent was established where
t in majority party wee magnamin
Gus enough to grant to a minority
, party the privilege of sharing in The
: officers to be elected by the House
| OF representatives.
: At any rate politics is a grea1
| thing and occasions and places o
} this kind are good place to stud,
| human nature for as you look into
the faces Of the different ones YOU
r meet, you can aim - read in theil
$ countenances that there Is some hid
| den wish that the;- desire to have
. gratifed. There is an anxious, long
! ing look to their faces
: Ed p McManus, the senator-elec
t from Lee county. came in Saturday
4 with smiling, beaming countenanc.
. ready for the fray, and willing to dt
j the right thing ror the cause of de
l. mocracy Ed is one OF the leading
democratic members of the senate
+ and is as popular among the mem
Q bers as he is in Keokuk and Lee Co
d Every time ] come to Des Moines
If have the time. ] never fail to visi
& the capitol, and ] did this time. Ey
r erything is ready for the convenin
v OF the legislature and everything
/ looks clean, spick and span for tn
e boys" who will meet there.
i The new historical. memorial an
a art hall is completed; and all the al
) rangements except few minor thing
are completed. This building is a
honor to the state and is a gran
!, monument to the late Chas. Aldricl
who was the curator for so man
: years Of this department
Mr. Harlan who was chosen to SUI
ceed MI. Ajdrich is the right man fo