Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
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preparations, will doubtless succeed
| former Senator Maytag as chairman,
and Senator Smith of Mitchell county
will be named chairman Of the COM
| mittee on ways and means, the place
he filled last session.
The craftsmanship of the committee
on insurance, which was two years ago
in the hands OF Senator Whipple, must
be filed, and may go to Senator Saw
age, or Senator Adams, or Hammill
All three of these men are young in
the senate, serving the second session
OF their first terms, but all three are
recognized as strong men. Others IN
the same class are Senator Larrabee
of Fort Dodge and Senator Hoyt OF
Manchester Adams would like to nave
the committee on schools, as ne was
for several years a pedagogue and a
county superintendent. Hammill, 1t is
understood, would not be averse to
thatacommittee but he would probably
like cities and towns better. Senator
Larrabee, who last session had the
military committee and helped to
l
guard bill, will probably get some bet
ter appointments this year, and Hoyt,
who had fish and game last time, is
also in line for better list. Senator
Francis, one of the strong members
I of the judiciary committee, will doubt
less be favored by the lieutenant gov
ernor when the committees are par
celed out
The House Committees.
| In the house there are few commit
tees that attract much attention aside
from those on appropriations and udi-
ciary. Sullivan Of Polk, now senator
had the judiciary committee last time.
and E. R. Moore of Linn was chairman
of the appropriations committee.
Moore, it is understood. doesn't want
appropriations again, and w. l.. Hard
ing of Woodbury. may get 1t. Gerritt
Klay, progressive and former candi-
date for speaker against Stillman, is
in line for the judiciary committee I'M
less Harding gets It, If Harding or
Moore gets appropriations Klay will
doubtless be given judiciary, as the
other two are standpatters. In view
of the recent surrender OF the stand
patters to the program which included
Stillman's election as speaker. 1t is
tgenerally regarded as probable that ne
will give them one or the other OF the
big committees. He will not announce
any Of his selections, however, until
next Tuesday afternoon.
REPRESENTATIVE Dabney's resolution
for a committee on committees IN the
house was promptly killed yesterday
afternoon, Just as everybody knew 1t
would be.
Republicans outgeneral Democrats
The democrats are mad because the
republicans stole march on them in
presenting their Oregon plan bills be-
fore the faithful had an opportunity to
do 80. Senator Smith and Representa-
Klay slipped their documents into
the hands of the secretary OF the SEN
ate and the clerk of the house re-
spectively yesterday, just as soon as
it was legal to introduce a bill.
Senator Clarkson of Monroe and
Representative O'Connor of Chicasaw
have been saving bills for weeks, wait
ing for the chance to introduce them,
and now the insurgents have stolen
their thunder.
that the Oregon plan will be the law
Of Iowa before the present session
ends
~ voted against Senator Moons bill
two years ago, he said, "just like lot
of others did, because didn't take
time to investigate the plan. But l
can't see why the state OF Iowa should
not say just who is to be senator. II
the majority of the voters want
democrat, then there is no reason why
the legislature shouldn't elect demo-
GRAFT"
The Oregon Plan.
One democrat was heard to remark
last week that should the people in
his county hear the expression, Ore
eon plan" they would think 1t refer
red to some new way of planting pota-
toes. II may be that there are a great
many voters who don't know what the
plan means, but they will know before
this legislative session ends. 1t Is
nothing more nor less than a plan
which gives the voters the opportunity
to express their choice as to United
States senator when they elect their
state officials. The members Of the
legislature pledge themselves, either to
follow the vote of the majority, or to
remain free of that vote in casting
their ballots for senator. In fact,
when they qualify as nominees, they
must sign a document which does one
Of three things-binds them to vote as
the majority DEGREES, leaves them free
to express their own views. or de-
clares their determination to ignore
the vote Of the people. Senator