Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-09
unusual honor was given him of new

unusual honor was given him of q new
member being made chairman Of the
ally important Judiciary committee OF
the house. He performed the duties
of that position with skill, and such
ability that the house finished its work
far ahead of the senate and every bill
in his committee was passed on by the
full committee.
'Altho George Clarke came to the
floor of the house of the Twenty-ninth
General Assembly a new man, as have
said, he held his own with a group
Of men which gave that assembly dis
tinction in Iowa history. Without dis
arrangement of any other assembly
think 1 am safe in saying that there
were as many strong leaders In that
one as any before or since-such men
as Willard L. Eaton, Mahlon Head. B.
F. Cummings, n. E. Kendall, Gardner
CoWles. William Larrabee Jr., Emory
English, E. ]. c. Bealer, M. L. Temple.
S. 7. Meservey, ]. L. Warren, Charles
J. Wilson, Burton E. Sweet, Frank
Payne, ]. P. Lyman, Joseph Mates.
w. NJ. Greeley, Tim Donahue. and 9TH
ers I might name. And 1 do not be-
lieve there is one in this strong group
but that Will aCnit That George Clarke
SllilSI OI TIE IOOE VI III committee
was able to hold his own with any or
all Of them.
"At any rate. Representative Clarke
SO impressed himself upon his asso-
ciates that the Thirtieth General AS
sembly elected him to be speaker, not
after prolonged struggle but abso-
lutely without opposition in the repub-
lican caucus. and to show how well he
annreoiafa5 fa the
democrats refused even to name a can
didate against him. Again two years
later he was again elected speaker.
Then the people of the state trans
ferred him to the other end of the
capitol and commissioned him to WELD
the gavel there for two consecutive
sessions.
ON the floor Of the house. in the
speakers chair and as president of rhe
senate George w. Clarke has won an
enviable reputation for eminent fair
ness. for clean and honest work. for de-
votion to the public good. In every
thing that makes for the greatness
and glory OF our state, in all that is
good in legislation. Governor Clarke
has been ever ready TO lend helping
hand. He has had a great deal to co
with the legislation of the past ten
years, and it has all been good. Those
who stand ready to deny that we have
made any progress in Iowa may try
to belittle his work, but all who know
what has been done will agree that he
has been of great value to the whole
state.
Let no man convince YOU that Gov
ernor Clarke is untitled for the great
! responsibilities of governor of Iowa.
His years of legislation have familiar
! ized him with every need of the state.
He is thoroughly trained in all that is
needed for that office. He has labored
zealously for better schools, for better
roads. for greater educational ,insti-
! tutions, for cleaner politics. for equal
taxation. for economy and honesty in
state administration. But he is mod
est man; never going about proclaim
| ing his own virtues and he would be
the last to claim for himself that he is
the only man capable of being COVER
| nor of the state. He has had no press
committee and he has not been adver-
tised: he has been merely content to
| go on doing good in modest way. AS
! governor he will be chief executive in
! his own right, owing allegiance only to
! the whole people. not the representative
! of any clique or clan; real governor
devoting himself to the duties of that
office and performing every duty with
fidelity and sincere patriotism