Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-01
VET AND DRY LINES
D[G|S|VELY DRAWN
CRISIS REACHED IN
SENATE IN STRANGE
MANNER.
CAME ON QUESTION OF
NAMING SITTING COMMITTEES
Vets Desire That Committee Como
Into Being at Once and Thus Pre-
vent Further Temperance LEGISLATION
-Drys Temporarily Beaten by Ono
Vote.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. April IA crisis was
reached rather suddenly and in strang-
est way Monday afternoon in the sit
uation as to pending legislation in the
legislature. The showdown came in
the senate Not an unkind word was
said not a statement that need be talk
en- back, nothing to show how tense
was the feeling: but both sides SQUARED
off firmly for a fight to the finish If
need be, and for little while there was
suppressed but fierce antagonism.
The principal. some say the only. is
sue involved was that of wet or
dry. That issue was Indirectly in
VOWED, but none the less it was there
and decidedly conspicuous.
There We're some other matters in
volved-rairoad legislation, utilities
bill, the employers liability plan, and
the college controversy. But all these
We're incidental.
The main question involved was
whether or not the senate should de-
eide that at noon today it take action
that would end for this session all tenn
perance legislation.
1t came about this way: on Satur-
day Savage proposed a sitting COM
mittee, and later Cowles suggested it
should so into effect at noon today
April land then the resolution was
laid over.
Yesterday Larrabee moved another
Sitting committee proposal lha COM
nittee to be named five days before
the date fixed upon later for final ad-
journment.
On the motion to substitute the Lar
rabee resolution for the Savage resoll-
ton the vote was 10 to 90. Then the
Savage resolution was carried. Allen
filed motion TO reconsider. Cowies
made motion to reconsider and las
on the table. The"dr forces We're at
their Wits ends. and to kill time forced
a motion to adjourn, which was lost.
Another was. made to gain more time.
This permitted time for filing de-
mand signed by q number of senators
| for formal call of the senate" TINS
hung matters up SO that the motion to
reconsider and lay on the table could
not be put.
The effect Of the call of the senate
was to have the sergeant-at-ar go
after all who We're absent: and nothing
could be done while waiting for the
bringing in Of the absentees. After a
parley, the call was made returnable
at 10 o'clock today. Then adjourn
mert.
The Senate Lineup.
The lineup in the senate yesterday
was as follows:
For Savage resolution-Balluff,
Cowles, Crow F'arr, Garrett, Hageman,
! Gillette, Kimbal, Head, Hilsinger,
Legel, Malmberg, Mates. McManus
Quigley, Schrup, Sullivan, White, Will
son Of Appanoose, Alison Of Clinton
! 90.
For Larrabee resolution - Allen,
Ames, Arney, Balkema, Clarkson, Crist.
Darrah, Doran. Fellows, Francis, Jones,
| Larrabee, McColl, Neal, Nye, Ream,
| Robinson, Taylor, Thomas-l9.
There were eleven absent. How
would they vote if present? That was
the all-absorbing question at once.
Jewell is counted as not likely to be
present, because he is i'll, tho the rumor
started that he would be here today.
How about the ten others?
| The I.arrabee forces at once claimed
Doe. Chase, Perkins, Spaulding, smith
and Dunnegan. That is, six which
| would give them twenty-five
The savage forces claimed OF the
| ahsentees, Savage, Sheean, Weber and
! DeWo]f. four i'll all, which would give
them twenty-four.
| But there We're uncertain elements.
| Some said that Dunnegan, as demo
| c-at would never vote with the dry
forces, tho Garrison and Ream We're
| there Then there was a rumor that
! Head would change to the other slde'
T, was not certain that Chase would De
found with the dry" forces or DEVON
with the vets" Neither was i; GER
tain that all could get back. SO the SIT
uation was left in fine condition tor
speculation and guessing.
| For the Savage program OF an I'M
mediate resort to the sitting commit
70. +bare we're eleven democrats ana
nine republicans. For the LarraoHe
man of deferring and clearing the cal
| endar there were seventeen repupi-
c.ns and two democrats. OF the eleven
.hsentees four were democrats.
If Is stated that this is the first time
in many years the senate has lnouiseo
in a ..call of the senate for the pur-
pose of sending out of the city for an
| can't members. Nearly every session
there is an invoking Of this right &c
bring members in from committee
rooms or the corridors, but only last
ing a few minutes at time. The tele-
phones were started off to bring in the
men last evening and the senators
went on with committee meetings.
No Hint Of Significance.
In the preliminary debate on the
sitting committee proposition in the
senate there was no hint Of the rea
significance back of it; but an inter
esting debate Was had 'a!ch ser'ee
to show how widely different is the
view point Of different members as t.
legislative duty.
!. senator Larrabee urged the adoption
of his substitute because he oel1eved
was not wise to anticipate an carr!
adjournment. cit is our duty he de
clared. ito do the business that Is be
fore Us and TO conclude the work W.
have in hand. That is what we hav'
. been sent here for. We had muci
better be putting in our time aaspos