Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-21
CUNNINGHAM NAMES RIVAL AS
80 MEAD OF COMMITTEE ON
JUDICIARY.
JACOBS, OF CALHOUN COUNTY,
CHAIRMAN WAYS AND MEANS
Speakers Selections Of House Com
n,ittss Indicates Friendlness Of Re-
cent contest-kulp Heads Schools
Complete List Of Other Committees
Announced.
Special to Times Republican.

DeS MONIES, Jan. 2l.-SpedAer Lu-
ward H. Cunningham distributed his
belated Christmas gifts today to mem :
bers Of the house. He announced the
committees. 1t was first on the pro-
gram for the day.
High honors went to Representative
= Gerrit klay, Of Sioux county, who was
sole rival for the speakership AT the
finish. He got the big committee, that
on judiciary. His selection showed
plainly that what all the candidates Tor
speaker were saying two weeks ago
about the entire friendliness of the
contest was true. The next important
place. Craftsmanship Of ways and
means, also went to a candidate tor
the speakership, John Jacobs of CAL
houn, one of the most virile of the men
of the house. Will Larrabee, another
candidate for speaker, drew appropria :
tons, where he Will have his hand on
the purse strings of the state.
The other candidates for speaker
got prizes as follows: Huff Of Har-
din, on railroads and transportation;
Stipe, of Page, on public utilities;
Dixon, of Sac. on banks
Cunningham named but one new
committee, TO handle the public utili-
ties proposition.
The committee to handle the numer-
Gus constitutional amendments has
Representative Kulp at its head, while
On woman suffrage the committee IS
led by Mr.. Peterson, of Cass, a new
man. The suppressing of intemper-
ance will be in charge Of a committee
with Bliss, Of Ringgold, as chairman.
He is new man and his leanings are
not known.
Dawson Heads Schools.
The very important matter of the
handling Of school iegisiat iuu viii be
in the hands of Mr.. Dawson, the
Cherokee member, who stands very
high in the councils of the house. The
4. equally important matter Of handling
the highway legislation goes to COM
mittee with Mr.. Brockway, of Louisa,
& at the head If there is to be legislation
affecting elections or the amendment
of the primary law the committee of
which Sherman, of Poweshiek, is chair
man will handle the business. There
is always a great deal of legislation
regarding cities and towns and Whit
ney, of Woodbury., heads the commit
tee on municipal corporations.
List Of Committees.
Following are the committees:
Judiciary-klay, chairman; Jacobs,
Huff, Whitney, LARA bee, Stipe. Shank
land, Lounsberry, Lund, Ring, King
land, Griffin Elwood. McRose. Craig.
Jensen Buxton, Leroy, Manning. Croz-
Ter, Koontz, Scholz. Kane, Hamilton
Mitchell. Boettger. Workman.
Ways and Means-Jacobs, chairman;
Dawson, Whitney, Brady, Hunt, Bruce
Ring, Fraley, Grout, Lounsberry, Burt
Stipe, Lund, Elliott, Erickson, Hadley,
Jensen, Munro, Anderson of Montgom-
cry, Bingham, Cole, Greene of Grundy,
McHose. Meredith, Odendahl Scholz,
Kane, Cannon, Hazen, Crozier, Black
Bradley, Dunlap, Hansen. Thompson,
Clarke, Cronbaugh, Brown.
Appropriations - Larrabee. Dixon.
Sherman, Brockway, klay, Anderson Of
Greene, Power. Craig, Halgrims,
Shankland, Atkinson, Jones, Enger,
Newcomb, Bliss, Chapman, Pickford,
KuIp, Hutchins, Huntley, Heaton. Crit
fin, Carson, Barry, Peterson, Thayer,
Webb, Bartle, Rohwer. Kelso, White.
Steelsmith, Mccullough, Hamilton,
Miller. Saltzman, Townsend, Sidey,
Trum bauer, BaUman.
Schools and Text Books - Dawson,
Dixon, Power. Jensen, Atkinson, Pick
ford, Barry, Bliss, Craig, Buxton,
Bruce, Brockway, Bingham, Anderson
of Montgomery, Bernbrock, Halgrims,
Helming. Cole, Griffin. Scholz, Miller,
!, Sidey, Townsend, RohWer, Hamilton,
Milton. Steelsmith. Trumbauer.
Brockway Heads Highways.
Roads and Highways - Brockway,
Bruce. Newcomb. Bliss, Stipe, Jones
Chapman, Elliott. Whitney, F'raley',
Manning, Buxton, Atkinson, Heaton,
Anderson Of Greene, Peterson, Daniels,
Hutchins Huntley, jacobson. Webb,
Munro, Kulp, McVicker, Cole, Ring,
Sidey, Workman, Steelsmith, Halstead
Scott, Lenocker, Dunlap, Saltzlnan,
Eggleston, Downey.
Agriculture-Hunt, Dawson, Brock
way, Sherman, Brady, Chapman, Craig,
Anderson Of Greene, Pichford. Bruce
z Huntley, Newcomb. Meredith, Peter
son, Munro. Blackford, whitney, Dan
iels, Burt, Jacobson, Helming, Greene
of Grundy, Bartle, Hadley, Thayer,
Rome, Hazen, Odendahl, Bauman,
Cronbaugh. Stutt, Scott, Townsend,
Halstead, Mccullough, Black. Downey,
White. Stokes.
observation-disclosures. Larrabee. Bruce
Dixon. Dawson. Griffin. Kingland, En-
ger, Lund, Fraley, Jacobs. Burt. Han
ston. Thompso
Public Utilities-Stipe, Jacobs, Klay,
Buxton, Sherman, Power. Griffin, Lund,
I Iarrabee, Dawson, Brockway, White,
Boettger, Miller, Hamilton, Sidey,
Eggleston.
Municipal Corporations Whitney,
Ring. Buxton. Shankland Lounsberry,
Grout, Erickson, McHose, Hadley,
Power, Pickfori, Elliott KoontZ,
Black, Lenocker. Mitchell, Boettger,
Jamison Mccullough.
Banks-Dixon, Manning, Erickson,
Haigrims, Buxton, Leroy, Anderson Of
Greene. Elwood. Blackford. Rome, KEEL
so, KoontZ, Rohwer. Hazen, Trum-
bauer, Griggs, Workman.
Grout, Carson, Brady, Tnayer, Jones,
ShankIand on Insurance.
MISREPRESENTATION Hunt, Barry,
Dawson, Enger. Lounsberry, Elliott,
3 Halgrims, Grout, Burt, Greene, Nc
Hose, Rome, Bartle, Jamison. Rohwer
j Mitchell, Trumbauer, Crozier, Doze,
Downey, Saltzman.
Food and Dairy-Bruce. Klay Fra
& ley, Anderson OF Greene, Pickford,
! Meredith, Heaton, Thayer. Daniels. Nc
Wicker, Bernbrock, Miller, Scholz, Bau