Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-10
REPUBLICAN, MEMsERs or PRES.
EMIT LEGISLATURE TO SIGN
CAUCUS CALL.
COMMITTEES or LAST
SESSION. ARE DEPLETED
Joe Allen, Of Peeahontas, Only Sur
vivins Member ef senas. Caucus
cemm;ttss-spsaksrsh;p Contest Re-.
mains Unchanged contsst Between
kIay and Cunningham.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, Jan. 1O.-Republican or
ganization caucuses will be called By
circulation of a call for signatures Of
members this year. 1T has been usual
to have the caucus committees of the
previous session issue the call
All that is left of the senate caucus
committee of the last session is Joe
Allen, of Pocahontas. He alone has
survived the storm. He probably will
head the call, as survivor, but the call
will be signed by members generally.
The house had no caucus committee.
1T will be recalled that because OF the
unfortunate situation arising over the
senatorial scrap the house members
were afraid to have a caucus commit
tee appointed. The session was got
thru with and no committee named.
The house caucus will therefore. OF
necessity, be called by signed paper
or agreement fixing terms and date.
Representative FraIsy oalks.
This matter will bye settled some time
today for both houses. All republl-
can members will go into caucus. \
majority makes nomination. AL!
who care to be regarded as regular re
publicans will be in. Only one balA
has been heard frcm-Representative
w. S. Fraley. of this county. whose
exact status is not very clear, has said
he will not go into caucus. He may
change his mind. Staying out of an
organization caucus Is not AN easy
matter.
Speaksrship Contest Unchanged.
Thes peakership contest today-with
the caucus not twenty four hours
away-is right where It was month
ago. 1t is race between Gerrit Klay.
the wiry little Dutchman from Sioux,
and Ed Cunningham, the big hearted
business man from Buena Vista.
Others are holding out and probably
will get votes but that is where the
race is, and now they all know it, Klay
counts his votes and finds he has
pretty nearly just the right number to
nominate. Cunningham is not saying
much but his friends are firm and
confident.
"standpat" Vote for Cunningham.
It developed, last night that Cum
bingham is going to get what Is called
for want of better term the stand
pat" contingent. Now there are lot
of them who declare there is no such
thing Not one of the candidates for
speaker is such as a "standpat" mem
ber.. In fact, there. are only progress
sive republicans in the house. But the
story is out that whatever there Is OF
standpat strength is goingsto. Cunning :
ham. But a count of noses as to who
is a friend Of this or that candidate
fails % reveal any factional line of
cleavage.
Pressure is already being felt by spe-
cial interests in the matter of commit
tee places. This is reflected in the
newspaper dope" fed to the members
here and the plain intent to influence
the committee making. The booster
interests of Des Moines took in the
members last night and started a
movement that it Is expected will bear
fruit in good things for Des Moines,
and one of the first things Is to get
the committees fixed up so they can
be handled. The appropriations COM
mittees are matter of especial con-.
Germ, for appropriations are always the
key to situation; Des Moines has Il
lot of things to ask of the legislature
including money for another. depart
ment of agriculture to run counter to.
the one now under state CONTROL and
additional courts to handle the b:si-
ness here.
c. r, Benedict whose retirement
from, the racegfor clerk of the house
was announced some time ago. is here,
but does not expect to stay; and EX-
Speaker Stillfnan has been busy re-
newing acquaintances.