The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-01-30
WOULD NOT LIMIT
Term OF OFFICE
CONGRESSMAN KENDALL oP
POSES cuMMlNs MEASURE.
BILL TO COME UP JANUARY 80
Il Is championed by lowa's Senior
Senator and Provides For Term
OF Six Years and No President
Eligible For Second Term.

1 Washington, ID. c., Jan. 25.--"I
wouldn't vote to put any limitation
upon the term of Office of the presi.
dent of the United States; let
president serve as long as the people
want him."
Such was the comment of Congress.
man Nate Kendall, who Is put for
ward by his townsman, the editor of
the Abba Republican, for the repub-
| lican nomination for United States
senator in the June primaries next
year, upon the fight of Senator Cum.
Minis to limit the time a president can
serve, to one term of six years,
Lese majestic? Dangerously near
it, Time was and that not so very
long ago, either, when Nate hardly
would have had the temerity to have
commented adversely upon any move.
ment of Senator Cummins nor dream
ed of voting against the senator's
slightest wish. But that time was
before the republican newspapers out
in Iowa began to discuss Mr.. Ken
ldall's availability as a candidate for
United States senator to succeed his
long time chief a
No, SIR, | wouldn't vote for such a
resolution" Mr.. Kendall reiterated.
l"I am more interested in preventing
the president from perpetuating him.
self in Office by the utilization of fed.
eral patronage. That's the way
Roosevelt nominated Taft and that
Taft renominated himself"
--tFhe senate by--aRaRimOus consent
has agreed that on Thursday, Janu-
airy 30, Immediately upon the conclus'
ion of the routine morning business, il
will proceed to consideration of this
measure, which is joint resolution
Originally introduced February 10
1872, by Senator Works of California
and referred to the committee on jul
dietary, out of which it was reported
May 81, 1912, by Mr.. Cummins with
an amendment The resolution In
it's amended form is as follows:
THE executive power shall be
vested in a president of the United
States of America. The term of the
office of president shall be six years
and no person who has held the office
by election, or discharged its powers
or duties, or acted as president under
pursuance thereof shall be eligible
to again hold the Office by election"
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Guy A. Feely, prominent repub
lican attorney of Waterloo. who was
speaker of the house OF representa-
tives in the Thirty.third general as
sembly of Iowa. has been granted |
pension of So per month, with bacl
pay dating from January 26, 1905
because of disability, resulting from
varcose veins contracted during ser
vice in the Spanish American war
Mr. Feely was q private in Company
B, Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteers.
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John Marian of Davenport has en-
tered the ranks of the candidates fol
United States marshal for the south
ern district of Iowa under the incom
ing administration.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter o.
Secretary Wilson, is taking a promi
; nent part in the inaugural arrange
ments which the suffragists are max
ing. She will have charge of the NH
sic section. Miss Wilson intends t.
demonstrate what an important par
| women play in the musical world
She is arranging to bring to Wash
ingtOn singers from all the large cit
les east, of the Mississippi river ant
some from farther west.
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With the receipt today of repor
of information as to the condition!
which brought about the New YOrl
: strike of garment workers, Repre-
sentative Berger announced that he
had practically decided to demand {
Legislative inquiry into the matter
He received data regarding the
wages and working hours OF the
strikers and said that the brutalities
of the police is but small part Of
the Outrages against the workers.
Repeal of that part of the Panama
Canal act granting free tolls tt
coastwise vessels will be one of the
first requests of President Wilson tC
congress according to the predictions
made today in formal statement by
Chairman Adamson of the house in
terstate commerce committee which
planned the Panama law.