Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-14
'Thirty-fifth Gathering OF
Lawmakers Assumed An
Air of Activity; Short
J Sessions in Both Houses.
CUNNINGHAM HAS
GAVEL IN HOUSE
New Speaker Made a Short
Address Following Elec-
ton; Canvass to Bring a
! Contest in the Senate.

Des Moines, Jan. 13.-Iowa's thirty
fifth general assembly initiated lts
(1913 work here this morning Win
shorl sessions in the house and senate
In the L, lse, E. H. Cunningham was
elected speaker and delivered snort
address. ''he credentials committee
was appq sed and commenced to can
|vass the certificates returned to them
No trouble is expected in the makeup
}of the hc1se with the exception OF
where formal contests are Instituted.
Fioht in PottawattamIe.
In the senate, the appointment 81
I the credentials committee was the sig
nal for the beginning OF long 1len.
between the representatives. ol
( Clement NJ Kimball and NJ. {. Gooa-
win Of pottawattamie county. A certni, !,
cate Of lection was not lssuea anu
each man is demanding that ne oe
stated. The committee wrangled over
the question until noon and then ad-
iiourned until late in the afternoon.
House democrats cast their vote
soli,iiy for t,harles w. Miller Of Waver-
r. for speaker. thus making him the
party floor leader for the session.
! Speaker In No Huprry.
speaker p. H. CUNNINGHAM OF the
iowa house of representatives WIN take
Ms time in making up committees.
4 The number of new members Is SO
large that he expects to spend week
fin finding as much as ne can OF tue
individual abilities of each before ne
assigns them to special positions:
Mr.. Cunningham expects an adjourn
ment following the inauguration OF
Geo. w. Clarke. Thursday, until the
Following Monday or Tuesday. He VIII
lave the committees ready for an
louncement when the house recon
{enes after this short vacation.
fJTnless some of the veteran mem
iers of the house are overworked, II
will he necessary to make up some
committees almost entirely from the
men taking Part in their first session.
Started Businesslike.
Organization of the thirty-fifth gen
seral assembly was quickly accom-
plished Every move made gave prom
ise of business, session. Nothing was
lone merely for display; members
Went right straight at the serious bust
hss in hand, and this was true OF both
fuses. r.s..
3All was done the first day that could
done properly Selection of the
ornament officers. appointment OF the
preliminary committees, adoption OF
what rules are needed to get start.
Every legislative body is simply a
collection of persons, until it gets
started, and necessarily the process or
organization is delicate one.
The house installed as it's presiding
officer one who has the mental quail
Ifications and the disposition to, be all
always, fair and fearless manager. Ed
cunningham is royal good Fellow.
Those who know him well are his most
rdeut admirers He is plain man.
nd plain spoken; not college bred
an, but thoroughly educated man
Vail the affairs of life. If he had
I'm a lawyer he would have made an
6r.rable Judge. He is filled with
" red blood and he loves a fast
NJ much more than self-starting
~ flHe was made speaker because
eXGVlOuS lWO tcIlIS AC WA SAO
fs,. and confidence Of his asso-
/ Lohisa " fair fighting for good things.
dus. .Mng his word always good, by
IsipIen duty at all times
III a w,stse Yields Gavel.
Fm .Hu Harding will not take up
1t plso ;H,i 1T the senate end for few
be re- pficially it is not known wheth-
scity g elected. But in the meantime
licensesident pro tempore of the SEN
IL flagrihur G. Savage-Will WELD the
It can Ecept when President Clarke Is
tiles pchair. Mr.. Savage was reelec-
has thu second term after hard night.
woke bne Of the cleanest and most
complble of senators. type Of the
generation Of active republi-'
Flhnd Henry Brady of Dallas, a
The rmer, was given the honor of
table ofbuty speaker of the house.
from hcing of Cunningham, Savage
secretary in high position showed
shows hat the farmer element is
cast insng in the legislature for all
! at any Yhem have been especially in
Wilson pin legislation affecting agri-
Fooled byhe agricultural college, the
ITaft and .short courses, live stock.
Fighter voteIh has been served that mat
Isssisvete total vote 9finued on Page )