Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-08
BUSY 1t STATE HOUSE
MUCH NEED FOR HURRY IN OR.
DER TO PREPARE FOR
LEGISLATURE.
MUCH TO BE DONE TO
MAKE WAY FOR INAUGURATION
Interest Transferred From House to
senate in Matter Of Organization
Contest Probable Over Appropra-
tiens chairmanship - Harding De-
& tanned at Home.

Contest Probable Over Appropria-
tiens chairmanship Harding De-
!, tanned at Home.
Special to Times-Republican.
does Moines, Jan. S.-With the speak
Arship contest being conducted in a
very lady-like fashion, and q sufficient
number of members Of the legislature
on hand to take a Arm stand against
the army Of candidates, some atten-
tion is being given to the opening pre-
liminaries for the Thirty-sixth general
assembly. A little conference was held
in the governors rooms yesterday by
the.. Polk county members and some
Others to take steps for gettingDready
Tor the inauguration. II the prelimin-
aries are to be- jammed together In two
days, as contemplated by the bill
passed at last session. there must be
some things done before the legislature
committees are ready to say the word.
If there Is to be Inauguration early in
the week then the platform in the state
house rotunda must be constructed,
music secured, decorations provided for
and other necessary details looked at
ter. Now 1t is the desire Of the gov
ernor to hustle things along and in
duce the legislature to get down to
business as quickly as possible. So
the adjutant general and some others
will proceed to make some of the ar
rangements, at least in q tentative
way, and trust to the legislature ap-
proving the same. In no other way
can the Inauguration be moved forward
to the early part of the week without
embarrassment. AS soon as suf-
ficient number Of the members are here
a program will be agreed upon SO that
1t may be followed and announcement
of the program for the week be made
in advance.
Interest in Senate.
In the meantime interest has been
partially transferred from house to
senate in the matter Of organization:
but really the only big thing in or
ganizing the senate is the committee
assignments. 1t is reported that Lieut..
Gov. Harding has arranged it so that
he has a fine excuse for not arriving
too soon on the scene, He has a new
baby at his house and 1t needs his con-
slant attention, so he will not be here
until Sunday, Then he can have the
pOmmittee list on his inside pocket and
Herythfng settled. There are disturb
ing runnors about only one committee.
Senator Savage Is ranking member on
The appropriations committee. He will,
of course, claim the right to be chair.
IMAM. But there have been objections
raised. and there has been q sug-
gestion that Senator Frank F. Jones,
Of villiseabe made chairman. But of
course there are obtectorS 60 that pro.
gram. IfH can be settled there wiz
not anything get past Jones without
being scrutmized and scaled to the
limit. Jones never agreed to buy any
editions de luxe OF old authors at ia
bilious prices. But there is also talk
that perhaps Larrabee or Robinson or
Darrah would be better able to handle
place where there is some contro-
versy. Joe Allen Is slated to hold
his place at the head of ways and
means and Leslie Francis at the head
OF Judiciary. They are strong enough
SO there will be no thought OF shifting
them. 1t is expected that Francis A.
Head, of Cedar Rapids will go to the
craftsmanship Of the committee on cit
les, and towns, one Of the important
places. Larrabee would like to re-
tain his place as chairman on. rail-
roads and is likely to do so. Unless
Jones is given something better he will
be chairman on banks. Nicholas Bal
kerna is likely to remain at the head
Of the committee on highways which
assures that all amendments to the
highway law will harmonic with the
main purpose Of the same. Darrah,
Crist, Doe, Kimball. Fellows, Nye,
Thomas. all deserve better positions
than before. There is q strong group
OF new men, including Foster, Whit
more, Eversmyer Henigbaum, Grout,
Foskett. Helmer. Enger and Parker,
most Of whom will have to wait their
turn before taking conspicuous COM
,mittee places.
Little Interest in Minor Places.
But very slight interest has been
aroused in the seeking of the desk
places in the senate. Thomas Waters,
who was reading clerk Of the house
one session, will likely be secretary OF
the senate without opposition: with
NJ. H, Francis. OF Woodward, and L. E.
Stamm, Of Dies Moihes as assistants.
Mrs. Rinabarger and Mrs. Malm, who
were journal clerks two years ago and
did splendid Job OF keeping the
journals, are candidates again. Mary
A. Reed, of Des 6Qihesss Il also ascan-
didate. w. n. Lundy Of Clarinda is a
candidate for assistant secretary. For
enrolling clerk. Lois Elwood. who has
had the position two sessions, is q
Edythe Park Ditto, Of Des
Moines, Is also candidate. For en-
crossing clerk. Lillian Leffert, Belle
Riddle and Amy Bryan are all candi-
dates. John F. LOTUS OF Dubuque, is
candidate for bill clerk: Mrs. William
E. Hamilton, Of Odebolt, will again be
pos,mistrecs. An interesting contest is
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