Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-06
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New York in support Of republican
principles; Senator Root has done very
little campaigning in the west and is
wholly unknown personally to Iowa
people. The outcome Of the Minnesota
contest will be awaited with interest,
for it may mean much.
Henry Brady has announced that he
viii have his name 60 before the re-
publicans next year as a candidate for
lieutenant governor. Brady has req
resented Dallas county in the house of
representatives three sessions He is
farmer. real farmer who goes out
and husks his own corn His only
fault is that he has been too busy to
get married He was speaker pro TEN
of the house three years ago, but il
must be confessed he was not a great
man with the gayel- But he IS honest,
and square. and you know right where
to find him. The man best fitted to
preside over the senate. of those who
have been mentioned or considered, is
Senator Crist. of Clarke county The
senator is fair. clear headed and pos
sesses a great deal Of ability He was
president pro tenn of the senate and
was called upon last winter to preside
a great many times. which he did with
success. OF course the job of keeping
the senate in the right path is nothing
like that of tanning the wild colts of
the house, and therefore Bill Atkinson
would have an easy job filing the
presidents chair as compared with
playing speaker. 1t vas abundantly
demonstrated last winter. as it has
been many times before that too much
! has been made of the so-called power
of the president of the senate over leg
islatfon by reason Of his rulings and
committee appointments. There is no
rule or custom or precedent, in the
Iowa senate that ties things up like
they sometimes do in Washington.
Every committee is under orders from
the senate itself No committee is able
/ TO bury bill" or refuse to report.
! And if the chair makes ruling that
| the senate does not believe to be right
/ the senate has not hesitated to make
a contrary order and nobody feels the
/ worse for it. There is nothing Of
/ senatorial courtesy" in the Iowa state
! senate to stand as a block in the way
| Of good legislation So it is not a kill
ing matter as to who presides in the
| senate.
| Women Of Iowa who are making the
| fight for breaking down the sex dis
| tinction in political rights will go RICH,
along in their campaign for a change
| in the Iowa constitution. The fact
(. that states like those in the east that
| have so recently rejected women voters
are all Of one view may serve better
to call attention to the vital issue in
/ volved-that of advancement in po-
! litical life as opposed to inaction and
| acceptance of the old Standards From
| the point of view of the women it is
the old question over again involving
progress in political ideals and the
| trying out Of the things found to be
good in other parts Of the world. The
states of the Mississippi valley have
shown a willingness to make innova-
tions. while the eastern states have
preferred to be last to take up with
the things that are new. Some of tn.
equal suffrage leaders of Iowa believe
that the verdict of the boss-ridder
states will help them in Iowa.
il There seems to be a reorganization
Of the Meredith movement to boos
him into high office in Iowa, and Their,
is recurrence Of the boosting spiri
shown here. He is now being favoret
as a candidate for governor. He woult
make splendid candidate. There II
sincere desire on the part Of certain
elements in Des Moines, regardless o
party. to put Meredith to the fore
IHe is most likable fellow and ha!
been successful, Of late years, In bust
ness. he has shown the power Of ad
Des Moines boosters want one OF thei
number for governor Of Iowa The.
have never had . man they could cal
their own for while Cummins was