Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-02
Special to Times-Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 2.-one does no
have TO be around the legislature lon=
TO discover that as matter OF lac
the political campaign Of 1916 is beinz
shaped up on the floor OF he senate
There is daily scramble Tor position
For a time ii was sparring for com
nittee positions. Now It IS chiefly
matter of precedence in bills. Their
che old scheme of proposing ell sorts o.
reforms in rules, most Of WAic,
wouldn't accomplish anything. Is be'ns
worked to fragile. Every posi-!
avenue of publicity IS oeing WORKED
In fact. so il appears. -here IS per
feet mania for publicity: ana SINAI
group of prospective Candidates ar
persistent seekers for big newspaper
space. and they succeed admirably II
getting top heads and column inter
views. not on what they have done, 2u'
what they are going TO do. Its a grea'
game and IL is being played Aard. Inc
campaign of 1915 IS the goal
Senator Garrison seems 70 nave so'
n the lead N this matter u pup-icitE
-sreIy. Just what he is aiming at i
rot clear, but anyway he IS worhlhs
the sensational with much success
Senator Doran, who was orce prousn'
sui by a home convention as the iar-
mer candidate for governor, IS losing
no opportunity 10 make nlnseA CON
spicuous IN the political sparrtng- Sen
ators Francis and Allen have secured
more publicity by adToit maneuver-
ing. than all the others together. ina
they are looking forward 10 furtne'
political preferment IS clear. Senator
Chase is also one who Is declared e
be filed with political aspire tons, ou'
he has not succeeded very Wen II
working the newspapers Tor space aS
TO what he thi1ks or IS about 10 thlnh
Chen, Of course. President Harding, ms
handicapped by place where ne car
GOT do much talking, ls watching tae
corners carefully.
For the present al least, as Judge
by the leaders and their actions, tae
gate senate is a good deal OF a poit:-
cal incubator but just what kind or a
brood will be Matched remains TO Dc
discovered
The house has not as yet developed
!ts political prospects. There are e
number of likely statesmen out as ye;
they are side-srepping and waiting &c
see what the other fellow IS going tc
do.
An appropriation is asked Of the leg
islature for the erection Of building
for the states industries at the state
penitentiary, now that contract labor
has been finally abandoned as a polio,
~, r. Tr
asks for $1,000 for this purpose. The
industrial work already done there has
been immensely hampered ny the fact
that there is no room for doing tbs
work In fact, in order to Ill al orde!
for baskets from AInes, the warden
had to beg OF one OF the factories
room in which 10 90 some of the work
The enlargement Of the Industrial worA
on state account makes it necessar =
that room be provided for shops
The report of Warden Sanders show:
that the men employed on the two
contracts, which are soon TO be ended
received in payment Tor overtime dur
ing the biennium ended June 80 las
S23, 99069. The report also shows
total of 1s2, 3S5 hours of employment
by convicts for the state IN the vari
GUS Industries incident to the prison
work The value Of farm products wa!
placed at s26.12o.s7. In addition $500
worth of hogs were lost by cholera.
The cha plain of the prison
Lloyd Tenant, urges that there be
chapel provided entirely separate from
the prison. He also urges a close
connection between the church worl
within the prison ard outside. Re
garding two matters Of interest tn
cha plain says:
From the table given II viii be seel
that the number OF Catholics has in
creased to Is per cent, or an increas
of 8 per cert over the last bienniUm
and the number Of protestants Ia.
grown TO 81 per cent, being an increas
of 1 per cent: while those with no re
Ngious preference are 81 per cent
decrease of 5 per cent. From 81 pc
cent OF 10 religious preference in 1870
TO 81 per cent in 1914 Is a vital show
ing as to the religious standards 0
the men In their homes and outside
in the liquor habit chart the intemper
ate have increased in per cent from 4
to SIS percent in 1914; while the non
users have decreased from 81 per cen
in 1908 to 13 per cent in 1914. Thi
! has in it much Of study for the stu
dent Of sociology"
The present week will witness
great deal Of legislative activity q
! the state house. It viii be mainly Il
committee work. There viii be mum
Der of hearings on bills, but the heav.
work in this line will not come 70
some time. because 1t is deemed bes
ito work out the small stuff and clea
the decks ready for the big fights o
the >ure. AS yet only the prelini
nary work on appropriations has bee
/ done. The bills for expenditures hav
& ing to do with state government an
3 the carrying on of the large educa
tional AMI eleemosynary work of tn
s state have not as yet been prepared
The more important legislation regard
ing railroads, utilities insurance, cor
porati0ns, highways. schools. and stat
6 offices have not been considered.
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