Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-08

on for sergeant at arms between w. A.
Grove, Of Role. who held It last ses-
sion, and Capt. A. J. Lyon. OF De Soto.
There IS q big bunch for doorkeeper
jobs including Jack Heffelfnger,
Grundy Center; ]. H. Doty. Of Spencer:
D. Pickering, Burlington: ]. r. Peters,
Abingdon; J. L. Rerick, Primghar; Mr..
Stoland, Kent; o. X. Olsen. Des
Moines; A. c. Henderson, Centerville;
d. II. Heisler, Council Bluffs; r. G.
Lewis, Des Moines. These are posi-
tions which go to>veterans Of the war.
Legislative .Notss.
{ The governor has his message in the
hands Of the printer and has been
working on his inaugural address. 1t
Is presumed the former will be de-
livered Monday and the latter Tuesday
or Wednesday He will be ready for
orders.
Burton Sweet, who was in the
twenty eighth and Twenty-ninth gem
eral assemblies. and made a splendid
record, was mingling with the new
members yesterday in the lobbies. He
has been at Washington looking over
the field for his new work and will go
IN February. He conferred with C.. C.
Dowell, the new member from the
Seventh district. They were in the
Iowa legislature n, the same time.
The fact that Henry w. Grout has
nominal contest on his hands cir, the
Black Hawk Grundy district, probably
VIII not interfere very greatly with his
work in the senate. He will be given
as good assignments on committees
as any OF the new members Mr. Grout
and Mr.. Enger are the only two men,
oers OF the senate who have just been
promoted from the house.
Jacob H. Reese, of Wright county,
though new member of the legis-
lature, Will not be stranger in legis-
lative. halls. He has been sergeant at
arms of the senate number of times
and is quite familiar with legislative
work.
b. Murphy who is helping to organize
the legislature, services entirely free,
commented on the announced reopen
ing Of the printer binder controversy
With which he became familiar when
ne was state printer. 1T would seem
that the state ough, not to have much
to complain about on the present sys-
tenn, he safe The state buys the
paper, decides what it wants printed,
orders 1t done, fixes the price by law,
measures it up and settles the bills
on its own basis. There are Jobs on
which the printer makes good deal,
and there are jobs on which he loses
great deal"
The suggestion of President Mac
Bride, of the state university, made
some time agoyof organization of a
child welfare" department for the uni
versity with a laboratory for research
work, is to be pushed forward strongly
by the women Of the state. The pur-
pose is to retain some of the persons
at the university who have made
special study of this work and to en-
large the work greatly 1t will take
special appropriation if the state
undertakes it.
The allied temperance forces are
holding session here today getting
ready to make the fight in the legis-
lature for advanced legislation to put
an end to the saloons in every corner
Of the state They are prepared to
work in entire harmony for prohibi-
tory amendment and the consequent
repeal Of the entire mulct law. On the
other hand there is a pretty strong
sentiment among legislators-and it is
not entirely in the interest of the
saloons-in favor of just leaving things
alone for time until public sentiment
catches up with the procession:
The hotel men of the state will make
an effort to secure important amend
lnents to- the hotel inspection law They
say that the present law is merelyan
moving and accomplishes no good. II
there is inspection that is worth any
thing 1t must be oftener than once
each year, and it must be thorough
and by experts. They tried to have
the whole law knocked out but at least
want some changes.