The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-20
ASSEMBLY NOW
READY FOR WORK
Committee. Ae " 4 Named and Lea'''at'
ors Commences Long Grind in
Law Ma,sjNe At Des Moines
EQUAL suFFaAce is AssUREo

NGNONS SoVS
Cities to A,k ,fsr:' Home RuIe-New
Call for bst0ian Relief Issued
by csysernor Clarke.
(By George Gallarno)
Des Moinss, Ia. Jan. 1S.-The 36tl
general asssSbly reconvened today
after recess taken last Thursday
following ths, inauguration of Cover.
nor Clarke for his second term. Pres.
1dent@f fHardiAg : Of the senate and
Speaker Atkinson of the house an.
nounced their appointments to stand
ing committees for the session and
the assembly q once got down to the
serious busilAIS before it. There was
very little. * SSy criticism of the ap.
pointments made by the presiding Of
ticers Of the. two houses and 1t was
generally recognized that the i'm
pOrtant chairmanships had been we'll
placed and TINT the work of the as
ssmbly would be carried forward in
an orderly and business-like way.
Mr.. Lee Elwood. representative
from Howard county. was named as
speaker pro TEN of the house. and
Senator l.. e. Crist. of Clarke county.
was made president pro tenn of the
senate. '7~'H
y Suffrage Ansadnent viii Pass.
! Despite the fact that women suf-
frage has had q second turn down in
the national legislature during the
past year, the ady4cates OF the con-
stitutional aMendment for Iowa. are
not the least discouraged and are pre-
dieting that they will have much
easier victory this year than was OBJ
tanned in the 35th general assembly.
Senator Quigley, the veteran demo-
cratic member froe Clayton county.
is apparently thS only uncompromis-
ing enemy Of SUI kfage in either house.
He declares his cpnstituents, men and
women alike, ere, ~ not bitterly op-
posed, at lesit indifferent on the ques-
tion of suffrage. and that he intends
to represent that sentiment, which
fortunately agrees with his own per-
sOnal ideas, 70 the end. He expects.
however. 10 ~ the amendment
adopted by ! food majority in both
houses. Should this prediction be
verified. the question will be submit
ted to the voters at the regular elec-
tion in 1915, and II favored by q ma
jority of the yetes cast. the consti-
tuition Of the state will at once be 30
amended rs to embrace universal
suffrage. Va
Cities wpnt Home Rale.
The municipal league Of the state.
through its lektslative committee. will
ask the lexisl4tIfe for the adoption Of
several impDrtent laws. Some Of
these will affsct only a few cities and
others will be applicable to all cities
and towns. The most important bit
OF legislation ia. be asked for by the
league will be q law giving home rule
to cities. The, bill for this purpose.
and probably, some others will be
formulated at . meeting OF the legfs-
lative committee OF the league to be
held in Dss Moines this week. The
committee has secured the presence
here Of Professor Hatton, the Ohio ad-
vocate of hume rule, and he will aid
in preparing the law and in creating
sentiment In Its favor. Ohio has =
home rule provision in its constitu-
tiOn.
Another bill Ia, be asked for by the
league will be one fixing minimum
scale of wages for officers Of cities
and towns. 1t has long been a rec
ognized fact. that, city and town Off
cials devote much time and perform
much labor in the government Of the
municipalities. and that the pay ac-
corded them for their services 10
ridiculously small.
Along with this bill will be another
establishing . state civil service law
for cities and towns. especially as re-
CARDS accounting officers. While the
cities and towns Of Iowa are remark
ably free from partisan politics In
their government. they are not free
from factiOnal strife, and 1t happens
often. as In the old political days
when to the victors belonged the
spoils of Office. SO today the faction
winning In. its municipal contest has
its friends to reWard, and often the
best and most efficient employees Of
the city are removed from Office
solely in order that the winning can
didates may reward friends who have
helped them to gain their victory. 1t
Is hoped by the officers Of the muni-
cipal league that the legislature will
see Its way clear to adopt laws that
will overcome this constant changing
OF employees in positions which are
clerical only.
+; GsverRsr Calls ~ Belgias Relief.
Governor clsfks,has issued proc
lamation calling on the chambers of
commerce, the commercial clubs Of
the state. the various committees
working for relief In Belgium and the
people Of the state generally. to the
tact that the national commission for
relief in Belgium, the officially desig-
nated sole agency through which food
supplies may be sent to that country. 4
has concluded arrangements with the