Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-30
OF LEGISLATURE ~
SPEND NEXT WEEK IN MAX.
ING FLANS FOR SESSION.
SPEAkERsRiP CAUCUS
SATURDAY., JAN. 6
Senate Caucus to Be Hold in Afternoon
Of Same Day---Minor Officials to Be
Pieked-chairma nships Much Sought
--Arney May Be Made Speaker Pro
Tom or Chairman of Committee.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Repubhcan.
Des Moines. d c. 30.-NeNt week vii!
witness the influx Of leg .slators to the
capital city to. complete all nGcessar!
preparations for the session, If the
Thirty seventh S-n lal assembly
which conyen.s M~ncay, Jan. $. Pre-
limina Legislative wo-k will take
place in the hutels all th.u the week.
Applicants Tor comml,tee cIerkshlps,
for MINOR positions .,bu ut the house OF
senate, women as wei as men, beslege
the leg .Sla.urs u ua..y in the hotels
before tne session ,p>nS. The Speah-
ership tight Will wax warmer all week
and Will cu.lnl..ate in the caucus to
be held by the msmbers of the house
on SATURDAY morning in the Slavery
Hotel, Jan. s, at which caucus the
speaker will be selected. The chief
clelk of the house will also be chosen
a. :his caucus and committee will be
appointed to report to another mouse
caucus in the afternoon on the rest OF
the help.
The senate caucus will be held in the
Slavery Hotel in the afternoon at which
time the president pro tenn of the SEN
ate will be chosen and the clerical helm
OF the senate. These caucuses get the
preliminary work of the legislature OUT,
Of the way so that when the senate and
house members meet in'their respective
chambers at the state house Monday,
Jan. s, at 10 O'Clock, when the legisla-
ture really opens, both bodies will have
their preliminary organizations well in
hand. This will be perfected on Mon
day. In the afternoon the members
will draw their seats.
Tho Routine Program.
On Tuesday the vote on governor
and lieutenant governor will be cah
vassed officially by the legislator e On
Tuesday afternoon Governor George
W. Clarke will read his retiring met
sage before a joint meeting of the
house and senate. On Wednesday
there will be routine work. Thursday
will witness The inauguration of Gov
crnor-elact w. l.. Harding which Will
take place at ESQ in TIE house cham
ber Thursday evening the governors
ball and general reception will be given
at the state house.
The general assembly will probably
adjourn Thursday until the following
Tuesday morning, Jan. 16. At this time
the committees will be announced and
the general assembly will be ready for
business.
Chairmanships Of committees are OF
course much sought after. On the
house side the faction which succeeds
in electing it's speaker gets the most
important committee chairmanships
ard the lieutenant governor, who is
the president Of the senate, names as
members of the senate committees
the senators who are in line with his
policies.
The president pro tenn Of the senate
is in charge during the four days pre-
vicus TO the Inauguration Of governor
and lieutenant governor when the lat
ter becomes president of the senate.
The president pro tenn also presides
during the absence of the lieutenant
governor.
Senator W., H. Arney, of Marshall.
town, is being talked of for an impor-
tant position in the senate, either pres
ident pro tenn or chairman of the SEN
ate committee on appropriations. Poh-
teal gossip is to the effect that Ches-
ter W. Whitmore of Ottumwa, who