The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-15
State Senator From Lee Coun-
ty is Given Important Places
on List Of Lieutenant
Governor.
CHAIRMAN OF BUT TWO
Governor Hardino's Favorite Phrase
in inaugural Address, Was "NoW
Listen, You Members Of
the Legislature"
Especial to The Gate cityl

DIES MONIES, Jan. Ex-senator Jo-
seph r. Frailey, Of Lee county, drew
important committee memberships
when the list was announced by Lieu
tenant Governor Moore. Frailey is
chairman Of the committee on insur-
ance which probably will be the cen
ter OF the hardest fighting Of the
present session ct the legislature.
There will be a determined effort to
repeal the law allowing uniform rates
by insurance companies and to enact
law com pelling competition II rates.
and there will be as determined a fight
to continue the present law. This
makes insurance one of the most i'm
portant committees of the senate.
Frailey is also chairman OF the
judiciary. committee which might be
called the legal counsel Of the senate.
Even membership on this committee
implies high reputation as q lawyer.
and to be chairman ct It Is &c re-
.cefve the legal honors OF the senate.
The committee on military affairs.
which includes Senator Frailey. Will
have much legislation brought to Its
attention as a result of the scrambled
state Of affairs IN the national guard
and the movement to put military
training into the high schools. Frailey
is particularly fitted for this com.
mfttee, as he was in the guard for
years and Is veteran OF the Spanish
war in which he was brigade comis-
sary at camp Cuba Lfbre.
The wage earners have definite
program Of proposed legislation, some
OF which will be enacted this session,
and Frailey is on the labor committee
of the senate to which 1t will be re-
ferred.
z Being on the committee on cities
and towns will make him valuable to
Fort Madison and Keokuk especially.
He is also on the committee on board
OF control which seems eminently
proper for the senator from Fort
Madison The hunters OF Lee and the
ashe-.:e. Il Devils creek tine rivers
and the sloughs will have aafriend at
court in Senator Frailey on the COM
mittee on fish and game. He is also
on the motor vehicle committee. but
It is not known here whether he drives
his own automobile or does not know
the difference between the ignition
and the differential.
In addition to his influential posi-
ton on important committees. Sena-
tor Frailey is constantly conferred
with by the leaders in the legislature.
and no senator more thoroughly be-
longs than he. The district of Lee
has representation equal to any in the
state, and better than most Of them.
This is strong argument for keeping
the same man in the legislature for
successive terms.
Ia q y,{StsNI<.
everything in law enforcement on the
Legislature. Thursday. when he reiter
ated passage after passage Of his In
augural address. When the flutter
OF handkerchiefs. the cheers. handicap
ping and musical demonstrations had
subsidized, Harding, calm, smiling
broadly. launched into his speech out
lining his program for the sessions oil
! the house and senate already begun.
A favorite phrase as he passed from
one issue to another and when he
wanted to lay special stress on some
particular point wass "Now listen
Won members Of the legislature;
want you to get this and remember
It,"
He charged the senate and house
with duties that lie before them, say.
ing that IL at the end OF the legisla
ture laws had not been enforced that
should have been; If useless laws had
been made and the present number OF
laws had not been reduced. the fault
would lie with the legislators.
Fewer laws, written more plainly
and more understandable were the
chief items that the new governor
drove home in his message.
The senate chamber was packed