The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17
LEGISLATURE !. / ! ! !! ! | | E IS
now ORGANIZED
sThirty-Seventh Biennial Session Of the
GeneraI Assembly Of Iowa Now
Organized for Work.

Thirty-Seventh Biennial Session Of tn
GeneraI Assembly Of Iowa Now
Organized for Work.
Mr.. PITTS GOOD IMPRESSION
Governors CIarke,s Last Message Il
Read to Both Houses-canvass
of Vote on Governor Made
(By ]. w. Jarnagin)
DES MONIES, January 13-The thir
ty-seventh biennial session of the gen
eral assembly of Iowa convened at II
o'clock Monday, January Sth. Hon
]. B. Weaver, of Polk county, called
the house of representatives to order
and invocation was by Rev. A. B
Leamer of the Lutheran church, Des
Moines. A. w. Slaught, Of Ottumwa
was named temporary speaker by &C
clamation. A committee on creden'
tials, composed Of Rayburn, Of Powe'
shiek; Andre, of Des Moines; Smith OF
Bremen; Crozier, of Marion, and Coax
ley, of Union, recommended that the
roll furnished by the secretary of state
be accepted as the report OF the com.
mittee, as there were no contests. Nc
Ferren Of Hamilton county, in an elo.
quent speech, presented NJ. B. Pitt OF
Harrison county, the caucus nominee,
for speaker. and Rodgers OF Carroll
nominated Judge Crozier Of Marion on
behalf of the democrats. The election
of Pitt was by acclamation. McFar-
lane of Black Hawk was chosen
speaker pro TEN. Committees were ap-
pointed to act with senate committees
in planning for Inauguration of the
governor, the selection Of the clerical
force was confirmed and the house of
representatives was thus duly organ
ized for business.
Speaker Pitt Made Good impression.
Mr.. Pitt spoke briefly, oNt forcibly.
"We are here only for short pc
riod," said Pitt. III the thirty-seventh
general assembly is to be recorded in
history as a great assembly. it will oe
because the members acted In unity.
Our laws at present and possibly for
some time in the future, are maze i'll
which honest men are bewildered when
they attempt to obtain justice. hope
this session will do nothing, to aggra-
vate this condition. For myself, shall
deem the greatest man in this session
.stho mAa sEh0 does the most to facilt-
~ r. U pEstfx ~ cAns40
Our business III seventy dayl II Sha1l
i be- found exartipg my personal y In
!, fiuence. not iii behalf sof any special
measure. but in an effort to do every
thing possible to aid in the general
work of the session"
rVoo1od for q chort h,1t huSinnSS.
like session. He hoped adjournment
would be reached in seventy days.
The Clerical Force in the House
Chief Clerk-W. c. Ramsey.
Assistant clerk-Frank S. Vetter.
Reading clerk-Scott Mcclure.
Journal clerk-Lillian Leffort.
Assistant journal clerk-Minnie l..
yTruaX.
Engrossing clerk-Ora Greer.
Enrolling clerk-Mabel Elwood.
File clerk-Charles A. Aindeau.
Assistant file clerk-F. H. Howard.
Bill clerk-L. M. Black.
Assistant bill clerk. P. Raymond.
Assistant postmistress-Mrs. Fred
H. Greaham.
Sergeant at arms-H. Armstrong.
Chief doorkeeper-W. H. Easterly.
E The Senate Convened. ..
Lieutenant Governor Harding called
the senate to order and Rev. Frank c..
Mexican, pastor of the Central Presby-
terian church, invoked the divine
blessing. A committee on credentials
reported no contests and the new mem
bers were sworn in. Senator Arney
took the oath of president pro tenn Of
the senate and presided over the de-
alterations pending the preliminaries
looking toward the inaugural arrange
ments. Committees were named to
work in harmony with the house COM
mittees and Senators Newberry, Van
Alstine and Broxam were named to
notify the governor that the senate
was duly organized and ready for his
message. And thus the senate COM
pleted the details of organization and
proceeded to business.
Governor C!arke's Last Message.
Tuesday the two houses OF the gen.
eral assembly met in joint session to
hear the reading Of the governors
message. He re.read it himself, adopt
ing the custom of President Wilson.
The governor was in good form and
voice and he laid stress and vigor
upon the more important recommends
tions. He was given close attention
and frequent applause. His assault
upon the primary law, the presidential
primary and the n0n-partisan judiciary
enactment met with the approval of a
large number of law makers. Among
the other more important recommen-
dations were: III
Acceptance, of the federal govern
ment's offer Of $2,OO0,0O0 federal aid
in road bulldlng.o1 I. b;tc sg}a. -
Retention of the insurance rating
law on the statute books. "a f-s IA 81
Adjustment of the grand jury, eX-
cept in exceptional cases when public
welfare demands an investigation.
Creation of the Office of business
manager in each county for each
county.
Equalization of salaries of state Off
cials and employees.
Reorganization of state bee inspec-
tion department under supervision OF
Ames college.
Consolidation of number of de-
partments to eliminate duplication in
work.
Legislation to fight tuberculosis in