Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-16
NgpREsENTArloN IN IOWA
LEGISLATURE REDUCED OVER
TWO YEARS AGO.
rWELvE IN HOUSE,
FIVE IN SENATE
No Evidence OF fractional Fight Among
Republicans - Pitt johnson Bad
Roads Crowd Largely Eliminated
MeF ariane. OF Waterloo, Most Likely,
Speaker candidate-Msy Be Others.
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special 10 IlmeS-ltCpuDilCau.
Des Moincs, Nov. l6IReturns from
all but eight counties on tho election
Of members of the legislature show
that out Of los members in the house
there will be twelve democrats as
compared to fourteen two ysAss ago
and five democrats out OF the fifty
members of the senate. Two years
ago there were ten demo .rats in the
senate.
This condition therefore eliminates
all possible chance Of alignments ac-
cording to political parties. In fact
the democrats never have been strong
enough in the Iowa legislature to en-
act legislation as party.
Factions have divided the legislature
in the majority of the sessions. Many
times it has been split betw cen the
x vets and the drys. This disappeared
swith the passing Of the Thirty sixth
{ general assembly. AS is we'll remem-
%bered the legislature two years ago,
Hthe Thirty seventh, was split over
! the road question. which was carried
Eover from the previous legislature and
( which was an issue in the governor
I ship campaign in 1916. With the de-
Z feat on the floor Of the house after
a two. days deadlock of the Pitt
Il Johnson road bill this faction also dis
appeared. With no particular issues
up at the recent election there are no
] special factions in the arena at pres
Z, ent aItho much division is bound to
K develop when time for organization
comes.
MeFarians For~Speaker.
4 Arch McFarlane, Of Waterloo.
sIspGI1eer pro TEN of the house in the
legislature two years ago. and one Of
the leaders in the opposition to the
Fitt-Johnson road law. is the most
prominent candidate for speaker OF
this next assembly. He was first
elected to the house as one Of the rep
resentatives from Black Hawk county
In 1914, was reelected in 1916 and
again this fall. No other candi-
dates have announced themselves as
/ yet altho number will be in the race
when the time comes. John NJ. Worm
ley, Of Plymouth county one Of the
leaders in the Pitt johnson faction
two years ago. has been talked OF
somewhat as a candidate. T. P. Har.
rington. OF Kossuth county, is pos
sible candidate.
Milton n. Pitt. of Harrison county.
speaker two years ago and leades Of
the -John3on forces. has been
elected to the senate from the Craw-
ford Harrison. Monona district He
succeeds Senator Grant Caswell. OF
Denison, who was not a candidate for
z re- election. Pitt defeated Ed NJ.
Whiting, Of Whiting, Monora county.
democratic nominee, in the recent
election.
James F. Johnston. Of Lucas county,
the other leader in the anti highway
commission road fight, was defeated
for nomination at the primaries.
Other members OF this faction who
will not return include Charley Hall,
Of Taylor, who was defeated for the
republican qpmination for secretary of
state At the primaries last June.
Johnston, Of Humboldt Roberts, OF
Ringgold. and Tucker Of Clinton all
Of this anti highway commission fac
ton. hate dropped out. Among the
active members Of the Pitt-Johnson
faction Of two years ago who have
been returned to the house are Doug
las Rogers, Of Manning. w. W. Epps,
Of Wapello w. e. Giltncr, Of Monroe
and John n. Wormley. Of Plymouth.
( Among the prominent progressives
on the house side who were reelected
this year are James B. Weaver, OF
Polk county, Arch McFarlane, of
Black Hawk, D. 0. Stone, Of Sioux, e.
A. Larson. Of Montgomery. S. W.
Klaus. of Delaware. and TIP. Harringl
ton, OF Kossuth.
Leading progressives in the house
\ who have dropped out are. Lee Elwood,
OF Howard, the leader OF the progress
sive faction two years ago and author
OF the progressive road bill, Ross
Gray, Of Calhoun, Davil Mackie, Of
Benton, and ira Nichols, Of Hardin.
Walter Anderson, of Greene county,
who has been progressive member
Of the house for the past two sessions,
was elected to the senate this year to
succeed Charles c. Helmer, Of Carroll,
as senator sfrom the Greene, Carroll.
Sac county district. Senator Helmcr
is in military service.