The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-01
LEGISLATURE TO
MEETS JAN. Is
Caucus Will be Held Saturday, the
Eleventh, When Candidates for
Speaker Will be Selected.
MAKE UP OF THIS ASSEMBLY
Many War Measures Will Come up,
Among Others the Teaching OF
Foreign Languages in Schools.
~ J. w. JARNAGIN

Among Others the Teaching OF
Foreign Languages in Schools.
BY J. w. JARNAGlN
DEs MONIES, Dec. 3O-(Special to
the Review According to the consti-
tuition OF the state, the general assem-
bly, shall convene the second Monday
in January. Thai even this year will
fall upon the 18th of the month. On
Saturday, the 11th, a caucus will pc
held to select candidate for speaker
OF the house of representatives and to
select the clerical force for the ses-
sion, together with all of the other Of
ficials whose presence is required IN
the conduct of the business OF the
session. Each party will nominate q
candidate for speaker and the cleo
ton will be among the duties OF the
temporary organization. At this eau
Gus the majority party will decide
what, positions will be given the mi
nority party. The members Of the
senate will hold caucus at the same
time for the purpose Of choosing Its
official force.
Owing to the delay in receiving the
soldier vote taken at the various army
camns which was necessary to de-
termine the result in several close
contests. Il was impossible to get an
officiaI roll call of the membership
,,ntil recontly II Is now given out
that there are Ak republicans and
democrats In tfe senate. and the
house will have SO republicans and 10
demncratsy On ioint ballot this would
maize 1a8 renublieans and 20 demo-
crats.
The senate will have II lawyers,
eight farmers, six men who combine
banking and farming. four bankers,
two nnblishera two farmers and stock
men and eleven senators with miscel-
laneous OCCUPATIONS, including one
anditor and one druggist.
Ont az 10g members of the house 81
are farmers. active or retired, not
counting IL representatives who COM
bine farming with banking or some
other occupations. In this list is one
farmer and smerchant, one farmer and
salesman and one farmer and Gamer.
Next to farming the practice Of law
is the most frequent profession OF the
representatives of the Thirty eighth
assembly 4Ss AttOrnoyS number. 70.
The house boasts six bankers, four
physfcians and surgeons, two drug
eists5 4 student. a college president a
switchman and a teamster.
There are over 25. occupations rep
resented in the house membership.
4Of the 1OS members of the house,
onlv "a are their own successors. In
the senate 35 out of the so members
are either reelected or hold-over
members. the senatorial term being
fcnr wears. II.
,Upon the assembling Of the legisla-
ture the reception Of the biennial mes
sage OF the governor will be the first
important dutv after the organization
shall have been completed. The next
important event will be making prepa-
ration for the inauguration OF the gov
ernor which win take place Thursday,
January 18th in the house chamber.
! al the same time the oath will be ad-
4 ministered to the lieutenant governor.
Tha lerisIatnra will then adjourn un-
i III the next week in order to give the
sneaker an opportunity to make out
he membersfip Of the various. comit-
tees.
Pse9Js Candidates 10f speaker -
There are five candidates announced
Tor speaker. Arch W. McFarlane, of
waterloo. chosen to represent Black
Hawk county for b third term, tenn
porary speaker of the Thirty-seventh
general assembly, travelling sales
man. 3S years Of age, born in Iowa; F.
8. Finley. OF Mount Pleasant, serving
n second term In house, born in Ohio,
Il 52 years Of age, attorney and farm
er: T.eP. Harrington, Of Algona, serv-
ine 4 second term from Kossutt, born
I'm Wisconsin,. aged so years, an at
tornay. John M, Wormley Of Kings
ley. representing plymouth county for
4 second term, born in Illinois, is SIS
wears 81 age. q farmer and stock rails
ar. Lewis j. Neff. Of Walnut, repre-
santinp Pottawattamie for the third
term horn IN Illinois. so years of age,
an attorney and farmer. OF these
4 asnirants Tor sneaker Mr.. Wormley is
Y tha only one that was lined up with
tha pitt faction in the Thirty-seventh
;2eanaral assembly. That alignment was
I over tise highway question. and In his
h snInS lament M. Wormley saws that
4 lfRs rSdrction Of the number Of mem
4l llkysDaAs ~ tAC tLAC AAeti "eS5 ...A - 80