Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
MCFARLAND AND FINLEY FAR IN
LEAD OF OTHER cANoi.
DATES ON SURFACE.
OTHERS MAY WiTHDAW
BEFORE CAUCUS MEETS
Reported TO Have Other
Aspirations in Future and With.
drawaI Would Make Him Frisnds-
Neopsrtissn League Shows Up With
Legislative lobby-WilI Not Get Far.
Special to Times Republican.

Of Arch McFarlane OF Waterloo. speak
er Of the house Of representatives In
the Thirty eighth General Assembly
was generally predicted here today.
McFarlane has forty out OF forty seven
necessary republican votes in the house
pledged. There are ninety three re-
publican votes in the house so that
forty seven IS all that are needed 10
elect.
The indications now are that Fin
ley. of Henry, and McFariane, will be
the only candidates on the republican
caucus ticket when time for election
comes Saturday. The others. 4 Is ex-
pected. will have withdrawn by Satur-
day morning.
II is understood here that HarrinG
ton, of kossuth county, has ambitions
TO be elected attorney OF Iowa two
years hence. His graceful retirement
from the speakership at a time when
! it was conceded he had a good many
staunch supporters will serve TO
strengthen him in his future ambitions
il is realized here.
OTilitT
Pickett, OF Waterloo, who is managing
McFarlane's campaign is recognized
as not having lost his adroitness as a
political manager even though he is
not now in the halls Of congress. Gov
ernor Harding. who has been trying
hard 70 keep ont of the speakership
fight. is not being overlooked BY
Pickett and il is known that Harding
is in reality favorable 10 McFarlane
altho two wears ago he was strongly
against him.
As speaker pro TEN two years ago
McFarlane was credited with pushing
business thru with dispatch, which is
an attribute the average speaker OF
the house and especially the average
legislator can not be accused Of pos
sessing. Perhaps this may help to
shorten the session trifie this time
altho ninety days is the minimum now
being predicted.
Nonpartisan League to Lobby.
Evidence is accommodating here that
! the Nonpartisan League will be among
! those present" in the Hobbies about
| the legislative halls at the state house
| this coming session.
| In fact representatives OF the leag lie
are already here and captured the
legislative committee Of the United
Farm Organizations at it's meeting
| here Thursday.
W. H. Quist, organizer for the Nom
partisan League in Iowa, has reopened
| his office in the Good block in this city.
N Frederickson Of Guthrie Center, a
representative Of the league who par
ticipated with Brother" QUist in the
| deliberations of the United Farm Or
| carnations meeting here the past two
! days was elected chairman Of the
! legislative committee OF the farm or
! ganization.
! Frederickson's election was holly op
posed by one member OF the legisla-
! tive committee. Howard Stone, repre-
sentative Of the Farmers Union, who
withdrew from the committee after the
Guthrie Center man was reelected.
! Stone declared there were men on the
legislative committee who were not
! farmers but lobbyists
Il will not serve on the committee
with the present personnel" he said
! There are men on the committee WHO
I are not farmers but professional
lobbyists
Influence Negative.
However the influence of the Nom
! partisan League in Iowa legislation
( this session will be negative if in fact
! il has ny in t'uence at all The indica-
tions are that with the big majority of
the present legislators the fact that
/ the Nonpartisan league is for meas
IRE will be sufficient reason for them
! 70 oppose It.
II is thought the league will work
against all road improvement and may
attempt to introduce some legislation
against old line elevators which has