The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-23
4 LEGISLATURE LETTER.
sDes sMoines, January 10, 1919.

ss.nes SMoines. January 10, 1913.
All dressed up and ready TO 80,
the Iowa legislature will reconvene
on Tuesday after four days recess .as
to await the announcement OF Lns
ate Lieut.. Gov. e. R. Moore made
# known when he first arrived here
over week ago that he would with
hold his committee announcements
this year until the speaker OF the ne!
house was ready to announce ni re,
committees. Team WorK-that .
Lieut. Gov Gov s Moore an Mc GSer says
he is going to take till next Wednes-
day to make up his committees, de-
LAYING one day more than usual IN
order to get everything just right.
When he was unanimously end0rs-
ed for speaker at the house Republt-
can caucus last week Saturday, MT:
was going to use judgment and FAIR
ness in naming committee chairmen,
regardless of who was for or against,
as he believed ability and merit lt
should be recognized. News that
have leaked out, and forecasts that
are made indicate that the speaker
is working along lines mentioned.
Who will Lead Committees.
It isn't "spilling any ny be beams Most now low
portant committee chairmen have
been practically decided upon.
j. b. Wichman of Garner, Han
cock county, will head the appropria-
lions committee. Equal to this
great honor is that T. P. Harrington
Of Algona will head the judiciary
committee; In order OF Importance lIli;1
head the way and means COMMITTEES;
J. B. Weaver of Des Moines, the
municipal corporations; c. B. San
tee of Cedar Falls, the roads and
highways, and w. F. Moore of Guth-
RE Center, the banks and banking:
It is said that j. H. Henderson, of
e o. c9 pa ou the v Ga used to
head the roll call in the house. will
have the agriculture committee.
All these men are men of merit,
most truly, and their selection indi-
Gates good results in the house.
Lieut.. Gov. Moore sits tight on
the committee appointments in the
senate, but it is understood that
mittees will be headed by the same
men who had them two years ago,
but Just who will take Senator
Chase's place as head OF the inn
pOrtant judiciary committee is not
known.
Governor Officially Elected.
On Tuesday afternoon both houses
convened in the house chamber to
canvass the vote for governor and
law. Committees checked over the
figures handed to Them by the execu-
tive council but did not total the
same till Thursday afternoon, be-
cause the law says that the vote shall
be thus ,canvassed and the governor
Immediately" ina4guratsd; To get
IS %hh sas from he es and
suffering public from Tuesday till
Thursday in order to give the gov
ernOr and lieutenant governor elect
a hint of what is coming and permit
them to get their best suit of clothes
from the dry cleaners; also to think
up something to say to the public
who will be there to witness the in
augurati0n.
It was found when the result was
announced on Thursday afternoon,
just before the Inauguration, that
w. L. Harding has received 190,262
votes and Claude r. Porter, his dem
socratic opponent, 178,S15. This
left Harding 11,447 plurality and a
chance to hand something back to
those who fought against his langu-
MOOlc ldu OV,IS PAu4oAASy WV AtAe
opponent, Whitaker.
The governors message to the
leglators was given Tuesday after
noon at the joint session and his in
augural address Thursday after
noon. The message was rather bare
and statistical, but did recommend
the favorable action of the legisla-
ture on improved roads, on woman
suffrage and on the amendment
two somersaults and a handspring,
some of the politicians say.
In his inaugural address, Gov.
Harding put on the polish and en-
phasis of which he is capable. He
proposition. but stated that this
country is one where English is the
official language, and he recon-
mended that action be taken by the
legislature to require that at the ie Eng Eng
ton in all schools. up to the high
school. He said America is a ma
ton, not an asylum, and it should
have language of it's own, used by
every citizen, SO that all can read