Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-14
HARDING. HAVNER REPORTS MAY
BE PRESENTED BEFORE ses.
SION FOR DAY ENDS.
HAvNER WINS OUT IN
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION
House judiciary Votes Unanimously
Against impeachment Of Attorney
overwhelmingly Reports to Be
Presented on Both Harding and
Havner--Gs.er nor Claims Gain.
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Special to Times Republican,
% Des Moines. April i4,--Present in
dications are that the Thirty eighth
general assembly will find no oppor-
tunity for final adjournment this week.
Some ten days ago the house voted to
adjourn on April II hut the senate
never concurred and the developm ents
in the impeachment proceedings now
make it impossible 70 adjourn on the
date at first selected.
Two subcommittee from the house
judiciary committee must complete and
submit reports 10 the main committee,
which in turn must approve these re-
ports and submit them to the house.
One Of these reports involves the find
ings Of the committee concerning
Harding and the other concerning
Havner. After being submitted to the
house they will be printed in the jour
nal before being acted on.
Althu the subcommittee worked
Sunday on their reports ii is not prob
able that the judiciary report can be
submitted until late today II so IT
would he printed in the journal and
he on the desks of the members OF
the house Tuesday. Friends Of the
governor plan to ask that the matter
be not considered until later in the
week so that members will find time
to read and digest the report. II this
request is granted action on the re-
port probably will he delayed until
Friday nj Saturday
Harding Claims Gains.
The Harding followers believe III"
governor is gaining support. particu-
larry since no special censure agains.
the attorney general is liable 10 be
submitted by the committee. They
declare there was a political incentive
OH fiavneT~ : part in his procedure
which has not been taken sufficiently
into account. Today the Harding men
were predicting that the governor
would have at least sixty-five votes
In the house which would hold out
against Impeachment.
If impeachment proceedings were
instituted the senate would sit as a
court and the trial would probably
last for a number of weeks. Many
witnesses would have 10 De examined
and the nature of the case would exact
thoroughness.
In so far as legislation is concerned
it can probably be wound up this week.
The motor vehicle bill will take e)me
time since the senate adopted sub
stitute measure to the bill passed by
the house and 1t is thought the house
may not concur. AS outlined before
this means that conference commit
tee from each body would then be APP
pointed to work out bill which would
pass and this takes time.
kimball Bill Up.
The change in the primary election
law authorized by the Kimball bill,
which reinstates the old convention
system in so far as nomination OF
state officers is concerned. will be up
for final action in the senate late to-
day or Tuesday. 1t will be rernem-
bered that the senate passed the KIM
ball bill authorizing the nomination of
all state officers below lieutenant gov
ernor in a convention and the house
amended it to place the nomination Of
railroad commissioners back in the
primary. The amendment by the house
remains to be acted on by the senate.
Supporters Of the KimhalI bill de-
clare that the work the present legis =
lature has had to do in the way OF
cleaning up state offices would not
have occurred if nominations had been
made in conventions rather than in
primaries where many voters are care
less or Indifferent about their selec-
tions. They say that shrewd politi-
clans can get into office thru the pri-
mary much more easily than thru a
convention This was one OF the points
made against the primary system by
Governor Clarke in his retiring mess
age to the Thirty-seventh general as
sembly. He held that the class of men
in public life was not so high under
the primary as under the convention
system Of nominations.
The senate committee investigating
the charges Of James NJ. Pierce, pub
Usher of the Iowa Homestead, against
Woodwork Clum in the matter Of ex-
penditures Of the Panama Pacific ex-
position fund has been conducting its
probe behind closed doors since last
Friday. 1t is due to reports Tuesday.
This Is another matter which may re-
quire a portion of the time of the sem
ate and possibly the legislature. The