Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-03
SPECIAL SESSION WHICH RATi.
I FLED SUFFRAGE MADE
QUICK TIME.
ALI OTHER MATTERS
HELD IN BACKGROUND
Resolution Prepared Endorsing Stand
"ef Senators csmmins and Kenyon on
league Of Nations Covenant With.
held Because Of Sentiment Against
Consideration Of Other Questions.
Special to Times- Republican,.

Special to Times Republican.
Dies Moines, July Sit was not the
fact that ratification of, the suffrage
amendment went thru with an almost
unanimous vote at the special session
OF the Thirty eighth general assembly
Wednesday that occasioned comment
particularly. for everybody practically
knew that such would be the action.
Rather 1t was the speed and dis
patch with which they did 1t. For
body Of 1853 men, or more accurately
two bodies of men. one of fifty and
one of 108 members. to gather from
every county and senatorial district in
the state on two days notice. con-
vene at 10 o'clock. select its officers,
present, consider, and adopt q resolu-
tion Of supreme import and comply
with all of the technical legal ma
chinery which must be worked out
) part by part, and then to adjourn at
noon with the record Of having. passed
SO important resolution. is recog-
nized as some achievement.
1t is often said that legislation is
passed by amateurs yet the charge
never would hold against the men
who carried the ratification off, the
woman suffrage amendment thru the
Legislature Wednesday with such
businesslike dispatch.
: It Is also the general charge against
legislatures that when they assemble
much needless legislation Is intro
duced This could not be said against
the session Of "Wednesday.
There was a sort Of q sentleman's
agreement entered into the night be-
fore the session opened and early on
the day OF the session that there
would be no fireworks. no. speech
making, no debate and no legislation
introduced except the ratification
And they all lived up to it.
Both houses met promptly at 10
o'clock. At 10: 30 they assembled in
joint session to hear the governors
brief message. At HOS both branches
has reassembled. The house took a
recess while the upper body, which
constitutionally must act first, did its
work. The senate passed a motion by
Senator Wilson. Of Appanoose county,
that the rules of the regular session
apply but that the person in charge
OF the resolution. TO be considered be
given five minutes and that debate
then close. This was passed nnani-
mous1y.. ~ Sslss
In presenting the resolution Senator
Perry tHoldoegel sof Calhoun ceunty
did not make speech He made q
forceful statement Of the matter under
consideration. having previously In
troduced 1t in the regular way. The
rules were suspended and Il went thru
without dissenting vote, with Sem
ators Buser. of Muscatine county, and
Kimberly. Of Scott, absent
It was then 1880. It was promptly
messaged over to the house where inn
mediate consideration was had. the
roll was called and by 11:40 It had
carried both houses, the vote in the
lower house being ninety-ffve for to
five against. Those voting against IL
were Representatives Knicl1erbocker,
Quick. Of Clinton; Smith, Of Clinton,
and Vance, Of Madison.
Both bodies had to recess for a
short time In order for the resolution
to be properly checked over AMI Off
cially signed They passed q measure
providing for their mileage and per
diem and adjourned. Each membeI
was allowed q per diem Of SO per day
and his mileage in addition.
Othsr Question Withheld.
1 Senator Brookhart, Of Washington
county. had with him a resolution
which he had prepared indorsing the
stand of Senators Cummins and Ken
yon against ratification Of the league.
OF nations covenant without material
amendments. Finding that no other
legislation would be given considera-
ton except the suffrage amendment he
OF course did not introduce it but did
circulate the resolution among the
senator's and received many sigma
lures. The resolution declared:
Whereas, the league of nations
covenant as prepared by the peace
conference is under consideration by
the United States senate, and
whereas. we consider the league OF
nations covenant an act of the great
est Importance to all our people and
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