The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-16

to the senate last year, succeeding
Senator Shrupp. We notice that
Senator Ball of Jefferson county, is
still seventy years old, according to
the herd book, and comes as yigor-
GUS and alert for the peoples inter-
ests as ever.
Hobbies and Special Interests.
Along with the assembling of the
statesmen Of Iowa follows the gath
panies or organizations to look out
for their special interests and
among the first and f,remost of
these is 'The United Farm Organi-
cations of Iowa" This organization
is composed of the old Farmers AL
lance, the Grange. The, Farmers
! Non Partisan League and the Thresh-
ermen's Association. The delegates
gathered at hotel here on Tuesday,
held forth with 60 in attendance all
day Wednesday, ground away with
"a present when they elected officers
deliberations and demands" Thurs
day afternoon when their legisla-
tive committee and resolutions COM
mitee drafted their declaration of
griefs and independence.
The election of officers of this
United Farm Organizations OF Iowa
became tangle on which the whole
day morning. A motion made and
carried Wednesday evening that old
officers all b e reelected W S
brought up next morning on a mo-
ton to reconsider that action. Mr..
Dusey presided during the parlia.-
mentary scrimmage that followed
and it took an hour to straighten
;,,%r 70 nf
and get someone to accept the. office
of president under the circum-
stances. Nobody wished to fight
against Ed Nicoll Of Carlisle for the
place, and after six or eight nomi-
nations and suggestions of other
candidates the vote was Il for w.
e M sut nempeq of Of the egsatafe
and eight for Mr.. Nicoll Mr.. Suth-
erland reluctantly accepted.
Other officers elected for the or
ganization were: Secretary, E. T.
Nicoll of Carlisle; Treasurer, DR..
Hammer of Des Moines, and chair
man of legislative committee, Fred
erickson Of Guthrie Center. suspi-
was conspicuous in the election.
Frederickson is Non-Partlsan
Lacquer and denies that his organi-
cation is wiped out by this merger,
but states that they expect to or
ganize Iowa thoroughly.
Others INTERESTED in Legislation,
Not all the representatives OF 9TH
er interests have shown up as yet,
but the railway mems unions will
have their men here as usual begin
ming with the session. Then there
will be bankers representatives,
BARRIERS, chicken and sheep ralsers,
college men, railroad managers, tele,,
phone operators, coal miners, and
probably other interests working
for special legislation or trying to
block dangerous propositions that
appear.
Governors Election Tuesday.
1t may not be generally under
stood that the governor has not been
declared elected yet, nor, in fact, mas
it been determined officially how
many votes the gubernatorial candi.-
dates received as the senate and
house members will meet in the
presence of the joint assembly on
Tuesday, the 14th, and canvass the
election returns on governor ana
acknowledgements fro m ca c n
county to determine the exact vote
of each candidate and thereupon
the declaration will be made Of the
election. 1t is conceded that w: L.:
Harding will have the long end OF
the proposition and that on Thurs
dav next he will be inaugurated
governor of Iowa for the second
N q r, CasWell