Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-30
PLANS TOSPEED
ASSEMBLY WORK
LEADERS PREPARING TO PUSH
pRELlMlNARIES OF LEGlS-
LATlvE SESSION.
SESSION coNvENEs ON
MONDAY, JAN. 10.
Message Of Retiring Governor to BE
Received on Tuesday, and Kendall
Will BE lnaugurated on the Thurs
day FoiIowing-No Early Recess to
BE Held if Leaders Have Their Say.
Special to Times Republican.

SPeElal TO I1meS- republican.
D'a' Moines. Dec. So.-Idwa legisla
tors will be gathering In the capital
city the coming week and all OF the
members will be here by Saturday.
Jan. 4. when the caucuses for the Sc
lection of the speaker of the house
and other officers of the legislature
will take place. The session will con-
yene Monday. Jan. 10.
On Monday the organization OF the
house and senate will be perfected
with the formal election OF the
speaker of the house and the presi-
dent Ero tenn Of the senate. who pre-
sides over the upper house when the;
the chair. The force of secretaries
and clerks will be elected and the
members Of both branches sworn In.
II the usual procedure Is followed
the message of the retiring governor
will be received at joint session of
both The house and senate Tuesday
afternoon. Thursday the incoIning
governor will be inaugurated and
give his address and the inaugural
ball will be held Thursday evening,
HERETOFORE the custom has always
been to adjourn Thursday In ordekto
give the speaker Of the house and the
lieutenant governor as president Of
the senate opportunity to select the
committees. Usually there are forty
five committees in the senate. and
sixty three to sixty five in the house.
Plans For Speeding Up.
Theirs Is disposition this year to
hurry ,llong the selection OF commits
tees 30 that, IL possible, thcy may he
ready to announce Thursday. re go
the session can continue without the
usual '.llree-day layoff, and time
this year. the old timers say,
when code revision must be takeh
caro- Of and tho constitutional COZ
vention provided for.
Action the first day or 90 OF the
session fixing q time limit for the in
troducthyn Of bills seems assured.
The plain IL TO pass z concurrent
resolution fixing Feb. 10 as the limit
for Introduction Of bills other than
bills and committee
bills. -
Tho further plan Is to promptly ap-
point q code revision COMMITTEES COM
posed Of eight members OF the senate
and eight members OF the house to
have general supervision OF matters
Of procedure In connection with code
revision. lNhe revision committee Is
to make summary and statement of
pending legislation about Feb. Is
with 4 vi'sw to estimating the time
required to- dispose OF It and to rec
ommend the consideration Of such
code revision bills as 1t Is believed
can be disposed Of without imperil-
Ing those that may not be reached.
At the opening Of the session code
revision bills are to be referred to tho
standing committee for notification
Of accuracy Of compilation in order
to determine whether the compiled
code does, in fact, contain all, Of the
existing law. These committees are
to report ,.lYeir findings to the revf-
sion committee at as early a date as
possible.
Major Leon W. Ainsworth, who
during the world war was promoted
to have charge Of all of the foreign
cable service with headquarters In
London, is to be secretary of the sem
ate. Before the war Major Ainsworth
was manager OF the Des Moines Of
lice Ct the Western Union Telegraph
Company and gained an acquain-
lance with politicians thru his SER
vices in helping to wire out the news
of political conventions and big po-
lftical gatherings here. Since the war
he has made his home In Ames. a
There is 10 apparent change II,
The speakerslip situation. with Rep
Arch McF'arlane, OF black
Hawk county, evidently the winner.
Representative James B. Weaver,
II Polk county, is particularly inter
ssted in putting thru code resision
and 1t Is expected he will push thi9
lggresstvely.
In the houae Of the coming gefefals|
assembly there are sixty three mem
oers without legislative experiences
Ind there are more than the usual
number of inexperienced senator's.
This fact Is ,ol1e Of the arguments
Urged in favor, Of special session for
lode revision, since the new members
Will have the experience Of the regu-
ar session to help them III the. code
.evision work
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