Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-07
1T IS own THE SHANK
OF THE SESSION
IMPORTANT BILLS RECEIVING
HARD TREATMENT IN BOTH
HOUSES THIS WEEK
(Rx L. G. CasMeln

Five days of this week will COM
plete the 39th session of the Iowa
General Assembly. AS a consequence
everything is going at fever heat.
Success or failure has already perch
ed on the banner of the members,
and the continued grind of business
now has most of them suffering from
a case of nerves." AS one senator
expressed it: 81 am so darned mad
today that / feel like cussing every
thing and everybody, and l don't
know why, either. 1t is just nerves
and the strain of these last days, /
guess.
And as usual about this time of
every session some of the sensational
newspapers try to stir things up and
make trouble. One Des Moines paper
bowls scandal" and corporation con-
troll, and hints at graft, and probably
will later conjure some more social
scandal, bringing in alleged chic
kens" and wine dinners, ETC., as it
did two years ago on the closing day
of the session.
Some pretty good legislative rec
ords have been made at this session,
too. The Senate has some mighty
fine high class men in it. Stoddard
of Woodbury., is ace-high as a clean
cut, fair, square legislator. Adams
of Kossuth and Abben of Lyon have
no superiors, and none make less fuss
about 1t. Andersen of Greene coun-
ty is a man whose service to the state
of Iowa will never be measured. He
has had much unpleasantness heaped
on I'm Of hfg NV Of
unfounded rumors OF graft and scan
dial in the state house, which his de-
partmental affairs committee has had
to look into. He feels he has been
compelled to waste lot of very val
liable time, and he hates it. George
S. Banta of Delaware county has
proven a Senator worth while during
all the session. He learned the game
of craftsmanship quickly and has con-
scientiously handled many difficult
problems including reform of the
primary. Senator butcher of Iowa
City towers among the strongest men
in either body OF the legislature. IL
he will give his services he certainly
should be kept there. Senator Fos-
kett of Page county has again earned
ten times his salary as chairman
Of the appropriations committee in
the Senate and on the r. and r. COM
mittee. Haskell of Cedar Rapids has
been invaluable in his peculiar way,
and Holdoegel of Rockwell City has
had few equals as a senator in recent
sessions. B. w. Newberry OF Clay
ton county is still six and half feet
of statesman and growing better for
h. ~ all ft,nn Nf
Story-Boone district has made good
as a new man and Rainbow OF Black
Hawk, Reed of Howard, Scott of
Marshalltown and Scott, Chickasaw,
have been splendid men in the Sem
ate. Everybody likes the unostenta-
tious Senator Slosson of Worth coun-
ty and Tucker of the ADMINISTRATOR
district. Van Alstine of Humboldt
is always an interesting figure in the
Senate and a strong one, too, while
Harry G. White, one of the two Dem
ocratic senators and one of the oldest
members now serving, is positive,
dependable, steady and safe legislator
all the time but declares that this is
his last session. Senator Wicham
of Hancock county has made a splen-
did record as a new man in this ses-
sion. Joe Frailey of Lee county is
probably one of the most noted sem
ators, as well as one of the oldest in
service, with rare ability, and SEN
ator Ed. NJ Smith of Winterset, Mad
ison county is rated by everybody as
one of the safe and sane sort, with
great power in his understanding of
legislative matters and procedure.
Several others have not taken part in
legislation to their particular credit.
But on the whole the senators have
been a conscientious and conserva-
tive lot, worthy of much credit and
little condemnation.
Say what you please, but Senator
Pitt of Harrison county, upon whom
they all like to heap Goals of fire.
has proven one of the best speakers
and strongest debators the senate has
had in recent years. He makes the
chairs very hot for some of the other
senators, but on the whole is con-
siderate. And Senator Price, "the
pest of the Senate" as one member
has referred to him-this Welchman
of legal attainment and judicial mind
lis stubborn and absolutely fear
less DICTATOR. He has perhaps not al
ways been on the popular sides, nor
using his ability to the best purpose,
but he has 1t. Senator Thompson of
Burlington has been rather a free
lance this session, having little of
personal interest, but occasionally