Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04
STATE POLITICS.
Francis Appointments for SUI
preme Judge Heartily En-
dOrsed-The Next Legis-
lature.

The appointment OF Judge Macfar-
laEe and Judge Thomas to the
Bench by Gov. Francis
seems to have given general salts
faction. The new judges will take
their seat On the first Monday in
January next and will have charge
of the terminal division" of the
court. They hold Office for two
years and their successors will be
elected at the general election in
1892.
The Republicans held a State
convention in this city last sum-
mer and Mr.. Chauncey l. Filley,
the dlrector-general of that body,
announced that the party which he
had in charge would not make an
effort to carry the State this year,
reserving that task for 1892; but
that it would carry the Legislature.
The result Of the effort is known.
Some one was looking for Mr.. Fill
ley a few days ago. The Governor
had to appoint a committee to ex-
anime the books and make settle
ments with theAuditor andTreasur-
er, and he needed a Republican
member of the House to make the
third man on the committee. 1t
was very difficult to find one
whose name was sufficiently well
known as a Republican to assure
the public that the committee was
non-partisan. All the prominent
Republicans who had offered them.
selves to the people lad been
buried under a Democratic ava
lanche and their remains couldn'i
even be gotten at. Finally the
Governor secured a man from 8
county that was rash enough tc
send a Republican to the House
and the committee was thus made
up. This was Mr.. Weeks, of JAS
per county, who with Senator Ma
Shelton, of Schuyler, and Repre-
sentative Hughes, of DeKalb, con
stitute the examining committee
The Republicans of the next House
will be able, without any trouble:
to sit around and take their meals
off a wash-tub. When Chauncey
I. Filley makes another prediction
he is likely to hear the wore
"rats."
The appointment of Judge
Thomas to the Supreme Bench
will cause an appointment to The
Circuit ~Judgeship at present fllee
by that gentleman. It is though
that there will be a lively contes
among the lawyers in the 26tf
circuit for the appointment. Mr.
J. F. Green, of Jefferson county
and Mr.. J. W. Emerson, of Iron
county, are named in connection
with the place.
Judge 0. M. Spencer, of st
Joseph, has announced that he in
tends to resign the Circuit Judge
ship which he holds and enter thu
practice of law again. He will re
sign about the LIST of January. Th'
Governor will have to fill thi'
vacancy also.
The election of Judge DeArmont
to Congress will bring about anoth
er vacancy in a Circuit Judgeship
The Supreme Court will cleo
a clerk in June next. Mr.. Henry
Ewing is the present incumbent
He has made an excellent official
1t is understood that he will not b
a candidate for re-appointment ant
the contest for his place has already
begun. The salary is S $4,000 yea
and the term of Office is six years
There are six or seven candidateI
at work now.
Candidates tor positions in tn.
Legislature are actively at worl
also, the mail of the new member
being flooded with applications
The following is a list of the posi-
tions that the Legislature has at it
disposition, together with the salar
les attached
SENATE-Secretary, SIS; assistant
secretary, S.; enrolling clerk, SIS
official reporter, IS; chaplain, SIS
reading clerk, SIS; folder, 81; ser
geant-at-arms, $3.50; aoorkeeper
$3.50; COMMITTEES clerks, So so;
pages and laborers, 81 SO; othe'
employees, 50.
HoUsE-Chief clerk, IS; assistan
chief clerk, $5;engrossing clerk, SIS
enrolling clerk, So; official reporter
IS; chaplain, So; reading clerks, IS
folder, 81; sergeant:at-arms, $3.50
doorkeeper, s $50; committe clerks
$3.50; pages and laborers, 81 SO
other employees, 81.
There will not be so many clerk
employed at this session as at thu
last, for the reason that the las
was a revising session and the cleri
cal assistance demanded was yer,
great. Besides, the new Legisla
ture comes in with a determination
to retrench expenditures and viii
no doubt set a good example in thu
matter of employing as little hell
as is necessary for the transaction
of business.
The State officers are prepafin,
their reports for submission to thu