The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-02
The THIRTY-SIXTH.
General Assembly-EIeet Com
posed of inexperienced
Men.

A
from Jefferson City in this mornings
Republic: 1.-The Thirty.si1,h General
Assembly of the State of Missouri viii
convene in the ancient city Of Jeffer.
son, on Wednesday, January Z, 1891,
, and continue thence under the pro
visions of the Constitution until sew.
enty days have elapsed, when there
will be an adjournment sine die.
Jefferson City is already making
active preparations for the event. The
hotels have been painted deep, dark,
penetrating, suggestive red, with
green fringes; the grocery stores have
hung out fresh punches of peppers /;
tho bursomostcr is putting another
layer of MacAdam on High street.
The dancing clubs have elected new
officers and made an assessment. The
saloons have increased their supplies
of 6re-water and pigs feet. The
churches have laid out a series of oys-
ter suppers, and the hand of welcome
is being tattened for the biennial
shake.
Jefferson City does this sort of thing
thoroughly. 1t warns up to a legis-
lature like kitten to hot jamb, and
Looks complacentIy on while the chest
nuts are being pulled from the heated
ashes.
But society is all upset over the
prospects of the 1hirty-sixth General
Assembly. There is nothing fashion,
able in sight. In fact the Imperial
Club ran its jewelled finger down the
lis of farmers the other day, heaved
a deep heave and almost shut up shop.
There will be but three Imperial par
ties this winter. The society of JEFF
ferson City is not uppish, as a rule,
but it WIS learned by experience that
farmers are not given to rackets, and
that it is wasting time and gas to pre-
pare feasts for those who will not
come. The churches on the contrary
are hoping for large and prosperous
winter. Farmers are generally religi-
Gus, and when the next Legislature
spres DIS itself over the denominations
, of the town the pews will ali be filled,
and there will be season of awaken
ing which must bring joy and gladness
to ministers and their everal charges.
The Legislature is advised, too, in
this connection that Jefferson City
now has strong pulpit force, and
every church is presided over by 8
man of brains and piety.
But, lacksday, how the old faces
have disappeared. In the days when
Eugene Field, and Dave Sutton, and
George Gibson, and "Spoopendyke,"
and A. G. Buell., and Rose Field, and
Howard Hetrick were correspondents,
how the crisp air Of the night cracked
with merry laughter and glittered
With the outpouring of champagne.
The evenings were devoted to social
gayeiies and revelries, and it was early
morning when Legislators, newspaper
men and lobbyists rolled into bed TO
catch few hours of sleep before the
speakers gavel fell. There were hun
dred of brilliant young committee
clerks who served their day and gen.
GRAFTON at salaries equal to those of
the members, and who wrote all the
speeches, compiled all of the reports,
had all of the fun and none of the re
sponsibiIity, and rendered life at the
capital bright, beautiful and brief.
They courted ell the girls, patronized
all the gamb ing Gens, opened all the
jack pots, raised The lobby out of its
pits of despair and furnished the cor
respondents with all Of the news.
The committee clerk has gone with
the rest. A granger legislature in |
1879 cruelty cut down his salary to |
$3.50 per day and required him to |
work. Since then his liver hss been |
too badly deranged to reach the CAPT |
tai, and his successor has degeneratsd !
into a pain, malter-of-fsct, every day |
type writer, in whom there is no guile
neither shadow of turning.
With him has gore the lobbyist Il
that genial soul who wore diamonds,
who poured out wine like water, who
lived by the sweat of his brow and
slept all day. He was hustling, &C.
tive, busy fellow, who made no enc
mics. He was first at the oyster sup
pers, the highest bidder for the cake
TO the handsomest lady. the most
irrepressible purchaser of cane tickets
for the most popular Legislator, and
the staunchest friend of the news
paper men. He didn't buy votes
with passes, nor condescend to other
petty meannesses. He was large, !
outspreading and granddaughter, and
if he ever bought a vote he paid
thousands of dollars in cash for it and
said nothing. Dangerous he was
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