The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-08-18

ana enueO MS OflIllont career Ocpt.
%, 1886. after ten years service in
the senate, in Bone county, bavlng
become q mental wreck.
The constitution was a good one,
short, and served all purposes for Mis-.
souri, until The brakeman code came
in 1865.
August IS, 1921, the first election
for STATE officers was held in the state.
The officers to be voted for were gov.
ernor, lieutenant governor, a repre-
sentative to the Sixteenth congress,
state senators, representatives, and
county officials. In the first state
Legislature there were fourteen state
senators and forty.three representa-
tives.
Rails County was named in honor
of Daniel Rails by the legislature.
That session passed acts organizing
Bone. Galloway, Charlton, Cole,
Gssconsde, Lillard (uow Lafayette;
changed in 1880, Perry, Rails and
Saline, making twenty four counties
in the state. That legislature also
4, named st. Charles as the capitol Of
the state until October l, 1926, when
it was moved to Jefferson City.
Frederick Bates was the second
governor. elected to serve from 1924
to 1926. but he died Of pleurisy Aug.
l. 1925. and Abraham j. Williams of
Boone County, president of the senate
and ex-officio governor, took the
chair. 10 September, 1925, a special
election was held and John Miller
was chosen. There were three candi-
dates for governor in the field and the
contest was a bitter one. The vote
stood; Miller, 1880; Carr, lao,
Todd, lib; total. 1858; and the
state at that tine claimed q popula-
ton of62, 900.
This year, 1925, General Lafayette
visited St. Louis and was received
with great demonstrations snd every
mark Of distinguished respect. IL
1926 the capital was removed to JEFF
erson City and the legislature met
there that year, assembling Nov. 20.
Jefferson City was laid Of into town
lots in 1922 by Major Elias Bancroft.
In 1923 there were but two families
residing at that place, Major Josiah
Ramsey, Jr., and William Jones.
James Dunnica built the brick state
house. He alec built the first
capitol, get,icg s25, 900 for the
job. The state house was
a simple, two-story brick siruc.
ture, with the legislature on the first
floor and the senate on the second
floor. the building was rectangular
and innocent Of any fancy work.
The house stood where the govern.
ors mansion now stands. Nov. II,
1887. eleven years after its compile
ton, the building, together with the
library, furniture and papers in the
Office of the secretary of state, was
by fire.
The legislature met Nov. 20. and
held its session in the Cole county
court house. the present building, and
10 1910 took possession of the present
capitol, which has had the wings add
ed since. The building was begun in
1888 and finished in 1S4l, and cost
1850, 600, since which time at least
s4O0, 600 additional have been spent
On it Stephen Hill was the architect
and the stone Of the original building
was taken from the hills of Cole and
Galloway counties.
August. 1921, the first election was
,eld in Missouri, ard the total vote
;ast was 9,132. The population is set
Town at that date as 20, 647, and niue
years later at 40, 3O4, q little more
han double. 10 ls4O Missouri claim.
ID 1888. 7O2 people. and in 1860, IL
l82, O12, and in 1880, 2,l63,8O4.
From 1860 to 1870 the growth of the
tate was small, only about 100000,
hat being the war period. From the
admission of the state. each ten years,
ave from 1860 to 1870, the popula-
ion has more than doubled itself. In
seventy years the state has grown
rom 20, 647 to 2.679, 1874. l.
The Missouri Pacific railroad begun
operation in December, 1852, rum
ling five miles out of st. Louis; in
S55 to Jefferson City. |,
In 1921 st. Louis had 1000 PEG.
lie, one-fourth Of the state population.
The taxes levied in st. Louis for 1921
Vere 50, 1923 so.
In 1906 David Green, a Baptist ,
reacher, began work in Cape Girsr. !
eau county. He was the first Pro-
estant minister to do work in the
tate. In 1914 the first Protestant
1eeting house was built in that
ountry. The Catholics at that