The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-07-19
A NEW ORGANIZATION.
The First Convention OF Circuit
Clerks and Recorders of His
souri, Called to Order
this Morning.

Some months ago, Circuit Clerl
T. A. Fowler. his deputy, E. r
Marvin, and Recorder Hanley Pix.
iDgton, all of Pettis county, concluded
to have the circuit clerks of the Stat.
of Missouri meet in convention in The
City of Sedalia and establish . per
manent organization, somevbat aftel
the plan Of . similar organization
which has been in existence in Kansas
for the past seven years.
They sent out circulars of this i'm
port to every clerk and recorder
in Missouri, inquiring a. to the
feasibility and probability of such
IN enterprise. A unanimous respohse
in favor Of it was promptly received
and convention was called for July
II, to be held in this city.
About thirty delegates had arrived
this morning and at eleven o'clock the
convention was called to order by
Deputy Circuit Clerk E. r. Marvin,
who then introduced the Rev. Dr.. j.
B. Fuller, who offered prayer.
Maj. w. II. Lusk, Of Cole county,
Vas elected temporary chairman, and
u. r. Marvin and Mr.. Mcconnell, of
Henry county, secretaries.
A committee composed of Meesrs.
Clark, DOMAIN and McCollum were
appointed to escort Major Lusk to the
chair.
After the appointment of Messrs.
Clark. Haynes, Bailey, Donham.
AcCollum and Lusk rs q committee
on permanent organization and order
of business, the convention took .
recess until 2:30 o'clock this after
noon.
The delegates to this gathering are
fne, business-looking men and will
likely inaugurate measures beneficial
to the whole body Of clerks and re-
corders.
The constitution a. proposed was
taken up by sections and discussed.
After accepting the sections separate
y, it was adopted Is . whole. The
committee recommended the creation
Of two standing committees, viz: oil
legislative committee aud q committee
on improvement of the public service. |
The recommendation was adopted and
the following members Of the COM
mittee were elected:
Legislative Committee-J. Hanley
Pilkington, of Pettis county, chair.
man; Joel E. Gates, of Buchanan
". 4. Hobb, of 1T. Louis
r. B. Cornell, of Henry county; |
Charles A Creigh, of Monroe county;
A. j. McCollum, of Ripley county;
Frank w. Nye, of jasper county
w. A Ducoing, of Clinton county.
Improvement of the Public Service
Committee: T. B. Clark Of st. Louie;
chairman; w. w. DOMAIN of Greene
Linsey Dickey of Ray county;
james N. Sutton of Butler county;
W. n. Lusk of Cole county; William
L. Fitzgerald of St. Louis; John C.
Bailey Of Jasper county; A. P. Hibbs
Of Adair county; John NJ Bryan oil
Galway county; T. S. Haynes Of
Cas- county.
The following officers, a named BY
the committee on organization and
constitution, were elected for the en-
suing year: L
T. 81. Haynes of Cas- county, pres
ident; james Hinton of Newton coun-
y, first vice-president; T. s. Wilson of
Greene county. second vice-president;
J. d. Hind Of jackson county, third
James E. Berry of
Galway county, fourth vice-presi.
dent; j. F. Norman OF Oregon coun-
~. fifth vice-president; E. r. Marvin
Of Pettis county, secretary; John r. /,
Green of Cole county, first assistant 1
w. II. Lusk of Cole coun. /:
y treasurer.
After the passage of a resolution of
thanks to Sedalia and the circuit clerk {
md recorder and their deputies for I
courtesies and hospitality I
extended to them, and the selection
If Pertle Springs as the next place of =
meeting on July II, 1898. the con- '
7ention adjourned. (
Those in attendance this morning e
we're:
Major w. H. Lusk, recorder and /,
,lerk of Cole county. married, demo- q
rat, and has held the above office for
wenty-eight years-breaking the re- C
ord of any other member of the con. e
john Bryan, record { Galloway
county, married, den, -tst. y in his (
irst term and is the son OF his father, b
sho was recorder and circuit clerk OF 9
he same county for sixteen years.
j. Z. Barry, circuit clerk of Call
way county only twenty five wears