The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-01-12
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the pilgrims to that Mecca.
5 Incidentally We dropped in on tn
democratic House caucus and wa
an interested spectator to III
wrangle for places. The principa
contest was on the speakership, Th'
contest was supposed to be between
representatives Whitec0tton anc
Ward. II was evident from the star
that Mr.. Ward was in the lead, wher
Mr. Whitec0ttOn took the floor auC
in a very acrimonious speech, il
which he scored the lobby and cas-
unwarranted aspersions upon tn,
administration, he withdrew anC
attempted to stampede the caucus
TO Matt Hall, of Saline. The vote
resulted CT for Ward, Is for Hall
From this it was seen that the
administration forces were over.
whelmingly in the majority and the
following ofIicers were nominated
with but slight Opposition: Speaker
pro tenn, Y 0 CouItrain; chief cIerk,
Maj. Henry Newman; assistant chief
clerk, Richard S. Slater; engrossine
clerk, w. @. Falkenburg; enrolling
clerk, r. W. Morrow; official re-
porter, Charles J. tombstone; reading
clerks, W. Jeff Pollard aud O. L
Allen; doorkeeper, W. M. Malone of
Linn; sergeant at arms, E. E. BASE,
Boone, official folder, Miss Iva Dor
sett, Cass; chaplain, Rev. Sam FL.
Pollard, Moniteau
In the Senate caucus the anti.
administration forces conferred their
fight against Cornelius Roach for
secretary of the Senate. Ex-Gover-
nor Stone and Chairman Sam B.
Cook appeared on the scene and
opened vigorous campaign for 81.
j. Groves, of Independence. It is
said that Mr.. Stone went so far 90
to threaten individual senators with
q personal fight in their respective
districts if they did not do his
bidding. The administration forces,
under the leadership of such able
iieutenants as General Grow aud
Dick Speed swept on to victory by
the decisive vote of Il for Roach to
s for Groves. The ticket as nomi
mated was: Speaker pro tenn, w S
McC!intock, Marion; secretary, Cor
nelius Roach, Jasper; asst secretary,
Clark Dooley, Texas; Sergeant at
Arms, Charles E. Reid, Gentry;
doorkeeper, Charles A Millman,
Kansas City; official reporter, J II
Edwards, Cole; official folder, U. A |
Mcbride, Johnson; reading clerk, W |
W. Waltars, New Madrid; chaplain,
Rev. j. J. Bradley, Audrain.
We called on Governor Stephens
and found him hard at work on his
and IN the multiplicity Of
tuties devolvsnt upon the chief
executive but he always has time
20 greet his friends warmly. We
lad the pleasure and honor of meet.
ng Mrs. Stephens, an amiable lady,
we'll up in the politics OF tue State
md whom we found to BIS strong
supporter of the present administra,
ION, We paid our respects to the
State officers, all of whom appeared
pleased to shake hands with their
country cousin. Our old friend, Col.
Albert 0. Allen, chief clerk in the
Auditors office, was as genial az
'ver. Rumcr has it that he will be
! candidate to succeed Auditor
'eibert. He would make good one.
We found Nj V. Carroll busy at
lis desk in the Labor Commission
RS Office. The duties of that Office
lave been ably performed by Mr..
2ozelle and his chief clerk and they
will be retained for another two
Tears. We had the pleasure of
Meeting a large number of our
riends from different portions of
he State and spent very pleasant
lay at the State capitol. Our old
riend Zera Ray bourn, the very
'ffcient superintendent of the tables
It the PenItentiary, showed US
Hon. Geo B. Ellis is recognized as