The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-18
JEFFERSON CITY CANVASSING
LEGISLATIVE POSSIBILITIES.

, clerical position in the Fortieth General AS
sembly.
For enrolling clerk of the House the only
candidate thus far talked of is Heygood
Scott of Rolla. There will doubtless be
others. but Mr.. Scott is the only aspirant
who has announced his candidacy.
An interesting contest and one that is al
ready attracting a good bit OF attention Is
that for secretary of the Senate Major Hen
ry A Newman of Randolph chief clerk Of
the last House. and Cornelius Roach OF
Jasper County, who was secretary OF the
Senate in both the Thirty-nlnth and For
tieth general assemblies. are pitted against
each other. Both are past masters In the
political game. both are popular and both
| have influential friends. Both had compare
lively easy victories In the Fortieth Cen
eral Assembly. although strong opposition
was not wanting. The outcome is being
watched with more than passing interest,
and the indications are that this rage will
develop into the closest and most hotly
contested of those attendant upon legisla-
tive organization.
This Legislature Is more strongly Demo-
cratic than was the last. The relative
strength in the Senate is the same as In
the Fortleth General ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Democrats and nine Republicans. In the
House there are ninety Democrats and fifty
Republicans. making d Democratic majority
u
eighty Democrats. two Populists and
1fty-eiGht Republicans in the Fortieth
House. On joint ballot the Democratic ma
jority was thirty-eight. and the two Pop
ulists. who voted usually with the Demo-
Gratis. made forty.
In the Senate lawyers are largely in the
ascendency. there being twenty Senator'S
who are members of the bar Other vocations
represented in the Senate are: Farmers,
three: merchant. one; undertaken one; med
lcal student, one: hotelkeeper one; molder,
one: banker. one; one lumber dealer and one
physician. In the House lawyers again are
In the ascendency. There are thirty-eight.
The farmers are a close second with thirty
four. There are eleven merchants and an
equal number of doctors, five editors. nine
school teachers, four ministers of the gos-
PEI. three real estate men. two bankers, two
clerks. and two manufacturers, and one
shoemaker. reporter. municipal agent. COM
merc;ai traveller. stockman, boilermaker.
car inspector. insurance agent, proofreader,
machinist. contractor. miner. painter, alb
stractor miller and druggist make up the
personnel of the Forty-tlrst General Assem-
bly,
The roster of'the newly elected Legisla-
iurc shows some additional interesting
facts. OF l40 members of the House thirty
We're members of the last General Assem-
bly,. OF these nineteen are Democrats and
eleven are Republicans. Only seven men,
berS have served in sessions other than that
that of 1899. so that only thirty-seven men,
hers of the House have had legislative ex-
perience The number is remarkably small.
About sixty members of the last Assembly
mad been members of former assemblies.
The Republicans gained two Senators in
jackson County and lost two in St. Louis.
They gained three members in the House
over 1899 in Kansas City and lost three in
st. Louis. The loss in St Louis exactly off,
tl,l ys,t to-, To-, ~.-l,A
districts where Republicans were elected in
1898 Democrats were elected this year. En-
cect the three st. Louis districts. the dis
tricts carried by Democrats where Repub-
ing that it was probable that the national
ticket brought out full vote.
Congressman Cowherd Of Kansas City,
recently elected by an increased majority
In the Fifth Congressional District was a
visitor at the capital Friday. Mr. Cowherd
was here on business In the Supreme Court
He is popular at the capital and has a
number OF stanch friends here. Whenever
occasion requires he is called upon to do
campaign werk in the Eighth District and
he always responds to the request. He is
accordingly well known in most of the
counties In this district where he is ad-
mired for his democracy and his oratorical
powers. This latter gift comes naturally |
to him. Back in the late seventies and
a
student at the State University at Column
bia he ecipsed all in the student corps as
an orator and has many souvenirs of ora
torical triumphs. His Man. the Shekinah
and "Licht mur LIGHT" are still remembered
there as among the best specimens of COL
lege oratOry. Mr.. Cowherd has hosts of
friends in Missouri who were students at
the university. He is even now being favor
ably spoken of in different parts OF the
State as probable successor to Mr.. Dock
cry in 1904 and the college men. the alumni
Of the State University, who have since
become prominent and who know Mr.. Cow
herd personally would be no small factor in
his support should he become candidate
for Governor of Missouri.
What Governor Stephens intends to do
when his term as Governor expires is caus-
ing some speculation. and is of special in
terest 10 the politicians, In conversation
with the Governor one day this week his
future plans were under discussion asked
him what he intended doing when he re-