The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-01-04
AT JEFFERSON T
The Log-Roiiing Transferred From
81. Louis Ia the State Capital. What
Is Going on.


Is Going on.
J'f"r1p1 City, Dee. 2s.- The
has shifted from the Laclrd.
h o.lia 81. Louis Ia Jefferson City.
For two weeks the log-rolling has
been going ON Mt st. Louis for
speaker, chief clerk, and minor
officer uf the house. Also lick-
have been put IN to induce the new
governor To- nuke promises re-
garding the patronng" nt his dis
pusul. Various claims urc made.
but NJ y" ."rms to have u "dcnd-
sur" thing, un whHt Gov. Dpck"-
ry will do.
Big politicians, modium--iIrd
AID l',lo politicians juurncycd to-
st. Luui. during the p,,t two
week.. som" were after big game
ad '."r- Wcr" after almost ANY,
thing that might by chance or b.
made tn drop INTO thrir hands.
tn" contest lpr speaker In. been
qii. lively. The writer mot u
great big railroad man-not very
BIZ tny i'tlly, hutn BIG man Just
thr ur-iu 81. Louis. aud h,
asl'Itu' wuter3
"W.H. whose. going to b,
speaker"
"i' looks like - was tn" au-
swur."
"Wrll. none l. sure al 1t yet
SHii else Zig railroad mpu. aud ~,
man who gives out pns.r- stepped
int" - barber shop. where they
m1k" iHg, mouthc-.
Al" politicians aud people who
ar looking for clcrkship-. etc..
hiy' arrived here, Other. viii b,
hire ipndny. New Yclr'- m"rn-
iug viii poo" many more, but We'd
nr-'iiy will witness mn avalanche.
The hotels and boarding house.
will he crowded. The Legislature
viii meet nt noon "Wednesday,
Janu1ry =. temporary orgnnilitipn
ciicct'd, and Adjournment tnkrn
until Thursday. "Wednesday nigh,
according to the present program,
the caucusvs will he held, and thr
nominations for speaker and oib-
or Officers made. Thursdn, they
VIII be elected, and ON Friday
ooih houses, will, In all probnbili-
", adjourn until the following
Monday.
but there will be very little bus-
transacted before In, ncw
governor h inauguratcd. The
speaker will not appoint his conn
m'tccs for ut least ten DAYS and
probably two weeks after he L.
elected. lie wants Ia study tbo
material he has to work with.
Much of II is new. Everyone
wants to sccurc good committee
ships. There will be some disau-
p~oih'ments. Life Is full of them.
so isthe legislature. People must
die before they 20 to Heaven.
sam Cook, secretary of state-
elect, has purchased Capt. Lesu-
ours rcsidcn,c here, aud will oc-
cupy II during his term of Office.
There Ii II rumor, waited from ~
Louis, that Capt. Lcsucur, when
NO steps out OF the oflcc of secro-
tary OF state, will be given Il good
thing in st. Louis by the governor.
Harry Edwards. secretary of the
Democratic state committees. will
Dc Mr.. Cooks chief clerk. Mai.
DICK Horne. Of Marshall, il also
slated for n position in Mr.. Cooks
ONCE q. A. Carstarphcn, of vcr-
non county, n brother-in-law of r..
+. Speed, has been connected with
the oilicc for the last four years.
VIII be continued, rs will w. j.
Chambliss and Maj. V. NJ. Hobbs.
anne w. Allen, Of st. Louis. also
will be continued. There will be
no change among the bank exami-
ners::arc NJ. A. Arnold, OF Audrain;
q. d. Biggs of Rails, A.. b. Me-
Donald, of Henry, and d. +. Clark,
Of Dekalb. ". A. NJ.
M~x-President Harrison il play
inu tho r,lo 90 D...lla. At.