Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-03
AT JEFFERSON CITY.
The LOg-RoIling Transferred From
St. Louis to the State Capital
What Is Going On.

Jefferson City, Dec. 28.-The scene
has shifted from the Laclede hotel in
St. Louis to Jefferson City. For two
weeks the log-rolling has been going
on at ST. Louis for speaker, chief
clerk, and minor officers of The house.
Also ticks have been put in to induce
the new governor to make promises
regarding the patronage at his dis
posal. Various claims are made, but
no one seems to nave a ~'dead-Sure
thing on what Gov. Dockery viii
do.
Big politicians, medium-sized and
little politicians journeyed to st.
Louis during the past two weeks.
| Some were after big game, and 9TH
ers were after almost anything that
might by chance or be made to drop
into their hands.
The contest for speaker has been
| quite lively. The writer met a great
big railroad man-not very big phys
ically, but a BIG man just the same
in St. Louis, and he asked the
writer:
swell. whose's going to be speak
er?"
1T looks like -" was the an
swer.
"Well, none is sure of it yet" said
the big railroad man, and the man
who gives out passes stepped into a
barber shop, where they make faces
smoother.
A few politicians and people who
are looking for clerkships, etc, have
arrived here. Others will be here
Monday. New Years morning will see
many more, but Wednesday will wit
ness an avalanche. The hotels and
boarding houses will be crowded. The
legislature will reet at noon Wednes-
day, January 2, temporary organiza-
ton effected, and adjournment taken
until Thursday. Wednesday night, &C
cording to the present programme,
the caucuses will be held, ard the
nominations for speaker and other
officers made. Thursday they will be
elected, and on Friday both houses
will, in all probability, adjourn until
the following Monday.
The first few days after the cleo
ton of a speaker will witness an
> avalanche of bills. There are almost
one hundred new members in the
general assembly, and as a general
, C1lDS ii hC" CIhO H"S
, ure or two which he wants to intro
, duce, and introduce he will, though
the heavens crumble. 1t doesn't hurt
anything. He has promised his con-
stituents he would. And why
shouldn't he? Hasn't he been elected
to the legislature? Hasn't he come to
: Jefferson City wearing a longtail
r coat. a plug hat and a statesman-lke
air that would cause Senators Hoar'
Cullom, Billy Mason and even Teddy
n Roosevelt to pause and wonder VINO
that distinguished looking gentle
man is?
But there will be very little bust
ness transacted before the new gov
ernor is inaugurated. The speaker
o will not appoint his committees fol
at least ten days and possibly two
weeks after he is elected. He want!
II to study the material he has to worl
with. Much of it is new. Everyone
d wants to secure good committeeships
o There will be some disappointments
Life is full of them, so is the leglsla
It ture. People must die before the,
D. go to Heaven.
4 Work in the senate may be some
le what delayed by the illness of tn
t. new lieutenant governor, who pre-
sides over that august body. Mr.. lie
. was compelled to undergo quite a sc
= we're surgical operation a few day
ago, and he may be confined to nj
IA home in St. Louis until the middle o
- January.
Sam Cook, secretary of state-elec1
y has purchased Capt. Lesueur's res
p dence here, and will occupy it durin
=" his term of office. There is a rumol
, waited from ST. Louis. that Cap
n Lesueur, when he steps out of the OF
-. fee of secretary of state, will b
~ given a good thing in ST. Louis by tn
governor.
Harry Edwards, secretary of tn
Democratic state committee, will
Mr.. Cooks chief clerk. Maj. Die
rs Horne, IF Marshall, is also slated fc
ol- a position in Mr.. Cooks Office. G. !
Carstarphen, of Vernon county,
of brother-in-law of r. p. Speed, has a
re-. ready been appointed by Mr.. Lesuel
* and he will be continued in office I
ise Mr.. Cook. AL Hawkins, who has bee
ice connected with the office for the la
,os four years, will be continued, as w
w. J. Chambliss and Maj. Y. !
a Hobbs, James w. Allen, of st. Loui
,er also will be continued. There will
so no change among the bank examine
DR. at the present time. The examine
are NJ. A. Arnold, of Audrain; G..
Biggs, of Rails; A. B. Mcdonald,
Henry, and B. T. Clark, of Dekalb.
NJ. A. NJ.