The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

. Vice President. Capt. Joseph Boyce. q
. neutrality-suspicious. +. Mocklcr. q
Assistant Secretary. Guy G~otterman. q
q Sergeant-at-Arms. Richard NJ. Wray. Q
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whom the letter was addressed, Speaker
Cronin appointed Messrs. Kelly. Sweeney.
Zachritz. Burke and Koeln. Mr.. Sweeney
submitted a resolution, to be concurred in
by the Council. for a Joint committee to
wait on Mayor-elect Rolla Wells and learn
his wishes as to the Inauguration at 3
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. The commit
tee consists of Messrs. Howard, GazZolo and
Stance.
On motion OF Mr.. Kelly n special commit
tee on Election and Registration was des-
ignated for the purpose of Investigating into
the tie in the Twenty-second Ward between
John X. Fontana (Dem.) and Harry W. Nc
Chesney (tep.). Messrs. Burke. Kelly and
Troll were appointed. The house may rec
ogniZe either aspirant, but, in all probable
ity Mr.. Fontana will be seated. The House
adjourned until 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Speaker Cronin will name his committees
this week.
MEMBERS MI THEIR
AvOCATlONS.
Excluding Mr.. Fontana OF the Twenty
second. as he is not a member, the House
Is composed Of thirteen Democrats and
eleven Republicans and three Public Own
ership members. The Democrats arc
Messrs. Brennan. Burke. Denny, Faulk-
ner. Gazzolo. G%eraghty. Hannigan. Howard,
Kelly, Kinney. Sweeney. Williams and
Speaker CronIn. The Republican, are
Messrs. Buechner, Koeln. Murrell. Ober-
beck. Pfeffle, Reiss. Stannard. Stance, Troll,
Windmueller and Zachritz. The Public
Ownership merbers are Messrs. Funsch,
karbe and Klute.
Messrs. Buechner, Gazzolo, Koeln, Kim
ney and Cronin are saloonkcepers. Messrs.
Brennan. Hannigan and Howard are horse
shoers. Mr.. Burke IS a machinist, Mr..
Denny a clerk. Mr.. Faulkner a superintend-
ent for q contracting firm, Mr.. Funsch a
druggist, Mr.. Geraghty conducts a livery
stable, Mr.. karbe is employed in a chem
ical works, Mr.. Kelly own q printing estab-
Mr.. klute Is employed In u rub
Der goods store. Mr.. Murrell is an under
taker, Mr.. Oberbeck a grocer. Mr.. Pfefne
a contractor. Mr.. Reiss q lawyer, Mr.. STAN
nard an engraver, Mr.. Stance a grocer. Mr..
Sweeney In ice and coal dealer, Mr.. Troll
a clerk, Mr.. Williams q railroad superin-
tendent, Mr.. Windmueller an insurance
agent, and Mr.. Zachritz an ~ironworker.
While a member Of the defunct House.
Speaker Cronin voted for the bill to re-
duce the waterworks revenue. q measure
that was pronounced iniquitous by the fiscal
authorities. but he worked hard for the
passage of the Worlds Fair bond bill and
attempted to have the charter amendment
bill reported by tho Committee on Legis-
lation for action.
Speaker Cronin says he will not permit
. continuance of the custom of burying bills
in committee boxes. He proposes to COM
pei reports within a reasonable time and
thus to make members go on record. He
promises to do all he can for the Worlds
Fair. whenever legislation is required. and
he says he will see that the Charter amend
ment bill is accorded prompt action. It
Is his purpose, he states, to conduct the
House in a businesslike manner.
HOW THE COUNCIL
WAS ORGANIZED.
Without display or hitch in the proceed
inss. the City Council was organized Sat
urday afternoon. the officers selected being
Captain Joseph BOyce. vice president;
George +. Mockler. secretary; Guy Golfer
man, assistant secretary and Richard NJ,
Wray. sergeant-at-arms.
These officers were chosen by the Council
by a strict party vote, with the exception
OF vice president. William NJ Horton was
the Republican candidate for the office.
name was first on the roll-call and |
he voted for himself. Had he adhered to |
the usual rule in such cases and voted for
1t would have been possible for |
the latter to have cast his own vote for
himself and thus electing himself to the
Mr.. Boyce through the advice CT
his friends and the other Democrats did
not care to take this chance. and he fore
stalled any such outcome by voting for
himself to begin with. The vote was 8 to
the members casting their votes as fol- |
Boyce-Boycc. Gibson. Horton, Markham, |
Newell. Sheehan. spiegelhalter and Horns
~.
Horton-Hodges, Hoffman,, Meysenburg,
Richards and Schnell.
Councilman Gibson nominated Boycs and
Mr.. Richards presented the name Of Hor-
George T. Mockler received seven votes
o SIX cast for his opponent, Charles r.
iraves. Mr.. Boyce nominated Mockler and
Mr.. HOFFMAN, presented tho name of
Graves. The vote was:
Mockler-Boyce, Gibson. Markham, New
Sheehan. Spiegelhalter and Hornsby.
Graves-Hodses. Hoffman,. Horton. Mey-
enburS, Richards and Schnell.
iECRETARY MOCKLER
FAKES CHARGE MONDAY.
Guy Golterman was chosen assistant Sec
etary over William c. Hansen and Richard
4. Wray was elected sergeant-at-arms over
Turner, the members casting their
oteS as they did in the election of Mockler
o the secretaryship.
Mockler. the new secretary. will take
barge Of the office Monday. He has been
ssistant to Thomas Ward, secretary Of the
board of Police Commissioners Mockler's
in the police work will probably
e a sergeant Of police. who will be selected
y Mr.. Ward Monday.
Mr.. Mockler was educated at the St.
1ouis University. being born and reared
n 81. Louis. He is a newspaper man. hay-
ns served on several Of the St. Louis pa
ers since 1855, when he went into the busI.