Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-15

The Upper House OF the Missouri
Assembly was called TO order Wednes
day at 1912 o'clock by Lieut. Gov.
John A. Lee. All the holdover sena-
tors and Senators-elect were In their
seats. and number Of ladies occupied
seats In the rear
Rev. Claude e. Hill OF Pleasant Hill,
the president announced, would open
the session with prayer. The Senators
arose and the temporary chaplain Of
fered prayer.
President Lee spoke few words Of
welcome and asked the hearty and sin
cere cooperation and consideration of
the members in the present session.
Lieut.. Gov. Lee then announced the
following list of temporary officers.
Chaplain, G. e. Hill OF Cass County;
secretary, d. F. Thomson of Morgan
County; assistant secretary, j. d. Pos.
ton OF st, Francois County; minute
clerk, ]. M. Stevens of Dent County;
journal clerks, r. D. Payne of Dade
County and John Richardson of Stod.
dard County; official reporter, Charles
R. Dewey of Cole County; doorkeeper,
Ed Crumbaugh of Boone County; ser
geant-at-arms, Sam Stanton of Ste.
Genevieve County; pages, Glover Dow
ell, John Collins, Jr., Stanley Kelly and
Bland Mitchell.
New Members Take the Oath.
The II newly elected Senators
grouped themselves in a semicircle be-
fore the bar of the Senate and the
oath OF office was administered to
them by Justice ]. b. Valiant of the
Supreme Court.
Old Rules Adopted.
On motion of Senator Farris, the
rules of the forty-first Assembly were
adopted to govern the Senate until
new rules were adopted.
Senator Morton offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Only a week ago the governor of this
State lost his lifelong companion and
wife. The affection existing between the
two and her devotion to him has left its
imprint for good upon every Missouri
home. This body extends its sympathy
to Gov. A. M. Dockery, and hereby adj
tourns out of respect to the memory of
his wife.
The Senate thereupon adjourned.
The good nature everywhere appar-
emit in the House, preliminary to it's
organization, and which continued
through those ceremonies, is not an in
dication, of course, that there will not
be stormy times before the session of
the forty-second General Assembly ad.
journs. The gallery was well filled
with ladies, and a number of these
had seats on the floor, chairs having
been specially provided for them. AT
1910 Secretary of State Cook called
the House to order. Rev. James No
BILE, rector OF Grace Episcopal Church,
offered prayer, and the the organiza.
ton of the House was effected
Williams of Scott placed in nomina.
ton Davidson of Marion for temporary
chairman, and Boutwell, of Pettis nom
mated Carter of Grundy. Davidson was
elected by a vote Of so to 60 for Carter
u. A. Mcbride of Johnson and John
Green of Cole were chosen temporary
secretary and temporary sergeant-at-
arms without opposition.
Atkinson of Ripley offered a resolu-
tion that the members be sworn iii
20 at time. 1t was adopted, and this
was done. The oath was administered
by Chief Justice Waltour NJ Robinson
Of the State Supreme Court.
Mr.. Whitecotton of Monroe offered
the following resolution:
Whereas, The Supreme Arbiter of all
things has recently, in His wisdom, re-
moved from our mansion to his man
sion above the much beloved wife of our
Governor; and,
Whereas, He has been separated from
her pure life and wOmanly and motherly
Companionship; be IL
Resolved, That we, the members of
the forty-second General Assembly, here
by manifest our sincere regret at her
death and tender to the honorable Cover
nor, A. M. Dockery, our sincere sympathy
in his sad bereavement
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
The House then adjourned.