The Taney County republican., 1909-06-10

The official term of State Factory
Inspector ]. w. Skies, Democratic
appointee of former Governor Folk,
expired May IS. His successor. w.
W. Williams, a Republican, was ap-
pointed May D, but not effective till
June !, in order to give Skies time to
close up his official butiness and get a
good record for full month in May.
When Mr.. Williams appeared at the
factory inspectors Office in ST. Louis
. Oh the morn;ng Of June to take charge
Skies Dluntly told him that the COVER
nor had 10 right to appoint his sue
cessor after the Senate had Adjourned.
and that he. Skies. would hold On to
the Office till the Senate meets again
to confirm his successor, whoever ne
may be.
Later in the day the governor tele-
graphed Skies to turn the Office over
TO Mr. Williams, and to make an &C
counting 10 The governor Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures OF his office
during his term of two years-a de-
naand which the governor had the per
feet right TO make. but which Skies
treated with Indifference. if not with
insolence.
M. Williams then secured an Office
and proceeded 10 be factory inspector
without regard % Skies, organizing his
iorce OF assistants and deputy ;nspec-
tors. and making inspections, issuing
permits for children urGer 16 to be
employed under the child labor, law,
and transacting such business as the
laws require OF the state factory in
spector. The general publicity given
the matter by the newspapers made it
difficult fo- Skies 70 do business, and
cn Friday he appealed 20 the Supreme
Court TO Gust Williams and approve
the claim which he, Skies, had set up.
4 more impudent defiance OF the
authority Of the governor has never
occurred in the history of Missouri.
This man Skies, brought into the state
when his friend, Jos. w. Folk. became
conspicuous in public life, and having
enjoyed official favors for several years,
asked Governor Hadley, early in May,
to permit him to contine in Office, and
was. OF course, refused, though the ap-
pointnent OF his successor was not
made till ten days after his term had
expired, and was not then made ef-
fective till June /, thus allowing him
to remain in Office seventeen days long
er than his commission warranted.
While he viii be compelled to yield
and give way to a decent Republican,
this hungry Democrat has been able,
under the imperfect statutes of the
State, to defy the governor and him
der state business. It is another step
on the part of disappointed and hun
CRY Democrat to hinder and hedge
about the governor elected by the peo-
pie It is a striking display of the
! Democratic disposition to rlle or ruin,
and shows desperation. They will
not give up their long domination in
Missouri till the people rout them al
the polls, root and branch
! If the contention of Skies is sus-
tanned, that no appointive official whose
appointment is subject to confirmation
by the Senate can qualify until he IS
thus confirmed, the appointive power
viii be virtually lodged in the Senate,
and an official whose term expires be-
tween sessions Of the senate can held
On till that body sees ft to permit sorne
one else &c succeed him, which would
mean that no appointment can be made
by the governor, except vhen the sen
ate is sitting to confirm or reject it.
As the senate is now Democratic, and
likely to be so during Governor Had
ley's term, this seems to be the Demo
cratic method by which he is 20 BE de-
prived of authority never heretofore
denied Missouri governor.
But, wait and see.
/ SENATORS WHO FELT THE LASH.
Senators Mayer, Oliver, McAlliste,
and Dowell we're the first to question