Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-01-14
JOINT COMMITTEE AGREES ON
ALL THE OFFICERS, EXCEPT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
FINAL REPORT IS AWAITED
Amended Returns Passed In Canvass
Of Notes--Palr system Adopted
Other Legislative
News.


the course to be taken in the matter
Of determining the Acknowledgements.
orship controversy. There is. how.
ever, reason for believing that this
end will be reached Monday. Senator
McDayid, chairman OF the committee,
in asking the assembly Frdiya. when
It was called in joint session. for more
time for the committee, made the
statement that he believed an under.
standing would be reached Monday.
He said the sessions had been har.
monious and wholly free from any ap-
pearance Of pickering or captiousness.
The time asked for was granted. with
but three dissenting votes.
This dissolved the joint assembly.
after the report OF the committee had
been read and adopted. until Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. at which time,
according to the assurances Of Sen.
ator McDavid, It Is thought a report
will be made as to the plan agreed
upon by the committee. which Is to
be submitted to the entire assembly
for its rejection or adoption.
The report made Friday was upon
all the state offices except the lieu
tenant-governorship. and in reaching
a conclusion as TO these the amended
returns were in no instance consid-
cred. After the adoption OF the report
Speaker Speer proclaimed the election
Of the officers reported upon, and then
the Joint assembly dissolved. The re.
port made Friday is in full as follows:
Finding Of the Committee.
To the Joint Session Of the Senate and
House OF Representatives OF the State
OF Missouri:
We, the undersigned committee APP
pointed by resolution Of this Joint session
TO canvass the returns OF the last general
election. respectfully report that We have
examined and canvassed the returns OF
the votes as returned TO the oftlce OF the
secretary OF state by the proper Officers
OF the several counties Of the state. and
we ind that from some counties amended
returns have also been sent TO the speak
err OF the house OF representatives. upon
the correctness OF which we have not de-
termined, because II does not AFFECT the
general results OF the Officers herein re-
ported upoA.
we find. however. that the returns as
tabulated by the secretary OF state, and
as reported to the speaker OF the house OF
representatives. after having opened, can
vassed and cast up all OF said returns In
tho presence of the speaker OF the house
of representatives OF the forty-ffth gem
eTal assembly a. a. Speer, to show the
following results OF said election. the
amended returns In no case being passed
upon:
For Goyernor-Herbert 8. HadIey (RepO.
355. 932: William y. Cowherd (Dem.). 3tO.-
O53; Herman p. Faris (Pro.), 4.l69; Will
liam L. Carver (soc:l. 1855: William A.
Dillon Peoples Party. l.05S; total vote.
1917: Hadley's plurality. 1879.
For Secretary OF State-Iohn z. Swan
ger (Rep), 3IT.5Sl: Cornelius Roach
(Deml. 5ts.l57; James F. Bolts (Pro.).
NJ. Burrus peoples Party, i.l3O: total
vote. 1901; Roach's plurality. 626.
For State Auditor-Jesso a. Tolerton
tRep.l. slsSO3; John p, Gordon (Dem,l }.
3tS.529: Geo. C. MCLAUGHLIN (Pro.). 4o79:
Frank Foster (5oc.), 1921: c. L. AiexAn-
der peoples Party. i.l3i. total vote.
1929: Gordon's plurality. 2.s26.
For State Treasurer-wIlbur =. Maring
(Rep.l, 34s.a73; James Cowgirl (DemO,
3t9.ls5; Bishop o. Terry Pro.). 4.O63;
Guy r. Etherton (soc.). 1891: +. w.
Letsch Peoples Party. liza; total vote,
7l6,es6: Cowgilrs plurality. AHA.
For Attorney General-Frank y. Fulk-
erson tRepD. 34T.tt3: Elliott W. Major
(Deu.), 3t0.0st; John +. Williams (Soo.).
1888; Henry II. Artz peoples Party.
Lao; total vote. 7os.ssS; Majors plural
For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner-william w. Wilder (Rep), &c.
9st; John A. Knott (Dam.). 3ts. S5s; James
~. Fulkerson (Pro), 1905; u. 8. Barnsley
lSoe.), lb.261; James W. Riley Peoples
Party. i.1SS; total vote. 7is.5bs; Knotrs
plurality, 1854.
We further report that we have been
unable to agree upon plans by which the
election Of lieutenant governor may be
determined, but that II In the opinion OF
this committee that we can agree upon
plans II further time be granted TO Il;
and recommend that this joint session do
now take recess until Monday. January
II, 1903, at o'clock p. M, at which time
we VIII report. Respectfully submitted,
u. NJ McDAvID,
J. NJ. GRIMES.
ARTHUR y. GARDNER,
A. f. l.. GARDNER,
r. ID. SILVER,
JOHN BARKER,
HIRAM LLOYD.
WALLACE CROSSLEY,
NJ. y. RHODES.
PROS8 T. CROSS.