The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-05
SENATE NAMES STANDING CON-
MITTEEs AND DEMOCRATS
GET ALL GUARDIANSHIP.
43 BILLS FILED IN THE SENATE
House Republicans Will Have Two
Clerks Each-Three Standing and
House Conference Committees
Are Named.

| Gmelich was inaugurated Lieutenant
| governor at II a. m. Tuesday, after a
| four-weeks' fight for the office by his
Democratic opponent, William X.
Painter.
The senate was jammed with women
and members of the house, who took
a recess and marched ove in a body.
Shortly before the ceremonies began,
a committee of three, headed by Sen
ator Fields, was appointed to escort
the incoming official to the senate
chamber.
AS the gavel of John c. Mckinley,
the retiring lieutenant governor, fell
Gmelich, escorted by Judge j. B.
CAN'T Of the Missouri supreme court
and the committee appeared.
Immediately following the admins
tering of the oath of office by Judge
CAN'T, Lieut.. Gov. Gmelich made a
short talk in which he declared he did
not want the office unless he was
elected to it, but that he was glad the
recount committee had found his title
to be clear.
chairmanships Go To Democrats.
Not a craftsmanship Yer h
senate republicans out of the =
ing committees named by President
Pro Tenn. Humphrey. All were dis
tributed among the 23 Democrats in
the upper branch of the Missouri
general assembly.
Here are the committees as named
BY Senator Humphrey:
Observation-Disclosures, Wilson. Fields,
Major. oliver. McAllister, Doris, Drunert
| Gardner. Hall and Hudson.
Judiciary-Fieids. Dowell, McDavid' Nc
| Allister, Mayer, Oliver, Drunert, Green
| Hudson, Eads and Krone.
Ways and Means-Wilson. Stark, Chinn,
Alice. Kinney. Bradley, Prendergast, Blu
ford, Grimes. Peck and Gardner;
Appropriations-Anthony, stark bowel
McAliister, oliver, Wilson. Alice, Brogan,
| Anderson, Booth and Malang..
criminal Observation-Disclosures, Dowell
Casey, Mayer, Wilson, Lane, Chinn Gard
ner and Methudy.
Railroads and Internal Improvements
| Dowell, Wilson, Buford, Green, Chinn,
Peck and Anderson.
Private OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Major
McDavid, Prendergast, Green, HUDSON ana
Gardner.
Municipal Corporations-Mayer, Casey.
Kinney, Prendergast, Stark. Malang and
Krone.
Banks and Banking-Drunert: Alice,
Anthony. Chinn. Stark, Peck and Eads.
Commerce and Manufacture-Mines and
Mining-Casey. Bradley, Anthony, Brogan
Mayer, Malang and Grimes.
Wills and Probate Law-Chinn. Drunert
Green. Lane, Casey, Krone and Methudy.
Education. Text Books and Public
school-Dorris. Lane, Prendergast' Blu
ford, Bradley, Peck and Eads.
Privileges and Elections-Stark, Nc
David, Kinney, oliver, Mayer, Eads and
Life, Fire and Other Insurance-Oliver,
Agriculture Roads and Highways,
Bridges and Ferries-Buford, Alice, Brad
ley. Anthony, Stark, Wilson, Booth, Rock
and Grimes.
Labor-Bradley, Kinney, McDavid, Prem
dergast, Brogan. Malang and Methudy.
Observation-Disclosures Oliver, Nc
David Lane, Brogan, Krone and Booth.
Fish and Game-Lane, McDavid, Stark,
Prendergast, Buford. Booth and Grimes.
University, Noraml Schools. Agriculture
al, College and School of Mines-Fields.
Drunert, CHM, Lane, McDavid, Peck and
Grimes.
Accounts and Miscellaneous Law-Dor-
ris, Alec. Chinn. Bradley, Dowell, Hudson
and Hall.
Penitentiary and Reform Schools-Kin-
ney. Dowell. Bradley, Eads, and Anderson.
E~leemosynary Institutions and Public
Health-Allee, Major, Mayor, Malang and
Hudson,
County Courts and Justices of the
Peace-Brogan, Drunert, Green, Hudson
and Anderson.
Constitutional Amendments Federal
Relations and Permanent Seat Of Govern
ment-Green. Wilson, McAllister, Peck
and Methudy.
Retrenchment. Reform, Fees and
Salaries and Criminal Costs-Major, Chfnn
Buford, Anderson and Hall.
Township Organizations. County Bound
aries, Swamp Lands, bitches, Drains
Oliver, Lane, Buford. Peck and Grimes,
Printing and Joint Printing-Dowell,
McAllister. Stark, Hudson and Hall.
Engrossed Bills-Allee, Kinney, Stark,
Hall and Eads.
Enrolled Bills-Anthony, Brogan, Green.
Anderson and Grimes.
Rules and Joint Rules-McDavid, Major,
Fields, Gardner and Grimes.
Clerical Force - McAllister, Fields.
Oliver, Hudson and Gardner.
The first standing committees to be
appointed were named by Speaker
Speer in the house. They are:
Clerical Force-stevenson, Andrew
county; Hart, Buchanan; Kies, Cape
Benton; Spence. Stoddard: Cook, Ray.
Accounts-Stanley, Webster; Legere
Morgan; Hart, Buchanan; Bogard. st
Louis; Best. Mcdonald; Lyles, Shan
Rules-Wade, Greene; Lloyd, st. Louis
Foristel, st. Louis; Ferd, Grundy
Rhodes, Washington; Barker, Macon
Crossley. johnson.
In addition to this the speaker
named a conference committee to act
with a similar committee from the
senate 10 agree upon a plan of pro
cedure for the revision of the statutes
Senator Casey has bills to amend
the primary laws by giving a day O
supplementary registration before tn,
ballot primaries now provided for b,
law. He also has a bill to open the
ballot boxes in cases where there Il
reason to believe that the election
laws have been violated.
An increase in the pay for circui
judges of the state, but excepting
those of St. Louis, is provided for il
q bill prepared by Senator McAllester