Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-19
The MISSOURI LEGISLATURE
LAWMAKERS CONVENE IN siEN.
NAL SESSION.
House and Senate Organize Elect
officers and Appoint Committees
Ready fer Work.

u sSiAAN
met and adjourned in order to
give the Democrats more time to set
tie the Bradbury contest squabble in
party conference. The session lasted
ten minutes and was the shortest joint
assembly on record for u Missouri leg
islature. The adjournment was for
n day.
The Democrats met in joint confer
ence again to try to decide their
course OF action in the Bradbury
Wightman contest matter. At the Sc
cret conference they had practically
agree to drop the contest.
At a meeting Of the house commit
tee ON re-districting it was decided TO
draft the measure providing for the
changing of the boundary lines of the
state senatorial districts before judic-
larry and congressional districts are
taken up.
The Democratic and Republican
members are each to draft tentative
measures for presentation to the COM
mittee. The committee voted to give
a hearing o any political o%rganiza-
tons or committees that might ask
for an opportunity to appear before
the committee.
Frank a. Wighmsn and William P.
Evans were declared duly elected and
installed as railroad and warehouse
commissioner and superintendent of
public instruction, by Speaker John +.
Barker.
The formal declaration was made
by the speaker in the presence of the
joint assembly after the %canvassing
committees report upon the face of
the returns had been offered by
Arthur J.. Oliver, chairman of the
Democratic senatorial caucirs. Evans
was declared elected by a majority of
2,24O and Wightman by j,l29.
No reference whatever to Brad
bury's charges of fraud was contained
in the report.
Col. Phelps introduced in the house
a constitutional amendment PROPOSE
ton authorizing the recall of public
officers on the petition of % per cent
of the voters of the district affected.
1t reads public officers and includes
everything from governor to consta-
BILE, mayor, councilman, school direC-
tor, sheriff or any other officer elected
In the state.
Jefferson City.-The first of the
several measures being prepared to
change the present plan of nominal
ing and electing United States sena
tors was introduced III the senate by
A. w. Carter of Clark county. 1t in
cludes all the provisions of the Ore
gon plan, except that the members of
the legislature are bound to vote for
the candidate who receives the larg-
est number of votes in their respec-
tive districts instead of over the state
at large. This change in the Oregon
plan is made. Senator Carter eX
planned, to prevent st. Louis and Kan
sas City dominating the naming OF
the senators.
Representative Hobbs of Grundy
county introduced a bill making it a
misdemeanor to sell or give away
in Missouri cigarettes or cigarette pa
pers. To make the law effective the
bill provides that the person com.
planning of the violation of the law
shall receive twolhirds OF the tine
that may be imposed.
Unsuccessful Democratic candidates
for representative began contests in
the house to unseat five Republican
legislators. Three seats in st. Louis
and a seat in Atchison county and II
in Pettis county are contested.
Gov. Hadley sent a message to the
legislature recommending the ratifi-
cation of the income tax amendment
to the constitution of the United
States.
Jefferon City.-Hiram Lloyd's
bipartisan election board for Kan
sas City and St. Louis was intro
duced in the house. 1t proposes sew
eral changes in the present registra.
ton and election law.
The wild turkey, once plentiful in
Missouri, is to be protected by law TO
prevent its determination. Four bills
have been introduced in the house
and senate prohibiting the shooting of
wild turkey until after 1914.
Senator Lee WEIGH introduced a dill
curing all seeds to be labeled to
show the percentage of impure seeds
in the package. The presence of
mongrel seeds in q package labeled