Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-01-16
MUCH USELESS EXPENSE SAVED
BY PLANS OF LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEES.
HOusE ball roo SNAIL
Necessary to Issue Admission Tick.
cts to ceremonies-Hadley Urges
Prison Reforms in His spe-
cial Message.

Dly convened MOuudy anu
for the Inauguration of state officers.
The joint committees from the
house and senate having charge of the
arrangements for the Inauguration
prepared a program distinguished by
its simplicity. The plan to make the
ceremonies as simple as possible in
keeping with the dignity of the occa-
sion met with the approval of Gov
ernor-elect Major. 1t also avoided
much useless expense.
When the committees began consid-
ering plans they found one Of the
chief obstacles to contend with was
the small halls of the house and SEN
ate chambers, where the Inauguration
occurred.
Senator Michael Casey found, by
close figuring, that about 55e persons
could be packed into the house, which
is the larger Of the two legislative
halls. When all the state officers,
Judges of the supreme court, senators,
representatives and officers Of both
branches assembled in the hall, little
room was left for spectators.
1t therefore was necessary to pro-
vide admission tickets, and those In
able to obtain these cards were un.
able to witness the ceremonies.
Gov. Hadley sent to the senate his
appointments made in recess, but it is
said all will be rejected.
HadIey Urges Prison Reforms.
Gov. Hadley sent a message to the
legislature transmitting a list of the
pardons and paroles granted during
his term.
The governor in his message said
that, considering the prison popula-
ton, he had released fewer convicts
than any of his predecessors.
He urged the establishment of a
state board of paroles and pardons to
investigate conditions in the state
prison and to recommend releases of
convicts.
He also urged the establishment OF
a state tuberculosis hospital for con
yiets and the purchase of additional
grounds for a prison farm. He recon-
mended that prisoners make all the
clothing needed by inmates of state
institutions.
$1,000 a Day for Clerks.
The pay for the clerks in the forty
seventh assembly alone will u more
than $1,000 a day. The cost Of the
1859 clerks authorized by the house
will be $54S.50 a day, a total of $38,
395 for the 70 days of the session. /
has been the practice of the legisla
ture to add clerks by resolution a.
the session progresses. If this is done
the increase per day will amount t.
$3.50 for each clerk, or 50 for eacl
member of the d~oorkeeper's force.
-Four Lobbyists for Trainmen.
Four members of the Brotherhood
OF Railway Trainmen filed as legisla
tive lobbyists with the secretary o
state. They are to work for the pas
sage of laws beneficial to railway en-
ployes. The lobbyists are H. Pfieffei
st. Louis; w. J. Thelen, Sedalia; J
A. Phillips, st. Louis; G. G. Brattinl
ham, Eldon.
Contest Is Threatened.
There is a bare possibility the Den
ocratic majority will be increased b
one as a result of a contest threatene
from Ste. Genevieve, where Williar
R. Wilder, a son of Beer Inspector "
w. Wilder, was elected over P. f
Coffmann.
Coffmann, a Democrat, arrived wit
the intention of entering a contest.
"The law requires that member
shall be "a years of age" he declares
"and Wilder will not be of age unit
February 23."
None of the Democrats take th
contest seriously, because 1t Is base
on such trivial grounds.
1t requires only ~ votes to pass
bill, and 95 to pass an emergenc
clause. With their large majority tn
Democrats will be able to pass an
thing they want. and there would !
no excuse for turning down Wilde
merely because of his age.
Constitutional Convention Sought.
Jefferson City, Mo.-A ~resolutic
for a constitutional convention and fl
the celebration Of the completion
the Keokuk power dam will be su
mitted to the legislature. Sidney
Roy, secretary of the Hannibal Coz
mercial Club, arrived in Jefferson Ci
to urge the latter. AS secretary
the Missouri League OF Municipalitie
he also will ask for the constitution
convention.