The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1913-04-24
NO SPECIAL SESSION
or THE LEGISLATURE.
Governor Major Finds No Me-
CesSity for Special Law Max
ing at Present.
Senatorial Race is Now Open with Stone
the only Candidate in the Field -
Some Signs Of a Revival in Politics.

Jefferson City, April 2l.-As the
legislature cannot re district the
state into senatorial districts, as exist
ing laws provide for the nomination OF
candidates for the United States senate,
and as Governor Major refuses to view
the insurance situation with alarm, there
will be no call at present for special
session OF the legislature, though the
fire insurance companies have made
vigorous efforts 10 secure special
session to repeal or amend the Orr bill,
which takes the place Of the much
complained Of Oliver bill. The Orr
bill has an antitrust clause that the
insurance companies fear, They think
it will subject their officers to prose
cution, whether or not the companies
may be in an insurance trust, and are
not willing to take the assurance Of the
attorney general that no advantage will
be taken Of honest insurance men un-
der that clause. All OF the bigger in
surance companies have announced
that they will accept no insurance con
tracts in Missouri after April 80. II
that threat is carried out banks and
business men in the larger cities will
be seriously inconvenienced. Bank
credits and large loans on buildings
cannot be handled without liberal and
aafe insurance. No number OF new or
small companies can take up the bust
ness carried by more than one hundred
strong companies now licensed and
doing an enormous business in this
state, especially in the big cities.
Perhaps test case will be placed be-
fore the supreme court to determine
how the drastic feature OF the Orr bill
may operate.
AS the primary law provides for the
nomination Of all elective officers"
and United States senators are now
elective officers" under the provisions
OF the seventeenth amendment to the
national constitution, Governor Major
has decided no new legislation is neces-
sary on the senatorial question, the
only doubtful proposition being the
fling fee. Candidates for governor and
other state Offices pay a fee Of 500 to
get their names on the on the primary
list The filing fee Of a candidate for
United States senator certainly should
not be less.
The senatorial field is now open to
any man who wants the nomination oi
his party al the August primary election
next year. 1t will cost 500 10 file lor
that office, but the filing need not be
done till next spring. By that time,
however, there will doubtless be a
number Of candidates, though at pres
ent Senator Stone is the only man who
has tossed his hat into the ring. Il
will be hard to beat him for the dem
ocratic nomination, though it may bt
an easy matter for a strong republican
nominee to defeat him at the genera
election in November, 1914.
There are signs of a great revival il
Missouri politics. The republican STATE
committee is raising a fund for pre-
paratory work. Chairman Polite Ell
wins expects TO see a general get-;o
gether movement as the result Of dem
ocratic tariff legislation, especially il
the mining districts. Treasurer Thos
K. Niedringhaus is organizing township
and ward committeeman for a none
raising campaign. Party leaders ar
delighted with the prospect Of harmo
nious party reunion and the fgh'in
spirit manifested by republicans a
over the state.