The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-01-03
LEGISLATORS READY
I. TO BEGIN SESSION OF
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WILL CONVENE AT STATE cApi-
tot WEEK FROM NEXT MON
DAY, ON JANUARY 6.
MANY MEMBERS ARE RETURNED

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Personnel Of Body Shove that i win
Be Capable Much Progressive
lcslsIation--onc Representative Is
Dead.
Fl NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec. ~. The
Sixty-first General Assembly of the.
state OF Tennessee will convene at
the state Capitol week from next
Monday, and 131 members will take
the oath of office, one less than the
full membership Of 1872, on account q
the death OF r. b Keith, elected to
represent the thirteenth floterial dis
trict and whose successor will not be.
chosen until January Is.
OF the members OF the coming Leg
islature more than one-third have had
experience In law making In other as
scmblies of the state, OF the thirty
three Senators, nineteen have served
in either the Senate or the House Of
preceding assemblies. In the House
Stwenty-six of the ninety and nine
members have been on Capitol Hill
before in the capacity OF solons In.
Senate and House there are forty
five members with experience IN iegis-
lative work
In the Senate Js Parks Worley.
representing the second district in
East Tennessee, has been In the as
scmbly for decade and win be the
nestor OF the upper branch in service
in that body. T. c. Long of the TWEEN
ty.fourth district in West TennesseeS
has served In the Assembly in the past
and when Howell e. Jackson was eli
ected United States Senator, Mr..
Long was clerk Of the Senate and
made the official announcement Of
the vote of the ballot which removed
the distinguished Tennessean from
the bench to the United States Sen
ate. Christopher G. Collins, who rep
reschts the First District in the Sem
ate, has been a leader in East Tennes-
see Republican battles for a long
time and In the last GeneralAssembly
wassin the House.
Republican Veteran. s7,s
J9hn G. Houk from the Sixth Sem
atofEI District, is a veteran war horse
Of theARnpublieans and has grown
gray in service, He has served in the
Senate NJ other General Assemblies.
Senator slIouk has also been door
keeper Ut the Honst Of Representa-
tiyes Of Congress and he Is known in
political Washington like he is known
in political Tennessee.
H. M Gambler. from the Seventh
district, was in the last House Of
Representatives. and is a very capable
and energetic Republican from the
County pf McMinn Ernest N Hast.
on was i member of the last Senate
and took leading part in its impor-
tant work William J. Matthews, from
Windle, Nnows every path IN the state
politicals playground as well az he
knows TIE paths in his beloved Cum,
berland plateau. He has been here
before, md "Uncle BLY, as he il
best knlwn. has a wide circle OF
friends lin the party all over the.
state Walter M. Cameron OF South
Pittsbur& was In the last House, and
he corne$ to the Senate we'll equipped
for the Muties that will fall TO him
Andrewgt.. Todd from Murfreesboro
and Lorf p. Mcfarland from Martha
are both experienced Legislators and
both have been prominent In past
General Assemblies. A. v. Louthan.
who REPRESENTS the Fourteenth dis
trict, .wsh In the last house and made
an eneraetic member v. A. Bradley.
from Montgomery and Robertson
County, swas years ago membeS Of
the Lowfr House and is wen fitted to
serve III the Senate. Albert L. Hill
has served in both House and Senate,
and in The forty-ninth assembly was
Speakerlof the Senate after the death
of HughEC. Anderson. Douglas Wikle
from the Twenty-first district, was
formerly member of the House,
while Hon. J. w Rice of Dover has
been in bther legislatures and Is fami
liar witt, the duties of a solon.
Experienced Lawmakers.
d. A. Burkhalter of the Twenty
fourth district is also a former mem,
Der of fhe House, and made good
record fnd has the experience which
qualified him for the coming work
Robert s. Stockard of Camden repre-
SCENTS the Twenty-sixth district. which
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