The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-12-10

men and janitors who are paid from
$3.50 down to 800 month for their
services. These employees really carr
their money. The ushers and watch,
men are on the job twelve hours day
and seven days week. Fully fifty
hungry, lean "gops", many of whom
live in Jefferson City, have filed appli
cations for the big apple, the Commits
sionership. Each such aspirant pos.
sesses the chief necessary qualifca-
tons of having been a staunch Re-
publican from the day of birth, and
that his father voted for Abraham
Lincoln and u. S. Grant. One will be
appointed and forty-nine disappoint.
ed, condition which means that from
then on the Republican administra-
ton will have forty-nine enemies de-
voting all spare time for the next
four years knocking.
| Ted Austin, well known Missouri
newspaper man who aspired for the
| Republican nomination of Secretary of
State and went down in defeat at the
August primary before Missouri's
next Secretary of State, Charles U.
Becker, is mentioned among those
who may be appointed Insurance
Commissioner. Geo. A. Wagner, Re-
publican leader of Cole county, an
original Hyde man. is also mentioned
for the same place.
Turbett for Labor Commissioner.
William M. Turbett, reelected as
Cole county's representative in the
House, has been thrust into the lime
light as a possibility for Missouri's
next Labor Commissioner but he will
have to wait until June ID, 1923, for
the place, unless the heavy Republican
majority legislates the present incum-
bent, VIM. H. Lewis, st. Louis coun-
ty newspaper man, out of office by
consolidating the Bureau of Labor
Statistics with some other department.
This would automatically vacate the
position about July /, next. Such a
move would, however, interfere with
the appointment of Representative
Turbett, who is strong union labor
man, since the State constitution pro-
hibits the appointment of a mem
Der Of the Legislature to any position
during the term for which he was
elected. Turbett's friends are en-
deavoring to keep Lewis in office I'M
til their man can legally accept the
position.
Among others mentioned for this
berth when Lewis term expires, is
Chas. W. Fear, Jasper county Re-
publican leader and the editor of two
or three papers in Joplin. He is a
prominent labor leader there and a
few years ago represented Jasper
county in the House.. He was Chief
Clerk of the last Republican House
and may be reelected to this position
in January when the General Assemb-
ly convenes. Senator Howard A.
Gray of Carthage, a warm and close
friend of Gov. Hyde. is said to be
Fears chief sponsor.
Austin W. Biggs. a union leader of
st. Louis, who was Labor Commits
sioncr under the Republican Govern
or, H. S. Hadley, VIM. w. Smith, real
estate man of Princeton, Mercer 'coun-
ty, and Roy A. Mccoy, a prosperous
merchant and Republican leader in
Hamilton, Caldwell county, are also
mentioned as available @gop" timber.
Then there is Charles A. Hentenstein
of st. Louis. the present chairman of
the Municipal Efficiency Board of
that city. Every union printer in the
state would chuckle with approval and
glee if Hertenstein, who for years was
the president of the large powerful
typographical union Of that city, wa,
appointed.
From Kansas City comes the infor-
nation that the Kansas City Central
Labor Union, on recommendation of
John I. Smith and Frank j. Peterson,
Endorsed J. c. Jackson, a union car
penter, for Labor Commissioner. All
these entries predict warm contest
for berth which will not legally be
vacant for two and half years to
come.
Fat Utility Commission Jobs
The Missouri Public Service Com
mission is full of berths which pay
from $2,400 to $500 year. A
southern and western Missouri to
curb the authority and powers of this
Commission. A change in the law
would vacate the Commission and |
next July give Hyde the appointing of |
i've Commissioners. The law may be |
changed to make the Board elective |
,ut so worded that the new Governor
,an appoint five Commissioners to
lold until the next election which is
n November, 1922. Fully hundred
places exist under the Commission
md there will be wild scramble for
hese fat, easy berths.
An erroneous belief exists that the
public Service Commission must be
bipartisan. Such is not the case.
iovernor-elect Hyde can legally ap-
'oint five Republican Commissioners
nd thereby fully comply with the
aw. The Commission was created
uring tibet Major administration. This
Chief Executive created the
then that the Commission
vas bipartisan through appointing
hree Democratic and two Republican
Gov. Gardner con-
inued this precedent for the general
God of the Commission, believing
hat better results were obtainable
rom state function about evenly di- |,
ided as to politics. When former
'ov. Major named two Republican
he granted them the
privilege Of naming, in proportion,
utility experts, clerks,