The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-23
Attorneys Hold 'Ousted' Judges Will
Officiate Pending Vote.

r Jefferson City, June I7.-If Gov
crnor Hyde resorts to an injunction
in All effort to hold up the referen-
dun petitions, he will be flying i'll
the face of the opinion of the attor-
ney general.
ihe governors plan to file an i'll
junction followed a visit he made to
the office OF Secretary of State Beck
er, at which time he requested Beck
err not to receive referendum petitions
on any OF the 10 bills which are be-
ing referred by the Democratic state
committee.
Becker told the governor very
plainly that he would accept the Pc
titions ii they were correct in form,
because he had advice Of three attor-
neys, including the attorney general,
that he must do So The governor
continued to demur, and said he be-
lieved he would call conference OF
Republican state officials in connec-
ton with the referendum.
Becker told him that such action
would be useless, as he was the Sec
rotary OF state and that he intended
to conduct his own office to comply
with the law.
Jefferson City, June I7.-Status
OF the present circuit judges and cir
cult courts of the state will remain
unchanged in view of the fact that
petitions will be filed Saturday in
vokIng the referendum against the bill
passed at the last legislature gerry
Wandering the districts in favor OF
the Republicans, according to the
opinion OF leading attorneys here.
All of the present circuit judges
were elected for terms not ending
until January, 1923, and they win
continue to serve until alter the bill
redistricting the state, has been vot-
ed on by the people.
Governor Hyde and his political
associates have circulated reports
that the filing OF the referendum PEE
titions viii! leave the state without
any circuit judges : The governor
has been doing everything i'll his
power to discourage the referendum,
Dut petitions continue to pile into
Jefferson City in each mail. Many
Of them come from Republican coun-
ties. y
The governor as last resort is
planning to have an injunction suit
filed against Secretary of State
Becker to enjoin him from receiving
any OF the referendum petitions. 1t
is said that he had been in daily COM
ference with A. l.. McCauley of Carr
thage. an attorney who drafted his
so-called consolidation Job" bills,
concerning the filing of an injunc-
ton suit.
Complications may arise if the gov
ernor does have the injunction tiled
to prevent the acceptance of the PEI
tition on the judicial gerrymandcr
bill. However, one of the leading
attorneys here and former menu
Der of the legislature expressed the
opinion that, in the event of injunc-
ton, the present judges would COM
tinue to serve until the injunction
suit could be disposed of.
The judicial gerrymander would
have resulted in the busting of eight
Democratic circuit judges.
In the Thirteenth district Judge
Hopkiu B. Shain is the present Judge.
| In arranging the new districts, PettiS.
county was placed in district with
Benton county, and the governor ig,
norcd Shain and appointed w. 81
Jackson of Warsaw to the bench.
Jackson is . Republican. "
Other Democratic judges, who,
would have been ounted in the even3|
the referendum had not been invoked
are Judge v. L. Drain of Shelbyville5'
Judge Samuel Davis, Marshall; Judga