The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-08
L'ANSE HIGH OUTLOOK
Number IL

on the faces of some an expression
of WEAKNESS could be detected, which
seemed to say, "Oh, this unnecessary
election!" President Oliver Thure
acted as chairman. Nominations were
then open for President. Immediate
| ly some one arose and nominated Oh
iyer Thure, which showed that at
least in his estimation the President,
though accused and tried, had not
lowered an iota. Though no one else
said anything we can make a safe
guess that the majority Of the class
seconded the nomination. Any other
nominations? No response. Final
ly, after lapse of a several mo-
ments' silence, some one nominated
Theodore Nelson, who. it must be
mentioned, was one of the chief per-
sonages in bringing about the accu-
sation against the President and who
figured as the chief witness for the
plaintiff in the trial. It was to be a
fight between these two. The great
er, of course, would win. The votes
were cast eleven to eight in favor of
Mr.. Thure. This shows that the ma
jority of the class is an excellent
Judge Of ability.
This fact being known, there sud-
denly seemed to come a change in
the atmosphere which hitherto had
been pregnant with WEAKNESS. Ex-
citement pervaded thru the untroub-
led calm of the few minutes before.
The countenance Of our beloved Pres
ident was wreathed in whole-hearted
smiles and his cheerfulness was re-
flected in the faces of his ardent ad-
mirers. At last there was real proof
that he was man after the heart of
the people and was assured of their
good will.
Martin Almli, who only recently
joined the cl2s5 and hac proved him
self worthy the title of Representa-
tive in the House, was elected Vice
President, which was a very great
honor to be conferred upon him. 1t
was unanimously decided that six
members should be elected to the
Senate and the rest should 60 into
the House. This method was adopted
to save valuable time. The Senators
elected are as follows: Lola Kenge,
Theo. Kotila, Edward Westphal, Myr-
tie Johnston, Madeline Holiday.
The fact that Theo. Kotila, a Sec
ond Hiram johnson and our excellent
Speaker of the House, was elected to
the Senate caused great sorrow
among his fellow Representatives
However, they realized that he was
too great for the House and that his
presence in the Senate would be a
good influence upon the body, so they
willingly made the sacrifice. In con-
nection with this matter it would be
well for everyone to take especial no
tice of the fact that Miss Johnston is
also Senator.
Also notice that Senator Westphal,
the Borah Of our Congress, was not
removed from the distinguished of
flee which he has enjoyed since the
organization of the government. Sem
ators Kotila and Westphal will doubt
less act as checks upon each other.
The only thing to be regretted is that
Representative Nelson was not made
Senator, for with the collaboration
of Westphal he might have had bet
ter chance to carry out some OF his
measures, which generally are op-
posed to the opinion of the rest of
the class.
What the House will do without
its inimitable leader has yet to be
found out. In the past it was con-
sidered greater glory to be in the
House with Mr.. Kotila at its head, but
now the opposite is greatly to be
feared. We still have Nelson, how
ever, and we are trusting to him to
pull us thru.