The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-29
OFFICERS, NEXT - !,
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
lRv A q. Edmonaton.l

Jefferson City, Dec. With the !
opening of the Fifty-second General
Assembly of Missouri less than a
week in the future it is still unsettled
as to who is to be President pro TEN
in the Senate, and upon which Demo,
cratic Representative will be bestowed
the exalted but strenuous glory OF be-
ing Speaker of the House. Democrat
ic candidates for both honors are
numerous but the number will dwlndle
down materially before the next Leg
islature is called to order by Lieuten-
ant Governor Hiram Lloyd OF st.
Louis. n
I The next State Senate being Demo-
+ cratic by four it will name staunch
uartynan to be President pro tenn.
This official will name all commit
tees and preside over all important
deliberations of that body. Lieuten-
ant Governor Lloyd will be completely
stripped Of authority and power and
be officially tolerated only to the ex-
tent that he is the second chief exec
,Itive official of Missouri. 1t will be
his duty at 81 per diem to call the
Senate to order daily and adjourn it
on motion at the close of each ses-
sion. John G.. Mckinley, OF Union
Vile and the late Jacob F. Gfnelich,
formerly of Boonville, two former
Republican Lieutenant Governors dur
ing the last fourteen years, were in
the same predicament in their terms
owing to Democratic majority IN
the Senate. The incoming Senate
consists Of nineteen Democrats and
fifteen Republicans.
Casey at the Bat"
Among the Democratic Senators,
hold-overs and newly elected, favor
ably mentioned fer President pro tenn
Of the Senate are: M. E. Casey of
Kansas City, Michael Kinney Of st.
Louis, Frank H. Farris of Rolla, for
mer Lieutenant Governor William II.
Painter of Carrollton, James E.
Whitecotton of Paris and Moberly.
and Banker Walter Brownlee OF
Brookfield. From St. Louis comes the
information that Senator Casey is in
the lead IN the interesting contest
with nine of the nineteen Democratic
Senators pledged to his support. Only
one more senator is needed to confer
the honor on this Kaw parliamentar'
ian when the Democratic majority
eonvenes to perfect its organization
on Tuesday, January 2, the day be.
fore the General Assembly conyenes
1t is also stated that Senator FarriE
has nine votes pledged for the honol
Of being Democratic floor leader
Further information from St.. Louis
where the Democratic Senators COZ
ferred recently, is to the effect tina
all hold-over and reelected tog'
wearsrs are behind Senator's Case!
and Farris for the places just enum
Grated, and that chairmanships OF iTl
portant committees will be thrown t.
Senator's Whitecotton, Brownlee, A
w. McCawley Of Garbage, Ernest \
James of st. Joseph, Painter, Uick |
Cave of Fulton, David Bagby, Jr., o
Fayette, Camuel Cunningham Of Ca
bool, Joseph H. Brogan and Michac
Kinney of St. Louis, B. t. Gordon o
Liberty, Jefferson d. Hostetter o
Bowling Green and Tillman w. AndeI
son of Commerce, because of thei
past legislative experience and thel
parliamentary abilities. 1t is full
realized that errors of magnitud
must not be committed by the Demo
cratic majority in either the Senate, 9
House during the session and for tn
reason it has been agreed that onl
Senators with past experience and SCI
vice in either the House or the Senat
be made the presiding officers, foc
leaders and committee chairmen.
Democratic Speaker
A spirited and therefore highly il
teresting contest is also ON for IL
Speakership of the House with Ca
per M. Edwards of Dunklin count
Oak Hunter of Randolph cornty,
I. Haines of Saline county, G. M. P
ters of Clay county and Charles Su
ton of Reynolds county in the ru
ming, with honors, at the present m
ment, about equally divided. Repr
sentatives Edwards and Hunteer a
probably campaigning hard9r for tt
gift than the other a6pirants.
The battle which is being wag
by Representative Edwards of Dun
LIN county to land tn speakership
unique from the fact that it is fe
tured with new and original ides
thereby betsowing twang and snap
4 eannpaign which otherwise would
frionotonous. He has sent out ful
500 postal cards, specially printed
make a. hit. to every Democra'
member Of the House and to par
leaders of the state. On the side
served for the communication is
portrait Of the contestant and the q
iaouncement, in regular form, that
is a candidate for the speakership,
gether with the further informatl'
briefly put to make it more effccti'
that he was a member of the Hou
Dunklin county, during both the +
tieth and Fifty-first sessions, and Il
this term will be his third. The t
previous terms give Edwards the p'
liamentary experience on which
bases his campaign. Two lines
doggerel announce:
Boost, my brother, boost with zea
To your good Judgment / appeal.
Then comes tho declaration 9
quoted maxim of: "The old-tiriers !
saying: tPreschin' amt never o
Til they sing" a
Hunters Hale Hunt i.
Oak Hunter of Randolph Is as
tive in his campaign as is Edwa
Of Dunklin. His is an uneiring s