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mitted by the democratic majority in
either the senate or house during the
session and for this reason it has been
agreed that only senators with past
experience and service i'm either the
house or the senate be made the pre-
siding officers, floor leaders and COM
mittee chalrmen.
Democratic Speaker, House
A spirited and therefore highly in
teresting contest is also on for the
speakership OF the house with Casper
NJ. Edwards of Dunkln county, Oak
Hunter of Randolph county, r. L.
IIaines Of Saline county. G. NJ. Peters
Of Clay county, and Charles Sutton OF
Reynolds county in the running. with
honors. at the present moment, about
equally divided. Representatives Ed
wards and Hunter are probably cam
paigning harder for the gift than the
other aspirants.
The battle which is being wagod by
Representative Edwards of Dunklin
county to land the speakcrship is
unique from the fact that it is featured
with new and original ideas, thereby
paign which otherwise would he mo-
notonous. He has sent out fully 500
postal cards, especially printed to
| make hit, to every democratic mem
! ber OF the house and to party leaders
of the state. On the side reserved for
the communication is a portrait Of the
contestant and the announcement in
regular form, that he is a candidate
for the speakership, together with the
further information, briefly put to
make it more effective, that he was a
member of the house Dunklin county,
during both the Fiftieth and Fifty
first sessions, and that this term will
be his third. The two previous terms
give Edwards the parliamentary ex-
pericnce on which he bases his cam
paign. Two lines in doggerel an
nounce:
Boost, My Brother. Boost with
zeal, to your good judgment l appeal"
Then comes the declaration and
quoted maxim Of: 1.-THE oHd-timers
had g saying; Preachin aint never
over til they sing"
Hunters Hale Hunt
Oak Hunter of Randolph is as ac-
tive in his campaign as is Edwards Of
! Dunklin. His is an untirinr subrosa
contest for the speakership since he is
! flooding the state with carefully type
written requests for support, each ap-
peal going forth in fun dignity in a
sealed envelope, carrying a two cent
| stamp. In this way it has become
known to every democratic ropresen-
tatiye, to all party leaders and to all
democratic newspapers of Missouri
that Hunter is on a hale hunt for the
big house glory Of being speaker. II
is stated by his friends that ffty-two
out of the eighty-three democratic
representatives look with favor upon
his candidacy.
The party caucus the day before the
next general assembly convenes will
definitely decide the issue rs to rep
resentative who will be the next speak
er in the house. Out Of $50 members
Of the house S3 are democrats 65
republican, and two seats contested.
other House Honors
From Maries county comes the in
formation that L. w, Allison is seek
ing the honor of being speaker pro
TEN OF the next house. d. L. Bales, a
popular democratic printer-farmer Of
Shannon county who is coming back
to serve a fourth term, is being boost
ed for the strenuous task OF being the
next party floor leader. Six years Of
active and hard service in the house
as representative from Shannon coun-
ty gives him the necessary experience
and parliamentary ability.
A woman seeks to become chaplain
/ VI Nilt llphf7tH oilt - -ilHs i-uWdIu
James Of Holden. Another announced
candidate for that place is Rev. G. A.
Hoffman OF Bloomfield.
1t is believed that Frank Armstrong
a well known and influential Cass
county newspaperman who was at the
head Of the Democratic state publicity
bureau during the campaign of 1920
will be made official reporter of the
senate.
w, Rufus Hollister, editor, publisher
and chief owner of the jefferson City
Capital News and the Missouri State
Journal two Of the leading demo-
cratic newspapers Of the state. is be-
ing suggested for secretary Of the som
ate. For years he was prominent in
national democracy as socre arr fpr
the late United states senator wv m
j. stone. In 1920 as secr, tary Cc me