The St. Joseph observer., 1922-12-02

elect McCawley was secretary Of the |
senate, and later was with Cornelius
Roach in an official capacity when |
that Kansas CITY banker was secre-
tary Of state. McCawiey's last state
position wos that Of state tax COM
missioner.
McCawlcy's wonderful Race
Senator-elect McCawley made his
race in Jasper county for tho demo-
cratic honor he now holds against !
what seemed to be insurmountablc !
obstacles. There was republican !
majority OF 1900 TO be overcome, and,
worse still. he had as competitor for
mer state Senator Howard Gray, also
Carthage lawyer. popular, influ-
entail, versatile and diplomatic. who
had a powerful backing we'll sup
piled with the necessary long green"
all men who were postmasters in po-
litical stratagem, Scnator-elect Nc
Cawley quietly united all democratic
factions In that county, enlisted tho
support OF independent voters, and
that of the republicans in Jasper
county who opposed Senator Gray,
made house-to-hous campaign.
working day and night to persuade
all such electors to vote for him. and
on election day reapcd the reward
for his herculean and almost i'm
possible task by defeating his emil
ncnt adversary by 1900. a democratic
reversal over the disastrous defeat
there In 1920 totaling 1000. Such is
the form that Senator-elect McCawley
displayed as a democratic pace-mak-
cr in his own home county. This sem
atorial dis,-ict the Twenty-eighth.
consists only Of Jasper county
The Uoid-Ovcr Senators
The hold-over senators, those who
were elected in 1920 and therefore
are now in the middle Of that term
with two years each to serve, are;
Democratic: NJ L. Casey. Kansas
! City; b. T. Gordon. Liberty; Jeffer
son D. Hostcttcr, Bowling Green;
James II. Wnitecotton Paris, Monroe
county; Tnlman W. Anderson, Com
mcrcel Scott county; Michael Kinney,
ST. Louis and Joseph II. Brogan. st.
| Louis. Senator's Brogan and Casey
are each now serving their fourth
! cor reecutive terms in the state sen
ate Senator Kinney Is now In the
middle Of his third consecutive term
| He succeeded his brother. the well
known and much lamented Thomas
! L. Kinney Of st. Louis, who died in
early 1912 as he was preparing to
make his third consecutive race for
state senator
The republican holdover state sem
ators, those elected in 1920 and who
are now in the middle of their term
Of four years. are: James F. LaFav-
or OF Parnell; David NJ. Proctor of
Kansas City; w. T. Robinson of La
Plata; william A. Collins OF Sedalia;
DR.. b. +. Tont of Archie. in Cass coun-
ty: PIN A. Bennett OF Buffalo; f. E.
Pencil of Poplar Bluff; Richard E.
Ralph Of Valley Park: W. c. Irwin of
jefferson City, and Frank B. Warner
Of st. Louis.
DIR. Tout bears the distinction OF
having three professions which he
follows between sessions Of the gen.
eral assembly. lie not alone prac-
ticcs medicine and surgery, but also
is n druggist, and on Sundays he dons
tic broadcloth and takes his place in
the pulpit as a minister of the gospel
He not alone heals the body but also
the soul.
Senator Warner is now In the mid
die of his third term, having first been
elected in 1912 after two terms OF
two years each in the house as a rep.
r. sentative from st. Louis.
FIoor Leadeis, Both Parties
The fifty-second state senate will
; consist of nineteen democrats and
fifteen republicans, giving the demo
Gratis a majority Of four. Among The
republicans who are mentioned fol
minority floor leader are: Senator
, irwin Of jefferson City, Ralph of st
Louis county. and Proctor Of Kansa!
r. City. Whatever plums on the variou
committees there are to be filled b!
, the minority. will be doled out by tn,
, democratic senator who is elected
presldent-pro TEN, to preside over tn
actual deliberations Of that body, Il
i, the place Of the republican lieutenant
governor. Hiram Lloyd OF ST. Louis.
For the democratic majority whicl
a will control the next state senate
q present conditions suggest that tn
. able and fearless parliamentariar
senator-elect Frank II. Farris OF Rol
q Ia. will be tho floor leader. with eth
or former Leutenant-Go G overnor Will
=, lam r. Painter OF Carrollton. no'
senator-elect. or hold-over Senate
= Casey of Kansas City. as presiden