The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08
PERTINENT POLITICAL PRATTLE
(By A. T. EdmonstSnl

lower branch OF the ktIty- second
General Assembly, thes House, when
it is called to order st noon ensJ anu
airy 3, next, will consist Of $50 mem
bers, instead Of 142 as in 1921 and in
other sessions as far remote as the
one of 1918. The increase in popula-
ton for Missouri as a whole, 1920 ov-
er 1910, is responsible for this gain
in representatives.
The quota of Representatives for
st. Louis increases, 1928 over 1921,
from sixteen to nineteen, gain Of
three, and for St. Louis county from
two to three, gain of one. The city
showed appreciation Of the honor be-
slowed by the increase in legislative
representatives by electing on No
vember z, last, six Democrats and on
ly thirteen Republicans, as compared
to one Democrat and fifteen "gops",
the delegation during the 1921 ses-
sion.
The Democratic 1923 contingent
from st. Louis consists of Emery
Chase, John Tools, VIM. S. Cordry,
VIM. MCGEE, James L, Wren and Cor
nelius J. O'Brien, each to serve first
term in the House. The Republican
negro Represnetatiy
negro Representative of 1921, Wal
thai M. Moore, will be conspicuous
through the absence of his beaming,
dark countenance, he having been
defeated for reelection. DR.. Heine
Marks, a prominent physician and
surgeon, is one of the thirteen st.
Louis Republican Representatives.
st. Louis county, that overwhelm-
ing "gop" stronghold, responded gra-
ciously to its increase in representa-
ton by electing Mrs. Mellicene T.
Smith, a Democratic woman of Uni
versity City. The other two men,
bers of the legislative delegation,
James A. Henderson and Geo. F.
Heege, are Republicans.
Jackson County Gains Four
Jackson county, including Kansas
City and Independence, will have ten
Representative in the 1928 House,
instead of six as in 1921, a gain of
four. Greene county, including Spring
field, gained one Representative
through its increase in population,
the quota from there now being three
instead of two as during. 1921 ses-
sion.
Buchanan county, containing st.
Joseph, loses one member, the Rep
resentation decreasing from four to
three. Jasper county, which contains
Joplin, Carthage, Webb City, Carriers
vile and other thriving mining CEN
ters, remains stationary with three
Representatives, the same as was al
lotted to it ten years ago. While the
increase in population there in the
last decade was substantial it was not
sufficient to bring another Represen-
tative. Every other county in the
state will again have its usual repre-
sentation, one member each. Several
counties in Southeast Missouri are
now within a narrow margin of being
entitled to two members of the House.
Moore Is "No More"
During the 1921 session the "Only
Reliable Party, the one which has
adopted the Goddess of Liberty for
use on the official ballot as its en-
blem and symbol, following the "gop"
nationwide landslide of 1920, only /
had thirty-eight Representatives in |
the House out of total of 142, the |
Republican aggregation then being |
1O4 strong, including the negro legis-
lator from st. Louis, Walthal M.
Moore, who is mo more"
During the coming session 80 DEM
ocrats, through majority of sixteen,
will rule the House and keep in abso-
lutte minority the 67 Republicans VINO.
we're also elected Representatives on
November 7, last.
Jasper county will play a promi-
ment part in the Fifty-second General
Assembly through having three DEM
ocrats in the House, this delegation
consisting of H. A. Wolcott of Car
thage, Thos. J. Roney Of Webb City,
and @. +. Ward of Joplin. Repre-
sentative Roney returns after an alb
.ence of several sessions. Jasper
county further distinguished itself at
the November election by bestowing
the State Senatorship it gives away
every four years on Attorney A. W.
MeCawley Of Carthage, who has been
a prominent figure in Southwest Mis-
souri, democracy for twenty years, he
easily defeating former Senator How
ard Gray, a Republican lawyer of
Carthage, after a red hot campaign.
This Senatorial district, the Twenty
eighth, consists Of Jasper county
alone.
Probable Contest from Greene County
Greene county, when the House
eonveHes on the first Wednesday Of |
next January, will be represented by |
two Democrats, E. A. Barbour and
T. X. Bowman, both Of Springfield,
and one Republican, E. E. Taylor, also
Of Springfield. 0rville E. Jennings, |
the third Democratic legislative cam
didate, was defeated election day by |
Taylor by only one vote. A contest |
will probably follow before Taylor |
can officially take his seat. Friends |
of Jennings aver that some "absentee"
votes which elect him were thrown |
out at the official count at Spring |
Geld the Saturday after the election.
Another contest to be taken up i'm
inaediaely after the House convenes is |
that of c. B. Corwin, Democrat, YER
sus VIM. N. Turbetty Republican, both |
Of jefferson City. A Republican coun-
ty court ruled that Turbett won as
Representative by the narrow margin |
Of seven. Attorney James w. Waltz
of jefferson City, who represents |
tyorui, NAYS that the latter will have |