. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. alled in the nation or in the State. Bothhouses of Congress and the presidency went Republican,,and Missouri for the first time in fifty years elected a Rep-publican Legislature in both houses. All the state officeswere Republican and Governor Hyde of Trenton, the Repub-lican candidate, was elected by a majority of 57,000 and aplurality of 141,000. Both were the largest ever cast inMissouri. The total vote was very large owing to thewoman vote. At this election a
. A history of Missouri and Missourians : a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school. alled in the nation or in the State. Bothhouses of Congress and the presidency went Republican,,and Missouri for the first time in fifty years elected a Rep-publican Legislature in both houses. All the state officeswere Republican and Governor Hyde of Trenton, the Repub-lican candidate, was elected by a majority of 57,000 and aplurality of 141,000. Both were the largest ever cast inMissouri. The total vote was very large owing to thewoman vote. At this election a number of amendments to the consti-tution were adopted. One permitted Kansas City to framea new charter, one permitted road districts to vote increasedtaxes for roads, and another authorized the state to issue$60,000,000 of road bonds. An amendment was adoptedauthorizing pensions for the blind, and another authorizeda bond issue of $1,000,000 for creating a soldiers settlementfund. A bone dry enforcement prohibition act passed bythe 1919 Legislature was approved on a referendum vote and 2o6 History of Missouri and Missourians. ARTHUR M. HYDE an initiative measure providing for a vote on holding a Stateconstitutional convention carried. Governor Arthur M. Hyde washorn in Mercer county, received a fine education andbecame a lawyer. He also engag-ed in business. He had never helda state elective office. Duringthe first two years of his admini-stration three sessions of the Leg-islature were held (one regular andtwo special), a state constitutionalconvention convened, and Missouricelebrated her centennial of ad-mission into the Union. A countyunit education law was passed, anumber of acts relating to the childrens code, a state financeconsolidation law, a state budget law, a state agriculturalconsolidaton department law, a county library law, and aMissouri road law providing for the expenditure of the $60,-000,000 road bonds. Some of these were held up by refer-endum pe
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