Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-03-17
Missouri Legis1ature-XXth
General Assembly.

The Legislature formally adjourned last
Monday, leaving the great feature of the
session-the Rail Roads-iust a, they found
it. The consideration of the roads, and
other important questions, were postponed
until the fall session.
In our last issue, We gave the action on
several Rail Road bills. showing that the
House had scoiched The Senate. The iron
Mountain bill had passed the Senate. The
Platte Country bill was defeated, and the
defeat Of the North Missouri bill followed.
This being known TO the House, that BODY
defented bill which had previously passed
the Senate. for the benefit of the North
Missouri Road, north of the function. II
the Platte Country bill had not been de-
feated in the Senate, it is possible and
probable, that the state of affairs would
have been different. Senator'S who exrec
ted votes for their own bills, and voted
against this one. ere this, no doubt, see
their mistake. We propose, however, TO
speak on this subject, more in detail, here.
after, when the whole subject will be re.
viewed, and the Ayes and Noes on the va.
rious bills given, for proper understand
ing of the question.
In the House, on the 9Th, the Pacific
Rail Road bill was discussed at great length,
and ability. Soon after 1t was taken up, a
motion was made to postpone the subject,
until the fall session. Pending the discus
sion,
Mr.. Darnes obtained the floor, and ar.
gued at length in support of the bill under
consideration. The expedency of carrying
on the internal improvement system of the
State, was subject in which questions of
duty were involved. The system had been
inausurated, and it only remained TO be car
ried mt. Men who said they were not re-
sponsible for the orisination Of the scheme.
were like those who refused TO enter the
battle fields in defense Of their county. be-
cause they had not been instrumental in
bringing about the war. The fact was ap-
parent that the roads must be fostered, and
the designs of their founders carried out 10
the fullest extent. The road under consid-
Grafton being unable 10 proceed without
State aid, and if put up at public sale would
moi bring one-third of its real value, the on
" alternative left was 10 make the appro.
priations proposed, al once, without hesi-
tation.
Mr.. Letcher advocated Immediate action
on the bill; holding that delay would work
Iirreparable injury 10 the road. In view OF
the fact that the road, having wound the
greater part Of IFS length along a river bluff,
had just commenced TO enter the rim of a
rich prairie country, and that lis construct
ion from Upton 10 Kansas City would not
cost much more than half the amount per
mile it cost between the former place and
ST. Louis, the project should not be ADAM
donrd.
Mes.rs. Knott and Gates continued the
discussion.
The question was then put, and the vote
being taken stood thus:
.4yes-Messr>. Anthony, Baker, Boas,
Boulware, Bowles, Boyd, Burgess. CaId-
well, Chiffon, Clark, Conway, Cowgirl, Cum
nirgham, Davis of Nodaway, Day, Death
erage, Dent, D.llnn, Duval. Ellis, Gates,
Gideon, Gnoch, Gorham, Gratio't, Hines,
Jackson, Jameson. Jones Of Webster, Key
ser, Knott, Kribben, McGangh, McSpad-
den, Moore, MouIder, Murphy, Nevil,
Norris, Owens, Parsons, Peers, Pitt, Pritch-
ard, Riley, Rives, Roberts of DeKalb, Slmp-
son, Smith. Strachan, Taylor Of Lawrence,
Walker OF Cape Girardeau, Walker Of Ce-
dar, Mailman, White, Wommack, Wood
ward, Woolsey, York and Young-60.
.Noes-Messrs. Abney, Amen,, Ander-
son. Barkley, Barnes, Blackwood, Bowlln.
Briscoe, Burden, Cnrtell, Cox, Crandall,
Cravens, barnes, Davis of Buchanan, Dyer,
Z gar, EnIoe, Ferry, Glascock, Guitar,
Hamp'on, Haley. Hardin OF Galloway, Har-
us Of Montgomery, Hudgin., Jones of Ma
non. Hampton, Lennx, Letcher, McIlhany,
Munro, O'FaIlon, Parks, Pilking-
ton Pollard. Polk, Puiliam. ayburn. Rob-
ertson, Shields. Siton, Stone. Tate, Taylor.
of Lafayette, Turner Of Clinton. Turner of
Clinton, Turner of ST. Lnuis, WEIGH, vii.
cox, wager, and Mr.. Speaker-52.
So The bill was postponed: and this vote
settled the whole RAILROAD question for this
session.
In the Senate, on the 9Th. bill for the
benefit of the Insane Asylum was passed
The Senate voted $500 dollars for services
% Rev. Mr.. Lougheed, as Chaplain, by the
olowing vote:
AvEs-Messrs. Byrne, Churchill, Cole
nan, Harris, Hedspeth, Johnson, Morris,
NewIand, Parsons, Rains, Robinson, Scott,