Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-08
JEFFERSON CITY LETTER..

n which the present general assembly ws
supposed to have been elected, the wer
"revision" is stale. My last letter, an
the one before, commenced on the SUI
8 ject, and now, for the last time, l hope
i until the object is accomplished, 1 wi
again take my text. The house and sci
: ate each passed the concurrent resolu
; ton providing for the election of tire
members from the senate and four mem
/ bers from the house, to proceed with tn
. revision of the laws; the governor ar
) proved the resolution. and the heus
performed its part Of the contract imme
diately by electlng Messrs. Mcdaniel, 6
Saline; Mcintyre, Of Audrain; Ander
son, OF Marion and Dryden, of st. Loui
-all good men and true-and admira
bly, suited for the important position
These gentlemen composed the forme
committee appointed by the speaker
The senate yesterday did Its part, an,
selected Senators Jno. A.. Hockaday, o
Galloway ; Thos. Parrish, OF Holt, and r
P. c. Wilson. of Platte, leaving out Sen
ator ~Burkeholder. and substituting the
able gentleman, formerly attorney gen
eral from Galloway. And now it is tt
be hoped that 'revision will revise"-
the people will see that it does, unles!
the public print is greatly in error.
The house. on Wednesday. by a dc
cisive vote. indefinitely postponed con
sideration of the ''whipping post bill.
as 1t was Familiarity known. This actio,
is considered as equivalent to killing th,
measure. But it IS at least a consolation
to the advocates of this system of pun.
ishlng crime that it is gradually gaming
friends. Two years ago such a bill
could not have been reported on favor
ably by a committee; but In two years
from now the whipping post will un.
doubtedly be established. When the
people become once satisfied that the
costs saved to the state by applying the
lash in certain cases will u up in the
hundreds of thousands OF dollars, sickly
sentimentality will be laid aside. Pos
sibly the present Legislature will recon
slider the matter.
Mr.. Main, Of St. Francois, has intro
duced a bill which will no doubt be of
benefit to the counties should it become
a law. 1t provides that the county courts
NAV hire ont nersons conv;ctod nj mic
demeanors and confined in county jails.
to contractors, to be worked on roads,
bridges, etc., at a price not less than
fifty cents a day for each prisoner.
The committee on township organi-
cation have reported a bill which is the
special order for Monday, the 10th inst.
and which will provide the means for
counties adopting the system expert
mented on by %thirty-ive counties prior
to 1877.
MI. Bergman, of Iron, to-day offered
a concurrent resolution asking our sen
ators and representatives in congress to
secure the passage of an act granting
to the state OF Missouri certain lands
donated to the state in 1866 to aid in the
extension Of the Iron Mountain railroad
from Pilot Knob south to the state line,
on certain conditions-one OF which was
that the work should belcompleted with
in five years. The lands were with
drawn from market and the conditions
not complied with. and now Mr. Berry,
man asks the United States government
to allow the state of Missouri to sell said
lands, and apply the proceeds OF the
sale to the payment of a part of the
railroad debt of the state.
MI. Anderson. from the committee on
retrenchment and reform. has introduced
an amendment to the railroad commits
sioner bill, which provides fol the re-
moval OF the Office from St. Louis to
Jefferson City.
MIR. Collins, from the committee on
federal relations, last Saturday reported
favorably on a memorial to congress for
the improvement of the Missouri river
at St. Charles. Cedar City and Glasgow.
and the report was adopted.
Mr.. Davis. OF Saline. is ahead on the
rat law yet. the house failing. on Mon.
day. to pass the bill for the repeal OF the
act Of 1877.
Mr.. Gray, of Putnam county. on
Monday introduced a joint and concur
rent resolution providing for the Ovid
ing Of the state into two states-one to
be known as North Missouri. (Lafay-
cite county will be IN North Missouri
when the resolution passes.)
The bill prohibiting the playing of
marbles on Sunday was laid on the
table.
A bill has passed the house which re-
duces the compensation Of members of
the general assembly from SIS to 81 per
day. 1t makes the compensation of
lieutenant governor, president pro tenn
OF the senate, speaker and speaker pro
tenn of the house. secretary of the SEN
ate and chief clerk of the house s5 per
day; the assistant secretary and assist
ant chief clerk. engrossing and enrolling
clerks. at 81 each; doorkeeper. sur
geant-at-arms and all other clerks SO SO
per day. and all other employees at go
per day. The vote on the bill was ayes,
IS; nays, so.
A resolution passed the house on
Wednesday providing for the investiga-
ton OF the officers in the city of St.
Louis who are said to have retained
more fees than the law allows. The
speaker appointed the following COM
mittee which Immediately went to St.
Louis to discharge their duties. Nc
Cermlck and Hall, of st. Louis, Lesueur.
of Lafayette, Arnold. Of Scott and Har.
rington, of Adair.
Mr.. Larimore, of Galloway county
has introduced a bill reducing the mum.
her OF county court judges to one.
The concurrent resolution providing
for visiting Llmrick Lawn, St. joseph.
Kansas City and other places to consider
the best point for locating lunatlc asy-
mn Ma - I1 boz.