Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-04-27
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.


JEFFERSON CITY, April 10.-ht2 2 O'Clock
both houses of the legislature were called
to order. But thirteen senators answered
TO the roll call, and there not being a
quorum present, the senate adjourned uD-
Ill to mo rOR morning at O'clock. In the
house but ten membcrS responded to their
names, and for want of quorum it also
GdjOurncl to the same time.
THURSDAY, April 2O-In the senate all
the officers except the speaker pro tenn,
the secretary and his assistant, the ser
gelntat-arms and two pages were relieved
from duty during the extra SersiOn. Mr..
ShOckey, Of Cole, was then elected door
| keeper. and Rev, Mr.. BJlmOre of jefferson
| City, chaplain. This relieves number
Of clerks fr IN duty, and dismisses the
official reporter Of the senate. After the
organization of the senate a committee
was appointed to notify the house and
governor that the senate was organized
for business. The committee, consisting
If Senators llcasan, Minnerlng and Ja-
cOh', reported from the governor that his
eScelency had no further message to the
senate, ard an adjournment was then
| trk'n until Friday, AZ II o'clock.
The house adopted a resolution declar'
inc the officers Of the last session, with
the exception of chief clerk and assist
ant, cl, cted for the special session. Chief
Clerk llOWley being absent, John A.
Hanna was elected chief clerk, and ThOm-
As Morris assistant chief clerk. Freeman,
of Rails, and Sparks, of johnson county,
newly elected members, were sworn III
aud took their seats. A resolution was in
ttOduced continuing the committees on
WAYS and means and accounts the same
as Of the last regular session, and creating
q committee of eleven on appOrtlOnment,
but II was laid upon the table, af er good
deal of discussion, and the house adjourn
I'd.
In the senate on the 2lst, Nc. HeastOn
introduced the first bill for redistricting
the state, and 1t was referred TO commit
tee OF fourteen, consisting of Senators
Bryant, Byrus, McGrath, NaylOr, Morri-
son, lleadlcc, ID. Almond, Walker, Man-
ming, Jacobs, Stephens, COttey, and Ed
wards, of st. ChaTles-ln the house repre-
sentatives elected t. fill vacancies were
qlait.d as follows: NJ. &. Hopkins of
AtchisOn, James II. Barrett of Dunklin,
and Homer Calkins OF Franklin. The
resolution of Mr.. Allen, Of jackson, pro-
yidng for the appointment of commit
tee Of fourteen, one from each congress
siOnal district end one from the state at
large, to which all bills and resolutions
shall he referred, was taken up. A sub
stitute making the committee of thirteen
leaving out the one for the state at large,
was adopted instead, the Republicans
voting against the substitute.
In the house, on the 22d, in session Of
twenty-five minutes duration, a resolution
was adopted creating a committee to re-
port resolutions upon the death of llarkey,
of Dunkin and Priest, of Rails. The
committee to report the number of en-
p'Oyes for the present session reported in
favor Of the appointment Of ten clerks,
i've pages and doOrkerpnIs and four as
sistantS. MCGinnis thought the number
unnecessarily large for the business OF the
special session and moved to amend by re-
ducina the number nearly One-half. The
resolution, however, passed without
Amendment.
In The senate Joseph T. Johnston, of
Warrensbutg, was elected official reporter
0n the 2llh The committees on enrolling
bilsand accounts, were authorized each to
employ q clerk, and the secretary was au'
tl2rized 10 employ amiDute clerk. q jour
nal clerk. AID q docket clerk. The bill
introduced 10y Senator lleaston to redis-
tr.ct the stale was read second time,
when the senate adiOurned-In the
mousse resolutions OF respect for the mep-
uTy Of The deceased members from Rolla
and Dunklin counties, Messrs. Priest and
llark!y, were read and passed by a rising
vote. MeSsrs. Parker ana Mckay deliver
Ing brief culpgies on the memory of the
former, and Carleton tribute of some
length to the memory OF Harkly, when
The house adjourned