The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-30

roll, OF 81. LOUIS, creating the 0mce o.
marshal IN cities of 10000.
LEGIsLATIvE NOTES.
By resolution of Mr.. Collier, the use oil
the hall Of the house of representatives, val
granted Hon. George G. Pratt, railroad
commissioner, TO deliver . lecture on the
subject of the railroad property of the
state.
The counties Of Polk, Usage, Cass, Mar.
ion, johnson, st. Louis city, jasper and
Dade presented prOhibitory petitions, and
the counties of Clark, Cass, Scott, Pettis
Jefiarson, Ste Genevieve and Barry, re.
monstrances against the submission of m
amendment
Another petition was received from the
citizens Of Galloway, praying the legisla.
ture to prevent the working of cOnvicis on
the lands of that county.
The citizens of Osxse county petition for
the passage OF an net to compensate jurors
summon ed and not called to serve.
GOING FOR GREESBAcKERs.
Tom Cranmer. the funny man, and dis
tinguished representative from Cooper
county introduced the following bill yes
leidsy in the house
An act to discourage the idea of regular
yreenbackerS running at large, and to pro-
vide a reward for their political soaps.
BE it enacted by the general assembly OF
the state of Missouri rs follows:
Section l. The county court of any
county in this state is hereby authorized to
offer bounty of sixty-fve cents for each
and every regular greenbacker's scalp cap
Of xxh MI
the state shall pay One-half and the DEM
Ocrstic party the other.
Sec. 2. Any person claiming bounty
under this act, shall produce the political
scalp OF such greenbacker or greenbackers
with the ears entire To the clerk of the
county court, within six weeks after cap
turing the same, and shall take and sub
scribe as oath of affirmation. that he did
capture and scalp such greenbacker. Not,
however. until he had given said green.
hacker fair show for his political "White
alley"
Sec. 3. At the end of each fiscal year
the clerks Of the county courts vi the
several counties In the Stale, shall each de.
liver al scslps in his possession to the
sheriff whose duty il shall be 10 sell the
same to the highest bidder, the proceeds of
which shall become part and parcel of
the democratic campaign fund.
Sec. 4. All acts and parts CT acts incon-
sisient with the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed.
This bill was prepared TO lift the hair of
Fl. Martin Williams. but as the apostle Of
greenback wisdom has no hair To lift. Mr..
Cook, Of NOdaway county, vino was elected
as greenbscker, took the response upon
himself and sent to The clerks desk the fol-
lowing amendment. which brought down
the house:
at shall be the duty %: the gentleman
from Cooper TO personally enforce the pro-
visions of this act, and that within five
days after the passage of this act ne shall
proceed TO It's enforcement by making his
FIRST conquest In the northern district vi
the kingdom of Nodaway. And in the
event of any failure To secure such scalps.
he shall, with a shingle in the hands vi
stalwart republican, receive seven times
seven spanks on his Immediate circum.
stance"
The bill aud its amendment carried the
house by storm. Cranuer stands about
five foot ten, aud is 1.-the and wiry. Cook
is fully six foot, broad, heavy, and is said
10 be possessed of Immense strength. Mr..
Cranmer. in a pleasant little speech, ac-
cepted the amendment, and the bill went.
with its amendment, tn the committee ON
agriculture.
ABOUT ADJOURNMENT.
The gentleman from Howell, Mr.. How
ard, this morning introduced joint and
concurrent resolution, providing that the
date of adjournment OF the Thirty second
general assembly be fixed at the hour of
noon on the 18th day of March This is
about the time the seventy-day or 50 limit
expires.
SECOND DISTRICT NORMAL SCHOOL
Mr. Rogers. of johnson, introduced in
the house, Yesterday morning, bill Tor the
relief OF this institution. The bill shows
that the county of Johnson and city OF
donated Sl45,0OO for the
purpose Of erecting a building, but that
the same was never completed !; that the
roof oi the main edifice is in m unsafe
the heating apparatus wholly
the engine and boiler of same
wrongfully placed In the main edi6ce, there
by incurring dagger 10 those ia attendance;
also that the present assembly room tie
most importan. of all the working rooms
of such schools, being used for study,
library and gymnasium purposes. Was 10y a
grave error. placed iu the iourlh story al
said building, MAX ny IL almost inaccessi-
be for the purposes above mentioned. and
that the seating capacity OF same is by no
means sufficient. The appropriation de-
sired Is To be used in building AN addition
10 the main edifice. primarily 10 be USED a.
D practice school department, and second
sri,y an assembly room ioT purposes
ABOVE mentioned. The measure calls at
ention tn the fact that such practice school
is an absolute need of the institution now
rapidly growing, and having a large at
tendance, stating that the primal end of
he normal school system al the State Is TO
furnish TO the common snd high schools
qualified teachers trained in the most APP
proved s,eth' ds Of presenting knowledge
% the youthful mind, And lhi> can only be
lone by actual experience Ia teaching those
taught in the common schools,