Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-05
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
JEFFERSONCITY, Mo-, !
February ID. 1885. (

February I'd, 1885.
Ed. Register.-A misty fog hovers
over our Capital City sometimes,
very appropriately too, called the city
of seventy hills; while the streets are
muddy, the crossings sloppy and the
slippery in the extreme,
Professionalism both disagreed
BILE and dangerous. If tits true that
"The wicked stand in slippery places"
then Missouri's legislators are certainly
wick ed, for more than one august leg
islator has unceremoniously struck the
groun,i. The floating ice in the "Big
Muddy" is barely discernible, AMI the
rugged bluffs over i'm the "Kingdom of
Galway" are but dim outlines, and all
without is raw and disagreeable. The
city is alive with politicians and lob
byists looking after the interests of GER
tain applicants and measures.
The Legislature has gotten down to
hard work. The forenoons are spent
in session and the afternoons, in COM
mittee work. Nothing startling has
occurred during the past week. The
usual routine of introducing bills, petit
tions, memorials, remonstrances, reso-
lutions, and receiving reports of COM
mittees. Bills upon every conceivable
subject are being introduced and laid
before us. All a working conscien-
tious member has to do, is to carefully
consider and amend to meet the wish
es of his constituents and locality in ac-
cordance with the best interest of the
State, &c. If some bills before us were
passed, every branch Ufcivil and GRIM
inal law i'm the State would be radically
changed. Bills Oh the textbook law,
liquor license, and the one authorizing
the effects of alcoholic stimulants on
the human system taught in the pub
lie schools, &C., are the ones which are
agitating the minds of the Legisl ature,
at present. The law allowing foreign
capital to be used in this State will tie
ofthe Legislature has introduced bill
to prevent the killing of sheep by ours.
They seem to think that they have to
fire off bill of this sort of signal to let
their constituents know that they have
gotten down to work. Poor Canine!
Many of these bills will be smothered in
the committees The bill introduced
by Senator Hatha way, which is so ex-
travagantly mentioned through the
press, is as follows:
IAN act to provide for the improve.
ment of the State capitol building and
to appropriate money therefor"
Section l. That the Governor, State
Treasurer and Commissioner of the
permanent seat of government be, and
the same are hereby appointed as a
commission, TO be known as the capitol
improvement commission. And it shall
be their duty to provide said capitol
building with steam heating apparatus
and pipes. an elevator for carrying per-
sons to the second story of said capitol
building, to equip the same and its
for the proper ventilation of said build.
ing and generally to make such other
improvements and repairs in and about
said building and grounds as may by
all of which shall not exceed in cost the
amount hereinafter named.
Sec. 2. The said commissioners shall
he authorized to use any labor or mate
let all other matters to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, under such regula
tons as they may prescribe.
Sec. 8. For the purpose aforesaid
there is hereby appropriated out of any
money IN the State Treasury not other
wise appropriated, the SUM of one hun
bred thousand dollars, which shall be
drawn upon warrants to be issued up
on vouchers of said commissioners, al
such times in such sums and to such
persons as they may direct.
The above bill is strongly opposed
by those who are in favor of moving
the capitol to Sedaiia, which move will
be warmly advocated by Central and
Western Missouri. At this time / am
| in favor of sitting down on both bills
Quite number CT the members are
daily reported sick-many cases OF
pneumonia among them.
Gov. Marmaduke, Thursday, ap-
pointed Darwin w. Marmaduke, OF
Brownsville, warden of the penitentia.
ry, vice J. R. Willis, present incumb.
ent. The Senate confirmed the ap.
pointment Friday. and he will be ini-
tiated to-day, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. Mr.
Bradberry will be retained as deputy
warden.
The resolution allowing Gov. Crit.
tenden to buy, from the State, for the
sum of 500, the set of furniture, &C.,
in the room in which his daughter
Carrie died has passed both House and
Senate.
Gov. Marmaduke is making his ap-
pointments daily.