Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-28
From the State Capital.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo,

"A UeleSdtiOu Is mere iiohi S'SAS ~O""
wherein 8 State institution is located
and asking for enormous sums of mon-
ey. When we reduce the appropria-
ton to less amount than they ask
fer. then there is "rukus" Oh hand.
The COM ittee made considerable re-
duction, but the House this week has
even reduced the amount about thirty
thousand dollar, less than the commit
tee had recommended. During the
years of 1889 and 1890 it will require
about a quarter of a million of dollars
10 keep up our various insane asylums;
about $50, GOO for the unfortunate deaf
ard dumb and about 100000 for the
blind. These items alone will amount
TO a very great sum. These various
eleemosynary institutions asked for a
much greater sum, but We thought the
above amounts, if economically expend-
ed, would he sufficient.
One day last week there was intro
duced into the House a resolution
which provided for an appropriation CT
So, 500 to defray the expenses of a COM
mittee appointed last winter by Gov.
Morebouse to represent Missouri at the
Centennial in New York next month.
The object of the celebration is to COM
memorate the one hundredth annlver-
sary of the Inauguration Of George
Washington as the first president of
the United States. The ST. Lou 5 Re
p,tblic censured those of us who voted
against that appropriation and classed
us as "mossbacksn Now / am one of
the "mossbacks." 1 opposed that ap-
preparation. If any of Missouri's min
eral or agricultural products had been
sent there to advertise the vast re-
sources of our great and growing State,
no one would have been more willing
than I to favor any reasonable appro-
priation; but when the question was
asked the committee what they want
ed with the $500 they said they
wanted to take a company of militia
and a few brass bands along with them.
I did not believe, nor do 1 now believe
that a company of militia and brass
bands would be any benefit to our State
in the way of advertising it. so Ioppos
ed the appropriation.
The bill requiring operators of mines
and granite quarries to pay their en-
ployes at least twice each month and
in legal tender, was defeated in the
Senate last week.
Champ Ciark's election reform bill
was engrossed i'm the House yesterday.
/ fear this measure is too rigid. Sever
al of us tried to amend the bill SO it
would apply only to cities and towns
having population of one thousand
or more, but our amendments were
voted down as fast as we offered them.
The bill, as it is, will not be practicable
in our village and country precincts,
for the reason it will be considerable
expense to make the necessary prepar-
alton for holding an election under this
proposed system. This system is only
needed i'm the cities and towns where
they march them up like a flock of
sheep, "in blocks of five" and compel
them to vote any way they are told.
The object of such a law is to break up
bribery, do away with Doodle and pro-
vide for the independence of voters and
secrecy of the ballot.
The House passed bill this week
amending the school law so majority
of the voters of any school district shall
have power to use a school house for
any purpose. This is in the interest of
the Farmers Alliance throughout the
State. The courts have decided that
under the present law. no organization
shall hold its meetings (unless public
in any public school building. Under
this proposed law the Farmers Alli-
ance or any other organization may
hold their meetings in school houses:
provided a minority of the voters of
such school district shall give their
consent.
The bill which provides that all in
struction in the primary grades of our
public school should be given wholly
in the English language, passed by the
Senate last week. but was defeated in
the House this week.
The bill prohibiting the sale of to-
baeeo to Minors has passed the House,
Ihase given that bill in full in one of
my letters, but as it is short, | shall
give it again as follows:
SECTION l. That any person who shall
sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, to
any minor under the age of seventeen years, |
ana tobacco, cigar or cigarette, without first |
obtaining permission in writing of the |
parent or guardian of such minor, shall be !
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
The House has engrossed bill. |
which is of interest to our shippers of
live stock. l shall give only the Sec |
ond section, which reads as follows:
SEC. 2. Every railroad company or cor
poration doing business within the limits of
this state, who shall receive and ship auv
live stock or watermelons when shipped |
with the privilege of pedding along the line
Of said road or roads, by the carload, said
company shall in consideration of the plice
paid for said car, pass the shipper or his
employe to and from said point designated
in contract or bill of lading without further
expense to shippers, under penalties as in
she preceding section.
There was quite warm discussion
the other day over bill which pro-
vided that the railroad school tax
should be divided among the schoo!