Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The State Legislature.


In the Senate. on the 18th, Messrs. Major,
Marchand, Shelton. Thurman and Carleton were
appointed, on the part of the Senate, members
of the committee to make the necessary ar
engagements for the inauguration OF Mr.. Fran
els A few bills were introduced and reports
were submitted of the committee to settle with
the State Auditor and Treasurer. and Of the
committee to examine into the condition OF the
eleemosynary and educational institutions OF
the State In the House the Speaker APP
pointed Messrs- Dunn, Silver. Seay. Kelley
of Johnson. and Flanagan, a committee
to act with like committee of the Senate, to
make the necessary arrangements for the in
auguration of David X. Francis as Governor OF
the State In addition the Introduction OF
several bills. Mr. DAVIS, of Adair, introduced q
joint and concurren resolution. submitting &c
| the voters of the ST ale, at the November cleo
ton in 1892 an amendment to the Constltut ION
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxt
eating liquors.
IN the Senate, on the 14th a concurrent reso
luton was introduced providing for the submis
sion of constitutional amendment to the voters
of the State giving the General Assemblyelected
at the election in 1890 the power to reform the
judicial system of this State in such mannei
as in its judgment shall be deemed proper. Nc
other business of Importance was transacte<
the rest OF the time being taken up with the
inauguration proceedings. 80 In the House the
only business transacted was the second read
ing and reference of the Option Trading bills
and the introductlo of big batch of bills
and resolutions, one of the latter, which was
referred, declaring it to be the sense Of the
House that the administration OF the peniten-
tiary's affairs by Warden Marmaduke had been
entirely satisfactory to the people of the State.
The House ordered printed 1000 copies of Gov
ernor Francis inaugural address for distribu-
ton by the members. The inauguration pro-
ceedings occupied the remainder of the session.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, besides the intro
duction of bills, the time of the morning ses-
sion was mainly spent in discussing the resolu-
ton OF MIR. McGinnis to reopen the fre-places
and remodel the south wing so as to transform
it into a Senate chamber, and the Joint and
concurrent resolution providing the moth
DDS to be pursued in revising the
statutes. The afternoon session was
devoted to completing the amendment Of the
revision resolution. which after some changes
calculated to make its provisions palmer and
less liable to misconstruction. was passed by q
unanimous vote. The LeuIent-Governor an
nounced the standing committees. LIN the
House Speaker Russell announced the stand
ing committees. House joint and concurrent
resolution No. 4. with Senate amendments, was
read and the amendments concurred in. Sew
eral new bills were introduced.
IN the Senate. on the 18th, the resolution in
creasing the pay of the president and president
pro tempore of the Senate two dollars per day
was called up and discussed at length, Mr..
Mansfield introduced several bills revising the
marriage and divorce laws. A number of bills
were also introduced bv Mr.. Smith revising the
laws of crimes and criminal offenses. Mr.. john
son, of Madison, introduced bill to prevent
the cutting, carrying away and destroying tim
Der on saline State school and other lands. and
providing penalty therefor. An important
measure introduced that by Mr..
Miller, of ST. Louis, to separate
the business of dram-shop keeping from
other business. The bill adds section to the
Revised Statutes of 1879, which will make 1t
ftrl
constituted authorities to issue q dram-shop Ii
cense to any person in the grocery, provision
o. other similar business. within a radius of
100 yards Of such business -. In the House, Mr..
Smft., of Jackson, presented a memorial from
the eng neers of Kansas City, asking for bet
ter bridge law. On motion of Mr.. Collins, of
Scotland, the Speaker appointed Messrs. Mar
tin. of st. Louis, Conn and Collins, committee
to investigate and report on the condition of
the gallery. which has been reported unsafe.
Mr. Church introduced resolution authorizing
a vote to be taken as to whether or not con-
vention shall be held to revise the Constitution
of the State.
In the Senate, the nth, retrenchment
characterized the proceedings for tee two hours
follwing the opening. The question of clerk
hire for the standing committees came up. but
was finally laid over. Mr. Teasdale submitted
the memorial from the City Council of Kansas
City relating to telephone charges. few new
bills were introduced, among them some for
revising the statutes, which were referred to
the committee revision In the House,
after the usual preliminaries Mr.. Garnet, rep
resenting the City Council of Kansas City, sub
mitted memorial asking for the enactment CT
laws regulating the rates charged by telephone
companies. Mr.. Metcalf, of Crawford, intro
duced resolution requiring standing COM
mittees to employ one of their members as sec
rotary. The resolution vas defeated after
lengthy discussion.
IN the Senate. on the 18th, the discussion OF
the question of the clerical force nece ssary in
the TRANSACTION of business Mr.. Miller, of ST.
Louis, made the most telling point in the de-
bate when he said that the Senate had already
spent time which would cost the State T., go in
talking about a matter of a few hundred dol
lars. 1t finally agreed to make slight re-
duction in the number OF clerks to be employed
by the committees. number OF bills were in
troduced. The first measure passed by both
branches of the Thirty-ifth General Assem- bly,
was read at length in the Senate, in which it
originated signed by the presiding officer and
sent to the Governor for signature. 1t is joint
and current resolution and relates to the re-
vision of the statutes. The Senate went into
executive session and confirmed the nomina-
ton of John L. Morrison of Howard County, as
warden of the penitentiary Very little bust
ness done in the House beyond introducing
a few bills. Champ Clark of Pike County, IN
troduced a bill prohibiting the formal on of
trusts by insurance companies and providing
that the agents or representatives of insurance
companies shall not enter into any compact
agreement relating to insurance, and fixing
penalty for violation of the law at fine of not
less than $1,000 more than 5000 for each
ofense. Mr. Conn. of jefferson, introduced a
bill prob biting the adulteration of milk
cream, and providing that milkmen shall take
special license in cities and towns. Ad
journed till Monday. 21st.
Miscellaneous Items.
Fifty-seven years ago Judge James
Earickson, of Howard County, the great
grandfather of Mrs. D. r. Francis, was
State Treasurer OF Missouri.