Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-31
From the State Capital.


| JEFFERSON, CITY, Jan. 26, 1889.
| Ed. Notwithstanding around the cap
itol building is quiet to-day. Several MEM
bers have gone home to spend Sunday, and
quite delegation went to st. Joseph to at
tend the funeral of the late James N.BCrnes.
Things have been in kind of rush all the
| week. Bills and resolutions have not been
so numerous, but committee reports are
coming in every day. There has also been
considerable wrangling over the cler;ca
| force that Is employed. Some have contend
| ed there were too many clerks and some
| contended there were not too many. After
considerable debate oyer this matter it has
been decided to retain the present force.
The number this session is just a little in
excess of the session of 1887. Considering
that there will be a great deal of extra work
this winter owing to the work of revision,
the majority of members thought the num-
Der was not too great.
There have been several normal school
bills referred to the committee on normals.
A majority of the members of the committee
will favor the establishment of two more
State normal schools. | am opposed to any
such, and will do all I can TO get an unfav-
ItDuTt lUe cOtUlIulteP. L nave
had my committee in session several times,
but they will not settle things any other way
than recommend the establishment of more
of these institutions. I wanted to appeal to
the House to take the bills from US and refer
them to committee on appropriations, but I
was overruled. / am gong to fight them as
long as / can-:hen if they make a favorable
majority report, I am going to file my mi
nority report and bring the fight before the
House and Try to defeat these measures
there.
Now, Mr.. Editor, there is reason in all
things. The law says that the normal
schools are to train and educate teachers for
the State of Missouri. With one at Kinks
Vile, one at Warrensburg, one at Cape Cir
ardeau,a normal department in the Univers-
ity at Columbia and the normal at Jefferson
City for the education of colored teachers,
costing the State more than sixty thousand
dollars per year to run them, don't we think
we have a sufficient number already? 1t
would cost 100000 to establish two more Of
these schools, besides there is the cost Of
running them after they are established.
Another thing: the normal schools are abus-
GU dht DCHSHI very IdlSelS tue lOCdiilleS Ill
which they are situated. If there are large
sums of money to be appropriated for
school purposes, let's scatter it out among
the common schools and let it benefit the
masses and not have so much high school
work.
Petitions appealing to the legislature to
enact laws for the better protection of our
game and fish, are coming in by dozens. AL
ready several bills have been introduced.
A bill repeating the present law which
prohibits railway company from issuing
free passes to members of the legislature
and other officers, was introduced last week, |
but the committee, to whom it was referred, |
made an unfavorable report.
The question of submission has been kill |
ed. The resolutions relating to that issue |
have been returned to the House with the
recommendation from the committee that |
the resolutions should not be adopted.
Hon. Champ Clark has introduced a bill
providing for all executions to take place
within the walls of the penitentiary. The
bill also provides that the death penalty shall
be inflicted by means of electricity instead
of the present mode of putting to death.
There have been several bills introduced
making provisions to abolish the office of
county, Scnool commissioner and to create
the office of county superintendent of public
schools.
A bill has been introduced which will be
to the interest of the laborers. 1t has been
reported favorablv and will soon be put up
on its passage. This bill provides that all
doing business in this State
shall pay in legal tender all that is due the
employe.
1t is understood now that the committee
on internal Improvements will make favor
lnn nnrf hn TO ,Srof rot
railroad companies doing business in this
State to incorporate under the general laws
This will bring considerable revenue into
the State treasury, and in addition prohibit
such corporations from taking suits to the
federal courts. r.