The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-01-27

. IIduh IIuSues, VI Dc hdlD, CREATE
, sport for the boys by intrc
ducinga bill with a pencil clause o.
Wednesday, demanding that all gees
farmers be compelled to keep thei
birds on their own premises. Tw
years ago Southwest Missourian pre-
sented similar bill. He is not her,
this winter. He went home, and al
the ancient women la the county
dropped their knitting and began
spinning yarns about the m IN, and he
WAS defeated. When you touch the
goose you touch the bird that pro
duced the golden egg. The southwest
member did and was dubbed the
goose member" at home and abroad.
Now let US see what De Kalb will do
with Mr.. Hughes. Two years will
show how many geese there are in
that county.
Il see but one familiar face in the
house" said an old observer, recently,
land but one in the senate, who were
present when | first became member
of the house in 1861. Those faces are
those OF Mr.. Mcintyre, of Cole and Mr..
McGinnis, of st. Louis. The latter is
now the republican leader la the sen
ate, but was then doorkeeper of the
housa. Mcintyre has been almost con-
tinuously in the house, and for num-
Der of years McGinnis has been In the
senate"
At the close of the sixth day of the
thirty-itth general assembly ninety
six bills had been introduced; at the
close OF the sixth day of The thirty
sixth general assembly ninety-fve bills
had been introduced.
j. w. COOts, the gentlemen from
Platte county, is serving his first term.
MIR. Cots is tall, heavy Set man,
with dark hair and eyes. Mr.. Coos
served Platte four years as pros cut
ing attorney, is young man, and is
TO GO higher. He hopes to
90 to congress some day.
Ibis will 60 down to history as the
farmer legislature. For Whatever is
$ bad in it the farmers wi get the
)Iame, aud whatever is gooi The dem
Dcrats will share the honors. While |
large per cent of the membership is
arm, the self-same farmer is a demo-
rat, and tie party lash is might er
han the Ox-whip. The democrats |
ule and COD rOI The house by large !
majority, and then the lawyers man
ge the legislation.
Judge James Cowgirl. of Caldwell, is
on house bill to amend the
aw relative to assessment and coilec-
ion of taxes. 1t is his desire to as
ess in the spring and collect in the
all, assessing and collecting the same
ear, The judge claims that the
tate lUos1s u great deal of revenue by
ne constant moving about of people,
hen, as under the present law the
is made one year and the
election the next.
There is talk about the capitol of s
rganizing a single tax league. HI.
lartin Williams, reading clerk,
peaker futile, Richard Da ton, from d
ais, and number of other gentle 1
len in the house and capitol are sin. c
lie tax men. G
w. 81. Davis, of Henry county, has I
,ceived a petition asking him to in s
oduce and champion bill COMPEL '
g all newspaper correspondents to t
On their names to all communications v
I'd placing a fine from $50 to $500 \
,ainst any publisher failing to have I
| letters so signed. This is one of b
e bills which, if not killed on the e
art, should be referred to the fool t
mmittee. The idea is to get at the \
INES of the wolves who write SLAM {
rous letters to sensational publica- s.
,ns, but while the idea is right, it is il
o sweeping. Mr.. Davis will comply II
til the petition, as it is signed by
items of Henry, johnson and Pettis
unties. a
G. P, Skaggs, of Maries, insists on B
buking the national government A
r its treatment of the "Injuns." p
e introduced resolution the other ST
y giving a chapter of the way the il
vernment, post-traders and soldiers s
d treated the noble red man, and al
ged that the house administer to CT
ngress severe rebuke. This reso-
ton went to the table.
In response to Richard Dalton's
solution relative to getting at the W
tom facts as to corporations. whom st
he claims, are.paying about one WI
nth of the taxes they should, Alex fe
sueur put ten or twelve clerks to We
rk Thursday compiling the facts
IN the documents on file in his W
ice. Mr.. Lesueur says this work th
II reuuire at least one month Mr.