The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-03-26
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Extra Session.
MoxnAy ar.ucult

Extra Session.
MONDAY, MARCH Il
SESArE-Messrs. Major and Rouner each IN
troduced hin reducing the levy for the state
revenue fund from a0c to l5c on the 500 valua-
| ton The governors special message regard
| ing this subject was then read and ordered
printed Adjourned till the 10th
Houss-A petition was presented from citi-
Eens Of Lawrence county asking that the State
university he removed to Clinton Mr.. Turner
gClintonD called up the democratic caucus bill
redistricting the congressional districts. Mr.
Tubhs tOsage) offered the republican bill.
making eight republican and seven democratic,
rs substitute. The substitute was rejected,
and the caucus bill ordered engrossed without
change. Adjourned till the 10th.
TUESDAY, MARCH Is
SESATR-A bill fixing the salaries Of circuit
Judges at $500 per year was passed. House
bill ceding Jurisdiction over jefferson Barracks
to the federal government was passed, and
house bill rearranging congressional districts
was ordered to engrossment. Adjourned till
the 10th.
HousE--The congressional re-districtin9 BIN,
rs proposed by the democratic caucus, Was
passed. Balloting for location of the State uni
versity was then begun. and resulted: First
ballot-Columbia, e.; Clinton, "a; SedalIa, "a;
Independence, IL; st. Louis county, O.;
Boonville, /; California, 8; Marshall,
L Second Columbia, 81; Sedalia,
81; Independence. Z; Clinton, 3 On
the third ballot there was q tic between Co.
lumbia and Sedalia. Then two members changed
from Clinton, giving Sedalia 90. plurality of .
and a majority Of l, the vote standing: Sedalia,
CO: Columbia, 81: Clinton, L; absent, 8. Ad-
journed till the 10th.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH l6.
SESATE.-House bill rearranging judicial cir
cults was taken up The question Of salaries of
circuit judges was again opened up, and after
discussion an amendment, offered by Mr.. Coch-
ran, allowing judges not exceeding $500 per year,
in addition to their salary of 81 0O0 for travel
ing expenses, etc, was adopted. The Tenth,
Thirteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-third and
Twenty sixth districts in southern and
southeast Missouri were changed back to their
present territories. The Seventh circuit, COM
posed OF johnson and Cass counties, was abol-
ished. and some other minor changes made, ix-
ing the total number Of circuits at twenty
eight. The bil was then read the third time
and passed. Mr.. Ronner's bill reducing the
levy for the state revenue fund from 20c to 15c
on the SlO valuation was taken up and passed
with an emergency clause. Adjourned till the
l1tn.
HoUsE-Mr Lisles introduced bill reducing
the levy for the state revenue from 20c to 15c
on the Slt0 valuation. Mr.. Davisson introduced
resolution expressing tis sense of the house
as opposed to the free coinage of silver. The
resolution was ruled out OF order after some
debate. A motion to reconsider the resolution
adopted three weeks ago. pledging the house to
not appropriate money for rebuilding the uni
verSity until location was agreed upon. was
made and lost. Mr.. Carnes offered resolution
instructing the adiutant general to fire a salute
of guns in honor OF st. Patrick's day. Adopted
Mr.. Lee introduced resolution for for final ad-
journment Thursday. March 81. Adopted. The
emergency clause to the bill ceding jurisdiction
overJefferson barracks was adopted. Adjourned
till the 18th.
THURSDAY, MARCH IL.
SESATE-Mr Major, from committee on con
gressiOnal districts, reported back the demo-
cratic caucus bill for redist-icting the congress
sional districts, and moved that the rules be
suspended and the bill put upon passage. The
republicans assaulted the bill as an unfair par
Iisln measure. Speeches were made by
Messrs- Headlee, Ryors, McGinnis and
Pcery. In behalf of the measure Messrs.
Cochran, Sebree and Major made speeches
from the democratic wing of the senate. At
the conclusion Of the speeches the rules were
SUSPENDED and the bill passed. The measure
now gods to the Governor for approval, as it
has passed both houses without change. Mr..
Stone introduced joint and concurrent reso-
luton expressing the sense of the assembly
that the university be rebuilt at Columbia. The
resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson. Clay, Cochran. Colley. Dock
cry. Hines, Mckillop, Majors. Piersol, Rouner,
Rycrs; Sebree, Shelton, Sparks, Stone, Teas
dale. Weeks-lS.
Nays-Busche. Espenschied, Heailee. Hen
Erickson. McGinniss, Newberry, O'Bannon,
Peery, Pollard, Richardson, Starke, Tagger-
Absent with leave or sick-Bradley, Burks,
Carleton. Miller-t.
Adjourned till the 18th.
HoUsE-Mr Tubbs offered a resolution in
viting Adjt.-Gen- Gross Of Kentucky to ap-
pear before the legislature in a confederate
uniform and deliver political address. Tabled
The substitute bill reported yesterday from
the special committee on university. provid-
ing for levying a tax of per cent. on the
gross earnings of corporations and the taxa
ton of franchises for university purposes, was
recOnsidered. and, after some debate, amended
as to fix the tax on the gross earnings of cor
porations at mills on the sl0O valuation. Tho
bill was then ordered engrossed. Adjourned
till the 18th.
FRIDAY, MARCH le.
The legislature took n long step to-day
towards ending the university squabbie.
Both houses ordered similar bill engrossed for
rebuilding Immediately at Columbia The meas
ures engrossed provide for utilizing the insur-
ance money and the $4,000 contributed by
Boone county. and then appropriates $40
coo. This will give a building fund of s237 900.
The senate was in session until after noon. The
substitute bill providing for a removal Of the
university from Columbia was rejected, and
bill appropriatlng money for rebuilding
at Columbia was ordered engrossed.
The house held two sessions. At the
morning session Mr. Hawkins Dunk
linl introduced resolution expressing 1t as the
sense of the house that money should be appro-
priated for rebuilding the university at Colum-
bia. After debate, motion to table was made
and lost, the vote standing: Yeas, 63; nays.
81. At the afternoon session of the house Mr..
Davidson called up the substitute bill appropri
ating money for the building o. the uni
verSity at Columbia After some debate the
house considered the bill in committee Of the
whole. it was so amended rs to conform
with the senate bill and then sent to engross-
ment. Senate amendments to the house bill
redistricting the judicial circuits were consid
cred, and arrangements made for a conference
committee. The governor returned to the
house with his approval the act ceding to the
government jurisdiction over jefferson bar
racks The senate adjourned till the 2lst and
the house till the 10Th.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10.
SESArE-Thc senate was not in session.
HousE-The house took up and passed the bill
appropriating sl31 500 for rebuilding the uni
versity at Columbia. There was q short debate
which was rather an explanation from several
members who had previously voted to locate
the institution elsewhere. The emergency
clause also passed. and then Mr.. Kurtz pre-
sented an invitation from the mayor Of Colum
bia, asking the legislature to visit that town
after adjournment. The invitation was ac-
cepted. Adjourned till the 2lst.
The wing shot ought to be bang
up marksman. - Binghamton Repub-
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