The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-03-12
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Extra SeaaIou-.
MONDAY. FEnnuArY 70.

Extra Session..
MONDAY, TKsnuAny ..
sEyArE-The senate transacted no bt siness d
importance. and adjourned tn the lst
Hotsh-The house spent most Of the day dis
cnssing the university. Nothing definite was
Arrived at. Adjourned till the 1st.
The house COMMITTEES on judicial districts
and salaries proceeded this morning to undo lie
work Of last week. and prepare an entirely new
substitute for all the districting bills pending.
Tbs most intimate friend would not recognise
the rnangled remains of the bill agreed upon last
Friday. The number of districts is fred at
twenty eight the work equalized. or partially
90, but salaries remain the same. The houss
took up the substitute, and adopted It without
debate.
TUESDAY, MARCH, 1.
sHsArE-The senate met at 3 p. m. Senator
Clay, from the committee on State university,
made majority report unfavorsble to Senator
Mc9innis' bill providing for the cancellation Of
the certificate of indebtedness given by the state
for the seminary fund. The report Is volumin-
Gus And holds there was no duplicate pay
ment Of the fund, but that the debt
created by act Of the legislature In 1s1
was for reimbursement Of fund for un-
paid dividends Of the bank stock held by the
state in trust for the university. Senator Per-
~ submitted minority report holding that the
Cctt uh5 bcch tWiCc Pot<S- DAoSuooioh W
these reports was postponed by reason Of q mo.
ton from Senator Major to print Adjourned
till the I'd.
HousE-The state university matter devel-
oped a sensational fight in the house.
Mr.. Coults, Of Platte, offered q substitute
to rebuild st Columbia. which was de-
feated by q vots Of ayes, 30; noss, liz Then
followed q skirmish to defeat the consid-
Grafton Of the original resolution, which
al1aI f1r 81 h.
tural college from the university and the re-
moval of the latter to another town. To the
surprise of the house 1t was carried by q vote Of
los yeas to II nays. The next action was on
a resolution to turn over the university ma
terial at Columbia to the agricultural depart
ment Defeated by vote of Sc yeas to s. nays
The next question in the resolution was that Of
removing the State university from Columbia,
which was defeated ~ vote OF Sc ayes to "a
noes
Ayes-Messrs raham, Adams, Banks,
Bennett, Boisseau, Bradford, Bulla, Coffman,
Collier, Coppedge, Grove, Davis Henry,
Davisson, Dickson, Dickenson, Dundas, Earn
est. Earis n.s PsmiseS.l Ferguson Lafays,s5sl ,sl
Jackson, Johns. Kelley, Kenney. Kerr, Lamb.
Lee, Luis. McCullah, McHenry, Miller lMoni-
teaul, Miller (websterl, Mueller, Neff, Nolan.
lock: skaggs, skidn,ore. Smith ist. Louis).
Stafford, Terry, Webb, Weeks. woods-5s.
Noes-Amelung. Anderson lKnoxl, Anderson
carnes ca cartcr. eEurcs Cook, Ence ceot. % Coulter.
Cowgirl. Crouch, Dalton. Davidson, Davis
Buchanan, pavault, Donnel, Dougherty,
Dunn; D, Eaton. Evans, Farris tRayl: Ferguson
Rhn1' fins ist: hf%n. IenisS' Hays Hsnkfs Hess Hex
man, Hughes, Kenamere, Kerwin. Killam,
McRoberts, Mabrey. Mayo, Medley, Parker
lSt. Louis) Perkinson, Ringo, Rubey, Russell,
Sanders. Scott (Monroel, Smith iPikel, Stew
art, Sullivan, Underwood. Via, Ward, Wein-
bold, Wells, Zimmerman, Mr.. Speaker-64-
WEDNESDAY, MARcH2.
SESATE-The senate was in session only If
teen minutes. The judiciary committee pre-
sented a substitute fixing judicial salaries As
follows: Judges Of the supreme court 5000
per year; circuit judges, $3.50; judge of the
Sixth criminal district, 5000. It is provided
that st. Louis shall not pay exceeding 5000 to
the circuit judges, reduction Of $50 per year.
The substitute was adopted. Adjourned till
the Sd.
HoUsK-The university question occupied the
attention of the house the greater portion Of
the day. Mr.. Neff's resolution asking the gov
ernor to recommend legislation to repeal that
provision OF the Australian election law which
requires party to poll per cent Of the total
vote at preceding election before being recog-
nized was taken up and adopted by vote Of "A
to 30. Adjourned till the Sd.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3.
SKxATR-House bill providing for reappor-
tioning the state representative districts was
amended by adding an emergency clause and
then passed. Senate bill fixing Judicial salaries
was taken up and engrossed after some unim
portant amendments had been adopted. Ad-
iourned till the 9Th.
HousE-The house resolved to receive bids
for the location of the state university up to the
4th and on the sth to ballot on the place Of loca
ton House bill rearranging the judicial cir
cults was taken up and passed by a vote Of So to
a. Mr. Julian kansas City) introduced q
resolution asking Gov. Francis to empower the
legislature to tax franchises for county and
municipal purposes. The resolution is prepared
with reference to the necessity for increasing
the receipts Of the revenue fund as q cause for
levying the proposed tax. Adjourned till the 4th.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4.
SgyArE-The senate held an afternoon session
of short duration, and adjourned till the 9TH.
HoUsE-The emergency clause adopted by
the senate to the state representative appor-
tionment bill was taken up and agreed to. This
Is the first bill that has passed both houses.
Under its provisions st. Louis will have
fifteen members of the house, a gain Of one,
and jackson county six, a gain Of two Nod
away, Pettis and johnson counties will each
lose one member. resolution was passed re-
quiring the university curators to turn over the
insurance money. Sli7,OOO, collected for the de-
structon Of the old building. to the state treas
urer. to be held by him until the question Of To-
cation Is settled.
All Democratic.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, March 3.-The caucus
OF the democratic members of the senate and
house Of the general assembly convened at
o'clock this evening. The attendance was
large, and the caucus organized by electing
Hon. J. l.. Farris, OF Ray county. chairman.
The proceedings were conducted behind closed
doors. A resolution was adopted instructing
the senate and house committees, or rather the
members thereof, to prepare a bill
making fifteen democratic congressional dis
tricts and submit the same to the caucus for
final action. Each democrat present pledged
himself to stand by the action Of the caucus
Silk Sashes and Blouses.
Among the revived fancies are very
handsome Roman and Persian silk
sashes, also silk blouses, made of richly
striped silks .and satins. These are
above blacl: skirts of silk. wool, or lace,
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