Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-03-24
The State Capitol.
JEFFERSON CITY. March 19. Il

Members of both branches are anxious
to complete the work and get home
However, there is one thing very no
ticeable-when we were serving the
people last spring for one dollar pei
day, (after the expiration of. the first
seventy days. several of the would be
| leaders of the House advocated an i'm
mediate adjournment; but this year,
since there is no limit to the five dol
lars per day, We find these same would
be leaders voting for every buncombe
resolution or other measure that will
tend to prolong the session. The bill
to cede exclusive jurisdiction to the
federal government over the Jefferson
Barracks reservation, has already
passed both houses, has been approved
by the Governor and is now law.
| The Congressional redlstrictlng bill
has passed both houses and is now in
the hands of the Executive, but will be
approved by him in due time. 1t is
the same bill that was agreed to by
the joint Democratic caucus several
| days ago. The new district was form
| ed south of the Missouri River. The
| old districts north of the river have
been left unchanged. The population
of each of those districts is as near the
requirements of the federal law as
could be made by changing the bounda-
ries, and as the people were not desir-
Gus of any change in that portion of
the State, they were allowed to remain
in their old districts. There is one
solid Republican district 1t is com
posed of South st. Louis, st. Louis
county and Franklin county. The
others are supposed to be Democratic,
and | presume they VIII be for while.
but | fear some of them have been left
entirely too close. Our district
(thirteenth) is safely Democratic We
came so near being left with South St.
Louis, that we feel like we have won a
great victory in being allowed to re-
main with the country. The population
is 1S6,994 In 1888 our plurality was
3937 and our clear majority was 223S.
On account of Iron county's situation
and the accessibility of IrOnton, We
can often catch the nominating con-
ventions. We may also be an import
ant factor in selecting the nominee.
We are entitled to one hundred and
votes in the convention, and
it requires ninety-Seven votes to NOM
mate. Should the East or river end |
Of the district Jefferson. Washington, |
Ste Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry and |
Madison counties) combine, it cannot |
nominate without assistance from some |
other portion of the district. These
counties are entitled to
votes-thus lacking two |
votes of holding the nominating power.
On the other hand, should the west
end of the district unite on one man, it
cannot nominate-even with the sup
port of Wayne, Carter and Shannon,
unless it should receive the support of
iron county. or some support from the
East end of the district. Should one
end of the district ever array itself
against the other, then our county will
be the battle ground, and may cast the
deciding vote. The most important of
al is, that we are in a Democratic dis
-rict.
The House bill rearranging the Ju-
1icial Circuits has been riddled in the
Senate. That branch of the assembly
proposes to let all of the Southeast
Missouri circuits remain as they are
1t present and make changes in other
portions of the State. These Senate
will be taken up in the
House next Monday. It. is impossible
o say now what will be done, as there
5 a diversity of opinion among the
members of the House.
The University fights ended. That
Institution will be rebuilt at Columbia.
I has been hard struggle. The bill,
for the rebuilding of the
University at that place, contains some
stringent provisions. 1t also carries
With it an appropriation of two hund-
ed and thirty-seven thousand dollars
$237, ,000), and the funds come from
he following sources: The insurance
amounting to one hundred
md forty-seven thousand dollars
S147. .000): subscribed and donated by
,itizens of Columbia, fifty thousand
lollars $50, ,O00) and the remaining
orty thousand dollars $40, ,O00) to come ;
rom the State University al St. Louis.
The revenue fund is not touched
Though the insurance money as col
ected by the Board of Curators and
he money that is to come from the
insurance Department at St. Louis be-
ongs to the people of the State and
would be turned into the State Treas
Try to the credit of the general reve-
ue fund had it not been otherwise ap-
hor aly r