The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-02-28
MISSOURI SOLONS.
They Wax Warm and Tongues
Are Hung in the Middle.
Senator Yeater Gets a Chance
to Speak and Rises to
Eloquence.

Special correspondence OF The Bazoc.
JEFFERSON CRY, No., Feb. 81, Us.
The past week at the capital has
while in the main been somewhat dull,
yet furnished two affairs of consider.
able public interest.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
The first of these was the Governor
message, in regard to the almost in
tolerable arrogance of the Federal
courts in imprisoning officials of the
State Of Missouri for refusing to dis
obey the laws and constitution of the
State OF Missouri at the behest of a
United States circuit judge. The
message is regarded by all As an able
and statesmanlike document, and a. a
manifesto of the rights of the states
which will be followed in the next
few years by legislation on the part OF
congress, curbing and limiting the
almost autocratic powers now claimed
and exercised by many Federal judges.
The opinion is general that this is a
question which will s,nn as
sumo national importance and
when it does there is
only one side of il for democrat tn
take.
FELLOW SERVANT BILL.
The other subject which woke up
and revivified the legislature and the
politicians was the Fellow Servant
Bill. This measure has the support
Of almost every candid man in the
state who has ever given thought to
the question and is unswayed by other
reasons than those ofhumanitv and jus
tiee. Although it has been clearly
shown that this measure has not been
very detrimental to the railroads in
Kansas and other states where it has
been in operation for a number of
years, the railroad companies have
Mr.. Phelps. Mr.. John Carroll and
Others Of their attorneys at Jefferson
City doing all that is possible to de-
feat the measure
The enemies of the bill being so
active in opposition to it the friends
Of the measure find it necessary to
make very harl fight to carry the
bill through the legislature. Several OF
those who are friends Of the bill,
being unavoidabIy absent from the
city during the last few days, and the |
bill being very near the top of the |
calendar for engrossment, it has for |
the last two Or three days been the |
object of the friends of the measure |
to stave of action on it until their |
friends were all present to vote for its
engrOssment. To this end, Senators
Cochran, Ieater. Kennish and Bas-
ket. who are its leading champions IN
the senate, have endeavored to pro-
long the other business as much n
possible to prevent the Fellow
Servant" bill being reached until
when it is believed all of it's
friends will be present.
BROUGHT Up AGAIN.
Despite, however, all efforts to
avoid bringing the bill up this week,
the calendar at last became clear Of
all matter ahead of it, and at yester-
days afternoon session, the majority
and minority substitutes for senate
bill 80, were called up.
Senator Cochran requested that the
matter lay over informally, but
Senator McGinnis objected. Senator
Cochran then moved that the matter
he laid over informally.
On a vote of the ayes and noes,
the motion was defeated. Senator
Harrison addressed the senate in favor
Of the majority report. His speech
lasted about an hour, and several
more directed in the way Of fighting
the men at the back of the movement
in favor of a fellow servant law, than
in defence of his majority report.
Senator Basket next spoke; and
opposed the adoption OF the
majority report, and favored the
report, which is in support of
the bill desired by the railway EN-
plOyees of the state. Senator Baskets
argument was strong and logical. and
Turing the delivery Of it he took Oc-
,asion to emphasize the force of his
remarks by quotations from the re-
port of the special legislative
,ommittee, appointed by the
Illinois legislature to investigate
he horrible disaster at Wann, iii.
Senator Kennish followed Senator
Basket on the same side of the ques-
lion, and in strong terse language tore
10 pieces the arguments advanced by
Harrison. Senator kennish
declared that the 18th section of the
majority substitute practically NULL
iad tho first IA, ..tch