The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-02-16
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE


SEShTs-Potitions We're presented from every
district In the state ,nskng for tho enactment
OF the retail merchants gatpishment law son
ate bill requiring Rn equitable distribution of
revenue 10 municipalities from the rollig stock
OF railroads was read tho third time an PASSED.
Mr.. Cochran's bill for the regulation of express
charges by tho tai,rcaj commissioners was or.
dered enRrossnd.
Hou>E-- when the house 6Gn.cred at 2
o'clock there WINS not a quorum present. W. In
the course OF nm hour the requisite soy 'ntt
ono were In their seats. larg' Eumbcr OF
tetitlons were presented In favor OF the enact
r1Gni OF tho Fetal grocers' hill. The speaker
pfesented tSiiim mt'niSattcu N the naturs Of a
resolution from the .orfslatufe u fra'ana ask
ing tho cooperation Of Shet logisla, tres IN
urging congress to enact a law Sdd ir'e sectc'
tary Of labor to the presidents cabinet which
was referred TO the committee on federal t1lu.
tions. Bills passed: House bill requiring n
classification of assets OF deceased persons. re-
quiring notaries to keep r.c1rl Of on nj
business; house hill fixing weight of cucumbers
at AZ pounds and tomatoes at 40 pounds pr
bushel house bill authorizing the establish
mcnt Of libraries in towns and cities OF the
fourth class
TUESDAY, rHBRuARr,
stShrn-aTho committee on labor, mines nn'l
filming REPORTED fayorebly Senator Cochrrn's
bill for tho establishrIieut Of flee labor employ
inent bureaus In st. Louis, Kdrsas Citt aud 81.
Joseph. Mr. Yeator offered mn aifen1flie in
Guiding ssdaa anil appropriatink Sl5bu 20
carry tho net iuto effect, which was aioptol
Then amendments came fast Springfield.
Hannibal aud Mobsrly were included
within tho tcops OF the bill by
amgndments Mr. Morrison then off f,red
an amendment to strike out St Loui, aud in.
sstt Jefferson City, which was rel 'cted Mor-
debate followed, and anally the bill was lail
over informally. Senator Stones bill r'pca!'
ing the % per cent Improvement tax In st.
Louis was passed MIR Sebrec's bill, pre- vent
ing persons from keeping honey bees in cite,
within 100 feet Of any street, was reportel ia.
vorpbly by the committee on cities. towns and
villages Several remonstrances were pro.
ssnted against tho passage OF the retail gro
cers' bill
HousE-The committee on criminal juris.
| prudence reported fRvorably the dramshor
| high license law. and 500 copies were ordcre !
| printed The committee on elections sub
| mitted long report on the Swangar-Crouch
| contest from Sullivan county. In brief, tho
committee found that Mr.. Swnuger hal re.
| ceved clear majority OF votcs, and that he
| had not paid real estate or property tax in Sui
| Ivan county for tho year preceding his uler
| tion, but had paid the sans in Mercer county,
and that OF this issue Nr. Crouch base his
| contest The committee with n single cScap
| tiou report I'd In favor of Mr. Swangor retain
| ing his seat. After some preliminary skirmiah'
| ing Mr.. Ferguson moved that the report bt
| setit to the committee on judiciary. The mo-
| tion was lost, and Mr. Ameung moved
| that tho report OF the committee bH adopte |,
which was carried by practically unanimous
vote The house bill providing that imitation
| butter Ioffered for salo must be colDred pnl
| was called up for third reading ani passage ~
| special order. The bill was ordered to thir,
| reading without debate and was defeated
yeas, 20; nays s3. At the afternoon session
alr..N
| up as n special order. debate lasting owe
| two hours followed. when tho previous ques
tion was ordered. The bill was defeated Yeas
8l; nays, 6l.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY s.
SRSArF-The s,nate discussed various i'm
portaut measures, but reached no concluso
on anything OF Importance.
HousE-Ths bill regulating tho toll Of ex
change mills In the matter of grinding fou
was passed; yeas, %: nays, ~. Mr.. Davi
tof Buchananl moved to table tho vote
taconsider the bil regulating stock. var
charges, which defeated on tho I'll
fhe motion was carried. The bill Il no
dead. and can not he called no again liou'
bill amending the probate laws 80 as to eIcut
the collection OF accounts against estate II M
presented within one year after the gran,iN
Of letters was read third timn and passs'
The bill providing for tho weight OF graf
uhuei Hupei N's'oh VI wv 900 HP, ", w
P"t. ."o"o was o"kiOa a.. " "
author'zhB poA'ps hnu spaiilus Ii'"'' " w
uer the auspices OF "tnieto c'"u' was 'o'"''
ehsrossiheu' IL rece''ou '' '''eS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Q.
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,s ,.na, -, s,on ,,ar 80 w., y,
nassad S,n,ta s,hot,,r,, hi rrohiLiiInc cnr
porations from interfering with employees hc
| longing to labor organizations was pass ID wit
thrn, dis,.ntin, vote. Sapate hill Giving ms
,;nos ~ ,he maaso ;nrisdictIon over nrolimin. =
nrooo.dinoa tor yioiationsof Nh, nouor Inv
,r,o n,ssn6 uorso i,int resolution ,nv.ti,
H., ~ Goor,a 10 1oliyor nm ,ihirnsa on torr
.t =, a,.,J
HOUSE -Mr Eaton ihtroun'e" rrso'"'lo
referring 10 tne ruinor 'ha' state n"perin'un'
ent H. L. WoHe wthheia part OF ,he "aR
duo Hiss sue banhon' former cirrk III n
ONCE anu con'ertoh tho sam W us wv" ,.. "
anu ASKING ior the "ppo'i,'nc"' VI .o'...'''' ,
u. h,e W W. Aa,;,,s ~ n,,oh',r,,
rnI .aaai,tja, ,rh,ch ,vas n,nn,o1 y,
t,rnt,,, ,,anL. to tbosa who contributed m n
rnroha.a anJ n,ai,tanonca n, tho confedora
ho-na a, IJ,,,in.viIIe
FRIDAY FEBRUARY ~
SEsATR-The committee on ju liciary 4
ported the retail merchants exemption Ia
untavorahly, and 1t was indefinitely postpone
Senate bill taxing express companies 2 p
cent Oh their gross earnings was taken up Al
passed. The president announced tho folio,
ing committee to 20 to St Louis and inves
gate the underg ound wire matter and t
blind asylum: Messrs. Yeater Burks, Ne'
berry, Stephens, Basket and Sebrse. Adjourn
| va - p' hi' ~ W." ''~"'