The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-01-17

les of the Jefferson City Tribum,
(democratic) containing the offlcia
proceedings and the house Of repre-.
sentatives voted to purchase copies
Of the Courier (republican) for simi
lar purpose.
Senator Madison believes that the
capital should be nearer the city Of
st. Louis and that the people may
have a chance to sustain his views
he presented joint and concurrent
resolution amending the constitution
so that that the capital may be
located in St. Louis county.
Lieut.. Gov. O'Meara appointed the
following committees:
Ways and Means-G Cash, Drum, McClin-
tic, Landrum and Tunnel.
Appropriations - Lancaster, Lyman,
Yeater, Basket, Davisson, Seaber and
Mott.
Judiciary Yeater, Peers, Morton,
Orchard, Williams, Landrum and Brews-
ter.
Criminal Jurisprudence-Peers Dunn,
Harrison, Yeater, Wurdeman, Gray and
Kennish.
Railroads and Internal Improvement
Lyman, Morton, Love, Orchard, Busche,
O'Bannon and Wurdeman.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lyman, Bal
lard, Landrum and Gray.
Insurance - Love, Orchard, Walker,
Mott and Davisson.
Education-Morton, Drum, Yeater, Sea-
ber and Klene.
Constitutional Amendments - Norris
sey, Bledsoe, Walker, Busche and Ame-
lung.
Agriculture-Madison Bledsoe, Cash,
Goodykoontz, Powers, Davisson and
Tunnel.
Accounts - Goodykoontz, Cash, Will
liams and Klene.
Penitentiary McClintic, Lancaster,
Peers, Kennish and Klene.
Labor and Mines - Basket, Love,
Walker, O'Bannon and Busche.
Observation-Disclosures, Madison,
Morrissey, Williams and Powers.
Privileges and Elections--Drum, Madi-
son, Love, Bunnell and Powers.
Township Observation-Disclosures Nc
Clintic, Morrissey, Brewster and Ame-
lung.
Justices Of the Peace-Orchard, Dunn,
Harrison, Brewster and Kennish.
Retrenchment and Reform - Ballard,
McClintic, Lyman, Gray and wurdeman,
/, rria.;.g WaltOs Lanaester, Goody-
koontx, Seaber and .Jott.
Enrolled Biils-Ballard, Basket and
Wurdeman.
Engrossed Bills-Morton, Harrison and
OBannon.
In the senate the resolution OF
Mr.. oodygoontz, calling on the
curators of the State University foi
a roster of the pay roll of the insti-
tuition was amended to as to include
the normal schools, and adopted.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate were these
Mr.. Yeater: Providing for a non
partisan board of curators for the
State University; making the board
consist of nine members, not more
than Ave of whom shall be of the
same political party.
In tho house the speaker pre-.
sented communication in the
shape of a resolution adopted by the
Kansas legislature congratulatinf
Missouri on being redeemed from
democratic rule. A resolution ac'
knowledingg the receipt Of the Kan.
sas resolution was offered by Mr.
Spencer, (republican, st. Louis), ant
was adopted by party vote.
In the house Tubbs, (republicar
Osage) offered a resolution recitini
that the railroads have been assessed
by the state board Of equalization a
rs per cent Of their value, while tn,
other property is assessed at go PEI
cent of actual value; that the boart
recently increased the assessment o
real and personal property 81, 900,
600, of which s65, 100000 was i'm
posed upon farms. The preambl,
calls upon the governor, as presi
dent of the board of equalization, tt
furnish the house bill OF particular
as to why the increases were placed
upon the agricultural classes instea,
of upon the railroads. A motion Il
refer to the committee on interpa
Improvements was lost by vote o
55 yeas to 81 nays. The resolution
was then adopted.
Senator Yeater introduced bill
for the endowment OF the universit,
and bill providing for q school o
journalism at the state university
similar to the one established a
Pennsylvania university, and placing
the journalistic school on the sam
footing as the schools Of law an
medicine.
Another bill relating to the stat
university was introduced by Senate
Lyman, providing for the establish
ment of a homeopathic school G
medicine, SO that students coul
take choice between the opposin
schools.
A second bill introduced by Sena
tor Lyman, gives the homeopathic
contro, Of the insane asylum q
Fulton, and appoints board of fv
members, two of whom shall b