Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-13
Mr.. JOHNSON'S POOL BILL.
HE WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT
IT HAD BEEN TABLED.
There Now Promises to he a Contest Be-
tween Pooling and Anti-Pooiing Meas
ures In the Missouri House
Tho State Debt.

! Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 12-(SpccialD
] In the house this morning. an Incident oc-
! CURED which, as sequel to an Incident
] yesterday, is OF Interest to a large number
/ of people, and especially to the growers
| of fast horses. In the absence OF johnson.
| of St Louis county, last Saturday, John
! sons pool bill was tabled 1t provided that
| pools might be sold on the grounds OF any
| fair association, while the fair was In prog
! ress. At the same time Sartin's bill pro-
| hibiting pool selling was ordered printed
| and Is now on the calendar for cngross-
! ment. Yesterday MIR. johnson, not know
| ing his bill had been tabled, moved to have
| II referred to committee. This morning
| MIR. Sartln recalled the fact that Johnson's
| bill had been tabled, and the order for re-
| reference was avoided. Thus the issue is
! defined and the fight Is on between pool
| selling one the one hand and prohibition Of
| pool selling on the other 1t promises to
! be pretty contest.
ON motion Of MIR Tatum the house re-
| solved Itself into committee of the whole
| Tor the purpose of considering the bill ap-
| propriating money for the payment Of the
| interest on the bonded ana certificate In
| debtedness. of the state.
| The total amount thus appropriated for
| intettsi on the state DEBT, FOR the years
| 1870 and 1896 is $93i5i3.5S. Immediately after
| thG Eote ehErusslnE the interest paying
| biil the house resolved itself into a COM
| mittee of the whole to consider bill ap-
| propriaunE S,25O0oO for the sinking fund
| for the redemption OF state bonds Major
! Bittinger sat as chairman of the commit
| tee.
John II. Boutwell, precipitated lengthy
! debate by suggesting that 1t was his opin-
| ion that the assembly Is not compelled by
the constltution and law to collect 10 cents
| on the 500 each year for the sinking fund,
| and that he thought that cents on the
| 500 would he sutllcient-more than. suf-
constitution crhs would yield about 500
| Vo. or SSyN,WQ for each yearD lie was
| supported by Mr. Mueller OF St. Charles,
| and Mr.. Moran. of Buchanan.
| Mr. Tatum recited the law passed In
1879 proyding that not less Than 10 cents cent.
| fund, and that It shall not be used for
any Other purpose except the eXtnsuish-
Mr. Moran replied that an appropriation
| now of an amount less than the 10 cents on
| the 500 would repeal the statute of 1873;
values had been largely increased in the
face Of lower actual values, and he thought
The sentiment Of the house, however,
state stat d debt. t';, The bii i was i engrossed "
Tine b f Pr2PJs'nSb bone m9neg sggd tor % pay 5h
| the state were engrossed In order.
Just before noon n the HI 7 appropriatitng p ing
engrosslnent 1t containsy several sections
| and the prospects are that a fight Will be
Se eEey Eas oaG G o cut 's GHs
| and there is a strong sentiment back of
them IL support Of motion to rbr MAKE ono ons
rbS"d The lines El @ have eh eehansed That wh!Sh Was
| ary now Farmers who haul wheat thirty
| miles to market and only get 40 cents per
bnshg aks w9gf doar ten and nd mat mat s Whe
sent them should save in all possible W, ways; ar
from the cranapS @ 5 nH gy we o fhe the
Veil" Sii' His Ills words were greeted with
along along the same line developed that the
house is not in favor Of nigs3rdly policy
'VS Will lii5"t the debate was Still in progress,
the clock pointed to 70 M, the minute at
which by Yesterdays resolution thG IN nousS of
Abraham Lincoln. The house ao1ourneIi;
| and at the same moment a salute was fred
building.
| Senate Proceedings.
| The committee on judiciary reported a
resolution favorahy, providing for the sup
mission of Il constitutional alnenIihenti mem 10
| be voted upon at the next general eiectioh;
| so changing the constitution that N ciEli ci,
cases in courts of record, nlne oil the Twelve
members may find verdict, ana IN courts
| not of record four of the six jurors may
| find verdict. ... -
| corporations. submitted substitute Tor
| the various building and loan bills, also
bill providing for the appoilmtm4snt a,4Hn oil
senator Morrissey Introduced two bills,
one to prevent the pooling or cothnnhh cor a.
| ton of telephone companies, the other 10
| infict corporal punishment on Wlte-peat-
ers. ~,
| rupt practices act, and providing that can
| didateS need not keep account nor make
report of their hotel and travelling eX-
| penses. was read a third time and passed
| Kansas City bonds are TO be as Eood Pc
fore tho law as those Of ST LOUIS or MIS- MIS-
| Kansas City bonds may be deposited as
| collateral security by state repositories
was read third time and passed co,o+o,.
| Williams peddlcrs bill was defeated on
| third reading Sherifts, however, are. IN
5, passed the biz nNing q maximum of 40
| cents Der day for feeding prisoners, in
counties of over 25.OOO inhabitants
| Senate Labor Committee.
The senate committee ON labor held
| To- nrguments upon proposed fellow serv-
ants Bills. 1t was expected that the occa-
| sion would be II big one, replcte with
| eioquent and far-reaching oratory, ON the
| contrary j. II. Carroll, who appeared for
tho railroads, simply said that me roadS roads
Iation, ant in their behalf he desired to
eE;Fp ssnatar h5T iKcnnish. Of Holt; Rev, Steele,
| representative from Jefferson county and
Mir. Julian, of Kansas city, az made ti
speeches In favor Of fellow servants niis
| settled the matter for the time being by
| agreeing to offer as Il substitute for pend
ing bills, a bill drafted on the style ] Of the
| Fellow servants to be those engaged I'm the
employ Of any, corporau9ii, co.pairthershin pi,
| dangerous employment, neither having
oversight or control OF the other; AS VIII
! nibus In character hut 1t probably limits
| the possibilities of fellow servants legisla-
ton at this session Of the legislature.