Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1895-04-11

all parties have not been slow to
debauch tie elective franchise. Not
a few consnmmate and dastardly
outrages have been perpetrated..
Candor will compel general ad-
mission that the disgrace of election
frauds is fairly divided between the
adherents of the different political
organizations. The truth of this
statement is made evident by the
fact that both republicans and dem
ocrats, SO called, have been recently
indicted in St. Loiiis and Kansas
City for active participation in such
frauds.
In one of the wards in Kansas
City, which has "boss" so con-
spicuous and potent that the ward
is currently referred to as his ward,
there are twice as many voters reg
istered as there are adult males re-
siding therein. This "boss" is a
noted republican politician.
In the same city it is we'll known
that election returns have been
fraudently changed in the Office OF
the recorder of votes, so as to alter
the result 1T the po.s as certife i by
the judges of election. The officer
under whose administration the
crime was fterpetrated was demo-
ctal.
When such wrongs are not only
possible, butare actually and boldly
committed, it is evident that the
public safety imperatively requires
such changes in the law us will MOI
only terminate existing abuses, but
prevent their repetition in future.
This is aquestion which affects
the rights and interests Of the peo-
pie Of the entiae state almost as
vitality as it does the people Of the
cities immediately concerned. When
we reflect that about one-fourth OF
the total population of the state re-
side ii st. Louis and Kansas City,
and consider the tremendous in
aauepce which those. cities can exert
IN the election Of hationaland State
officials, and on the Legislative poll
cies of tn state; no thoughtful or
patriotic citizeh can be oblivious or
indifferent to the paramount i'm
portance of vigilantly guarding the
ballot box against every descrip-
ton of fraud and crime.
Therefore, in view of the prem
ises, ana by virtue of authority in
ME vested by the constitution of
the state of Missouri, l, William J.
Stone, governor of the state of Mis-
souri,, do hereby convene the thirty
eighth general assembly Of the state
of Missouri in extra session, and l
do hereby call upon the senator's
and representatives of the general
assembly aforesaid to meet in their
respective places in the capitol, in
the City of Jefferscni ut the hour of
II o'clock noon on Tuesday, the 23d
day of April, A. D. 1895, for the
following purposes:
First-To enact such legislation
as may be necessary and expedient
to properly define the relations be-
tween the different classes of EN-
ployes Of railroad corporations in
the state, and also the proper rela-
tions between all such employees and
the railroad corporations employing
them, and to define and fix the legal
liability between the different en-
ployes themselves, and also between
such employees and the said rail
road corporations, for injuries done
or received by one such employe as
the result ofthe culpable negligence
Of another such employee while en-,
gagged in the service of. such corpo-
rations.
Second-To provide such leg;sla-
tive cnactments as may be necess ary
and expedient to prevent the main
tenance of an organized lobby at
the capital of the state, either to
obstruct or promote any legislative
or executive act, and also to rtgn.
late the manner of presenting any
question affecting legislation by
persons interested thereif before
the general assembly or any COM
mittee thereof.
TEIrd--To enact such laws as
may be necessary and expedicnt to
prevsnt fraud against the elective
franchise and to secure honest cleo.
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