The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-10
REEDS RULES.
They Are Adopted by the Mis-
souri, legislature.
That Body Being in Control of
Republicans.
ENDORSES THE CAR.
BY Adopting His Method of
GntfinU 0unrum
ENDORSES THE CAR,

! the defeated motion of the house of
1890, in which an attempt was made
to remove from the walls of the
house portrait of General Nathaniel
Lyons, and to replace it by a portrait
of ex- Governor Sterling Price The
present resolution was to the effect
that life-sized portrait of General
Nathaniel Lyons be furnished by the
commissioners of permanent seat
of government aud be placed
| upon the walls overlook inc
the members. The resolution was
supported by Murray of Holt. There
upon John I. Crisp of Jackson, arose
to oppose the resolution. He said:
MIR Speaker, is the war of the re-
| bellion never to end? Are those who
are reputed human, men or wolves?
/ When shall we heer the last of the
war? Shall it never be until we like
Romans of old kill without remorse
and utterly that miserab bic horde
of jackals which followed in the wax e
of the heroes of battle, of real men?''
He declared himself ready to vote a
proper appropriation to secure life
sized portrait of Abraham Lincoln to
/ hang in this hall. He loved Lincoln.
Tubbs, of Usage, moved as sub
! stltute Tor the resolution that the pOr
trait of General Lyons be restored to
the walls of the house. The subs IT,
! tute prevailed.
Pettijohn, of Linn, moved a resolu-
tiOn that the visiting committee, APP
pointed by the governor, to visit and
report upon the condition of state in
situations, be granted two weeks
from this date in which to make re-
port. Adopted.
Tubbs, OF Usage, moved as substi-
! tute the state auditor be asked whether
warrants had been issued to ]. w.
| Zeveley for services as state librarian,
while he was in St. Louis doing duty
as secretary of the state Democrat tic
central committee.
Mr.. Dawson, of Texas, moved to
lay the resolution on the table.
Motion to lay on table prevailed.
Sarter of Benton moved that the
invitation to the mem bers of the
house in a body to visit the university
| at Columbia free of expense be ac-
cepted, the curators having offered
free entertainment and free transport
taJion. The invitation was accepted
and time for the visit fixed for Fri
! day, the 18th, to Sunday, the i3th
| inst.
On cal! for bills. fifty bills were in
troduced. OF these the following are
of the greatest interest:
Tubbs of Usage, to reduce salaries
of state insurance commissioned aud
warehouse commissioners.
Fuson, Populist of Laclede-A bill
to strike the 3 per cent clause from
the election law. He wants his party
to have political standing in Mis-
/ souri,.
Benner of Gasconade-To compel
trains to stop at stations and at rail
road crossings.
Rothwell of Randolph-To redis-
trict the state judiciary and to fix sal
aries of the judges.
Higbee of Schuyler-To increase
the power of the probate courts and
give them charge of 1aborers' and
mechanics liens.
Among the various bills presented
in the house was one by Buckner of
Pike to regulate telephone charges,
the schedule of rates being fixed
thus: Cities over 100, 0O0 $50 a year;
from 30, 600 to 100. 600, $50 per year;
from 5000 to 80 600, S25 per year
Young of st. Francois wants to make
eight hours constitute a days labor
for all employees of corporations His
bill to that end fixes a penalty of
$500. one-h half of which shall go to the
informant and the other to the family
of the employe. DIR. Tubbs intro
duced measure to reduce the an
nual salary of all state officers $500
each
The house INDUCED In a long drawn
/ out controversy over the adoption of
the report of the committee on rules
substituting Reeds rules in lieu of
Smiths digest which mas heretofore
been the guiding star of the house in
parliamentary debates bnt the Rec
rules were finally adopted
Mr. Denny of Atchison county holds
firmly to the belief that all hangings
should take place within the walls OF
the penitentiary and that the warden
| should act as chief executioner He
introduced bill to carry out this
plan.
In the senate Mott submitted a
resolution that the report of the con
| ference of judges submitted to the
senate be printed for information OF
senators. The report contains sug-
gestions of the Judges of amendments
and corrections advisable in the code.
| Adopted.
Landrum's joint and concurrent
resolution calling upon the attorney
general for an opinion as to the right
of members of the asse bly, DRAWN Q
pay for Sunday was lcst-Ayes s.
nays IS.
Senator Workman introd uced a bill
that the board of aldermen of fourth
class cities be empowered to borrow
money.
Senator Yeater introduced bill to
provide for the maintenance of all
night telegraph offices in cities Of
5000 inhabitants and over. Also e
bill that the prosecuting attorney
may discharge insolvent prisoners
convicted of misdemeanors
Senator Lancaster introduced bill
making the keeping open of barber
shops and doing barbering on Sunday
a misdemean or
Another Term. tor ME- Hoar.