The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

Louis to 5000: also providing for a state board
| of medical examiners, 20 consist of four regu-
lars. two homeopaths and one electric, and q
bill by Mr.. Lyman, of Kansas City, TO create
the Office OF beer inspector.
The bill introduced by Senator Yeater to re-
duce the cost of state grain inspection from 75c
| to 40c a car was warmly debated at length.
Senator Cash offered an amendment fixing the
price at Soc q car-i0c inspection and .0c for
weighing. The bill was left pending.
HoUsE-After a long debate the house been
inspection bill was killed.
The house anti-cigarette bill was paSsed-Si
to Ss-but the emergency clause was lost. The
original bill was amended, and the first section
now reads as follows:
Any person who sells. pays for or furnishes.
or acts as agent for the purchase Of or pro-
curement Of. ANY cigar, cigarette, cigarette
paper. or tobacco in any Of its forms, to any
child under the age of Syears, shall be deemed
guilty Of a and upon cclviction
shall be punished by 4 fine of not more than
500 nor less than SIS for each onense."
House bills were passed as follows:
Mr. Phipps: Imposing an additional tax OF
$50 for each separate line Of goods sold by mer-
chants in cities of more than 25.0O0 inha5-
itantS.
Mr.. Young. of st. Francois Setting aside
dramshop revenue in counties having an in
debtedness for the extinguishment thereof.
Mr.. Tartar: Prohibiting the obstruction Of
streams and water courses by throwing brush
or logs therein.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 21.-The most remark
able act in the history of Missouri legislation
was at 4 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. AT a. m. yesterday a delegation arrived
from Sedalia with u printed joint and concur
rent resolution providing for the submission Of
a constitutional amendment for the removal
of the state capital to that town. By noon the
resolution had passed the house, and at 4
o'clock in the afternoon it had received the ap-
proyal of the senate.
The following is the vote on the resolution III
the house:
Yeas-Anderson, Armstrong, Atkins. Ben
nett. Best. Bourn, Brett. Brock. Bruckner,
Burks. Calhoun, Carroll, C%herrington. CorreIl,
Cox, Crisp. Daneri, Davis (f Taneyl, Da-
Wis (Of Wayne). DeFord. Denny, Dens-
son, Gay, George, Gill. Gmelich, Grifiths,
Grub. Quincy. Hammond, Hancock, Harri-
son. Hart, Higbee, Hinde. johnson. Jones (f
Hickory. Jones (Of Jackson). Jones (f Polk,
Kline, Lane. Leasenby. Leroy, Lynch, Nc
Kee. Mahan. Marsh, Nelson. Merriwether,
Middleton, MINIS. Moore (of Stone). Moran,
Mortimer. hurry, Dell. Odneal. Old, O'Reil-
ly. Pettijohn, Phipps. Pratte. Pritchett, Rob-
ertsOn. Rohue. SachSe, Sailor. Sartin. Schu-
macher, Shaw. Smith. tof HOWELL. Smith (f
DOuglass). Spencer (f st. Louis). Stickney,
Sullinger. Swanger. Tartar. Tatum. Warner,
Watson. Weaver. Wetzell. Mr.. Speaker-s9.
Nays-Arnett. Avery, Baugher, Benner. Bit
belle, Freeman, Hall. Jenkins, Kasey, Kyler.
Mcintyre, Mckearley. Martin. Miller, Moore
!of MissiSSippil; Mueller Pollock, Ross,
SchOpenhorst, ScnOoler, Sheriff.. Short (of
Cole. Short tf Phelps, Smith (f Buchanan),
Spurgeon. Steel, Tate, femme. Tubbs, Way
meyer. WeinhOld, Young (Of ST. Francois),
Young (f TexaS)-i1.,
The vote on the resolution in the senate was:
Yeas-Amelung. Ballard, Basket, Bledsoe,
Brewster. BuSche. DAVIDSON, Cash. Goody-
koontz, Gray. kennish Klene, Lancaster, Love,
Lyman, McClintic, Morrissey, Mott. O'Bannon,
Orchard. Powers, Seaber, Tunnel, Walker,
Wurdeman, Yeater-26.
Nays-Drum, Dunn, Harrison, Landrum.
Madison, Morton. Williams
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 22-SENATE-SenatoI
Peers was absent when the Sedalia removal
resolution was put through. Yesterday he de-
nOunced the way in which the measure was
acted on, and said that had he been present he
would have voted against it. He asked that
his protest be put in the journal.
Senator Madison presented n petition from
the citizens Of Madison county asking the
passage OF the anti-Sunday baseball bill.
Senator DavisSon introduced a bill appro-
prIating 10000 for the erection Of additional
buildings at asylum No. =. in St. Joseph.
The. committee on appropriations reported
favorably the bill to create a state board of
arbitration.
HoUsE-Mr. Tatum introduced a bill appro-
priatIng sl31 .407 for the deficiencies. OF this
amount about $l2 900 represents criminal costs.
Mr.. Tubbs' bill reducing railroad passenger
fare to ~ cents per mile on trunk lines and 2
cents on branch roads was ordered engr 0sSed.
House bill giving lawyers a lien on iudg ments
obtained for their fees was defeated.
House bill providing for n state inspection OF
banks under direction of the secretary Of state
was ordered engrosSed by a close vote.
Under a suspension of the rules the house
took up and passed a joint resolution for an
amendment to the constitution making stock
holders in banking institutions and trust COM
panies doubly liable for any losses sustained
by depositors.
House bill appropriating sSsi,15O for the pay.
ment Of interest on the state bonded debt was
passed.
a resolution was adopted instructing the
Acknowledgement to fire a national salute Of
guns in c-ommemoratiOn of Washington's birth
day.
Mr.. Bittinger introduced q bill providing for
the publication OF the session acts in the coun-
try newspapers.
House bill appropriating s.. 25O.000 for the re-
demption of state bonds was passed; also,
house bill appropriating 5000 o for the assess
ment and collection Of the revenue.
House concurrent resolution giving women
the right to vote was made special order fol
next Monday at ? p. m.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 23.-Yesterday Mr..
Davisson presented a petition from the farm
ers of Harrison county asking for a separation
Of the university and agricultural college
farm.
House bill providing for the taxation o.
hOmesteads was indefinitely postponed.
The Lancaster bill. giving ST. Louis eight
circuit judges, was taken up and passed.
House bill repeating a law under which mem
berS of the state board of equalization receive
five dollars a day was passed.
The committee on constitutional amend
mems reported favorably a concurrent resolu-
ton reducing the minimum school age to 5
years.
Adjourned until the 25th-
HoUsE-As soon as the journal had been
approved Mr.. Davidson, OF Marion, introduced
a resolution severely criticising the &C
tion of the house and senate in
hastily passing the capital-removal
until the recess hour. At the afternoon ses-
sion debate on the pending resolution was con-
tinued until 4 O'Clock. when it was tabled.
Mr.. Davis, OF fancy. introduced a memorial
resolution concerning the death Of Frederick
Douglass. which was referred to the commit
tee on rules.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 25-SENATE-The
senate was not in session Saturday.
HoUsE-Mr. Boutwell,, of Pettis. assisted
Mr. Choate. of Bates, in sending to en-
groSSment the bill prohibiting the
alien ownership Of land in Missouri.
In support OF the bill. Mr.. Bothweli
denounced the foreign rack rent" landlords
and their methods, and declared that Missouri
did not want such investments III thA foreign
capitalists wanted legal and fair investments"
he said. the state would be glad to have them,
and would protect them under the laws of tbs
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