The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-06
SANE COMPLAINT FROM MISSOURI
Session Frittered Away and a Thousand
Bills Left Oyer.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March 5.-The
thirty-eighth general assembly is paw
ing the way for an early adjournment
sine die. Its business is not iii shape
yet, but a weeks work would probably
dispose of most of the important mea-
sures save the appropriations and cleo
ton laws. On the calendars of both
houses are over 1 600 measures not act
ed on, but the state would lose little if
they were never considered As soon
as the appropriation bills are cleared
up there Will be a concerted effort 10
get away.
The Republicans of the house and
the Democrats OF the senate are at log
gerheads over the election bills and
two weeks more would make little diff
ference in the situation. The history
of the assembly will comprise the story
of what it has not done. Practically
no legislation of Importance has passed
both branches and very few measures
of general interest have gone through
either house. With assembly bills
touching legislation, constitutional and
unconstitutional, local and general, in
the interest of corporations and against
them, to the number of nearly loo
We're introduced in the house and SEN
ate, with six legislative working days
of the constitutional limit remaining
and the chances strongly in favor of
very little can now be accomplished.
and whether the legislature remains
in session one week or three, little more
will be done.
The appropriation bills carry s525,-
600 for criminal costs for the next two
years, which will be inadequate in the
attempt to reform the election and reg
istration laws of st. Louis and Kan
saS City.
Although the estimated revenue of the
state ror the next two years is only ST.
100000 and the estimated appropriations
will exceed 81 900 600, there will be no
legislation that will bring more money
in to the treasury.
Both houses have engroSsed the fell
low-servant bills with objectionable
amendments which will negative their
effect should either pass. Bills TO re-
duce railroad fare to 81. cents per mile
on main lines and 3la cents per mile on
branch lines have reached enSroSS-
ment on the house calendar. The at
tempt to regulate charges on Pullman
sleepers has been frowned down by the
house committee on railroads and moth
ing will be done. The house has pass
ed bills to bring boards of fire under
writers under the provisions of the
antitrust and anti-pooling laws but
the senate has not yet considered them
and the calendar is crowded.
Dram shop legislation intended to en-
act higher licenses for all saloons and
to throw additional restrictions about
the granting of license is in "A comatose
condition. The constitutional appro-
priation bills have been passed by both
houses. But the general bill which
carries appropriations for all elomosy-
nary, penal and educational institutions
and over which the fight of the session
will be made, is yet in the house having
been delayed beyond precedent.
The senate spent most Of the forenoon
today considering the raising Of the age
of consent from A 10 IS years. Senator
Peers and Senator Orchard attacked
the bill because they did not believe il
would remedy the evil. Senator Peers
wanted the bill amended so as to make
it felony. and in this shape it was pass
ed.
The pool alley" lobby which succeed
ed in stealing in transit between the
house and the senate, Senator Gaps
bill prohibiting bookmaking except on
race courses while meetings are in pro-
gress, will not profit by the theft. The
senate authorized the secretary to trans
NIT certified copy to the house which
was done this morning.