Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-01
WANTS VEST INSTRUCTED.
MIR. DAVIDSON HAS INTRODUCED HIS
OLD TIME RESOLUTION.
lie Thinks Vest and Cockreii should Vote
for the Anti.Options Biii-De-
bate on the Agricultural
College Bill.

Jefferson city, Mo. Jan si.--tspecial)
In the house this morning only two mat
ters were considered MIR. Davidson, OF
Marion, who two years ago was unmerci-
fully snubbed by Senator Vest because
of n resolution which the house then
adopted instructing Vest and Cockrell
vote for the Hatch anti-optons bill. to-
day reintroduced his resolution, reinstruct-
ing Vest and Cockrell on the same mat
Ter. The debate was amusing and In
structive. 1t developed that some of the
members whom Vest had censured wanted
another chance to instruct him. They are
still laborlng under the delusion that Vest
Is not bigger than Missouri. Before Il
final vote was had the morning hour
passed and the regular order was called.
MIR. Murray's bill, to separate the ag-
rlcultural college from the state univer-
slty; at Columbia, precipitated quite a
debate. MIR. Murray reported the bill IA
vorably from the committee on agricut-
ure. Mr.. Correll, Democrat, from Vernon
county, moved to re-refer the bill. Muir
ray, Moran, Spencer. of St. Louis; Grif-
hths, OF Livingstone; Gurney. of Caldwell.
and others opposed the motion to re-reter.
The vote, winch shows the temper OF the
was IS tor ana 50 against re-referring.
ON this matter the farmer members are
in the saddle in the house.
This afternoon, after AN hours debate,
the militia bill, as 1t has been heretofore
outlined in these dispatches, went to en-.
ment. 1t had "a safe majority.
ON motion of MIR. Bothwell. Senator
feater's Pettis county circuit court oill,
was read a third time and passed without
dissenting vote.
senate Proceedings.
Just before noon Senator Busche's fell
ing. 1t was referred to the committee on
LABOR. The reference angeled senator Ly-
man. who insisted that all fellow sery-
ants bills should be referred TO the same
committee, ana as the one introduced by
Senator Basket some days ago had gone
to the committee on raliroaus this one
should be referred to the same committee.
He said he would rather return the trst
bill without recommendation and let II
be re-referred than to see two bills cover
ing the same subject referred to different
committees. senator Basket jumped at
let the bill be re-referred. Lyman was
caught in a trap of his own making. In
a pettish humor he said he would 30 SO.
bill be re-referred and to the committee
on labor. The senate saw the humor OF
the occasion and the bill was so referred.
AS the matter stands now the probabili.
ties are compromise fellow servants bill
will be submitted and recommended for
passage by the committee on labor. The
political parties are so evenly divided in
the general assembly and there is such a
tirely, possible that some measure along
the. lines of labor reform, as incorporated
In fellow servants billS Tor the last twenty
years may at last become a law.
Senator Basket said Tonight that
prominent member of the ever-present
railroad lobby conceded that some, bill of
the kind will pass.
Several bills were read a third time and
passed. Among these the following APP
pear Of general interest: Yeater's nom
partisan board of curators of state uni
versity bill; Drums bill requiring county
boards of equalization to pass upon mer-
chants sworn statements of goods on
hand June l for purpose of taxation; Ken
nish's bill, empowering justices of the
peace to combine costs with fines, in mis-
demeanor cases and commute both to i'm
prisonment: Kennish's bill, repeating the
Australian ballot law as it applies in city
elections in cities of the fourth class; Ly-
mans bill to establish a chair of homeop-
athy in the state university. was de-
feated, as was also Klene's bill, exempting
dentists, oculists and aurists from jury
service.
senator Baskets bill increasing the SAL
airy of. the physician at the peniten tary
from Si,200 to $500 and Senator klene's
bill, providing for the appointment of u
commission to act with like commissions
from other states to secure uniformity
of marriage and divorce laws were passed.