Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
1urrnasos CITY. Feb ss.snaArn- sen.

H
i ate was not in session yesterday.
HoUsR-The house held long session in the
afternoon with only 80 members In attendance.
| Notwithstanding they were Decorating the an
nfyersary Of Washtngton's birthday. their
! eOnscienees were not sufficiently moved to
| interfere with the transaction of large
amount of business In fact they Travelled SO
| fast over what is known as routine proceedings
that the speaker was compelled to call hat in
| order to prevent injustice and inaccuracies. In
one case Representative Mueller, OF ST. Charles,
| called attention to the fact that senate Dill
just passed by the house was precisely similar
i TO law in the session acts Of 1895.
/ The committee on internal improvements re-
ported favorably on the trust and combine bill.
| 1t is much more stringent measure than that
now in operation.
| House committee on corporations agreed to
report favorably the bill requiring all telegraph
! ic messages to be sent by the most direct route
| r. ]. Vollzer, local manager of the Western
I Union. appeared before the commute after q
decision had been reached and underworld TO
| show by diagrams what he claimed to be the
absurdity Of the measure. but all to no pur-
pose.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. A--SENATE-Yester
day, by vote Of 81 to 9, the senate ordered the
bill incurred by the visit of VIM ]. Bryan to
Jefferson City, to address the legislature, paid.
The bill amounts to $3.50
The senate spent large part OF the morning
/ discussing Senator Vandiver's antitrust bill,
| which proposes to render void contracts made
| by pools, trusts and combinations, and punish
by forfeiture of charter and franchise and fning
| of officers any corporation that engages In such
/ combinations
] RoUsE-By a vote of 20 to % senator Peers
| bill providing for the infection of the death
| penalty at the state penitentiary, under direc-
| ton of the warden, passed
The house passed a bin to dcdne, suppress
| and punish lobbying
The house adjourned in order to allow mem
| beers to attend the good roads convention.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 25.-SENATE-The
| senate yesterday passed Senator Klene's bill
/ prohibiting fnSolvent firms and corporations
| iroIl providing for preferred creditors, and
| making the accounts of inSolvent concerns
| . trust fund for the benefit OF all creditors;
also, Senator Martins bill making the state
| fiscal year begin January /; also, Senator
| DaviSsons bill requiring manufacturers of
| canned goods to mark the date of canning on
their output, and bill by Senator klene to pre-
| vent adulteration of candies.
Senator KleneS bill, making it larceny to
change the workings on bicycles, passed E
Two important measures, of which Senator
| HohenSchild is the author passed First is a
teachers institute bill, requiring such institutes
to be schools of methods instead of the common
| branches, and certain qualifications will be
necessary for attendance There will be
a uniform system of examination through
out the state. The examination is taken
in those of the county school commissioner
and one local teacher, to be appointed by
the state superintendent of schools. The bill
carries small appropriation to pay the ex-
penSe of holding institutes in the five or six
counties which have been too poor to afford
such luxurieS. The second bill gives the archi-
tectS mechanics lien for services rendered,
similar to that now allowed mechanics and con-
tractors.
HoUsE-Mr. States revenue bill was called up
for discussion, and an attack was made by Rep
reSentatives Rubey, Barnett and O'Fallon
upon the provision for listing notes and
evidences of debt in detail Mr.. O'FalIon
held that neither the present nor the pro-
posed law reached the corporations and the
banks, while both were aimed at the indi-
vidual Mr.. Rubey said there were men in
his town whose credit would be ruined If
it were known how much they were in
debted to him as a banker, and he felt
sure the same conditions prevailed throughout
the state. motion to indefinitely postpone
resulted: Yeas, Al; nays, So. The bill was
ordered to engroSSment by the following vote:
Yeas, 20; nays, 80.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 20 - SENATE-The
senate, yesterday, rejected the nomination OF
James NJ. Lewis to be police commissioner of
st. Louis. This action of the senate caused a
general ''jawfest' after adjournment. It seems
that number Of republicans voted with the
'bucking'' democrats for the purpose of en-
joying the fun of rumpuS among
their opponents All of the governors
six nominees for managers of the
industrial home for girls at Chillicothe were
confirmed, except one. The exception was
Charles w. Green, the present chief clerk of
the house. The committee failed to report his
name back to the senate and it is understood
that several members of the house are respon-
sible for the delay.
HoUsE-Mr. Avery, from the committee on
judiciary, reported favOrably the following bills
Providing for the inspection and labelling of
vinegars, jellies and all apple products; for the
creation of the Thirty-first judicial circuit for
the filling of temporary vacancies in the office
of county Judge.
The bill to establish fourth normal school at
Maryville, Nodaway county, was reported upon
favorably.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 27-SENATE-At an
executive session of the senate yesterday morn
ing, the appointment of James NJ. Lewis as po-
lice commissioner of St. Louis confirmed.
bill to allow women to become members of
boards of education came up and caused quite
discussion on woman suffrage Senator Peers
said he considered the measure the fool
iShest kind of nonsense" and Senator
Morton declared the woman who made
homes happy-the good women of the country
did not want to vote. Senator DAVIDSON (rep)
said Senators Morton and Gray were afraid il
the women voted the democratic party would
suffer. The debate caused great amusement.
HoUsE-The bill by Mr. Williams, of Scott. to
prohibit the sale or giving away of cigarettes TO
minors was read third time and passed. 1t
carries fine of not less than $50 nor more than
500, OF by imprisonment in the county jail not
to exceed six months
Mr.. Cox, of Oregon, introduced a resolution to
dispose Mr.. Charles w. Green from the chief
clerkship of the house, and that Mr.. Thompson,
the assistant, be made chief clerk The allega-
ton in the resolution is that Mr.. Green has not
given his personal attention to the duties of his
office.
Mr.. Rebo, of Clark, moved to lay the motion
on the table, which was defeated by vote of 90
yeas to 81 nays
The matter was postponed until the 1st.
The Tubbs BILL to place coal oil inspectors
on salary and make them pay the fees they coll
lect in excess of their salaries into the school
fund, was passed
JEFFERSON CITY, March 1.-SENATE-There
were many empty chairs in the senate on the
9th.
Senator Orchard introduced two bills namely,
the Ryder beer bill and the bill creating the
ONCE of fire marshal.
The remainder of the time. outside of engross-
ment of few bills and other routine matters
was taken up in the discussion of bill to tax
old maids and other freak bills, intended to be
humorous.
HoUsE-Nothing of Importance was trs1saet-
ed In the house
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