Iron County register., 1899-02-16
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Fortieth General AS
sembly.


Proceedings of the Fortieth General As-
sembly.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb THE senate
yesterday adopted resolution expressing
coincidence on receipt of information or
county. csu t:.a a a former state senator.
The senate passed Senator haynes a:y1leis
s pravde tha{ al II should
presumed to be paid and satisfied ed after ter
the expiration Of ten years from the gate e
ten years from the date of the last pay
ment thereon and that no 1uagmenI9
Senator Lyons introduced a bill to re.
labor to be plainly stamped convict
made"
noon shower of bills in the house. About
forty measures in all We're presented. Mr.
Hall Of ot Gr9ndSy p9 fSe aaf oTer # Would
prohibit public exhibitions OF hypnol,a.sm,
mesmerism or animal magnetism s,aa flnes mes
are proposed, ranging from Soo 10 $-Vo' anu
possible jail sentence.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. s.-The senate
spent the better part Of yesterra.aay r.a; lore lore
oling houses. Some of the senators had
not heard that the city afforded any "a
cilities for enabling statesmen to part
with their money. at gaming tables, but
the matter was brought up by Sena9or
Dovell, who introduced series OF ;5 reSoiu-
tions, which concluded WITH the holto"
'sResolved. That any clerk or employe
proof 's of same, be diseharged.''
The matter was referred to the commit
Two Concurrent resolutions were intro
duced in the house to provide for amend
ments to the constitution. one oy Mr.
road inprovement fund BY the following t.ds ng
special taxes collected annually- 'On each
mule or OK broke to harness or saddle.
from 20 cents TO 81. GaCA venice WlIn
a pole from so cents to 81; on each venice
| with a shaft, bicycle, tricycle. or horseless
Mr.. Boydstan, of Platte, proposes In MS
amendment to furnish every member OF
| portation 1t provides that duly signed
| certificate of election shall suf1ce for
ticket or pass, and shall be so recognized
| by all railroad officials and passenger
| conductors.
The house spent most of the afternoon
| was finally amended and ordered en-
| crossed by vote of 63 to 81. The amend
| ment adopted cut out a provision to re-
| quire notes and evidences of Indebtedness
! listed for taxation.
| The house democrats held secret eau
| Gus last night to dispose OF the question
of cutting down the large force of clerks
| and employees. Several days ago Mr.. Bo-
dispense with So clerks and employees ans
| this was concurred in, and resolution
| adopted that nothing should be given to
| the press. The caucus decided that the
| resolution must be defeated, and that the
| force shall not be reduced.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. e.-Senator
| Farris introduced a resolution in the
| senate yesterday to abolish rule No. 81.
This is the rule. requiring all appoint
| the senate for confirmation to be consid-
cred in executive session. The resolution
went over one day. when. if called up,
| 1t will be disposed of.
The senate passed a house concurrent
resolution. to. to ask congress for a suitable
placed in the cemetery at Lone Jack Mo.
| Some 800 ex-federal and eX-confederate
Messrs Burieigh. of St. Louis, and Card
! well, OF Kansas City, introduced bills in
the house to legni5e sparring exhibitions
The auditing committee appointed by
| Gov. Stephens submitted its report in the
auditor and the treasurer to be correct
and that their books balance. The only
was that relating to the expense account
| of Labor Commissioner Rozelle It is the
opinion of the committee that Mr.. Rozelle
| expended too much money in travelling
| expenses.
JEFFERSON CITY. Feb. 1o-The SEN
ate passed bill to repeal the penalty
was, introduced by Senator Farris early
in the session, and there was only one
inate that part of the law which requires
| school directors to see that no other
books than those adopted by, the state
| commission are used IN the public schools.
This is regarded as only the beginning
| of a fight that will be waged against q
contlnuance or the present school book
Senator schweickhardt offered a reso-
LUTON In the senate which was adopted,
| calling on the state supervisor of build
| ings and loan associations to make a
complete report of the transactions Of his
| department. There Seems to be no infor-
! nation on hand of this nature.
| It seems quite probable that the senate
| Will make some wholesale changes IN the
| building and loan association laws
! The most interesting contest of the ses-
sion of the legislature took place in the
house when an effort was made to pass
! the Whitecotton bill to reduce the con-
tract rate of interest from to per cent.
| The bill was up for final consideration
and lacked votes o. passing.
JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 1.-THE SEN
| ate, yesterday, by vote of IA to Ii, re-
| ferred the question of abolishng execu-
tive sessions to the committee on rules.
The house passed the Hawthorne bill,
which is expected to practically abolish
! capital punishment in Missouri 1t pro-
| vides that in every conviction of mur-
| der in the first degree it shall be optional
! with the jury whether the prisoner shall
| suffer the death penalty or go to the pen
| itentiary for life
The anti-scalping bill introduced by Mr.
| James, of st. Louis county, was reported
unfavorably by the house committee on
criminal jurisprudence. It is provided
| agents of railroads shall be permitted to
| sell railroad tickets. There was a mi
nority report fayoring the bill. so the
measure was made a special order
The house committee on railroads re-
ported unfavorably the bill introduced by
Mr.. Kirby, of Howard, requiring railroads
| to provide separate coaches for negroes
| On motion the bill was placed on the cal
| it.
The clerical force question has finally
been disposed of. In a few words the
resolution of Bohart, of Clinton, provid-
ing for reduction of the present clerical
force, was reported adversely, and the
house concurred in the report.
Harry A. NutaII, of ST. Louis, Declared In