Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-12
MISSOURI SOLONS.
Legislation Regulating the Kansaa
City Stock Yards Proposed.
AN OFFICIAL REPORT ATTACKED.
suPerintendont KirIps Educationa
Map Arouscn the wrath orsouth-
= east Members denounced
Az sl1ndorous,

II
Jefferson City, January 10.--A radi.
cal measure regulating the stock
yards OF Missouri and reducing their
charges about 40 per cent ali along
Tho line made It's appearance In tho
house Monday.
The bill defines stock yards, dudes
OF employees and yardage and weigh
Eng. 1t provides that charges for
watering stock shall not exceed ISL
cents for cattle; 10 cents for calves;
3 cents for sheep and hogs On feed
Che bid provides that the profit shall
mot exceed 100 per cent. The most
Important provision Is that regulating
commissions. These, the bill says,
must not be in excess of SO per car
load, single deck, ON sheep or hogs, or
S5 on double deck 25 cents a head or
s6 a carload ON CATTLE; 15 cents a
/ head or IS carload on calves.
While the bill covers the whole
state, 1.-The Kansas Cbty stock yards
will be most affected by 1t. ~
The supreme court in divisions Nos.
1 and met Monday for the January
call OF their doclcets. The new asso-
ciate justice, Lerob B. Valiant, pre-
SERTED his commission and was well
coined 10 a place on the bench by
Presiding Judge Brace, OF division
No. l. Mrs. Valiant was present at
hha .,,.aparo, 80 oo,,rt Iudsra Wa a1ltar
will hold his office for four years.
Judge Marshall enters upon the full
term of ten years with the opening OF
this term OF court.
The new state superintendent OF
public schools, William T. Darlington,
entered upon the duties OF his office
at noon Monday The oath OF office
was administered to him by Chief JUS
tlce Gantt Of the supreme court.
II. A. Guss, editor of the Missouri
Journal, gets the appointment as Car
Iington's chief clerk,
John Il. Kirk, the retiring super
intendent, was elected in the Repub-
llcan Landslide of 1894. He goes to
Columbia to become high school ex-
aminer for the state university.
William y, McCulley, who succeeds
James Cowgirl as railroad commits
eioner, took the oath OF office MT 3
O'clock Monday. The board >of rnll-
road commissioners organized by
electing Joseph Flory chairman; Gen
eral James Harding, secretary, and
Miss Maggie Richardson, steno-
grapher'
State Superintendent of Schools
Kirk raised all sorts OF trouble Mon
day in the lower house, and 1t all
came because of his report, which
was largely actuated by large map
OF the state which hung over the
speakers desk. The map was pccu-
liar in its markings, for it showed
plainly the location of the high
schools and colleges throughout the
sbalte, the most marked feature being
the total lack of the higher educa-
tional institutions in the southeastern
sections of Missouri, while little dots
showing plainly from every portion
Of the room, manifested the presence
Of the institutions in every other por-
ton, there. was a total absence OF
them in the southeastern counties,
and the whole trouble grew out of ille
fact that Mr.. Kirk asked that this
map be published exactly as it was in
his annual report.
The members from that section Of
the state didn't like the matter a lit
tie bit, and they Fought 1t oil the way
through. When Hall, OF Saline, called
UP his resolution to print 1000 copies
Of Kinks report, saying that it
"stated facts, and facts didn't hurt
anyone" Myers, OF Bolllnger, offered
resolution to send the report and
the map to committee OF five in or.
der that the good name of the stat
might no be "inadverantly slandered."
He called attention to the fact that
the map did not contain the location
Of THE college at Cape Glrarleau, and
said that II was otherwise incorrect.
In his speech he snid that the resi.
DENTS OF that part OF the state were
compelled to pay taxes TO help pay
for tthe report, and they did not pro.
pose to be slandered in tAat way.
Mr.. Myers delivered very forclblo
speech, and suggested that q change
be made in the map. This Barnett,
Uf Pettis, would not hear to, saying
that 1t was none OF his business IL tho
map was incorrect; that the siperln-
tendent OF schools was responsible for
his own reports, and II anything was
The matter with them Oie was the man
10 correct them. He said that Mr..
Kirk belonged to party for which lie
had no sympathy, and repeated that
he did not think they ought TO take
upon themselves the responsibility Of
changing the map.
Myers was on his feet In a Moncit.
In answer to this, and hotly replied
6hat they had right to investigate
any state officer whose deeds required
Investigation.
Ellis, Of Bates, spoke in a very con-
servative manner, and compelled the
sttention OF the house. He started
ltn Nv saving thak tha mere fact that