The Holt County sentinel., 1899-03-10

take until January 1901 10 dispose Of the
busines= now before the general as
sembly.
Uawthorne's bill. relating To proceed
,ngs before Justices OF the peace IN land
lord and tenant cases, came up Tor pass
ACE in the house and caused a lively
discussion The bili exempts proceed
ings to recover possession, Wneu rent
remains unpaid. from the Law providing
that when the title TO real estate is put
at issue by the defendant. the case shall
be transferred to the circuit court. The
bill went over informally.
The house committee on penItentIary
and reform schools reported substitute
bill creating board OF pardons. The
substitute provides that the board OF
pardons shall be composed OF the state
auditor, the state treasurer and the
attorney general. These officials now
constitute the board OF prison irspec-
tors. The board is TO he allowed secre-
tary, at $500 year, and each member
OF the board is to be paid 500 per an
mum. The warden of the penitentiary
is to be a member Of the board in an
advisory capacity. He is not to have a
a vote. The substitute bill carries an
emergency clause.
The Whitecotton stock yards bill was
reported unfavorably oy the house com
mittee on agriculture. Mr.. Whltecot-
ton was 10 his seat when the report WAS
made, but he did not object, nor did he
ask that his bill be put on the calendar.
The WhItecotton bill provides for q
radical reduction in yardsge and other
charges and in commission charges.
sixty. nine members Of the clerical force,
was adopted Wednesday last after de-
bate until noon. by a vote OF S3 to 30.
Republicans aud many Democrats sup
ported the resolution. Under the reso-
luton, each Democratic member names
two employees; heads OF departments the
others.
After a heated debate which occupied
almost an entire day in the house the
Prather bill to regulate stock yards
rates was sent to engrossment without
amendment by vote OF 50 to %. The
rates now and as proposed are: Cattle,
now DC, proposed l5c head hogs, now
Sc, proposed &c head; sheep, now DC,
proposed &c head; corn and hay double
market price. Representative O'Fallon
spoke as disinterested party except in
sofar as the measure was public bene-
fit. He strongly advocated the bill as
did the stockmen of his county.
Senator Vandlver's bill requiring
banks to carry 10 cash or sight exchange
10 per cent of their demand deposits
was called up 10 the senate FOR passage
and defeated. The vote stood II yeas,
Ii nays.
Congressman c. F. Cochran, of the
fourth Missouri district, rs candidate
for United States senator to succeed
Senator Vest. This was disclosed by
the recent visit to the state capital ef
the wife of the duupy little congress
man. Mrs. Cochran is as brilliant IN
tellectually as her husband, and she Is
far more ambitious. She spent two
winters IN jefferson City during the
term that her husband, then editor OF
the St. Joseph Gazette, served as state
senator, and she was immensely popular
in the most exclusive and cultured social
circles at the state capital. She has
been at Jefferson City ten days to renew
old acquaintaoces and friendships, and
she did not neglect to let II be known
that the congressman was out tor a
senatorial toga.
A number Of bills are pending to reg
ulate the killing and shipping OF game.
The last one introduced proposes that
the hunter shall Obtain a license from
the county clerk in the county IN which
he proposes to hunt at cost OF S25 a
year to non-resideuts, to residents OF the
state $40. This 10 not TO apply TO per
sons hunting Cd their own lands nor TO
persons hunting in the county OF his
residence.
The senate PASSED a bill of interest
to hunters. 1t authorizes the owner OF
land to arrest, without a warrant, any
person found on bis land hunting with a
dog and gun and take him before the
nearest justice OF the peace, and II con-
victed the trespasser shall be fined not
less than ten dollars.
A bill requiring probate court Judges
to be lawyers has been introduced IN
the house. This has been attempted
before several legislatures, but always
defeated. Many country members dc
not favor lawyers for public positions oi
any kind, not even for circuit judges.
The senate passed the bill OF Wilson,
OF Platte, making il a mlsdemeanor 10
sell or assign q usurlous note without
notifying the purchaser OF the usurlous
character OF the note The penalty is
tine of Sl00 TO $500 aud Imprisonment
thirty 10 nInty days.
A bill, regulating the mode aud mao
ner of transferring prisoLers to the pen
itentiary and from one county TO an
other, and to regulate the fee therefor
by paying the sheriff SO much day for
board 10 lieu OF certain amount as ncT
provided, and raising the compensation
for executions from SIS to Sl2J, passed
to epgrossmept in the house.
The bill requiring foreign surety COM
panies engaged in business OF going on
bonds and other obligations TO deposit
100000 iu the state treasury TO secure
losses and authorize them 10 do busl.
ness IN the state, was reported fayora-
bly, in the house and will pass.
The bill OF Representative Mann o!
Kansas City requires the union label on
all public printing.
Senator Wilson, of Platte, introduced
bill amending the law relating 10 the
carrying OF deadly weapons. AS the
law now stands, persons travelling peace
ably through the state. or persons who
can show good cause therefore. may
carry deadly weapons. Senator Wilson
bill so changes this that no person may
carry deadly weapons excep. an officer
OF the law. Incidentally, it is held b!
lawyers here that the granting OF per
mits TO carry weapons by the mayors o
cities TO persons not officers OF the law II
illegal.
To enter bank or banking house
with intent To steal OF commit felony, Is
declared to be burglary in the second
degree, and was ordered to engrossmen,
IN the house This bull is to make the
existing law definite on this offense.
The Harrison bill. making : per cent
the highest rate Of interest that can he
legally mnde In contracts. was reported
f8vorably to the house. There was a
minority report. The bill will go on the
calendar for engrossment as originally
introduced
The Hawthorne bill, requiring tele
graph companies to deliyer messages TO
the persons to whom addressed, and Civ
ing the latter the righ; TO sue for
damages fer failure to promptly deliver
10 the manner indicated, was ordered to
engrossment 10 the house.
A bill classifying slot machines, stand
or device OF whatever kind or make.
however worked, operated or mauipu-
Iufa6 au uan hlinr t}ayipas WAS enprOesa, n