The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-11
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Forticth General As
sembly.

JEFFERSON CITY, March 1.-The
FARMERS Club" met last night in State
Auditor Seibert's office. The clerical force
was discussed, and il was decided to await
the report of the m on clerical
force before taking any action. The
| question of reorganization did not come
up.
and concurrent resolution offered by Rep
resntative BiggS, of St. Louis, submitting
a constitutional amendment to the people
! OF Missouri providing for the removal OF
the state capital from its present seat to
ST. Louis. Upon motion of Dr.. Tubbs.
the resolution was rejected. Senator
Lyons, of Jackson. offered the same reso-
luton in the senate. 1t Will take the
usual course of a bill.
JEFFERSON CITY. March 2.-Yester-
day the senate passed the Morton insur-
a house bill to authorize legal printing In
cities to be inserted in weekly newspapers
The senate committee on -penitentiary.
reform school, etc. has decided to recon-
mend a substitute bill for n measure in
PRODUCED by Senator Miller to create a
board of pardons.
The house engroSsed n bill to require
! telegraph companies to deliver messages
! promptly. The law now requires them
only TO receive and forward messages and
; does not provide penalties for nondeliv-
cry. The penalty proposed in the new
bill imposed is 500. The telegraph COM
, panies regard thelaw with much disfavor.
Among the bills sent to engroSSment by
the house was one to reduce the salaries
of the railroad commissioner from 5000
Il s., Zoo a year Another one was to sepa-
rate the state mine inspectors from the
labor bureau.
! JEFFERSON CITY, March 3.-Tha SEN
ate held two long sessions yesterday, and
practically cleared its calendar. 1t was
nv far the biggest days work of the ses-
sion. and Il number OF bills in which the
public is Interested were either sent TO
eEGrOSSmcnt or killed.
The house held TWO sessions, even long
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one bill and Indefinitely postponed one.
Tha was the sum total of the days work
In The house.
The senate committee on insurance did
not meet. as promised: hence the Farris
, bill is still with that body, where 1t has
been some five weeks. 1t may be report
ed this week, and it may not. The chances
indicate that ii will 20 over until next
, week. The representatives of the in
surance companies are still here in force,
ard We're augmented during the day by
arrivals from Kansas City.
Wednesday the house on ag-
riculture reported unfaVorably the stock
yards bill, introduced by Mr.. Prather, Of
AIchtSOn. The house at once reversed the
finding of the committee. and after an
hours discussion the measure was laid
over until yesterday. Meantime the Ora-
tors loaded up for the occasion. and two
third of the day was spent in debate
and fruitless attempts to amend the bill.
II was finally sent to enGrOssment with
ont changes. by 4 vote which indicates
that il will pass.
JEFFERSON CITY, March ito re-
peal the special jury law applying to st.
Louis and Kansas City is the object of a
bill introduced yesterday by Mr.. Walsh, of
81. Louis.
Senator Morton introduced Il bill to IL
cense the sale of cigarettes and cigarette
wrappers: to prohibit the sale of either
TO minors. and providing Il penalty for
violations of the law. The bill provides
a state license of s25, and a county or city
license of not to exceed S2o for each six
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or Imprisonment of one TO twelve months
for each conviction.
To remove from the influence OF poll
tics. so far as may be possible. the NOM
ination Of judges of the supreme court
and courts of appeals, is the object of a
bill introduced by Senator Wilson, OF
Platte. 1t provides that no candidate for
the supreme court of any court of appeals
may be nominated at Il convention held
at the same time and place OF another
convention for the nomination of other
officers.
The Major committee, which has been
Investigating the governmental depart
ments of st. Louis. will. it is said. rec
Ommend the enactment of a law creating
a state board of examiners. whose duty
ii shall be to periodically investigate
state. county and municipal offices. to the
end that abuses or Irregularities may be
detected and investigated.
! JEFFERSON CITY, March THE SEN
ate passed a bill, introduced by Senator
Morton, which would create two addi-
ti'iAf Nv iAt' "a VI nv SNGLA
auditor. The object of the bill is ex-
planned to secure uniformity in the rev.
nue. laws. Senator Morton says it would
save between $4,000 and $4,000. Aside
from this feature, it is a measure of i'm
pOrtance. 1t would empower the auditor
TO prescribe forms for assessing, collect
ing and reporting. the states revenues,
and would require all officials TO use these
forms, under a penalty for each DISC
bedience. The auditor would be author
lied to appoint two skillful agents to go
to all the counties and the city of ST.
Louis and Examine and check up all books
relating to the revenue and reports of
state taxes and licenses; also to investi-
gate the legality and correctness of all
claims and demands which might be pre-
scented for allowance against the state.
The agents would receive s. a day and
expenses.
The house committee IN eleemOsynary
Institutions submitted a favorable report
on Senator Drums bill for the establish
ment of an insane asylum in southeast
Missouri. 1t would appropriate $50. 600.
and provide that the location Of the
ASYLUM should be decided by Il commits
sion selected by the governor.