The Advocate and news., 1899-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE.
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judgment doth never go forth, for the
wicked doth compass about the right
eous, therefore wrong judgment proceed
eth"
On the adoption of this amendment
Senator King offered his Biblical amend
ment from the fifth chapter OF James
which was inserted, as follows:
Go to now, ,ye rich men, weep and how
for your miseTies that shall come upon
you.
"Your riches are corrupted, and your
garments are moth eaten.
"Your gold and silver is cankered;
and the rust of them shall be witness
against you, and shall eat your flesh as
it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure to-
gether for the last days.
Behold, the hire of the labOreTs who
have reaped down your fields, which Is
of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and
the cries of them which have reaDed
are entered into the ears Of the Lord
of Sabaoth.
eye have lived in pleasure on the
earth, and been wanton; ye have nOur-
ished your hearts, as in day of slaugh-
ter.
aye have condemned and killed the
just; and he doth not resist you"
Thursday.
Among the bills introduced in the SEN
ate Thursday was one by Senator Hart,
establishing State liquor dispensaries.
It provides for the appointment OF a
state liquor commissioner and two dep
uties with power to test all liquors sold
in the State, and to examine all the local
dispensaries, the local stations estab-
lished in each county seat and in other
places where petitioned for. The bill,
however, prohibits more than one local
dispensary in each city Of the third class,
or in each ward Of any city Of larger
SIZE It is the purpose Of this bill to
do away with sales of liquors for the
excepted purposes in any places not au-
thorized as dispensing stations.
Senator Hanna introduced a bill pro-
viding for State exposition under con-
troll of the State Board Of Agriculture
and appropriating $4O,O00-$20,OOO for
1899 and the other half for 1900-for the
use of the exposition managers.
The Falloon-Stuart judicial contest
came up and was postponed until April 2.
Senator Anderson introduced bill to
prohibit public expositions Of hypnOtism
and mesmerism. He also presented a
bill making an appropriation for the
State reform school and providing for
the erection of three new buildings at
the school.
Friday.
Senator Hanna got after the oil trust
by bill introduced in the Senate Fri
day. 1t prohibits oil trusts from suing
under the laws of this State "The
Standard oil monopoly claims" Senator
Hanna says, "that it Is not trust, and
it is impossible for the State to get SER
vice on it to show that it is trust under
our antitrust law. My bill proposes to
place the people of the State on the
equality with the Standard Oil Company.
If a monopoly is not subject to the laws,
it is not entitled to the laws protection. v
Senator Cookies concurrent resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
for the election of state printer by a
direct vote of the people, and State own
ership Of the plant for doing State print
ing, passed the senate with only four
senators, Ward, Morrow, Fulton, and
Battey voting against 1t.
In order to help his bill along for the
additions to the reform school, Senator
Anderson introduced resolution pro-
viding that both houses adjourn at II
o'clock to-day and take special train
for an investigation of the school
The senate adjourned Friday noon un-
til 4 O'clock Monday afternoon.
HOUSE.