Iron County register., 1899-03-09
THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
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Proceedings of the Fortieth General As-
sembiy.
JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 2S.-The farm
er members of the legislature VIII meet
tonight il caucus and see if they can do
anything to induce the house to quit
wrangling and get Gown to business:
club, as the organization is called. Two
or three are senators. and the remainder
are members of the house. Ten repub-
licans belong to the organization.
After the noon session of the house yes
terday, the call was issued by Chairman
Fitzgerald, representative from Gentry.
He said that so far he was concerned.
he would not favor reorganization or
the removal of any officials. but would
lief from the present situation. Further
more, Mr.. Fitzgerald said a number Of
the house does cease 20 trifie away time
in meaningless debates, they would ten
der their designations and go home.
propriate $4,000 for the establishment Of
a home for friendless children in St:
Louis. and Senator o N Mott presented a bill
over the grave of Thomas H. Benton in
Bellefontaine cemetery, St. Louis.
The senate passed a bill introduced by
Senator Mott to empower the school
board of ST. Louis to take school census
every i've years.
considering the engrossment of bill to
cut down the salaries of county and cir
cult clerks in all parts of the state ex-
cept St. Louis and Kansas City, about 20
per cent.
The house had three constitutional
engrossment. One would make felony
only indictable by the grand jury. The
second would provide that in all cases:
record, two-thirds of the jury might rem
der a verdict; before courts of record, ex-
death, three-fourths might render YER
dict; and nine of the grand jury might
find an indictment: The. third was to
apply the registration of voters to all
counties of the state.
JEFFERSON CITY. March 1.-The
Farmers Club met last night in State
was discussed, and it was decided to await
the report of the committee on clerical
force before taking any action. The
question of reorganization did not come
The house. yesterday, rejected a joint
resntative Biggs, of St Louis, submitting
n constitutional amendment to the people
of Missouri providing for the removal of
St Louis Upon motion of Dr. Tubbs,
the resolution was rejected. Senator
Lyons. of Jackson, offered the same reso-
usual course of bill.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 2.-Yester-
day the senate passed the Morton fnsur-
ance bill, and defeated, by a decisive vote,
a house bill to authorize legal printing in
cities to be inserted in weekly newspapers
The senate committee on penitentfary,
reform school, etc, has decided to recon-
mend a substitute bill for measure in
troduced by Senator Miller to create a
hoard of pardonS.
The house engrossed a 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
mai mic rH he la W icfa
Among the bills sent to engrosSment by
the house was one to reduce the salaries
of the railroad commissioner from s., 600
tC 81, 900 year. Another one was to sepa-
rate the state mine inspectors from the
labor bureau.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 3-The seq
practically cleared its calendar. 1t was
Oy far the biggest days work of the ses-
sion, and number of bills in which the
public is interested We're either sent to
engrossment or killed.
The house held two sessions, even long
er than those of the senate. 1t engrossed
one bill and indefinitely postponed one.
That was the sum total of the days work
in the house.
not meet. as promised; hence the Farris
bill is still with that body, where it has
been some five weeks 1t may be report
indicate that it will go over until next
week. The representatives of the. in
surance compa>lies are still here in force,
and were augmented during the day by
arrivals from Kansas City.
Wednesday the house committee on ag-
riculture reported unfavorably the stock
yards bill, introduced by Mr.. Prather of
Atchison. 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
thirds of the day was spent in debate
and fruitless attempts to amend the bill.
= was finally sent to engrossment with
out changes, by a vote which indicates
that it 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
St. Louis.
Senator Morton introduced a bill to If
cense the sale of cigarettes and cigarette
wrappers; to prohibit the sale of either
to minors and providing a penalty fer
state license of $25, and county or city
license of not to exceed $25 for each six
months, with a fine of not less than 500
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 n 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 enactmen: of n law creating
a state board of examiners whose d,lty
1t shall be to periodically investigate
state, county and municipal offices. to the