Iron County register., 1899-05-11
TIE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Fortieth General AS.
semhly.

semhly.
JEFFERSON CITY, May THE two
joint concurrent resolutions drafted il
the interest of the Worlds fair, Which
passed the house and senate, We're en-
rolled and read at length in the senate
ard signed by its officers. After the reSo-
lutionS have been read in the house and
signed by the speaker they will go to the
secretary of state and be advertised
before being placed upon the ballot at the
general election in 1900.
~ bill revising the street railway laws
was engrossed by the senate. The most
important features of the bill follow:
Street railway companies shall have the
power Ito purchase, lease or acquire by
other lawful contract. which shall in
cludc the right to purchase the capital
stock and bonds of other street railway
companies and to hold and dispose of the
same; and to hold, use and operate any
street railroad or roaos. with all and sin.
every description belonging to any other
street railway; to sell. lease or dispose
by any other lawful contract to any Other
rights franchises, including the right to
be corporation, and all and singular its
other properties Of every character and de.
two-thirds of the stockholders" These
provisions enables street railway com.
panieS to consolidate.
JEFFERSON CITY, May Gov
Stephens still has the Farris beer inspec.
ton bill under consideration. The ter
days in which he is required to sign oil
gete the bill bin expire ON the 4th is pn
expressed an opinion, at the request OF
the governor. in which he holds that the
bill is unconstitutional
Conference committees were appointed
b. the house and senate to adjust diff.
ferences over the Whaley antitrust bill
The senate refuses to concur in the house
amendment, which was taken from the
Hall antitrust bill, which was killed il
the house.
On motion of Senator Lyons, his bill.
to provide for state inspection of gas me.
ters and his election bill We're indefinitely
postponed.
When the Barnett bill to put the con
stable of Sedalia on a salary of $50 pei
month came up in the house for actor
on the senate amendments, it developed
the fact that a few republicans in the
house could rise superior to party preju.
dice and vote for just measure.
The house is growing restless, and by
its action again indicated that large
majority of the members favor sine die
adjournment at an early date.
JEFFERSON CITY, May 3.-The trus
question absorbed much of the attention
OF the house. The Farris and Wilson an
THRUST bills We're passed, an anti-trusa
resolution was referred to the judiciary
adopted, providing that it is the sense OF
the house that some stringent antitrust
law should be enacted before sine die
adjournment. In addition to all this, Gov.
Stephens sent a message to both houses
indorsing the Whaley antitrust bill, with
the house amendment.
The house and senate conferences on the
Whaley bill disagreed, the senators ad.
herring to their determination to accept
the bill only without the house amend
committee was appointed, consisting
of Messrs. Tubbs, Mueller and Hubbard
to draft antitrust bill and report fl
to the house. The committee reported
virtually indorsing the Whaley bill with
the house amendments. AS the senate
conference committee refused to concur in
the house amendments, it is not likely
that the bill will pass the senate, if il
- =.
Upon motion of Mr.. Bohart, of Clinton
the resolution was referred to the jul.
dietary committee. The sentiment against
trusts in the house is almost unanimous
pheps signed the Farris beer inspection
bill. ard it was returned to the senate
with this approval. In so days after final
adjournment it will become a law. The
bill was drafted for the purpose of rails.
ing revenue to replenish the general rev.
The senate revised bill relating to stree
railways was considered and laid over
informally.
tute for the Whaley resolution the sen
ate disposed at one fell swoop of a whole
batch of bills. The resolution provides
the senate calendar shall be considered
by the senate, save appropriation, revi-
en 6 eort eaTayng
to save the house bills, but finally passed
by "a to s.
Inc mouse, DV q vote or ~ TO 90, paSSeC
the Farris bill to repeal the, penalty
clause in the school textbook law. The
bill exempts, ST. Louis, Kansas City and
St. Joseph from it's provisions.
The house committee, which Investigate
ed the Fulton insane asylum and tht
Chillicothe industrial home for girls, will
submit its report within week.
JEFFERSON CITY, May 5-The Wha,
ley antitrust bill, with the substitute
amendment recommended by amajoritg
of the joint committee, passed both house.
the line suggested by Gov. Stephens in
his recent message to the general as.
sembly on the subject of trusts. In the
serate the bill obtained 81 votes, and in
the house 10S.
Gov. stephens signed the Rollins barber
bill The new law will prove an innova-
who are not now in the business, and
who desire to enter the trade, to pass an
aminers, to be appointed by the governor
BARRIERS now in the business may secure
a license by the payment of 81 to the
board.
The Wight bill relating to telegraph
companies passed the house on the 4th. In
its original form the bill provided for
tax of two per cent on the gross earnings
of telegraph companies, but it was amend.
ed so as to make the tax 112 per cent. Ii
was read the first time in the senate and
referred to a committee.
There was a very pretty row on be-
tween the. senate and house oyer the res.
olution adopted on the 4th, shutting out
-
Grafton after May 8.
JEFFERSON CITY, May 6.-Relations
between senate and house are strained te
the breaking point. The house is unde.
cided whether to suspend business at once
and go home or remain all summer. Blu,
in its present temper it is willing to dc
either of these or anything else, depend
ing on which would cause the senate the
most discontinue.
The senate bill creating board of par.
dons was defeated in the house by vote
of Sc to 45
In his biennial message to the assem-
bly,, the governor recommended the pass.
age of bill to create a board of pardons
Several such bills were introduced in the
senate. But the measure offered by SEN
ator Miller was given the preference anC
passed by the senate with little oppo
sftion.
Several senate bills were rejected BY
the house, one of them really impor.
tant measure, introduced by Senator Nor.
ton, of Ray. 1t required mutual life in.
surance companies doing business in Mis-
souri, to furnish to the insurance depart,
ment annual statements of salaries paid
to directors and other officers, and of ex.
penses, commissions and earnings. 1t was
defeated by a vote of 81 to Is:
Just one senate bill escaped destruction
by the house. That was a measure intro
duceG by Senator Childers, of Hickory, tt
provide for the purchase of a new site
for the asylum for the blind in ST. Louis
Mr.. Whitecotton explained that Senator
Childers had not participated In the
sm mothering of house bills in the senate
This explanation saved the bill. 1t was
paSSed-S5 to 4.