Fair play., 1899-03-25
cry March III

| ll."I ttsSpN CITY. Ndr"h 1.-THE
! hou=" steering committee - StcrdlyrepUrt
! cd several important niis, which wcr"
! advanced for "u%rossrnrui. among them
I u"r" tn" 2-ceHt. r:Iiiwar h'll. rrcyeutins
( ti" employment OF convict labor in COM
/ petition with free labor: providing Tor
I Inheritance taN. for b-ncii. Of state. uni
| N"rSitE, . p"r cent. contract interest bill,
/ iiapuSiu" u tax Of l. cent per rdIi"u on
al beer manufactured or sold in state.
fur road fund
l'ad"r III" resolutions oJ"ptcl by both
| h"Us" and senate, yesterday was the last
! 'uN Tor the introduction Of hills. Tua
| number offered was surprisingly small.
| how,.yrr. and few "f Them were. imrnr-
( tiut. ENac'ly T." bills aui resolutions
| h1v" been Introduced IN IL" Scuat" and
So in tn" house.
Tin Worlds fair bills in the ho,.s" and
s.liIt" VIII h" auicnd"! - taat corpora
I tiuIS can subscribe Ia ih.. stock Uf The.
! fair II is understood that ;ll,. house. bill
which was referred to the Louisiana pur-
/ chase centennial committee, will he rr-
/ III" railroad companies and heir ere
! mics ,i4-hrt for TIA" first time this =, =
! sion. The Williams bin reducing pJs-"u-
| g"r rates from "c "a e Il .nl,,' cam, up for
"Nirr"-Sfnrui, ana was defeated by = d.
I ciSiN.. vote.
The huus" agreed T. IN" various Soc
tnHS ut th- "i,"m"ss nary and penal in
s'ii"t'"Hf :'ptrrHriar lions hul practically
a originally offered. with ,i rider JpUrO-
IGi.irlug $1U"ul for the s. Louis insane
a-A ium. Tho lin appr"r!i.'t'& So, >Il. a.
7
n~yiGn. S'..ai. Nevada :.-ylU",. Sii.>.".
-. IruiF asylum 5000. Fulton Institute.
I d"ti arL dumb. $!H.5f': S,. louis s-hu,l
f'I bill S'A''': l!rruyil'c reform school.
SOIL. tiilHc"ih" hun!" Tor girls. AIN,~@'.
: nit,ugjIry. S,i.r1": cuh'.!crft" home.
E-,,T-,. federal soldiers home. $i@2a'.
JETFFHsON CITY March l7.-The
rfilr AGAINST tn. Introduction Of r,.,.
measure. VT set I~i.j'. by consent IN both
the hou-. and sruItr yesterday.
TIL, nous" resumed tn" calendar recon-
ruvId,I 10y In" s..rrIr:; committee, and
took up tia" barnett hiii I" levy Il tax uf
3 peg cent rn al iuh"ritaHt'S, icgacirS and
b"'iIuSr- lift L. others than lin"Hl to
s,-ujautS or adopted children. the pro-
CrctS to 20 tu the stat" university. The
hill was up for cnGrn~SIn"flt. and was de
hated for nearly thr"" hours. and then re
c..iv'd IL" Endorsement "f ~ h"us'' 10y q
Vrt. nf = TO g..
Thc house applied its.lf al day to The
calendar of bills rec 'mmcud"d by tn
steering committee. but did not max"
mu "a progress.
The measure TO reduce, stock yarl
charges was ordered /" third reading In
spite Of the protest al som" of its friends
and then, at the request of tn" autnr.
TaS lIil over informally. Evidently III"
friends cf th" bill were afraid tn put il 60
a vote, although NOR" than loa members
w"r" present. fh"r" j. strong opposition
to this measure from III" stock yards pro-
Pic. II is said IL Il" an exact copy of III"
lazy enacted by tn" Kansas i"Gisiatrir" Il
t"w years aI"- and It i said thor" aTc II"
stock yards now in Kansas.
'fw" hills were passed that ar" Of pub
lie concern. one, = m"ISUr" introduced
hy Mr. johnson. uf Cooper. ut the in.
sfruc.. Of tn. Stat. l:ar association, would
require all dv"rrrS nf divorce tn hr pro-
visiru1l for one year, and only b. made
permanent uI"n proof that tn" person
seeking tn" deere" WAS "f good char
strtcr.
III" other hill w"uId prohibit. for -
period Of ten years the shipment from thg
county We're killed I" any other county in
Ia. r.si. IL.
turkey. quail, prairie chicken and pheaS-
ant.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 12.-Eenr
legislation occupied good share of att"n-
zion Of the lawmakers in both the senate
and nous" yesterday. In IN" senate the
farriS beer inspection bill was referred
To 4 committee of the whole, and in ,he
house tn" bill introduced by Mr.. thinn,
of Shelby. WAS taken as special order.
amended, and ordered cnEross"d by 4 vote
of ~ 10 l..
There was very little debate over the
house bill. but il was amended in Il dozen
places. ana on" new section inserted. &,
tn" bin now stands. the governor Wuul,
appoint one chief inspector at Il salary az
$3.50 year. and tn" latter would he al
lowed -four deputies at Sl.5o0 each All
fees would 20 into the state revenue fund,
in place of th" good roads fund. The pro-
posed Inspection WAS raised from y cent
n gallon to - cents. ana the cost OF stamp
ing packages from cents to 3 cents. The
FarriS senate bill would also give the
proceeds to the general reNcnll" fund.
The senate completed its work little
aft"a noon. and adjourned until Monday
afternoon. The house continued work
with members absent. but during the after
noon th" attendance WAS So slim that only
the "u&r"sSmcnt of bills could be consi,!-
cred. On" of tn" $p"cil-ur,i"r measures
sen; to cut:r"ssm"ut was the house bill 10
r-.tu"" the contract rate of int"rcS: from
to per cent.
The bill Cor the establishment o5 >, state
fair was made special order for en-:
g-'ossmcnt by the steering committee, and
will come up for consideration early next