Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-05-18
LOBBY IN CONTROL
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GREAT EFFORTS TO HEAD OFF
REVENUE AND TAXATION
LEGISLATION.
PERSONALITIES N The SENATE.
Mr.. Miller, of Worth County. Makes
Il Warn for Several Members
The Heavy Hand Of the Lob
byiss is Very Much in
Evidence.


chapter OF the statutes.
On Wednesday Mr.. Macy, OF Ray
county, introduced Z resolution that
the Legislature adjourn at noon May
18th. OF course, everybody who
knows as much as a fishing worm,
knows that the work of revision could
not be completed within that time;
and many believed that the reso-
luton was the suggestion of those
who do not want the taxation laws
changed. The resolution was tabled
instanter. II is now believed that an
adjournment can be had by the 22nd
to the 25th of the month. The House
seems to be unwilling to agree to an
adjournment until the revision is
completed, II it takes until July to do
30. The House lie this day waiting on
the Senate for revision bills; and
judging from what is said around and
about the Capital builing, Senators
are unusually busy, listening to the
schemes and suggestions and ideas
and plans of that invisible and in
tangible and non-comeatible and new
~er-sleeping body known as "the Lob
by" And SOME Representatives, it
is said, are doing likewise.
Wednesday evening the 'far-famed'
Senator Miller from Worth county
arose to a question of personal priv
ilege to reply to the excavations of
Mr.. Matt Hall, of Saline, Mr. Geo.
7. Lee, of Carter, and MIR. Russell
Kneisley, of Carroll, laid upon him in
the House last Saturday, when be
was denounced for ''holding up"
''smotheriDg'' and"choking to death''
the Fitzgerald franchise bill, etc. The
Senator from Worth is long, lean,
lank and looks like q Methodist
preacher. He didn't use any "cuss"
words in his personal privilege state
ment, but he lifted the shirts Of the
three Representatives named above
and laid on the lash In q most IN
merciful manner. l cannot give his
speech 10 full, but be referred TO Mr..
Hall ~ that "fy-blown chunk OF dog
meat" said ne had been ''prancIng
around like a biind calf with q cookie
bur under his tail.n
He referred 10 Mr.. Kneisley as
that "gimlet-headed monkey from
CARROLL and accused him OF holding
up the Board OF Pardons bin for six
weeks"
He referred TO Mr.. Lee as an old
time "aandbagger, - ''the chef OF sand
baggers;" ''that man from Carter
never introduced q bill in this Cap
ital that was not a ssndbagger;D "bis
whole purpose has been to s'hold up''
Missouri corporations. He referred
to the three Representatives as those
three "sandbaggers," ''this trio Of
sAndbaggers."
He defed any man to lay bis finger
upon any act Of his that arose from
Al improper motive; If snch could be
done he would resign his seat. He
said that not a single bill affecting
railroads, except this one, (holding
in his hand 4 bill, believed to be Lees
House bill regulating freight rates.
had ever been referred to his COM
mittee, and this one reached him on
May 1-iust six days before "these
sandbaggers" attacked him in the
House. The endorsement on the bin
showed this fact.
The Senate tackled on amendments
TO the revised bill No.1e, including the
Fitzgerald and the Hail franchise bills
and the Senate Departmental bill. 1t
Ia believed by many that the Senate
tackled these amendments on the
aforesaid bill before sending IT to en-
Rrossmsnt In order to load 1t down 80
that the Senators viii not vote for 1t
on final passage. If finally enacted
into q law il will prove the best reve-
nue. producers the State ever had and
viii bring under taxation from three
10 Eve hundred millions never before
reached for taxation. VIII these mill
lions permit the Senate to pass such =
bin? There are men here who say II
VIII level pass that body.
Thursday evening about three thirty
O'Clock the hand OF the lobbyist
again made its appearance in the
House in the shape Of q resolution FIX
ing May p, noon, for final ADJOURN
ment. IL WA at once seen that somei
secret spring had been touched. There
was an uproar the like Of which is
seldom seen OF heard In a dignifed
dellberstive assembly. The House was
packed from the Speakers stand to
the upper gallery. Occasionally, when
some speaker would hit the lobby
9 hard blow, shouts and yells arose
that resounded through the corridors
like thunder, but the lobby smiled
serenely and, no doubt, felt as calm as
q May day.
The work of revision can be COM
plsted and action on these important
revenue bills can be had and adjourn
ment taken By Nay 2; no doubt of it
at ALL none ~Shatever, but IL that day
or any day near at hand be fixed up
on by both Houses then when that
day and hour comes the adjournment
must be made, no matter what the
condition Of the public GUINNESS may
be unless both Souses agree to post
pone the adjournment
Then the lobby will prevent action
on certain bills-do il by hiibustering,
by absentseism, By breaking quorums,
&C., and when the hour and day Of
adjournment comes Unnecessary rev.
snne bills viii be cleft the franchise
bin win be aout In the cold" Lobby
let, bless your soul, the captain Of the
lobbyists, whoever be may be, knows
: thlng or two. he touches : button
and > troop Of hIllbasters sppear. He
touches another and sbsenteeism
reigns supreme. He touches another
and : quorum disappears. after IN
hour % mere spent IN voting On vsri-
ons nmendmeutH The Hense came 10 a
vote ana the resolatian firing 3D.
lournmeui Il noon On Monday Nay
q, wns adoplsd b. ; xots Of s. 70 ST..