The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-13
ASKED To DELAY ADJOURNMENT.
Governor Dockery Requests Assem-
bly, to Remain In Session.

10 ftSIna1n In Session.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Jefferson City. Mo-. March 12.-To-day is
the last day on which the members of the
Forty-first General Assembly will receive
S a day. Tomorrow and as long there
.11t AFTER as i they stay in session their per diem
Will be 81 When this biennial juncrure is
reached sudden exodus of legislators
takes place and quorum is held with
difficulty.
Anticipating this contingency. Governor
Dockery to-day sent to the General Assem-
bly, the following message:
To the General Assembly:
Matters of moment affecting every taxpayer
and all our State institutions may reu,Iire YOUR
attention within the next few days. i therefore
aS n1 at this tine fix SE any date % for na ad
The House has discussed adjournment for
the past two weeks. Duncan of Buchanan
presented 4 resolution two weeks ago fixing
yesterday as the day for adjournment. The
resolution was debated in the House on
two occasions without definite action.
Representatives Organ and DelZell who
have had extensive legislative experience
warned against fixing the date of adjourn
ment SO far in advance.
You are simply telling the unworthy
instrumentalities which desire to defeat or
to enact certain legislation how and when
they must do their work." these legislators
declared.
During one of the discussions of adjourn
ment. Gipson Of Charlton declared. with
some warmth. that whatever others did he
himself proposed to go home when the
seventy days We're over. and to stay there:
This morning Stewart of Knox Presented
the following resolution on that subject:
Whereas. The brilliant but obstreperous Rep
resentative from Charlton County has publicly
twelfth inst. with or without the consent OF
the s and and If retire a h quss confines Of
whereas The worthy gentleman whS reprs-
hailing from buchanan County; also shows strong
signs OF disarection and might possibly be en-
ticed to elope with the member from Charlton:
and.
Therefore be 1t resolved that the Sergeant-at-
Arms is hereby instructed to use extra vigilance
gentlemen and at the first sign OF a breakaway
Is instructed to put them in irons and persuade
n to pv % sse ss o 50
The General Assembly will probably ad-
journ sine die next Monday about noon.
The idea OF having the session go over sun
day is to give the enrolling clerks an pppor--
passed must be signed by the President Of
the Senate and the Speaker of the House
in open session, all other business being
suspended. 1t Is not necessary that full
not necessary even that quorum be pres
ent IL no obstreperous member call par
liamental attention to the absence OF
quorum.
of adjournment IS fixed late this week for
next Monday, only q Corporars guard OF
members will be present at the Assemblys
demise.
which by successive accretions have grown
far in excess of the estimated revenue, Is
one of the reasons for the Gov
ernors message. At last accounts the
money appropriated was some SOc,eO In ex-
cess Of the estimated revenue. Such an
excess would undoubtedly warrant veto
from the Governor or proportional seal
ing down Of all the appropriations made