Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-02-07
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By c. T. ALLEN.
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3EFus5SC CITY No ehA-W hen
the clerical force trouble was sp far
settlement and The House Vas dis
P1ssd 70 put &C toe many clerks etc
Gov Decker Sscretar Cook Auditor
Ssibert and others 5ained In ounsnlIa-
ton With the H0us-lesder and a5-
vise6 and urged that the House limit
its number q clerks toa proper mum
her. In other words these nea ad-
Used against an unnecessary clerical.
force and they Wuu. Last seek
when TIE bll approprIatng monty
for TIE Governors o6ce and Secretary
Cooks Office was under consideration
in the House the Governors sJen1g-
lrzpbg vas cut M CplkS 061e
was cut q one CLERK. the Auditors
loHoe Vas reduced one clerk and The
next day q little ~eh1ckdng EaS ID
6ulged II By quite anuuber Getting
even and satisfying ones revenge is.
very sweet 70 s1me people but Is the
wrong plan 70 show il II high public.
position
Nj. Nich6ls1o- q Cas- has seen and
perhaps fell the pa-uiGyuS effects Of
school trustees seeking the 08oe for
The purpose q employing their uEn
hth and Kin" a. teachers He pro
poses a bill absolutely ~f1rbid6ing such
trustees employing teachers who are
Of kin. By bod Or marriage % either
one q the trustees
Nj. McLanE q Kansas City, wants.
3 Law TO make employers pay The sane.
wages 70 women that they paw 70 men
for the sane WORK and thus Be would
partially destroy the night Of contract
for private work
Nj. Wallace, q Rails believes that
$500 worth Of personal property should
be exempt from al tzEation ana has
offered . resolution hooking toward an
amendment Of the Constitution in
that regard.
Senator Tzndys county quarantine
bin, making the county court judges
and a reputable physician chosen by.
them, a county quarantine bard etc.
was the frst bin to 80 through and
become 3 laE.
II used to be a saying that the
Christian Civilization Of . people
could be seen in the care q their Gem
stenes and read in the epitaphs on
their grave stones Nowadays how
ever. the advanced style o. ciriliza-
tion is reflected ina pegples eleen0sy-
n2ry institutions Among the western
states Missouri stands first among
those which have a well regulated
eleemosynary system Her homes
for the unfortunate and afflicted are
models Of sanitary cleanliness and
excellent business management and
the oH5eers IN charge q each iDstitu-
ton are well equipped Tor their work.
The last Legislature provided, in a
small way, for the building u home
for the feeble-minded and epeleptic,
and il was located al Marshall saline
county, The generous people q which
little city giving 30 acres o. fne land
for its location o. course, the appro-
p~riati0n % make a start fJr theo1lOny
was small, and it IS expected that
each Legislature for many years will
make small appropriations t0carry On
the work q building and equipping
the institution The board employed
an architect, Miss Mary Hale, q CO-
lumbias 10 suggest a scheme or plan
70 which the board should work from
the beginning. II the reader could
see the plan Of that great institution.
destined TO be the germ Of Missoun's
charities and q pen and ink picture
Of il Just IS it VIII look when com
plsted, perhaps a dozen or 50 years
from the present time, be would pro
nOuDce Miss Hale q born architect al
mistress Of her art, a genius in the
line other hfe-WOrk Her drawing Of
this institution, 6Es feet, fully com
pleted and equipped, with its I.OQt
inmates is a handsome a picture oil
its kind as was eyer seen. She tackled
il 70 the wall q the committee room.
and many were the compliments paid
her by the members q the %appropri-
atoms committee. It's a beauty. i'll
not q Joy forever. Missouri is proud,
Of Miss Hale. Miss Hale says that i'll
viii take $4,000 70 complete these
buildings according 70 her scheme |
Marshall has donated go acres oil
land, and one cottage for C5 inmates
has been completed.
The new lunatic asylum.at Farm.
ington had the benefit Of a a5o.OO
Appropriation two years ago and has
made good Roadway. Il has five cot
~ Il
t2ges erected, and viii soon be ready
70 receive patients. When tbese tvo
last named institutions are Completed
and equipped4and ready TO receivel
patients MissOun's array u eleemosy-
nary institutions viii be a cause I'D
pride and q source Of comfort TO berI
people.
The railroad committee held an
open session In the House last Monday .
night 70 hear talks on the freight .
reduction question, and the ranroad
attorneys and freight agents met al,
new Richmond 10 the held-ooe ,
who knew the railroad tran8c business
about as well as they knew it. and be
tnpped" them as fast as they camel
Il him He is Mr. NcGreW, Of Le1-l
ington, coal miner who ships tbouS !
ands Of csns Of coal per year. Tbel
Intelligent way In which be showed
up the high freight Hate. the exouf-
itely and cruel manner 10 which bel
iayed alive the railroads kings. the
thoroughly eictual way in which,
ie knocked down and dragged I
'ut" one BY one, the brigade oil
'enera freight agents brought hsrel f.,
o inform this legislature as tol