The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-26
required by the Legislature alone, amounts
TO 100000 a session
STATE PRINTING AFFECTED.

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to 100000 session.
I STATE PRINTING AFFECTED
| This amendment was opposed by barrow
| who said that to begin cutting off the lie
| naming nelds of employment for the pris
| oners would be TO leave them entirely bur
| dsns on the State. and that this would bt
more expensive to labor than infringement
upon the trades Unions In such as Is purely
state work .Hidge Sherman. and the Dem,
ocrats supported the amendment. II failed
OF passage.
AT this juncture Speaker Miller came to
the fore with the Savel. The previous oues
| tion on the motion to send the bill to en-
s,ossnent for third reading was raised.
Other members protested yainly. waving
amendments which they wished to propose.
But the gavel declared the previous ques-
| ton carried. and the bill was advanced. M
date for its final consideration was namsd:
y motion 10 adjourn was then entertained
and declared carried under the savol.
The fight Tor Gays amendment was con
sidered matter Of Democratic policy. By
Denting II. they admitted lack q. conf
dence in their own prison boards OF trus-
tees. They would not trust them to carry
compelled TO hem them y with a date. The
outcome is wholly bensiciaI to the Demo
Gratis.
In the first place. the bill itself is tie
most dangerous burden the Republicans
have Yet assumed meaning. Ii does. the
expenditure OF hundreds of thousands. which
place. the present regime has undertaken 20
change the cumbersome and complicated
system within limited period. Responsf-
lily for failure will lie at the door Of no
body but the authors OF the measure.
SALARY BILL. CONSIDERED.
The bill increasing the salaries of legis-
l1tors TO S2oo a session was the first matter
Sonsidered this morning. vote on the
hsures were no: announced. however. as
motion to Dostpone further consideration
until ,rt mex "Wednesday prevailed.
The younger members, regardless of
party. adhered to the bill They maintained
that cheap pay means cheap men. and tina.
cheap. men in the Legislature is the must
expensive luxury the State can enjoy.
They still are in hope that the salary bill,
VIII Obtain enough votes next Wednesday.
Several of the members favoring the in
crease were absent to-day. bur will be on
hahd when the last opportunity for the
passage of the bill occurs.
CHICAGO RESOLUTION.
Representative Ifce secured the adoption
the vote On the schagenhauf amendment
TO the Greater Chicago resolution offered
yesterday, a special order for next Wednes-
day.
The country members are effecting an or
ganization and mean TO make fight on this
issue. II the Chicago members will not
consent TO limit themselves to one-third
icpresentation in the Legislature they viii
not get the resolution.
The Windy City Representatives will be
e RunT ths pn T b
Republic Yesterday. and the bill removing
the limit for death damages reported from
committee this morning.
CIvIL-SERyICE MEASURE.
The civil-service bill, with the referendum
clause attached. probably will be passed by
the House to-raorrow. The bill comes up
on its final reading. With the referendum
provisions the enemies of civil service are
satisfied with the bill Many of them will
60 so far as to vote for It in this shape.
Bundy of Clinton County said that he was
perfectly willing to refer decision of the
question to the people and would vote for
the measure.
But the stanchest advocates of the merit
system are the ones who are dsgruntled.
They even declare that they will join the
opposition to the bill. since, as 1t now
stands, II Is not a civil-service law. but an
evasion bearing that. title. Shurtleff of Nc
Henry Is stu againSt the bill
people to vote upon" said he. they will
think we are an aggregation of fools here
at Springfield. HASTINGS MacADAMS.