The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-02-14
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL.
Proceedings Of the Legislature, Political
Gossip, Men and Measures.
Jeferson Cily, Reb. 10, IgO8.

Jefferson City, Feb. 10, 1908.
The jubilee celebration over the pay
ment OF the last of the state bonds has
been finally fixed for March u. The
last Of the bonds is to he paid on
February 2S. There Will be no bonfire
As has been popularity supposed, for
the reason that the bonds must be
Cancelled aud kept. The services and
ceremonies will be held in the ball of
the house Of representatives and Gov
Dockery will preside. Speeches
will be made by the governor, lieu.
tenant governor, speaker of the house.
Senators Stone, Vest and Cockrell,
and a few brief remarks will be made
by other prominent men 10 Missouri
politics. The republicans have man
ltested no interest Ia the proposed
celebration, and as none of them seem.
ca to want TO be placed on any of the
committees, the making of arrange
ments will be entirely in the hands of
the democrats, the people who as a
party have kept men of honesty, honor
and integrity in Office and who have
made the bond pay ment possible in the
shortest possible period of time.
The present legislature will be fruit
fol OF results to the tax payers. The
eierksbip question has been kept down,
both houses having passed resolutions
compelling all clerks to answer roll
sall every morning and lnsuriDg their
presence here, The important matters
Of legislation ale now we'll along the
legislative highway and after this year
the po~cketbooks of the tax payers will
begin to feel the fattening effects of a
very distinct reduction in taxation.
In connection with the clerkship
question we are prepared to say that
the lis Of names Of clerks who had not
been il Jefferson City, as published by
some Of the daily papers, was purpose
ly false. Nearly every one of the clerks
referred o were persons who had been
distinguished for the fact that they are
always and promptly on hand at work.
The appropriation committee of the
house has the appropriation matter
well advanced and are still working
until ten to twelve o'clock every night.
The judiciary committee of the house,
Of which Stewart, of Knox, is the
chairman, is another committee that is
nearly always to be found in session
until a la.e hour at night, and Senator
Fields judiciary committee IN the
senate is distinguished as being one of
the committees Of prompt action.
The insurance proplem which was
to be one Of the great questions before
the Legislature has now been peacefully
AAd, we believe, satisfactorily arranged;
the senate committee having the matter
IN charge having decided to report
f%avorably all the bills asked for by the
bSsiness mems organizations of the
large cities, but the laws are made
sPssially applicable only to those
saahos This leaves the insurance laws
A. they now stand IN regard to the
Ssuhtry and smaller cities, which we
pEcSume will be satisfactory because
tAs statements of the gentlemen who
ere before the insurance committees
indicated that the large cities we're the
places insurance companies were
AtOaid Of.
In connection with the insurance
rate question Senator N. NJ. Bradley's
S@ to place a heavy penalty on any
asaat or employe of any company who
used a rate hook exactly like the rate
book used by any other company