The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-05
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL.
Democratic ff-ss Buroau Correspondence


JEFFERSON Cry, ian. 90.
Of the 239 bills introduced in
the Senate and 40 in the House
thus far in the session il is siirpris-
ing the amount of what might be
termed drflwo0d there is la the
bunch. The bulls at general i'm.
porlaurr ARE Duplicated ia both
houses aud this fact, ia the end,
will result IN good.
II NEST. reliable Joe Duncan is
always to be found in his place in
the House # Representatives and
is always at work. He has Intro.
duced three bills so far, one con
cernIng The organization of city.
town and village school districts,
one making 8 hours legal days
work in smrltcrs, aud another re.
latirg to the discharge Of employees
by corporations.
The public hearing on the stock.
yards bill before the joint com
mittees of both houses was in.
structive. There ARE only two
stockyards operating in the State
Kansas City, which is partially in
the State, aud St Joseph, entirely
in the State. These storkyard
companies are incorporated con.
Germs but they enjoy no special
privileges or public franchises
They are capitalized Mt several mil,
lions of dollars and operate their
business without there being any
statutory restrictions applying to
them. The position taken by the
advocates of the bill was that the
companies should he brought un
der control of the statutes.
Senator Lees bill No. !, pro.
viding that judges of circuits shall |
appoint expert accountants TO ex
anime the books of certain county |
officials was passed by the Senate
Wednesday. Senators Stubbs aud |
Sullivan were absent, and all pres
ent voted for the bill except Brad.
ley of johnson, Dowell, Fields, |
Jewell, McDavid, Mckinley, Mar.
shall, Martin, and Matthews. |
These gentlemen take the position
that grand jurors are now re.
CURED to do that work aud it would |
only be an added expense TO the
counties.
The Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners have $40, 900 in ne.
cumnlated fees which they are
anxious TO turn into the State
Treasury to help out on some of
the appropriations for State insti.
buttons, aud rs soon as bill author.
IL ug the transfer can be pushed
through the Treasury will get the
money. In this connection there
have been several bills introduced
givingathe Railroad and Warehouse
ComssimiOnrrs Il wider. sphere of
usefulness.
The report of the committee that
audited aud examined the State
books was filed this week, aud the |
Republican member, after being |
shown and carefully examining
everything, states that the books |
are correctly and properly kept.
The proposition to publish the |
personal assessment lists in the va. |
rious counties received decided |
impetus from the statement of
johnson county, where the list has
been printed without the authority
of law and the assessment raised
$500, 900 and bringing in over So,
900 additional taxes.
The Globe Democrat must have
had fit when il noted that the Re.
publican member of the State Aud
lting Committee had signed the
committee s report stating that the
books of the State Auditors Office
and all other Offices after the ex.
animation, had been found correct
1t is noticeable that nearly all
Senators and Representatives may
always be found at their post.
There is less monkey business this
session than in many previous
years.