The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-10
HOUSE RECALLS
GOLDEN RESOLUTION, ,
Rescinds Action Instructing Com
mittee to Draw Up Capital
Removal Amendment.
LIVELY TILT ON THE FLOOR.
Debate Reveals Fact There Is Still
Strong Sentiment in Favor OF
Moving Seat of Gov
ernment.

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
jefferson City. Mo-. Feb. 9.-Jefferson City
reaped the reward of virtue this afternoon
when the House reScinded its action in pass
ing the Golden resolution instructing the
Committee on Joint and Concurrent Reso-
lutions TO prepare an amendment which
would change the location of the capital to
st. Louis. The vote to substitute the re-
scinding motion was 55 to 16.
The matter was brought up by Golden,
who said that in Difference to the efforts
which have been made to ameliorate the
moral condition of Jefferson City. he moved
TO strike out that portion of the resolution
relating to the morals of the capital. Speer
of Usage seconded the motion.
Murphy Of st. Louis offered substitute
providing that the entire resolution should
be stricken out because of the kronck res
olution. which put the subject before the
committee in its proper shape by the sub
mission of a proposed constitutional amend
ment.
Golden. in explanation, said that his res
olution had been fruitful of results, and
that as its language had been offensive to
many residents of Jefferson City. he was
in favor of deferring to their wishes in
that respect. if not to the other.
ATTACKED ST. LOUIs'S MORALITY,
Speer of Usage supported the Murphy sub
had served its purpose. Stampfi of Cole
took the same position. Morris OF Schuyler
thought the condemnation should stand, and
opposed any effort to change.
Smith of Franklin indorsed Murphys sub
stitute, and made some caustic remarks
about morality in st. Louis.
1T requires a superior article of gall" he
said, ito represent that the capital should
be removed to st. Louis because 1t is more
moral than jefferson City. 1t may be a
small thing to the gentleman from Noda-
way. but TO the citizens of this town it is
serious. The gentleman from st. Louis says
that st. Louis does not want the capital.
1t now owns more than half of the indebt-
edness of the State, and, forsooth. it is pro-
posed to give away another million dollars.
1 am for the substitute"
aspersions on S hts oni NATIVE e"e elty fa Would
like to know from the Franklin County
gentleman" he said, .if he thinks st. Louis
ton. We are just starting to spread out
and before long he will be living in the
city limits. If We owe twenty million dol
lars, l will let him know that We are able
TO pay every cent of it tomorrow, II neceS-
DID NOT LIKE COMPARISON.
Rounds of applause followed Tichacek's
spirited defense of St. Louis. Williams of
Scott spoke against the Murphy substitute
and said that the General Assembly did
not have time to fritter away with Jokes
at the Expense Of the taxpayers, that the
resolution had been passed, that 1t was
good one and he proposed TO stand by it. :,
Murphy said that Joplin, st. Joseph and
Kansas City were wider open than Jeffer-
son City, and was called to order by shep-
herd OF 81. Joseph, VINO disputed ms state
ment as far as It pertained to ST. Joseph.
Dawson of Butler did not think the House
should fool away its time with such mat
tiers.
O'Fallon Of Holt thought that as the legis-
lators had resented the imputation that
they demanded gambling and wide-open
Sunday saloons by the passage Of the orig
inal resolution. and had therefore shifted
the responsibility to the citizens. where it
belonged. the resolution should be expungcd
from the records.
oliver of Cape Girardeap thought that the
question of ca pital removal would come up
in a legal way when the Kronck resolution
was considered. The vote was taken after
n half hours discussion. p. T.. BURTON.