The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-08
Amendment Provides for $500
Appropriation and Increases
Membership of Committee.
VOTE is TWENTY-0NE TO FIVE.
Delegate stoops Distributes
"Brass Tacks" Among Dele
gates, Which Is the Only In
dication of Reorganization.

| The House of Delegates passed the gar
bage investigation bill last night. with th'
| amendment of Delegate Williams intro
duced as minority report to the one made
by the Committee on Sanitary Affairs
which reported favorably on the bill as 4
| passed the Council
| The amendment appropriates S.5O In
stead of 500 for the use of the Investigating
| Committee and makes the committee CON
sist of the Board Of Public improvements
the Sanitary committees Of both branches
of the Assembly and the Health Commfs'
sioner.
Delegate Stoops appeared at the meeting
with package of brass tacks" which he
distributed among the other members. who
inserted them in their coat lapels. This
was the only sign Of reorganization.
The garbage bill. as 1t came from the
Council. named the Board Of Public Inn
provements as the investigation committee
and appropriated 500 for its use. The opir-
ion of the House Committee was that II
the bill was amended 1t would have to be
sent back to the Council, where 1t originals
ed. and with large committee there was
possibility of nothing being accomplished.
By vote Of 20 to 6 the House adopted the
minority report Of Williams and by q vote
Of q to the amended bill passed Speaker
Hughes voted against the amendments but
voted for the bill.
The vote was as follows: Ayes-Edward
Block. Brennan. Conran. Fontana, Gazzoio.
Griffin, Kinney, McAuliffe. Mccarthy, Nee
han. Moloney. Norp. Rott, Stoops, Tesch-
macher, weake, Wiedmer, Williams. Witt
hoefrt, Zimmerman and Speaker Hughes
Nays-Wiiliam A. Block, Hagerman. Ham,
merstein, Lakeland, oBrien. Absent
O'Neill and Birge.
William A Block and Hagerman spoke
against the bill. Hagernan said he believed
that the passage Of the bill was shrewd
move Of flibustering and that the bill might
as well be killed as passed with such .
cumbersome committee.
Block stated that It had been his expert
ence that in a committee Of this size each
member left the work to some other MEM
ber ard no results followed.
Chairman Meehan Of the Ways and
Means Committee reported favorably on tho
bill authorizing the increase OF the salary
Of the members Of the Smoke Inspection De-
partment The bill passed. witthoent cast
ing the only dissenting vote.
BY his opposition to bills Of this character
Witthoefft has been dubbed "Old '7S' by
other members Of the House. meaning that
he is as watchful as the minute men" Of
history.
A letter from the Ladies' Aid Society Of
the Sons of Veterans asking for the use Of
the chamber Of the House for three days
when that organization met in st. Louis
in September. 1904 was read The commu-
nication was referred to the Committee on
the House Of Delegates.
Lakeland introduced q bill providing Tor
an additional Police Court, to be maintained
in the west part of the city. and the reds
tricting of the city in court boundaries
Witthoefft introduced a bill providing ior
a scavenger dump at the foot OF Angelica
street and for two watchmen-
President Phillips Of the Board Of Pub
lie improvements sent communication 10
the House, asking If the operation Of an
elevator on the nights the House was In
session was necessary. He stated that the
conductors of the elevators were WORKING
nine hours a day at present
BY a unanimous vote the members decided
they could walk up one flight Of stairs once
or twice q week. rather than have the boys
on the elevators work ten or twelve hours
a. day.
The IJorae adjourned for one week.