Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1903-01-21
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Democratic Prsss RuEelw
The sentiment In favor Of seazion that
shan as least conc within The tine limit
OF 10 days has taken brm hold on the
.aomocrauc members oi the leeislaturo
and the energies Of all are bent 70 erpe-
.dits business. Tho lagislataEe lnneS ien
DAYS ahead Of iis usual time In transact
snr business, and With the bon day rule
In iorce IN both houses, business Is going
thru With arush. The senate distinguish
Cd itself BY disposing oilcgialahon hrst,
.as ono blll has been disposed Of and sey-
.eral bills relating 70 smaller cities have
been reported out Of committee with
favonble accommodation. The Hood OF
bils "a great and tbe clerical forces are
worked 10 the limit. at which. there is
much grumbIlng. Tho printeri Is work
ing ali the men 70 be had. but the bills
cannot be printed as East az. introduced
and some Of them may have 70 be report
Cd out Of committee before they are
printed and on the members desks. There
is but one danger at this time-thas the
spirit Of time saving and economy may
lead 70 hAsty and m considered legisla-
ton. Tho cry for economy has come
from the country and Is largely the re-
suit Of trades during campaigns Of
unscmpulous republican lobby leaders.
The republicans Of the house have,
apparently, abandoned all thought Of
trying 10 be decent, since with whip and
spur they were forced 10 swallow Kerens.
They are now yieing with each other In
an effort TO arouse partisan feeling and
without rhyme, reason or proyocation,
with each day'sse session they spring some
partisan resolution and obstruct the reg
snlar business. Those resolutions, all Of
which reek with cant and hypocricy and
moral sniyel are prepared by certain re-
publican lobbyists and pie hunters and
are placed in the hands Of some over
jealous republican member, who. in
obedience 70 orders injects them into
the business OF the house. The first Of
the week II was Mcpherson Of Lawrence
with eNesbit Law" resolution that
smelled Of 81. Louis. Wednesday II was
Tracy Of Greene with aresolution to have
. q committee of Legislators investigate the
Auditors Office. Friday 1t was Windler
of Morgan with resolution condemning
the payment Of members and employees
before the Appropriation bill passed, as
provided for by a preyions resolution.
Graham Of Jasper, Golden Of Nodaway
sSnd others saw Brockmeyer Of Globe
Democrat fame, place the resolution In
Windler's hsuds and they promptly in
,troduced resolution to give "Annsias
.Brockmeyer' clerk. This was follow
ed by Murphy OF st. Louis with an
,'salumn" resolution which was expunged
from the records. The Friday episode
provoked considerable feeling and was q
lively affair for some minutes. Republi-
can vileness in the manufacture of
campaign material, and the obstruction
of legislation, Is not to be denied since
the republican members walkedupto to the
captains ofice after their, pay after at
tempting TO pass a resolution condemn
ing tho democrats for allowing them to
do 80.
All this newspaper talk about lobbies
and lobbyists is pure buncombe. This
bureau can say with authority that the
big papers have given positive orders to
manufacture all Of this sort Of stutt the
public will stand for. THERE'S no doubt
there will be lobbyists here in certain
matters, because there are Legislators
who introduce 'ssand bag" measures to
snake corporate interests and others "dig
up.D 1t Is 10 the everlasting credit Of
the present. iegislature that the members
are trowning down on this sort Of busi-
ness. A Hobby measure bears its ear
marks the came as amule. Particularly
in the senate, as one senator usually has
the distinction Of introducing all the
measures that suggest "hold up
There is q disposition in the senate tc
keep the senate skirts clean and this
kind Of measure win fare badly. 4
Some ofrthe st. Louis papers seem tc
be especially anxious to besmirch Harry
Hawes and Lieutenant Governor Lee
Halves wasto appear here III aSt. Loui'
election contest case and was heraldec
as being here as a race track lobbyist
as matter Of fact, Hawes was not here
at the timettlie dispatch was printed ant
did not get here until the contest came
up and he leftneIt day. Hawes is be-
coming too prominent to suitthese peo'
pie and be !shaEes the fate Cf all othel
promineakdemocrats The charge tina
Lee was paidi $i5, 600 to appoint Kineal!
as chairman Of the eoommittee on" "Crimi
nal Jurisprudence" isfoolish and pueril'
in view of the fact, that as chairman
Kinealy.cDuld dnot .'hold" bill on ac'
count Of the 10 day rule which wa
adopted. before committees were an
alounced.
The "text book and '''insurance'
questions continue to be the most inn
.portant matsers proposed.
On the s'test book" auestioHthe mem
bers are about equally divided on tw'
methods Of accomplishing thesame end
Senators Rubegand zeyely, and repre-
sentative Atkinson cf Ripley have pract
dcally the same dtiear-shat Of acpnstitu
Z tional amanamsnt aathorising alevy TO
the purpose of buying books and schoo
supplies. This would delay the actua
Stree books" until the people had al
opportunity to vote on Che proposition
but il would place the matter of Suyinl
a0oks IN The hands of the districts.
IN sshar horn af tbs question ss TIL