Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-24
430 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Notes Of shc Legislative Proceedings ~
the Capitol Of the Com
wealth.

school commissioners to recognize teach
ers' certificates issued in other counties,
was lost In the senate by "A vote of 10 to ..
Senator De Nilbiss. OF Miller county,
caIiod up Heprescntatlve Stewards bill
to appropriate 5000 for the tuberculosis
ton.
The house refused to concur in the
senate amendment to Mr.. Godfrey's anti
poolsolling bill
Druncrt.s bill to regulate switching
charges for publiC-scrvicc corporations,
railroads, associations OF individuals and
others, was passed with only three votes
against 1t.
senator Avcry's bill to make the fellow
servant law apply to street and terminal
railways was passed.
Tubhs' bill to rcaistrict the state into 1e
congressional districts was passed by q
strict party vote OF Il to 81
senator GARDENERS bin, which provides
for a drainage and sewer system of the
suburban towns of st. Louis, with a view
to Their sanitary conditions. was passed
10y tho house.
f"rmators ana industrial school was
passed. The school IS tor the protection
of young men convicted of their first
The auction franchise bill, which has
passed the senate, was badly defeated in
Gen. fitzhugh Lee addressed the mem
beers Of the general assembly in the after
noon on hchalf Of the jamestown expo
Sitinu in 1871. of which Con. Lee Is pres
idcnt. col. @ - Batchelor, who Is ac-
ccmpauying Gen Lee, also made an ad-
dress.
jefferson City. Mo, March 1G.-Thc sem
ate Withdrew its amendment to the house
bill making ppols"liing and boOkmaking
IL felony, by which the Ofl"nsc was re
duCod to q m~IsdcmcanOr, and passed the
Bill rs 1t came from the house.
The senate unanimously. repealed the
present teXt.hgok law and Immediately
followed by killing the Dssonfort county
uniformity bill by Il vote Of Il ayes to
y noes.
Senator Kinney called up the pettiJohn
/ ma rInF hin This InnrnlIE and G1tIlTtI IT,
passage with an emergency clause.
senator bowel attempted to secure the
| adoption OF an amendment to the general
appropriation bill cutting down the APP
pioprintiun for the national guard of the
state from $4,000 to $4,000, but was UNI
The time OF Ia" house was largely
taken up in considering senate amend
Incuts "a huuS" bills.
I'M house viii devote the remainder of
the session in the consideration OF senate
bills.
senator Browns road bill, to provide for
the formation Of public road districts,
was passed after beng materially amend
Tho $500 @ to too received from the ma
raised by the state for national defense
during the civil war will remain in the
state treasury for two years.
Both houses adopted a concurrent res
olutiuu to adjourn sine die Saturday.
March i, at o'clock.
Jefferson city, Mo. March LIN the
senate this afternoon, about p house
bills were passed in rapid-nre order. and
about fifteen bills were killed just as
Uy a strict party vote of q noes to 10
ayes the Iilkcrbaumer home-ruie cleo
lions hill was Killed.
I.oprcs. %ntativo Thompson's bill TO pro-
hitit girls of IS years of age and under
from entering win"rooms was beaten in
the senate. y ayes to II noes.
Sixteen souat" amendments to the gem
cral appropriation bill were concurred in
by tn" house and the bin was passed AS
Tho ST. Louis bridge bill was passed
unanimously.
III" house Killed the McDavid bin to
provide tor a state school-book commits
! ZION to hc appointed by tn" governor,
which leaves the stat" without u school
book law unless tn" governor yotOcs the
The hin to make tn" term OF county
treasures four years instead OF two was
Eight ballots were taken in join, scs-
zion at the dag and night sessions for
uitcd State s"uai"r without result
! jefferson city, Mo, March lJ.-But lit
tie of legislative business was done Sat
urduy. ono or tw" minor bills were
passed at the morning session. After
ward the session took on tn" appearance
Of Il love feast. Liout-Gov, Mckinley,
after sorn" ,ul"gitti" remarks by Sen
beautiful silver tea set, which ne ac-
know lodged In Il !-w W"ll-Chusrn words.
President FRO Tenn. Fields was similarly
served, and Secretary con Roach was
presented with a cut glass punch bowl
and Assistant Secretary Lewis with a
gold watch.
III" bin Increasing the salary of the
clerk Of the -, Louis criminal court aud
giving him authority TO appoint a deputy
was passed.
Tho remainder Of the day was taken
up with the Joint session in tn" election
ci a I uitcd states senator, resulting, on
the sixty-sevouth ballot, in IN" choice
OF Mai William Warner, OF Kansas city.
In the house but it'll" was done in the
morning except t" PICK ~ and, straight"n
out "a few loose ends of legislation, and
then tn" rest of IN" day was spent in
the Joint session, which only ended AS
the time tor Adjournment sine die ar
rived
Houth houses. however, met again sep
ar"'cly at 4 T. m" and again sunday, TO
wind up tho sessions. OF course, no leg
islutiuu could b" transacted, and the
meetings were simply to read, sign and
,uroil what bills had not been finished;
With the usual f0rmalitiCS the house and
senate. At l2.iO sunday, adjourned sine
die. tn" record shove, however. that
the sin" die adjournment was at 3 =. IN.
Saturday, according to the resolution.
state Auditor wilder has sent out n
letter to an the county collectors and
probate Judges saying mat h" docs not
collection of collateral inheritance taxes.
Mr. N~icdrinGhaus, the defeated caucus
norniucc for the United States senator
ship. ana mis- charming wife made a host
OF friends during the session, not OF
their WI party alone.
Maj. William Warner, who will repre-
sent tn" "Mysterious Stranger in the
United States senate, says there are no
strings tied to him.
The personnel Of both houses, with "A
very few exceptions, Is said 70 hav" been
superior to any AS. mhly Missouri has
had ia many years