Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-16
f3D GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Notes of the Legislative Proceedings At
the Capitol of the Com
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for The Missouri state exhibit at the
Lewis and Clarke exposition at Portland,
Ore; also the following: The textbook
bill: to make insurance companies liable
to writs of garnishment in policies inure
cases; to regulate hosting signals in
mines; to compel mine companies to split
air currents for employees; to compel rail-
road companies to build sewers, under
city ordinances: to Increase the number
of copies of the state manual for distribu-
ton; compelling druggists to file each
month an affidavit setting forth the num-
Der of prescriptions hlled having more
than 20 per cent of Intoxicating liquors,
and the Standard Oil pipe line bill.
The house passed. 100 to %, the bill en-
powering the circuit attorney of st. Louis
to appoint fOur assistants; the maximum
freight bill with senate amendments; the
deficiency appropriation bill, and the
clerks fee bill.
One of the worst-defeated bills of the
session vas the bill to create the office
of state tax commissioner On roll call
the measure was defeated by the vote of
70 ayes 10 S. nays.
Speaker Hill announced the committee
to arrange for the placing of a portrait
of one of the martyred president upon
the walls of the house of representatives.
The committee is: Buckley, st. Louis:
Pettijohn, of Linn: Hoolan, of Webster;
Atkinson, of Ripley, n Burch. of Au-
drain.
Jefferson City, Mo-, March 9.-As the
climax of a debate lasting all day, the
breeders law. permitting bookmaking on
race tracks in Missouri, was repealed this
afternoon by a vote of Is ayes to Is noes.
The change of one senator clicks, of
Saline), on a second vote, which was
forced by the opponents of repeal, lost
the fight for them. Following was the
final vote:
Ayes-Avery, Bradley, Clarke, De VIII
bliss, Dickinson, Dowell, Ely, Fields, Fris-
by. Gilmore, Hicks, Humphrey, McDavid,
N pnrlE NpNinS NN1lknr Vnl1p-1S
Noes-Baumann, Brown, Frank H. Far
ris, Jos. w. Farris, Gardner Kinealy,
Kinney, M~clndoe, Morton, Nelson Reich
mann, Sartorious. Wornall-lS.
A~bsent-Curry, McAllister, ~Buchanan-3.
Twelve democrats and six republicans
voted for repeal, Nine democrats and
four republicans voted against repeal.
The senate also passed the bill under
which circuit judges having more han
one county in their circuits shall receive
800 per month for expense money and not
be compelled to make an itemiZed state
ment.
The house passed the bill-S2 to 15-
which makes it unlawful to sell PRO
visions and other articles of immediate
necessity on Sunday" also the following:
work for more than 16 consecutive hours
until they have had eight hours rest; re-
pealing the special jury law (the repeal
does not affect cities of more than 100, 600
P'INiiANiclAit paw tiii Niitt VI ElC
cial road districts shall not employ any
one of their members nor enter into any
contract with him for road work; provid-
ing that the injury or death of a passen-
ger shall be prima facie evidence of negli-
gence on the part of the common carrier
intlicting the same; to require railroads
to make reasonable daily connection with
each other; providing that county school
commissioners may organize teachers as
sociations, which shall hold a three days
meeting in one of the last four months
of each year.
jefferson City, Mo-, March i0.-Five ap-
preparation bills We're passed by the SEN
ate this morning and will now go to the
governor for his signature.
Senator Bradley secured the passage of
his fellow-servant bill to include street
railways and coal mines.
The two bills paying for the expenses
of the visiting and auditing committees
We're also passed,
The house bribery witness bill was made
the special order for Monday at 9 D. m.
Among the bills passed by the house
were:
To enlarge the right of a widow to
elect to take a child's part in lieu of
dover, by placing adopted children in the
same category as natural born children
in the law concerning dover; to provide
for township local option on the question
from at large; to prohibit theatrical or
minstrel performances, shows, circuses,
m~enageries, can racks, shooting gal
l%erie9s, scenic railways, or any kind of,
tional or charitable exhibitions, without
first taking out a license therefor; to
change the time of holding court in Cass
county; the druggist. alcohol bill,
amended so as only to include preSCrip-
tions for Intoxicating liquors; providing
that no embalming fluid. or substitute
therefor, shall be injected into the body
of any, person supposed to have come to
his or her death by violence, until a per-
init, in writing, signed by the coroner.
has first been obtained; to provide that
the state shall pay the expenses of boys
confined at the training school for boys,
instead of the county from which the boy
is sent.
JeXerson City, No.. March 1.-THE sem
ate did little else than listen to an OPEN
ing prayer by Senator Hicks, OF Saline
county, and. participate in another fruit
less ballot for United States senator.
IN the house the following bills were
passed; To repeal the present school
book commission law; appropriating $35
for 4 commission and to make an exhibit
at the Lewis and Clark exposition; for
recognition of diplomas of colleges, first
class public high school and other edu-
cational institutions of equal rank in
licensing teachers; prohibiting the use of
stained, painted or ground glass, screen,
blind, shutter, curtain, partition in any
saloon to obstruct the view from the
street.
The bill to reimburse the city of st.
Louis in the sum of $24,0 600 for expenses
incurred in the grand jury inquisition into
the legislative bribery case and paid to
nonresident witnesses was placed on the
calendar.
There will be sessions each evening, ex-
cept ON the 10th, when Sam Jones is to
be here to address the assembly, and it
VIII occasion no surprise if a session is
held next Sunday. 1t is practically con-
coded that the sine die adjournment will
not be until the 21st.
jefferson City, Mo- March 13.-The
called home rule police bill, which it is
believed Gov. Folk will veto. The gen.
eral primary bill n the house compul-
sorry education bill were also passed: also
Gilmore's bill to protect railroad prop
erty.
The house, after a long debate. passed
the bill to establish a normal school in
northwest Missouri.
A bill by Silver, of Cole, aimed to take
the place., in as far as is possible, of the
general primary bill which was defeated
by the republicans, was passed. The bill
will make it impossible for campaigns
for nominations to continue through sew
eral months.
Other bills passed by the house were:
To regulate railroad demurrage storage
charges and to prevent delays in trans
portation and delivery of freight; to pro-
vide that railroad companies shall MAIN
tain a freight agent at the crossings
and functions of all other railroads, ca
nails and towns along the line of their
railroad having a population of 200 or
more, when in the opinion of the railroad
and warehouse commissioner the amount
of business would justify the same; to
provide that all interest coupon notes
shall be taken and deemed to nave been
paid in full when the principal note de-
scribed in the mortgage or deed of trust
shall have been produced and Cancelled as
provided by law.
The genius of the senate is McNatt, of
Lawrence county. Senator McNatt is a
farmer-that is, one infers from his talks
in the senate that he is a farmer. But
the facts are, McNatt is a banker, but he
lives on one of the best farms IN Law
renee county.
Senator Clarke, of Kansas City, is one
of the stalwarts. He has been a member
of the senate since the time of man runs
not to the contrary, etc, or something
like hat. Senator Clarke is getting along
well in years, and sometime he won't re-
turn.
George Bohley. of st. Louis. was a sick
man when he came to the legislature. He
is still a sick man. But not a man who