The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-15
SENATE,

!n the senate Wednesday there wes
the usual offerings of petitions from
different sections of the state. Sens-
tor Bradley varied the monotony of
these somewhat by presenting two in
favor of the eight-hour law fer teleg.
raphers, one signed by 2600 and the
other 1900 of the citizens of st. Fran
co.'s county. Citizens of Clay. Howard
and Jackson asked that the game law
be left intact, and there were prayers
from Shelby, Montgomery, Cass and
Barton for the passage of the Botsford
dramshop bill. Deepwater, Henry
county, got in its daily petition asking
the submission of the rfohibition
amendment, and st. Louis petitioners
asked for the erection of monuments
to Missouri soldiers on the battle fields
OF the South and for the passage of
the anti-child labor laws. There was
one also from st. Louis asking the sem
ate not to confirm Excise Commission.
er Mulvihill, and a basket full asking
for the enactment of the county super.
vision law.
oSho'oi MdJoI Jill CTOW law
passed the senate Thursday after a
sharp debate by the partisan vote of
20 to IL. Every democratic senator
who was in his sea voted for the bill.
and every republican against It.
Mr.. Atkinson's bill, granting either
the city or the defendant appeal from
Judgment OF a mayor or police Judge,
except on pleas of guilty, passed.
The senate committee on private
corporations Thursday considered a
number of bills for the regulation of
public-service corporations. In place
or reporting any one of the bills ia
vorably, the committee prepared a sub.
stitute for all Of them and will en-
deavor to have it adopted by the SEN
ate. This substitute empowers cities
or all classes to determine by ordi-
nance what rates shall be charged by
public utility companies. This in
GUIDES street railways, gas, electric
light, water and telephone companies.
The Humphrey bill to prohibit ex.
press companies from doing a money
order business was reported favorably
thursday afternoon by the committee
on railroads. In the absence of Rep
resentative Humphrey, of Platte; Far.
ris, of Crawford, argued for the bill
before the committee. James l.. Min.
mis- opposed it.
i-1ong the bills introduced In the
senate We're:
BY Mr.. Wornall, regulating de-
murrage charges; by Mr.. Bradley.
providing for inspection of lead and
zinc mines; by Mr.. Brown, a series of
measures embodying the good roads
recommendations of the convention
recently held in Jefferson City; by
Mr.. McAllister, for payment of &C.
tual expenses of a circuit judge called
In to sit for another Judge; by Mr.. Nc.
Allister, for licensing of assessment
insurance companies; by Mr.. Me.
thudy, amending the law regulating
the claims against estates of de-
ceased persons; by Mr.. McDavid, CIV
ing power to the county court to reg
ulate criminal costs, removing the
power OF police judges to act as jus.
uces or the peace, amending the law
in regard to eminent domain, provid-
ing for competitive bidding for mu-
nicipal contracts, giving the Judge of
uprobate the power to issue mar
riage licenses instead of the recorder
of deeds; by MI. Buford, allowing cir
cult clerks per diem for attending in
certain criminal cases; by Mr.. Far
ris. increasing the salary. of docket
clerks in the house and the senate:
by Mr.. Fields, amending the law UNI
der which the state bureau OF mines
and mining was established.
The committee substitute for the