The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
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ate Thursday. II proposed to so amend
the present law as To give tradespeo.
pie larger per cent OF wages subject
to garnlshment through debts contract
ed for the necessaries OF life. Delega'
lions OF merchants have been coming
to Jefferson City all winter In the In.
terest OF this measure. but found many
of the lawmakers averse to changin.;
the present statute. The labor unions
fought the bill from the start Seem
ingly, the opposition was too strong
to leave any hopes for favorable con
slderation, and to end the struggle
Senator Peck, who introduced the bnl
In the senate, moved its indefinite post
ponement. The motion was adopted
without dissent
After many delays, Senator Bradley,
OF st. Francois, succeeded Thursday
in securing the passage of his bill in
the senate extending the provisions OF
the fellow servant law to the lead,
coal, zinc and copper mines OF the
state. This measure was twice sent
u
laid over and postponed perhaps a
dozen times. The act makes corpora.
lions owning and operating mines LA
BILE for damages to employees as the
result OF negligence or carelessness Of
co-employes. In a general way II Is
just such law as the one that applies
TO employees OF railroad companies.
| One section renders void any con.
| tract that may be entered into be.
tween employer and employe that
the law in the matter OF liability for
| damages.
For more than four hours the senate
Thursday afternoon discussed and
amended the house antI-lobby bill and
then laid the task OF completing the
measure over, something due entirely
to the fact that everybody was worn
out with the torturous debate. FRIENDS
OF the measure, as Il came from the
house, were unable 70 Identify the
u,angled remains OF the act. Senator
Ely, OF Dunklin. who led the fight for
the bill, stated in one OF his speeches.
after an amendment had been adopted,
that he considered the bill killed, and
would be willing to vote for its inueh-
mite postponement. Later on he mod
lfed this by stating tnat he yet de-
sired to see the measure accorded n
decent funeral, and TO this end would
vote for H.
Senator Bradley's eighthour tele.
graph bill finally got through the
senate Monday afternoon, after long
seige OF buffeting In that body. In the
form in which the masure got through.
eight hours in constituted days work
for any operator of telegraph or tele'
phone handling train orders, with the
exception OF those at stations where
only one man Is employed, and the
station Is kept open only in the day
time, when twelve hours shall con
stitute a days work. ,yIn case of sick
ness. wreck, death, or washout, the op
orator may be kept on duty sixteen
hours. This is the bill that was support
ed by the federation OF labor, and the
telegraphers' organization,
Bills we're passed by the senate
Monday afternoon as follows: Provid
ing for Typographical and hydrograp
hical survey of the st. Francis Tivei
and It's basin and appropriating $40,
900 for that purpose; providing for th'
payment of actual expenses of cir
cult Judge when called to another cir
cult to hold court; exempting the re
gistration of bonds of cities OF 400
900 and over with the state auditor
requiring that mortgages on farm
machinery and agricultural implement!
he recorded; amending the change o
venue in Justices courts in St Louis
for disbursement OF appropriation 70
national guard under direction of tn
governor; giving state board of osteo
pathy power to revoke certificates an
prohibiting practice Of that branch o
medicine without license from tn
state board; authorizing the city of 81
Louis to levy tax for the support @
, a library and museum.
SenulOT rdlIis Bob thioubh W N'
\ grossment Monday afternoon his bi
!. providing for the nomination Of
b. candidate for United States senator
: the general election. Senator Maye
!. also managed to get advanced to tha
q stage the series of bills carrying tn
l.. charter OF the city OF st. Joseph Bot
of these measures were given prec'
I dence In the printing. The senat
). committee on ways and means repor
+. ed favorably on the house bill intr
. duced by Mr.. Raymond requiring a
g persons soliciting business for ma
n order or catalogue houses to take OF
4 peddlers licenses. The bill fixes fin
y of not less that $40 nor more than SO
!. for violations Of the act.
}, Tho senate committee on crlminI