The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-03-15
SENATE.

Senator Peck tried to get up senate
joint and concurrent resolution No.
10, the prohibition resolution, for en-.
grossment Thursday morning, and
Senator Bauman of st. Louis was
promptly on the floor with a demand
for the regular order Of business.
This, of course, prevailed, and Senator
Peck's innocent looking little resolu-
ton, which Is liable to create a rue
ton at any hour before this session is
finally ended, remains in its regular
place on the calendar.
The house bill amending the Walms- |
ley game and fish law was taken up
in the senate Thursday afternoon in
hearing the report Of the special COM
mittee, consisting Of Senators Ely,
Avery and Kammerer. This commit.
tee reported an amendment to the
house bill, which retains the game and
fish warden, which office the house bill
abolished. The amendment provides
hat he is to be appointed for a period
of two years at a salary of $1,000, with
an allowance of 81 1000 per year for
travelling expenses, and sheriffs of
counties are made ex-officio deputies.
Gov. Folk signed the following
house measures: Mr.. Atkinson's bill
providing that appeal may be taken
by either the city or defendant from
the judgment of a mayor or police
judge, except where judgment is rem
dered on a plea of guilty; Mr.. Organs
bill relative to the compensation of
the state auditing committee; Mr..
Johnson's bill providing that action
may be maintained in the name of the
assignee.
Senator Peck, after several attempts
at a suspension of the rules to get his
prohibition resolution to engrossment,
each attempt being thwarted by the
vigilance of Senator Bauman, who was
ready each time with a call for the
regular order, finally managed to have
its consideration for engrossment
made a special order for $3.50 next
Tuesday. Mr.. Peck first moved to-
make it a special order for Friday
morning, but Senator Gardner headed
this off with a motion to set it for
next Tuesday afternoon. BY a vote Of
IS to z the latter motion prevailed.
This is the first vote of any kind taken
on the prohibition proposition, and IL
there is any significance attached to 1t
at all, it indicates that the resolution
is not quite SC sure of passage in the
senate as some have claimed.
Senator Humphrey, under a suspen.
sion of the rules, got the resolution
submitting the proposition to issue S..
600, 900 of bonds for the erection of a
new state house in Jefferson City
through. 1t is the sentiment of the as.
sembly that the people shall decide
for themselves whether they want a
new state house, and on that theory
the resolution passed in the senate
Thursday will no doubt pass the house
early next week.
Senator Cooper's recall bill was ad-
vanced a peg in the senate Thursday,
when it was taken up and the commit.
tee substitute was adopted and or
dered e%ngrossed and printed. The sub.
stitute provides that on complaint OF
three residents of a county or munich
pality that the mayor, prosecuting at
torney. sheriff or any other officer is
derelict in his duty he can be removed
by the governor.
Senator Doris resolution, submit
ting an amendment to the constitution
providing for municipal ownership OF
public utilities in all cities in the state
of over 10000 in population, was or
dered ~engrossed and printed.
A joint and concurrent resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Hayman submitting
an amendment to the constitution au
thorizing cities of 5000 inhabitant.
and under 100000 to extend their bond
ed indebtedness 5 per cent to aid II
the construction of interurban electric
railways, was passed in the senate.
Senator Cooper's compulsory prl
mary law, applying only to jackson
county, was passed in the senate
which body also took up and passed
the house bill introduced by Mr.. Sim
mons of Shelby providing for the nom
~ination of candidates for United
|, States senator at the general election
to be held in 1908.
, The senate also passed the joint an,
1 concurrent resolution necessary 70
: the state to signify its acceptance O
, a gift Of the general government t
, the state agricultural college of sac,
/ 900.
Senator Prendergast introduced
bill Monday afternoon providing 70
the supervision and regulation of cleo
r trical construction in cities of 100, 90
3 inhabitants and yer 1t provides 70
the creation of the office of lightin!
inspector in municipalities of the kin,
3 named. whose duties shall be to SO
t that all forms Of electrical constrns
r ton and installation is properly done
1t required some exceedingly swift
work on the part OF several farme
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