Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-14
SENATE.

grossmcnt 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 10 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 tho
house bill, which retains the game and
fish warden, which office the house bill
abolished. The amendment provides
that he Is to be appointed for a period
of two years at a salary of 81 500. with
an allowance OF 81, 900 per year for
travelling expenses, and sherifs OF
counties are made cx.Officio deputies.
Gov. Folk signed the following
house measures: Mr.. Atklnson's bill
providing that appeal may be taken
by either the city or defendant from
the judgment of n mayor or police
judge, except where judgment is rem.
dered or q 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 cngrossmcnt,
each attempt being thwartcd by the
vigilance Of Senator Bauman, who was
ready each time with Il call for tho
regular order, finally managed to have
It's consideration for cngrOssment
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 7 the latter motion prevailed.
This Is the first vOtc of any kind taken
on the prohibition proposition, and If
there is any Significance attached to 1t
at all, it indicates that the resolution
Is not quite 80 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 So.
900, 900 Of bonds for the erection Of a
new state house in jefferson City
through. II Is the sentiment of the as.
scmbly 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
carly next week.
Senator COOpcr's recall bill was adj
vanccd a peg In the senate Thursday,
when 1t was taken up and the commit
toe substitute was adopted and or.
dercd cngrossrd and printed. The sub,
stitutc provides that on complaint Of
three residents OF Il county or munich.
pality that the mayor, prosecuting at
torney, sheriff or any other officer Is
dcrelict 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
troducod by Mr., llayman submitting
an amendment to the constitution au.
thorlzing cities Of 5000 inhabitants
and under 10000 to extend their bond,
ed indebtedness 5 per c6nt to aid in
the construction Of intcrgrban electric
railways, was passed in the senate.
Senator Coopcr'5 compulsory pri
mary law, applying only to Jackson
county, was passed In the senate,
which body also took mp and passed
the house bin introduced by Mr.. Sim.
mons OF Shelby providing for the nom
inatlon Of candidates for United
States senator at the general election
to be held in 1908.
The senate also passed the joint and
concurrent resolution necessary for
the state to signify its acceptance OF
a gift OF the general government Ia
the state agricultural college of $40.
600. >
Senator Prendcrgast introduced a
bill Monday afternoon providing for
he supervision and regulation OF cleo,
trlcal construction In cities OF 100. OOl
'nhabi.arts and over. It provides for
the ciSstion Of the office OF lighting
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