Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-14
HOUSE..

Every attempt to reduce an appro-
priation for the educational institu-
lions was made, it was declared, on
the ground that it was intended as a
saving for the good roads. The first
Of the appropriation bills called was
the INT fixing the salaries for the state
officials and their departments for the
years 1907 and 1908. 1t met with no
opposition whatever except in one re,
spect. This was in the recommends
ton to increase the salary of the stem
ographer to the governor from $500
to $1,S00 per annum, making an in
rea of 5000 for the two years. The
attempt to keep it down to the pres
ent salary was unsuccessful, and the
bill was ordered engrossed. 1t appro-
PIRATES $537,200, distributed as fol
lows: Executive department, $25, 900;
judicial department, $3S3,400; state
department, $42,800; treasury depart
ment, $50,600; department of educa-
ton, $22, 900; railroad and warehouse
department, $4,000; militia depart
ment, $1,000; department of public
buildings, $4,000; bureau of labor,
$4,000; bureau of mine inspection, ST.
400; excise commissioner, St. Louis,
$4,000.
The first sine die adjournment res
olution of the present session came
Thursday morning Immediately after
the regular daily flood of petitions ask,
ing for the submission of the question
Of prohibition and for the passage of
the anti-cigarette law had subsidized.
1t fixes the date for final adjournment
at noon Friday, March Is. Under the
rules the resolution went over until to-
morrow. Those who have carefully
reviewed the situation declare that it
will not be possible for final adjourn
ment to be reached before March 20,
unless unprecedented dispatch CT bus
mess marks the consideration of the
general appropriation bills.
The house Thursday passed Senator
Fields general primary election bill
by a vote of SO to 3S, after it had been
pretty thoroughly "vaccinated." This
is the term now applied to a measure
which is subjected to amendment.
The vaccination" it is also to be
stated, took" in each instance, and
the bill is materially changed. Wheth'
err or not the senate will accept all the
alterations made is a matter yet to be
determined. Beside the amendment
exempting candidates for county nom
nations from the requirement of Sc
curing a petition soliciting them to be
come candidates, which was laid ovel
last night in order that 1t might be
perfected. other important amend
ments were secured. The more i'm
portant of these changes are those
which cut out the Australian ballo'
and substituted separate tickets fol
The short-distance talker and the
long-di&ance talker both had inning:
Thursday, the appropriations bills be
ing up for engrossment. So much tins
was consumed in oratory, In fact, tina
Speaker Atkinson announced tina
hereafter the five-minute rule wouli
be enforced.
The senate finally passed the house
conference committee report on tn,
/ bill of Senator Bradley applying thu
provisions and the principles of thu
general fellow-servant law in opera
tion in this state to the operators o
all mines.
The dog bill was passed by the sen
ate after it had been amended to SOM
extent. Some of the best lawyers ii
the senate, although voting for tht
measure, expressed the opinion tina
some of its features make it unconsti
tutlonal. That it passed at all is du,
to the fact that some of the st. Louis
Cenators voted for 1t in retaliation foI
the vote Of the southeast senators OF
the club-lid bill earlier in the day.
The senate refused to concur In thu
house amendments to the Kinney chill
iabcr law, and a conference will b,
necessary to get the two houses to
gether on the proposition.
IHNIN MULL