The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-26
JEFFERSON CITY NEWS
Work of the Legislature Progressing
Nicely. Revision TO be Finished
Durida Regular Session.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Jefferson City, Feb. 20.-Visitors
this week have found every body
a bout the state house busy. The
law makers are working night and
day on the many bills, which
have been introduced. While the
Senate SESSIONS have been short
each day, the senators have all
been engaged in committee work.
Senate bills are rushed to second
reading and referred to commit
tees as quick as they are printed.
Nearly two hundred such bills are
now in the hands of the commit
tees and a goodly mum ber have
been reported upon and are on
the calendar for engrossment.
Next week the Senate will have
enough bills to keep the senators
at their desks morning and after
noon. No bills have passed
either branch OF the Legislature,
though several have been en-
crossed in the House.
About 600 bills have so far been
introduced in the House and 800
in the Senate. At least a dozen
big measures will be ready for in
PRODUCTION next week, among
them several specially desired by
the governor. The city delega-
ton is trying to agree on home
rule bill, in order that the govern
or may be consulted about it be-
fore it is introduced.
Several dram shop bills are now
pending, drawn in harmony with
the Republican State platform and
the recommendations of Governor
Hadley. One of them provides
that no man, who holds a public
Office of any kind can be licensed
to keep dramshop. 1t also pro-
hibits license to anyone holding
membership in a political party
committee. 1t is not constitution
al to prohibit a saloon keeper
from holding Office, but it is de-
signed to rule the saloon keeper
out of politics. Governor Hadley
has not been asked to approve it.
Another bill, following the sug.
eestion of the Governor, is in.
tended to entirely separate the
saloon from ownership or control
by the brewers, distillers OF
wholesalers.
Representative Kies of Cape
Girardeau, has bill for the high
er and more equitable assessment
of property, providing system
under which all taxable property
may be enlisted at its real value
The bill, if enacted, will solve tn,
revenue problem.
The proposition to submit t.
vote the question, ''shall a consti
tutional convention be held?" hal
received more consideration thi
week than any other proposition
Governor Hadley has pronounce,
in favor of it. Some want tn
vote deferred until the regula
election in 1910, but the leader
want the election held in tn
summer of this year, SO the dele
gates may be elected next fall an
the convention may assembl
next winter. Then the new con
constitution can be submitted t
vote before the regular State elet
ton or at that election. 1t is de
, sirable to separate the constitr
tional proposition from part
campaigns. It is likely that d.
cisive action may be taken o
: this matter next week.
A newspaper story o.-.the effe'
that there has been a break b.
, tween State Chairman Dicke
and Governor Hadley is empha
/ ically denied by the best of autl
. ority--the Governors privat
A secretary, and the secretary of til
: state committee, Hon. Rush {
r Lake, man, who talks abo'
/, such things only when he hi
I something definate to say. Chai
e man Dickey returned to the Sta
!. from trip to- the South and
0 Cuba last week and departed la
9 Tuesday for New Orleans. I
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