The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-24
APPROVES WoMEN's NINE.HoUR
MISUNDERSTANDING
BILL KILLED.
REVIEWS WORK As COMPLETED
Governor Takes Action on Every
Measure Submitted by Legisla'
ture-Nearly 100000 Appro-
priations Vetoed.

Kansas City.-Missouris capitol has
been moved back TO Jefferson City,
Gov. Hadley and his secretaries aban'
doning their quarters in the Baltimore
hotel in time to send all the docu'
mcnts out on noon train. so as TO
have them placed in the hands OF the
secretary of state in time for filing.
BY noon the governor passed upon
the last of the bills which the lcgis.
lature had left as Il legacy to him,
in all having signed AIS and disap.
proved 45 bills.
The governor left no bills 10 become
law through lapse of time, He
lodged nothing, but met every meas.
urc squurely, Among the bills which
the governor signed on the last daY
sas City court of appeals Judges $500
year and to increase the pay Of the
Jackson county judges from $1,000 to
s. 500 a year From the general APP
preparation act the governor struck
out an item OF $4,000 for decorating
the St Louis court Of appeals room,
there being provision mace for such
work In another bill One OF the last
bills signed creates a new civil court
in ST. Louis. He struck ont an item
of $4,000 to reimburse Green county
and still another item of $500 TO
reimburse Cass county for roads. The
governor found that the roads for
which pay was asked had been built
prior to the enactment Of the law
which authorizes the state TO help
meet such costs.
OF his work In connection with the
Legislature the governor said, Just be-
fore leaving Kansas City:
Il have finished the consideration
Of the bills passed by the last general
assembly and have signed or vetoed
every bill passed. | have, Of course,
signed some measures that | would
not have voted for as n member OF
the legislature, but where my obliga.
lions were simply based upon diff
ference OF opinion | have signed the
bills. The bills that were vetoed were
those felt were vicious or would be
injurious II they were permitted to
become a law have vetoed appro-
priation bills amounting to between
$780, 900 and 100000.
Explains Insurance Bill Veto.
81 vetoed the bill authorizing insur.
ance agents to agree upon insurance
rates because | was advised by the
attorney general and members OF the
revision commission that the bill was
OF doubtful constitutionality. and for
the further Teasonthat | considered
It inadvisable at this time.
81 vetoed the electric headlight bill,
requiring railroads to equip all their
locomotives with headlights OF 1900
candle-power, because | deemed the
bill Of doubtful ACCESSIBILITY and be.
cause | was able TO secure an agree.
ment between the railroad companies
by which the railroads agreed to make
marked Improvement In all their
headlights, and in n manner satlsfac.
tory 10 the trainmcn.
The legislature failed TO pass the
laws that recommended In regulation
Of the railroads and liquor traffic, but
1t did pass law permitting the trans.
fer of saloon licenses, under which
1t would have been practically lmpos.
sible for the police board and the cx.
else commissioner in St. Louis to have
revoked n dramshop license for viola.
lions Of the law. This bill, of course,
| promptly vetoed.
81 think the list OF bills given me
by the last Legislature was the largest
that any governor has ever had to
consider, and l am glad to have the
work of my hands. AS soon as my
work on the state board of equaliza.
ton In the assessment of public ser
vice corporation property of the state
Is completed ] expect to take up the
investigation of the various state In.
situations and see what | can do to
improve conditions in them"