Morgan County republican., 1912-07-25
MISSOURI STATE
CAPITAL ITEMS
NOTES THAT ARE OF INTEREST
TO MiSSoURiANS.
Brief Mention OF Matters as They
Occur at jefferson City,
Official and Other.
wise.

wise.
Jefferson City.--After trial OF
three weeks with a gang Of copvicts
employed upon the public highways
OF this county the experiment Is an
nounced to be a decided success. None
Of the convicts refused to work, none
OF them attempted TO escape and all
have been doing most satisfactory
work. Governor Hadley believes that
the improvement of public highways
will enable the counties to work local
prisoners on the roads
Convicts greatly prefer the outside
work. II Is more healthful. In add.
ton, there is the inducement OF shor-
tening their service. There are now
about 1900 men in the penitentiary.
Under the new law, 600 convicts can
be taken every year and employed
upon the public highways under d.
| rection Of the various counties. There
are now more than LOO convicts
working under the contract system.
The state receives 20 cents a day for
the labo- of each of these convicts.
BY the close OF the present year near
ly all of the old contracts will have
expired and will not be renewed.
There will be a pretty heavy cost
entailed upon the state when the last
contractor is out Of the prison-some-
where In the neiGhborhood of 5000.
| 000 The state can have no direct
source OF income from the labor Of
the convicts when the contract sys-
tenn ceases to exist. The counties
which may employ convicts apon the
public highways will pay nothing for
their services except food and shelter.
The recompense to the state will
come In the shape of improved high
ways.
Cornelius II. Roach secretary Of
state, discovered that the signatures
OF many residents of this city were
forged to the petitions filed July 5
asking for the submission to a vote
Of the public welfare proposition
which provides that the state shall
furnish employment to the unempIoy.
ed. Mr.. Roach found his own name
signed to one of the petitions and
then the names of two of his clerks
The names of nearly all OF the bust
ness men in the city are on the peti.
tions, though few OF them knew they
were in existence. The petitions will
be purged Of all illegal signatures and
prosecutions may follow.
Secretary OF State Roach has com.
pleted the count of names on the ini.
tiative petit,ops, except those for
woman's suffrage. Mrs. f. r. Curry.
OF Kansas City, sent in petitions for
woman's suffrage which are not suf.
ficient. She has demanded an Off
cial count, which the secretary OF
state will make at once.
A. W. Brewster, who filed early last
winter as candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for governor, notifi-
ed Cornelius Roach, secretary OF state,
that he no longer was a candidate and
requested him not to print his name
On the primary ballots.
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Division No I of the supreme court
adjourned until the October term. Di.
vision No. and 3 court in banc will
also adjourn. No more opinions will
be filed at the present term. Most
OF the judges will leave the city to
spend their vacation.
\ cha uas iuanpd nv Cact o. "a rv
Uf State Roach tn the Place Garage
company Of Kansas City. capital stock
$4,000. all paid.
The government reservation at Ne
vada. on which two regiments are
camping. may become the only state
militia post in the United States, The
state recently purchased l2O acres on
he north, east and south Of the 800
acres Of the present reservation. Per
manent barracks and auxiliary build.
ings will be built this fall and later
a fort may be established.
WITH the state primary drawing
near. Intense interest is bee )ming dp.
parent In the result. On the Repub
'ican side betting Is about even on
Mckinley and Swanger, while OIL ,he
remocrstic side Inc odds are some
wba, in favor OF Cowherd, as viewed
from Jefferson city. All OF the Dem
ocratic candidates are making st"en
uous and acrimonious campaigns.
State Auditor Gordon registered 81.
10000 Of Kansas City 4 per cent schoo
bends, The registering fee was 1000