Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-03-12
JEFFERSON CITY LETTER.
Special correspondence.

LUIS week ana next VIII END the ri
ular SESSION OF tie orly-SeyenlL deA
eral Assembly. The Sesenty-uay uerI.,
explies on 1uesuay OIL next ween
When the per dem OF 1--WE uOiiars %.
sena,o4s anu members VIII cease. Al
ter tnat Gay their LAY viii be but
one collar yer Cay. Not naiy oI
them VIII care to pToions their sta,
uuuer such pay-ln lact, lew OF thel.
can alfCi0 to do so 30 the iudl |.
business o. tue Sessie-- ,II lie nurrleL
10 completion this ~eek. Alreau
tne blS MedaureS nave Teen dispOseu
OF. he act Creating bOaIQ o. I.t
commissioners to regulate the service
ana rates OF IallICau, street raIiW.s
anu oener Transportation cOA.4pailus,
OF Gas, electric and Water coAIpanlee,
OF telephOue. telegraph and eApres.
coiupaIiles auu oI cOMpaules e-.saee-
IN other puDllc serti~e Auoiuess la.
Deen euac.eu, and a COMPANION b:I.
lauoi.ShIng the board OF tleliruau all,
" arehOGse commissioners ieIecled l..
lne feopiej ana Creating tie oI.l,e l.
| warehouse anu Grain Commissioned
mas been put through, SO that Two 0
the Railroad and Warehouse ! <ou.nis
sloners, John A. Knott, Democrat, ant
and RANK A. WigGtHan, ke. uDli,an.
may be placed on the ic Seryic.
commission, and James i. BRADSHAW,
| mace Warehouse and surlin loLIults
siol er.
Inc measure OF most impor,un>
strange 10 say, nom PARTISAN. 1t :;
the county unite local option bill pa
euln the Senate last week Ii hi.
previously passed the house by (.
large majority II Was seneral.y ;p>-
iicIeI int the set-ate MouIu dciC..
! II. bul 1t had s.re--5tL tLuu5h AZ t.
DOuy 70 oNerriue an unlaNolabIe COM
lnlttce report and get on the calenue
ior lA-!nediate cOliaidt .aiion ir TACT
on I4Iai roN call, it had TWO Moro
votes than its friends claimed Iol
pass blII is woes al" reuuIiet. i h.
Iolly contested bill got 20 votes, anu
went to the hands Of the COY emo
strong enough to dealand tI4e most
conslderate treatment as the produ.
OF a large majority OF nem,vrs anc |
senators whose votes put it tnreu.h. |
The Anti-oaloon League has been
fighting 1or this legislation ior more |
than ten years. Last year it va
nade an issue in the campaign Tor
nenlbtl snip in the iuels st,t.t. Som |
strong men HnC NoilC Hot sta!:u ioi |
IT went down to defeat. Uune a nuni !
Der OF members and senators Who do /,
HOT personally approve il voted TO. |
it at the requests of thar: constituents |
us enactment opens UP again the pro
NlDltlon issue as II Is .ir,ually pro |
hluition measure 1t mahts it poss.- |
Die to vote local prohibition in every |
county Ill the state as it tOlnpe!s tn, |
cities and towns 20 luIe with tnt |
country precincts on TIE Local optic. |
question for the sale Of intoAIcat- |
Ing liquors OF against the sale CT !
lntoai d ing liquors, An a:..rma
tive majority iii a county where iiqu. &
is sold olly in cities o. -5U0 populali, !
or mot will MAKE the entire folntl |
wet, while Il majority against III |
sale Of liquor *,ill make both COUNTY |
and cities dry" Int;cr the Old law |
county could be voted dry While |
d city containing more than 2.u0 pop-
hlatlon could vote seiasateIv ard be |
Wet or ''dr!,'' as the voters pre- !
ferred. If, as is now proposed th |
vets" submit this hill to the vote D. |
the entire state, under the referendum |
the vote OF ST. Louis Kansas City !
st. Joseph ana other wet ctutst-
and the vote OF the fifteen co;lntles
classed as ovorN helmingl, wet viii |
be pitted against the vote OF about
ninty dry" counties and the prohipi-
ton question will again play big
part In a general state election, an,
Will Ilay ''Itohbs' with politiCa.
plans. The referendum ha. never ". /
beeL used in Nj ,sourt. it can bt
invoked the saline as tic initiative
If this bill is referred 20 the people
and a majority Of the Enters ,otiI1s
Oh th.e question vote against it il
Will never get into the statutes
Former Governor Folk Will be a
candidate for United States senator
against Senator Stone. If the county
unit bill is put before rhe p5oyle i,
Stone vii! reCe.aagliy he arrayet .
against 1t and Folk will have to stan
tor it, else another Democratic as .
pirant will get the following OF the
dry" Democrats. So this measure
must necessarily play Dig part in
the politics of 1914 If it ha sub biected
to popular vote.
The home rule bills for ST. Louis
We're finally enacted last Thursday
The dry" leaders threaten to refer IS
them 70 a vote of the Deopla of III |,
state ct the sieXt election if the coun- s
" unit hill is rafarrai +;