The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
LETTER FROM STATE CAPITAL
BY G. W. MoOTHART, REP,

The House is rushing its bills more
rapidly than at any former Session,
SO l am told by members who have
been here in the past. The Senate al
so is keeping up with its calendar so
that from present indications there
will be considerable important legis-
lation enacted. | have, up to date in
troduced 10 bills, several of these by
request of different Constituents.
Most of them have been commented
upon already in our county papers,
so / shall not mention them herein
but shall be pleased to send printed
copies of the bills to those directly
interested.
Senator VIM. ]. Stone addressed
Joint Assembly of the House and Sem
ate in the House Chamber last We'd
nesday at II a. m. He spoke chiefly
on National issues. .a H....
Governor and Mrs. Gardner gave
reception on last Wednesday even
ing at the Executive Mansion to the
memebers of the Legislature, and
their families. The occasion was not
only a very enjoyable one but every
thing was conducted in very elabor-
ate manner.
A number of st. Francois and
Southeast Missourians have been at,
the State Capital recently. Among
them that have called upon US were:
Rev. A. C. Jones, R. C. Detchmendy,
Lawrence Wells, Drs Son, Joseph Hoe
ken, j. A. Schible, DR.. Farmhouse,
Judge Peter Huck and nephew, VIM.
Huek.
A bill of special interest to the tea
cheers, especially our County Superin-
tendent of Schools, was sent to En-
grossment last week. Its main feature
is allowing the County Superintendent
of Schools a limited sum for travel
ing expenses and clerical hire. ,.
A bill that created some warm dis
cussion was passed to Engrossment
last week. This bill requires the
; names on all>saloon petitions, to be
printed and published in newspaper
before the County Court is to pass up
on said petition.
/ have received several letters from
! people asking my support or opposi-
ton to various bills among them the
: eagle Trading Stamp Bill, the Opto-
: metry bill, taxing soft drinks and
INCREASING the license of moving pic
ture shows. Your Representative is
, giving these bills very careful consid-
! GRAFTON and while he cannot please
both sides, it shall be his intention to
, vote for hte best interests of the pub
lie in general,
, The Children's Code Measure has
ben considered by the committee and
will probably be reported out in the
! near future. Present indications are,
! that this bill will be considerably a
: mended from its origina | form but
viii doubtless become law. ="
have just introduced an hour bill
! PERTAINING to railroad employees.
! FThose wanting copy of same should
: write at once. / have introduced the
, bill request of organizations in our
( county and shall be very glad to hear
r arguments pro and con.
The Board of Control bill for Flee
) mosynary Institutions and the Board
to Manage all Penal Institutions will
q come up for Engrossment in the near
: future. These are Administration
h measures and from present outlook
: will become part of Statutes.
There are other very. important
i measures yet before us which shall
: aim to comment upon in my next COM
munication.
VIII just say that the past few days
: have given us the real article of win
4 ter weather Lowest recorded in Jeff
erson City was 16 degrees below, but
o at this writing we are having pleasant
J typical weather.
regret that conditions over which
4 | have no control, have caused me to
r neglect my sending these short letters
n during the last two weeks to the diff
! ferent newspapers of our county, who
] have very kindly printed these scat
d tering comments that may however,
s be of some interest.
yE0LD CITIZEN OF RIPLEY