The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-01-20

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might be seen the Atchison members earn.
esdy converting. They got through and
it became known they had decided to throw
their Eve votes foI- Gel. Burris, and this |
decided scme FIVE or six other members
who were as l said, waiting to get on the
winning side. TIE vote came Col. Bafris
received. AZ votes Mr:tStotler, q; Mr..
Smith, H. Ten of 1hsVotes cast for Mr..
Smith were for Slotler, merely going for
Smith on the fret vote out of compliment.
This. male Mr.. StoLler's strength 80. The
Atchisou delegation, whom the defeated can
didate had every reason in the world to be-
lisve would support him, defeated him.
Mr.. Click led the delegation. make this
statement 10 justice to myself; / was no
anxious for the position, becauseI Thought
my district need ed my work elsewhere, end
consequently. I did very linle to procure it.
The House has just gotten fairly to work.
1t is no use to mention all the bills intro
duced go far. A great majority of them
are of no interest 10 your readers. I will
merely mention that the bill for The change
of the site or the Normal School is law.
1t was first put thrOughsthe Senate by AIR.
Eskridge, aud came to the House on Thurs
day the 11tK. The next morning it was
put through its three readings in the House,
under suspension of the rules, in City.
The eternal newspaper came in last week.
A proposition was made to furnish each
member of the House with ten copies of the
Daily State Record at 50 SO each amounting
in-the aggregate to about two thousand dol
lars. This was postponed to be amended
by proposition from Speer & Ross, of the
Lawrence Tribune, to furnish the same
number Of papers at 81 so perY'aSt II. This
amendment carried in the Senate. But
Mcdonald & Baker, having amended their
proposition to the same price, the House
struck out Speer & Ross, aud inserted
Mcdonald & Baker. Your member NOV ed
further amendment, that each member
pay out of his Cwn individual funds for the
papers, and providing that no bill should
ever be presented to the Stste for them.
This amendment received 81 votes, on
The call of the roll. But of course it was
voted down. The Senate refused to concur
in the amendment of the H use to take the
Record instead of the Tribune, and con-
ference COMMITTEES of the two Houses was
the consequence, BIZ this time other prop
ositions were received, and the ".Eipd up"
of the whole newspaper matter was the ac-
cepting Of a proposition from the Leaven-
worth Conservative to furnish the members
with ten copies Of its daily i'sus at 50 cents
per copy, and the furnishing to the State
f1r distribu ion two thousand copies of the
laws of the session in pamphlet form with
in ten days Of The close of the session.
These laws are worth more to the State
than the whole bill will amount to, and this
proposition was accepted by both branches
almost unanimously A preC e1ent has
been thus established which will beevalua-
bic to the Sta e hereafter. e 7iE'1
Tie drawing of seats attracted consider
able fun, They were drawn by delegations.
By arrangement, the mem5 ers from the
southwest and second tier got located to-
gether, on the right of the main aisle. Col.
Sandford ADD Mr.. Drake sit at the same
desk, while your humble servant is situated
by the side of Rev. J. ". Stewart formerly
of ECnpofia. Bill Martindale, the able
chairman Of the committee on Agriculture,
is on our right with Shepherd of Waubon-
see. Coffee, Allen, Woodsen, Riley, An
derson and Shawnee are in the same neigh
borhood. Leavenworth. Atcbison and 9TH
eF counties are on the left. Douglas was
the last drawn, and is scattered all over the
Hall. 3. ssa.as. A.
Mr.. Eskridge is hard at work for the in
terests OF his constituents aud the State at
large.
Mr.. Stotler has introduced bill to pro-
hibit the importation. running at large and
sale of diseased sheep. This is similar to
law upon the statute books of Ohio, To-
wa and Illinois. 1t seems to be demanded
by the growing stock interests of the State
A drove ofsheep might be brought into the
State With the scab or other disease aud
spread it all over the State, and be exceed
ingly -fa.Al to the locks Of our citizens.
A concurrent resolution to furnish
each member Of both houses with
FIVE dollars worth of postage stamps aud
each officer two dollars worth passed that
body and came to the House yesterday
morning. Ii amounted altogether TO about
six hundred dollars. It was summariIy
disposed of on the motion to indefinitely
postpone. made BY the member from the
9th District. -