The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-04
THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE
Summary Of its Proceedings.

JANUARY, %, 1876.
The paily Commonwealth prints a
very convenient legislature summary
which we use in making our report, to
considerable extent.
The Senate passed the resolution,
previously passed by the House, thank
ing Blaine, Garfield and other Repub-
licans of the House of Representatives,
at Washington, for defeating the bill
granting full amnesty to old JEFF Da-
Wis. This resolution was adopted
unanimously on motion. of the virtuous
and humorous gentleman from Frank
lin. who is Accommodating Demo
crat. ThereupOn that other virtuous
Reformer, Robins on, of Douglas, con-
vulsed the Senate and the outside
world by a motion for a ten minutes
recess, in order to give the Rel ublicans
chance tor congratulations. These
two men ought to write for the DAN
bury News.
II. c. No. %, asking congress to re-
store to homestead and presumption
the unsold lands of the l.. L. & G. r.
r., was adopted.
The bill limiting the right of appeal
from justices courts in cases where
the amount in controversy is less than
$50, or from the district court to the
supreme court where the amount is
less than 500, was adopted. This bill
was reported agains: by the judiciary
committee and has been hanging fire
for some days. Senator Halderman in
trOduced it early in the session ant
has finally engineered it through. Ii
this bill becomes law it will tend tC
decrease county expenses largely
which is much needed. The argu-
mcnt against it is that it will deprive
poor people of an opportunity TO have
their "day in court"
A bill was discussed for some time
forbidding divorced persons to marry
again within six months after decree
of divorce is granted. The bill also
torbids a re-hearing of q decree of di-
vOrce at any time after six months. II
was finally referred to the committee
for revision. This dill ought to pass,
and the time ought to be made at least
five years. If such were the law oUl
court dockets would not be disgraced
with so many hundreds of divorce
suits.
The Senase passed ii. G. Il. No. II
instructing the attorney general tC
take steps toward the enforcement o.
the law that Kansas railroad com.
panies shall keep their general offices
in Kansas.
HoUsE.-The house had a field day
on resolutions and very sensiblJ
agreed that hereafter resolution!
should only be considered on Satur
days. This will stop any amount o
the worst species of foolishness.
The secretary of the State board o
agriculture was directed to ascertain
the cost of printing $4,000 additions
copies of the report OF that board.
The secretary of State was directed
to furnish the house W it'll the names o
the parties who purchased the 50O,O0O
acres of land as school lands and after
wards turned it over to the railroad
He also Is to report the amount receiv
ed and the number of acres unsOld.
A concurrent resolution was passed
thanking Generals Miles, Mckenzie
and Davidson for the successful result
of the campaigns of 1915 against hos
tile Indians.
The concurrent resolution recon-
mending u constitutional convention
was defeated.
The concurrent resolution memorial
izing Congress to open the Indian Ter
ritory so that railroads could be bull
through it was adopted, as was the on,
asking Congress to oaganize a terrific
rial government and courts in the In
dian Territory.
A concurrent resolution authorizin:
a committee of the two houses to cOdi
fy the laws was passed.