The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-02-19
Legislative Summary.
from the Topeka Commonwealth. ]


On Saturday the Senate rolled up its
sleeves and went to business. The first
thing in the morning was to accept an
invitation to the knight Templars ball
and the second was to defeat resolution
inviting the Chaplain of the Senate to
preach on Sunday, thus indicating that
the Senators, Mr.. Parkinson excepted,
think more of their heels than their souls.
s. J. R. No. /, relating to article two Of
the constitution was passed, y to 0. In
committee of the whole the Texas cattle
dead line bill was recommended for pas.
sage. 1t leaves the road open to Wichita.
). B. No. IL, an act to repeal an act
relating to the sale Of property without
Advertisement, was taken up and dis.
cussed at considerable length. The OPP.
pOnents of the bill said it would drive
money out of the country. The friends
of the bill said it would protect the poor
man from the devourer. 1t went over
till Tuesday afternoon.
In the afternoon the Senate went i'm.
mediately into committee of the whole.
Each senator picked" bill for cOnsid'
Grafton. Senator Rauserman's choice,
S. B. No. %, was recommended for pas
sage. Senator Finney's S. B. No. 70,
introduced BY Senator Bartlett, was
amended and recommended for passage,
Senator Bauserman's s. B. No. lis. pro-
viding for county auditor in Leaven'
worth county was recommended for
passage. Senator Bridges s. B. No. ia
which takes the stray notices from the
Kansas Farmer and gives them to the
local papers, was taken up. The Senate
of course discussed the price to be paid,
printers being the only class of business
men directly under the control of the
Legislature as to the pay they shall re
ceive for their labor. Two dollars per
.'critter" was finally settled upon and
the bill was recommended for passage
subject to amendment. Senator Crich-
toms s. B. No. 10S was recommended for
passage, and so was Senator Dow's 5. b.
No. LOG. Senator Finney's s. h. No.
26 was equally fortunate. Senator Hop
kins's s. b No. 124, of interest to drunk
ards and lunatics. was also recommended.
8. b. No. 125, introduced by Senator
Griffin was recommended and the streets
of Pardee were regulated accordingly.
Senator Horizons s. B. No. 124, in rela-
ton to the allowance of claims by the
county commissioners, was recommended
for passage. Senator McMillan's s. b.
No. 62, abOlishing the publication of
county treasurer's statements allied.
Senator Miller's s. B. No. 81, making
railroad corporations responsible for fires
caused by engines, was advanced on the
calendar, as we're other bills chosen by
different Senators.
In the House Mr.. A. J. Mowry afford
ed food for debate. A communication
was read from exSecretary of State
SmallwOod in relation to the COmanche
county bonds, and detailed the facts in
relation to the purchase of those lucra,
tive securities. The war then ragged in
regard to the expulsion of Mr.. Mowry,
and in regard to reading the testimony
in his case. The House in the morning
refused both to postpone consideration
or to print the testimony. In the after.
noon, after a little depression on the
subject of prosecuting Ex-Superinten.
dent McCarty, and Captain Smallwood,
which plan did not seem to suit the
House, the further consideration OF
Mowry went over to Thursday next. Mr..
Brumbaugh's resolution instructing Con.
gress to repeal the specie resumption act
was passed-42 to.40. Fears are enter.
tanned that the passage of this resolution
will not permanently settle the currency
question throughout the entire nation,
but its passage stopped one gushing
fountain Of twaddle, and left the House
in better shape to attend its legitimate
business. The resolution relating to a
further grant of money to D. W. Bout.
we'll was .inde6nitely postponed, as were
several other resolutions.
In the Senate, on Monday communi
cation was received from the Attorney
General stating that the pay for pub
fishing the constitutional amendments
last fall was regulated by the statute OF
1868, in other words, that the bills
should be paid as rendered. The Senate
in committee of the whole recommended
for passage bill which will save consid.
cradle annoyance in county school dis
tricts. 1t places the school house abso.
lutely in the custody of the school board,
who thus has the power to allow the
buildings to be used f:s grange and other
purposes. Several bills recommended on
Saturday and which have been noticed,
were taken up and passed. The bin to
provide for the publication of stray no
tees in the local papers was PASSED with
an amendment, fixing the compensation
at the munifcent sum of fifty cents. s.
B. No. 80 making railroad companies
responsible for fires caused by enjines.
was recommended tor passage. S. B. IS
which makes persons reseeming land
sold for taxes, pay the amount of re-
demption in money instead of county
warrants, was recomme nded for passage.
The house determined hereafter to
hold three sessions day. The substi-
tute No. 1872 (apportionment hiu) was
placed ut the head of the calendar. H.
B. No. 1877, a bill of considerable mo-
ment to the publishers of Kansas, was
taken up and discussed at length. The
hill appropriated 5000 to pay for the
publication of the constitutional amend
ments. Ehe opinion of the Attorney.
General was cited showing that this was
the sum due the printers. Nevertheless
the House by a vote of A 10 ~, adopted
an amendment cutting the appropriation
down TO $1,000. thus beating the publish
ers of Kansas out Of s., 900 earned under
a fair and lawful contract, Mr.. Rey-
uo1da who Deserves tho fhSpEa of the