The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-02-18
THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Summary Of its Proceedings.
TUESDAY. February 8. 1871

| relating TO opening the Indian territory
was discussed, and senators were found
to oppose taking from the Indian a cOun-
try which had been guaranteed to him by
treaty, and tho senate refused to concur.
Senator Martindale introduced bill
which prohibits the shipment OF game
from the State.
In the afternoon q. 3. No. SO, to abol-
ish capital punishment, was discussed.
The committee expressed its belief in the
utility of hanging by recommending
the rejection of the bill.
ii. G. r. No. Al, asking congress to
make an appropriation to survey the
line between the states OF Missouri and
Kansas from its intersection with the
Missouri river south. was read. The
real object OF the resolution IL to as
certain by actual survey whether Kan
sas City is in Missouri or Kansas.
HoUsE.-In the House little was
done ia the morning, except to agree
to meet and discuss the centennial APP
preparation bill at night.
Mr.. Click announced that he had
been elected chairman CT the railroad
committee.
The House in the afternoon in COM
mittee of the whole, discussed Mr..
Eskridge's H. B. No. 296, to enable
counties, cities and townships to vote
aid to railroacs. The bill was amend
ed so as to reQHire One-fourth of all the
tax payers in the county to petition for
an election; also so as to limit the Civ
ing of aid to counties having less than
$250.000 Indebtedness, and townships
having less than SIS, 900 indebtedness.
The gist of the bill is in section nine,
which reads as follows:
Section 8. Before any bonds in the
nature of loan, issued under the pro-
visions of this act, shall be delivered
to any railroad company, said company
shall execute under their corporate
seal, and deliver to the treasurer of
such county, for such county or town.
| ship, or to the treasurer of such city, a
first mortgage bond on such portion of
their road bed, including right of way,
rolling stock, depOts, water tanks, tools
and implements, and all other property
used In operating their said road, as
may be specified in the proposition
voted upon at the election ordered to
be held as aforesaid, which mortgage
bond shall be equal in amount, less 20
( per cent, with the bonds of such coun-
| ty, township or city, and shall have
interest coupons attached the princi-
pal Of such mortgage bond to become
due at the time fixed fOE the payment
of the principal OF the bonds of such
county, township or city, with interest
LOT fknEaW IN Gn6 r
such county, township. or city, payable
annually from the date when such in
terest begins to accrue, which shall not
be more than three years from the date
OF said first mortgage bonds, and said
first mortgage bonds shall be q first
lien on the property therein mention
ed, and may be fOreclOSed in default of
payment of interest or principal as the
same may become due. in the same
manner provided by law for the fore
closure OF mortgages, and the mort
gaged property sold to satisfy the judg-
ment obtained.
CENTENNIAL.-At night there was a
debate in committee OF the whole over
the Centennial appropriation bill,
which debate finally degenerated into
something like row, and the. House
Adjourned without having made much
progress. This bill appropriates $685.
600 of the peoples money to put up a
building at Philadelphia, at which all
the products of Kansas will be exhibit
ed. Sam Wood opened the bail by OPP
posing the bill with one of his charac-
teristic speeches. He used his usual
implement of wordy warfare, ridicule,
and made some telling hits, which, had
they come from any one else, would
have been effective. People laugh at
Sam Wood a good deal as they do at
the tricks of monkey in a show, and
that is the end of it. Good speeches
were made in opposition by Mr.. Hack
ney, of COWley, who is regarded as one
of the best men on the floor, and by
Judge Stillings, of Leavenworth. 1t
was strongly advocated by Cook, OF
Wyandotte, Click, of Atchison. and
Eskridge, of Lyon, the latter being
chairman of the Centennial committee.
The appropriation will probably be
made, and in little after year from
the time we filled the East with beg
CARS for the necessaries of life, we are
to be there putting on style with sew
eral men at $40 month, to show
what wonderful people we are. 1t
may be all right, and it may be the peo-
pie will endorse this kind of q circus. |
The discussion lasted till at late hour. |
Old Webb, of Labette, who, we have
been told, had to leave the judicial
bench in his district to save himself
from impeachment for bribery or some
other crime, was in the chair, and ran
the committee of the whole with q
high hand. He decided, for instance,
that notion for the committee to
rise was out of order, and in other
ways deliberately trampled the rules
Of the House and all decenoy, under
foot. The scene finally terminated in
a sort of q mob by Speaker Haskell's
fercibly taking the chair. The matter
will come up again, and has already
engendered much feeling, as a few OF
those who expect to go to Philadelphia
at the expense of the State are around
threatening the defeat of everything
else If they don't get this bill through.
LArER.-Since the above was put in
tyne, the bill has been defeated in
the House. This was probably caused
principally by dispatch from Mime
sofa, giving information that bill had
been defeated in the legislature of that
State for $25, 900 for the same purpose.
The bill will probably DO introduced
In the Senate.
"WEDNESDAY Feb. 8 1876.
STANDARDIZATION was adopt
ed asking our delegation in con-
gress to oppose any change in the
tariff on castor beans, which goes
to show that when mems pockets
are touched they change their opin-
ions on the tariff system.
It adopted the sensible resolution
of placing all appropriation bills at