The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
The Senatorial investigating COM
mi.tee Recommended That
the Hon. Geo. McSIin-
ynnk
Be Brought Before the Bsr Of the
House for Contempt Of
Said Committee.
Senator Ingalls, and al, His Intimate
Friends Willing That all
Their Dispatches be
Made Public.
Correspondence OF THE TIMES

TOPEKA, February 27.-There is every
thing in night session OF this lower House
Of our s ate Legislature to remind one OF
Thos Carlyle's reference to a "Iargon of
sounds utterly souliess and oul-confound-
ing" and | would like to continue the
quotation but memory fails me, it is so
faithfully descriptive, and so truly suited
to the situation in question.
For the last week We have been holding
tri-we.kly sessions, the evening sessions
continuing until nearly midnight. There
may be hose who think this fun. / say
empha;ically il Is not fun, it ia labor ard
bore, ard speak from experience.
Our Hall Is poorly ventilated, with
wonderful capacity Of beirg noisy upon the
siighte-t proyoc4tion, and the suppression
Of disorder not absolutely riotOus, is
duty which the chair seldom finds it con-
venient to execute, except 10y gayel which
only makes the confusion worse confoun-
ded. IL is q severe strain upon the physi-
cal powers to say nothing Of Its effect upon
those moral sensibiliIies that make up the
quslity called patience. Eut the session is
nearly att nd
All Of last evenings session was taken
up in discussion of a bill which provides
for payment OF claims growing cut of the
Price raid snd Indian expedition of Gen.
Curtis. The uole=t sum Of $3.50 600 is
called for by this bill. II il generally un-
deIs,ood there il g steal in the measure
to the amount of iron Sl00,OG0 TO $50 eco.
4 great lobby of stockholders were on
hand, and The discussion WAS unusually
earnest and excitirc. Mr. Biddle, Of Lynn,
adyoc ated the BIZ. with much ability. Le-
gate, Sid Clarke and Sam Riggs opposed.
The matter was passed over 10 Ihis evening
Should it pass this body, which is hardly
probable. it mu-t 20 through the Senate
II is doub ful if the pressure is sufficient to
force the bill to a final passage.
The effort 10 re-apportion the State 20 as
to leave Leavenworth, Atchison and Doug
las but one Senator, has failed in the Sem
ste. The representation is not likely to lie
changed either this year or next
Joint resolutions have passed both houses,
which provide that proposition TO strike
from the constitution that clause which ex-
emp;s properly of house-holders to the
amount of 500 from taxation. be cub
mit,ed to the people for approval or rejec-
tion Al lne next general electl0n.
Members of the Legislature are invited
by Tom Anderson, the A. I. & s. +. mem
Der, TO attend the Opera at Kansas City
next Saturday evening. The company pro-
poses to gve free excursion passage.
Tickets 10 opera, one dollar each. Like
sll other measures of the railroad party. il
ia OF course, in the interest of the folks over
The border
The bill introduced by Frank Gable,
which provides for building and repairing
bridges in COMMITTEES hsvipg % coo iuhsb-
itants, and House bill l66 by Mr.. Black
man relating TO taxation in Leayenworth
county, both passed the lower House this
morning.
An exciting controversy between Dickin-
son and Davis counties is now pepdirg. 1t
grew out of a vote which provides for tax
log from the former county strip of land
and joining II to Davis. 1t is a recession
movement upon which the members are
varioasly divided. Davis county ia 20 far
ahead. DR.. Hodge and Henry in the Sem
ate. are doing their utmost to defeat the
secession. 1t is fraueht with no importance
except to The counties directly interested
nevertheless it has consumed not little of
the time Of the session. The greatest hard
ship which its consideration imposes upon
Us, j. that Of trying to settle it to the salts
faction of both parties, thing which it is
pretty clear We can hardly hope to sccom-
plish. J. A. E.