The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-03-04
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
summary Of Proceedings.
TOPEKA. Wednesday, Feb. 10.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. 1e.
The Senate passed concurrent resolution
No l, relating to the judicial powers of the
State and asking that the laws be amended,
and also prescribing the qualifications ofper-
sons for that Office. The Judicial Apportion-
ment bill was considered in Committee OF the
Whole.
The House passed the Temperance bill pre-
cisely as received from the Senate, the vote
being 100 yeas to q nays. A synopsis of the
blu is appended.
THURSDAY, Feb. II.
The Senate perfected the Grand Jury bill
In Committee of the Whole. The bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the establishment of an
asylum for feeble minded children was
amended SO as to locate it at Winfield instead
of Lawrence, and recommended for passage.
The House spent the entire session in Com
mittee of the Whole on the bill for the sup
preston of the Texas cattle fever and other
diseases of domestic animals. telegram
was received from Senator Plumb, announc;
ing that the Commissioner of Agriculture will
send competent person to New Mexico at
once to investigate and report on the cattle
disease in the Pecos Valley, as requested by
the resolution of the Kansas Legislature.
FRIDAY, Feb 10.
The Senate passed the Concordia Normal
School bill, the bill for the establishment of
an asylum for the education of feeble minded
children, and also the annual appropriations
for the Deaf and Dumb Institute. the Blind
Asylum, the State University and the Agricul-
tural College. The Senate refused to concur
with the House on appointing a committee to
inquire as to value, etc, of portraits OF Gov.
troduced to punish discrimination in freight
charges by railroads, and to provide for pub
LEGATION of changes in rates. The Senate ad.
journed till Monday.
In the House, Messrs. Click, of Atchison,
and Montgomery, of Rocks, entered their pro-
tests on the journal against the passage of
the liquor act. The House, in Committee,
Osawatomie Insane Asylum and the Wyan:
dOtte Blind Asylum. bill was introduced
authorizing Reno County to bond its indebt-
Has The specai order
being the consideration OF the railroad bills,
the House went into Committee of the Whole.
A bill entitled "An Act for the aap-
spectors" was read, when Mr.. Osbon,
of Washington, moved to strike out all after
the enacting clause and substitute House bill
NO. u. hcJeCteu. LdWSOu, VI hCnOs Up
posed the bill for the reason that it did not
contemplate anything outside of the appoint.
mont OF three Railroad Inspectors, who should
receive 81 500 per annum each. Mr. lawson
said that this did not reach the difficulty.
What was the use of paying Inspectors $1,000
to discover and make known something they
already knew? MI. Clapp, Of Woodson, spoke
spoke in favor of the railroads. The commit.
tee then rose and the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, Feb. 10.
There was no session in the Senate.
The House adopted a resolution to adjourn
sine die on March LIST. A resolution was in
troduced instructing the Judiciary Commit
tee to prepare bill taxing real estate mort
Cages and exempting the property covered
to the same amOunt. A concurrent resolution
was passed providing for the purchase of 200
copies Of Dasslsrs Kansas Reports first s vol
n n%s; and nd to " BE- paid for at tie
rate of $ per volume, and the
Committee on Ways and Means is instructed
laneous appropriation bills. The bill for the
Asylum Cat Winfeld) for Feeble minded Chill
dren was further considered. and twenty
seven local bills passed on third reading.
MONDAY. Feb. q.
The Senate was not In session.
The House lacked four of q quorum on first
roll call. A number of resolutions were pre-
sented. The bill to establish the Reform
School and make appropriations therefor was
considered I'm Committee of the Whole, after
which the Railroad bill was taken up and
number of amendments offered all of which
were promptly voted down: The special or.
der, the bill for the establishment of q School
for Feeble. minded Children ut Winfield. was
further considered in Committee OF the Whole.
Amendments were offered to strike out the
word Winfield and insert Peabody. kickapoO,
Dodge City, Kinsley, etc., all of which were
lost. The 18th Section, locating the school at
Winfield. was then stricken out and the bill
recommended for passage. The bill making
appropriations for the State Agricultural Col.
lege was then taken up. A lengthy discussion
arose upon the question of the number of the
uted. The bill was amended in several par
ticulars and fully recommended.
TUESDAY, Feb. q.
The Senate passed the Judicial Apportion-
ment bill The Senate joint resolution on the
subject of female suffrage was lost on a tie
vote. The bill passed requiring publication
of statements by private banks and bankers.
The Grand Jury bills were defeated
The House was occupied almost exclusively
with local bills The Committee on Ways and
Means reported total necessary appropria.
lions one and one.half million dollars, of
which $50 900 il for expenses of legislative Ses.
sion. The Railroad bill was completed in
Committee of the Whole and recommended
for passage.
State Supervision Of Railways.
The following is the substance of the bill
reported by the House Committee on Railroads
as a substitute for the various bills referred to
them: