The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-02-18
THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Summary Of Proceedings.


SENATE-Senator Funston introduced
a congressional apportionment bill. Sen
ator Williams presented petition ask
ing for q change of time for making
assessments from March LIST to June LIST.
Senator Hutchinson presented petition
| asking that in counties having 1000 or
more Germans, official publications be
made in both English and German news
papers. Senator Ware introduced a bill
concerning life insurance. Senator
Funston presented a petition asking for
change of time for school district meet
ings. Senator Kelley offered a resolution
relating TO diseased cattle in New Next
co, which was adopted. The special
order was taken up, the temperance bill,
and consideration was begun. Senator
Williams offered an amendment in the
| interest of vineyardists and brewers,
which was lost. Senator Brown offered
an amendment striking out the legaliZ-
| ing of liquor traffic for the three except
| ed purposes, which met the same fate.
| Senator Everest then moved the imme-
| diate death of the bill, TO test the sense
| of the senate, and in support made a
| mastery argument showing up the ''vil-
| famous features and "absurditics'' of
the bill Senator Thatcher followed in a
| speech, urging that the bill, if at fault,
be perfected and passed. and not killed
outright. the first section of the bill
was approved.
HoUsE-In committee, the house
| amended the Sixteenth judicial district
bill, and recommended its passage. Mr..
Legate introduced bill providing for
more cells in the penitentiary. The ju-
| dicial apportionment committee were in
structed to report re-districting bill
Gov. Green introduced a resolution max
I inor 49, TNnrnnriEfInn m Gnp6 a anita HE
| stone for the Washington monument.
The rest of the afternoon session was
taken up by the special order, which
elected much debate; no action being
arrived at.
TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. 1O-SENTAE-
The governors message was read,
which relates to the Worlds Fair.
of 1888. Senator Hackney introduced a
| joint resolution granting equal rights
for the exercise of suffrage to females
and males. Senator Coggswell intro
duced two bills intended to give probate
| judges jurisdiction as county courts
over peneral litigation to a certain ex-
tent, Senator Rector introduced bill
to arrange township bonded indebted
| ness equitably where boundaries have
been changed between the vote for and
the payment of the bonds. The special
order took up the rest of the session, all
going smoothly until the wine and cider
clause was reached, when a debate arose
which brought out the forensic qualities
of many senators, who were inspired to
extraordinary eloQuence by the presence
of large lobby The proviso of the
bill permitting wine and cider to be
made by those who produce the fruit.
free from bonds and restrictions of other
manufacturers of liquors was stricken
out leaving orchardists and vinyardists
in the same class as distillers The bill
was ground through the committee and
passed TO third reading, subject to
| amendment and debate.
funding bonds of Doniphan county,
passed on third reading. The Judicial
apportionment took an airing, and les
sons from Cushing's manual were gone
through with; after which the rcsolu-
ton relating to memorial stone for the
Washington Monument was adopted A
resolution for the purchase of portraits
of John Brown and Gov. Reeder was of.
fered. In the afternoon Mr Metsker's
Missouri Pacific Railway stock bill was
amended so as to include with Shawnee
county the town of CentropolIs in Frank
lin county in its provisions, and passed
on third reading. Most Of the session
was taken up with the special order, the
Guided Mr.. Haberiain introduced a
bill to enable cities Of the first and sec
ond classes to dispose of tax title prop
ertY acquired by sales levied for taxes
pri0F to 1875.