The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
KANSAS IEa1sLATURl.
Summary ef Plsb.edinss.
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In the'Senate. Nj. Funston introduced .
Acongressfonal .xpportiopment bill. It d.
'Vfdes the state INTO SIX districts. Senator
Kelley introduced q resolution, which was
adopted: Requesting our senators and Repre-
eral Governments the appointments of . com.
co. and investigate the fatal and maiignant
there and which Is spreading nort6ward and
threatens to reach the grazing regions. of
Kansas. Petitions were ,presentedSAsltng
from March LIST to June ist; asking that in
counties having .00C or more Germans off,
cial publications be made in both English and
sime for a prst for sssngs
The special order was taken up, the Temper.
ance bill, and consideration was begun. Sen.
ator Williams offered an amendment in the
was lost. Senator Brown offered an amend
ment striking out the legalizing of LIQUOR
traffic for the three excepted purposes. which
test the sense of the Senate moved to strike out
the enacting clause of the bill, and in support
made long argument. showing up the Evil
famous features and 'absurdites" ofthe bill.
senator Thacher followed in q speech, urging
that the bill, If at fault. be perfected and
passed, and not killed outright The frstsec.
ton of the bill was approved. The Senate
then adjourned.
the attention of the House, the substitute bill
reported by the Committee on Temperance
being considered in Committee Of tina whole.
ME-. Legate offered an amendment reducing
the penalty and spoke at length in favor of
the same: 1t was rejected. Mr.. snoddy then
moved that all OF the substitute after the en-
acting clause be stricken out and that bill
which he offered be substituted instead, The
bill was sent to the Clerks desk and read,
and Mr.. SnOddy made a very extended speech
thereon. The committee before Mr.
Snoddy had concluded his speech ,andreport.
co progress. - - - q" -. -h.A
t-t., THURSDAY, Feb. 10.
The Senate resumed consideration Of the
substitute for the Temperance bin in Com
mittee of the Whole. Senators Thacher,
Sluss and Hackney spoke at length on the
commended its passage, after which the Senate
adjourned.
In the House, q motion was made to recon.
slider the vote by which the resolution provid.
ing for the judicial apportionment of the
State and for the formation of the Sixteenth
Judicial District was adopted. The discuss
whole morning hour and the vote Of the
previous day was reconsidered. The Commit
tee on Insurance submitted q report recon.
mending an amendment to the billregulat.
The concurrent resolution for the appoint.
ment of a joint committee to confer with the
faculty of the Agricultural College regarding
the diseases of cattle was taken up and con-
Cured in. The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Temperance bills,
and Mr.. Snoddy concluded his speech. He
was followed by Gen. Clapp in an argument
for the passage of the substitute. Dir. ADV
then made q speech of some length, setting
forth the legal status of the prohibitory
amendment and the fact that as matters now
stood the amendment was q dead letter, and
would be until some legislation was had in
the matter. Mr.. Legate then obtained the
floor, but as It was nearly o'clock the com.
mittee rose and reported progress.