The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-15
KANSAS LEGISLATURES
The War s,nI wagIng in .aa House and


senate on the Railroad question.
TOPEKA, Feb. I'm the senate the
afternoon was spent in discussing the
Kelley railroad bill.
Senator Thacher made a long speech
The first section was amended so that
not more than two members of one POI
litical party shall be members Of the
commission.
Several OF the features of the Ware
bill were offered as amendments in com
mittee of the whole and rejected, and
| offered in the senate and rejected.
The house resumed the consideration
of the railroUd bill at two O'Clock ana
| continued through the afternoon session
Section 2, Classics freight iii five
classes.
McAf.c moved TO change agricultural
implements from class Is To class A
This was the question under which the
debate was continued all the afternoon
and was finally adopted.
Green, of LeavenwoTth, opened the de
bate against the bill His objections
were based upon the determinations of
the bill against the business interests of
Leavenworth, and the questions inVolv-
ed.
Several speeches were made, the new
men to speak being Glass, Pauly, Speer,
der against it.
Myers offered proSIsp 70 the second
section, giving the commissioners power
10 change classificatiOns, which Was vot-
ed down.
The pending question is the further
| consideration Of the second section.
a bill was introduced in the senate To
provide for the location of State NoI-
nal school in each congressional dis
irict
In the committee of the whole The
resolutions submitting an amenument to
| the constitution to provide that in civil
suits three-fourihs OF jury may render
verdict was recommended for passage.
A senate bill comforting upon con
| ductOrs the power to make arrests in
cases of disturbances on trains, decep-
tions of travellers, etc, was recommend
ed for passage.
| In the morning session of the house,
Bassett presented petition of 943
women of Nemaha county. for the de-
structiOn of the traffic in Intoxicating
| drinks.
This is the first session Of The house in
which no new bills have been intro
duced.
HargraVe's bill regulating the salaries
of county officers of Rush county passed
on third reading.
The railroad bill was resumed al II
o'clock. The question was upon the
adoption of the first section AS amended
by McCleveIty's substitute. 1t was
| finally adopted without change aud fixes
| maximum passenger rates at 3 cents
mile IL is transcript of the Illinois
| law. Numerous amendments were o.
| fered and voted down, among them one
| by Fullenwider to put the con-
troll of the whole subject in the hands of
| the commissioners, aud one by Gillett
providing authority in The commission
ers to allow roads to- charge more than
| by Greene, of Riley, to strike ont the
provision for free transportation of in
fants under five years.
/ Orner and Chrichton showed signs of
| opposing the maximum rates, although
/ neither have made set speeches. There
were no other new speeches on the sub
/ iect, The consideration was continued
this afternoon.
TOPEKA, Feb. Sin The senate con :
sideration oil. the Kelley railroad hi II
| was continued.
Ware moved to substitute his bill for
section one, already adopted, which mo-
| ton was declared out of order.
Collins moved to substitute his bill,
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| two, and addressed the senate, and Ware
and Kelley replied
| IN THE HOUSE.
! Geo. S. Green, who introduced bill
| fixing limit of existing railroad char
/ tiers on June LIST, 1888.
The committee on assessment and tax
alton introduced three bills: To create
the Office of county assessor. To amend
| the Jaw governing the state board of
equalization To cEeate the Office of
| state inspector of assessments.
Evening sessions are ordered until
the railroad bill is disposed of, and
| other business TO be compelled TO wait.
1 George s. Green offered q concurrent
resolution directing the attorney gener-
| al to inquire into the termination of Ter
rltorial railroad charters, and whether
any such cooperating is exercising cor
| porate power without authority of Law,
and to report to the governor on the 1st
of June, 1888, and if Iher be found such
unauthorized exercise of corporate pow
or, that the governor instruct the aitor-
ney- general 10 commence proceedings 10
take possession of the corporations in the
!. name Of. the state, the governor and at
torney- general to employ assistant eoun-
sell
Lowe offered a res0luiien that is The
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maximum rate railroad bill will be sat
sfaciory, and it was referred. Section {
of the railroad bin was adopted and
section 3 reached, and Drought Offered
= to substitute commissioner bill for al
. after section 2, which was ruled ont %
: order IN committee of the whole
The senate consumed the afternoon il
discussing the Kelley bill. Much fill
clustering was INDUCED in By the opPn
) nents of the bill
!. An amendment offered by SIuss il
pending It provides thai The Tailsa,
| commissioners shall invest gate and de
5 termine what are reasonable freight anG
I | passenger rates and tn alter and chang
rates at any time.
TOPEKA, Kas Feb In tie senat,
{ two local bills were passed al the morn
e | ing session and several committees mad,
. their reports The senate then went in
. to executive session.
In the house the committee on print
0 ing reported unfavorably on printinl
the report of the committee sent to yisi
the stock yards of Kansas CITY.
4 resolution was offered granting tn
use Of the representative hall TO the eS
T prisoners Of the war for their anaua
t nseting in September was not acse,
r upon.
Section Of the house railroad bill
!, was considered and apopted. II rs III
u section to prevent discrimination and j
o yolumiaOus and full of itemizing Il
!, tended to cover ali possible cases of t1il
elimination.
ri Glass offered an amendment. whtc
e was adopted, and which would do ava