The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-25

TOPEKA, Jan. 19.-T The senate is by Ill
odds the buster body of the two nov,
the house having been ffitlering away
ats time for this week in friyilQHs DIS
cussion. Many precious hours were
wasted in wrangling over the rules for
the government of the house while The
senate, after hearing the report of the
committee On rules made few sugges-
| tons apd adopted il. However,, since
the house has agreed TO meet every day
at O'Clock ~. the afternoon, giving the
morning hours to committee work, it
is probable that this friyoltyhand foolr.
ishness will be dispensed. with, as all;
the time available will be needed for the
transaction OF legitimate business ~:
/ ,- 4. MoOTED QUESTION. ?! ~ 4
Senator Thacher's bill introduced IA
the senate few days ago Cor the trial.
before justices OF. the peace of all cases
OF misdemeanor without jury WAS "a.
veritable frebrand. At first the discus
Sion was grave and sedate, as ,befiued. So
dignified a. body, the. only objection to
the bill being that it robbed all free
American citizens living in Kansas OF
the right to trial by jury, where they,
were brought before justices. al the !
peace, Of course this was very bad;
every man ought 10 have.a trial at the,
hands of his. peers or somebody else,
though the advocates of the bill were of
the opinion that in cases Of misdemsan,
or before justices of The peace this
wasn't necessary. Aifaen once, however, |
firebrand was thrown in the shape ef
q declaration that the bill was Simply a |
device to aid in the enforcement of I
the prohihitOry law and then there was
scene. Republicans ranged them
selves upon the side OF fhe bift and tic !
anti-prohibitionists cotton the other side,
and they had it hot and !. heavy. The
late election was referred todnd the ccn.
stitution of the state was appealed 10 ;
the senators roared and thundered aud
the very atmosphere grew 1urid. Seua-.
tors Buchan, Everest, and Clark wereAl
rampant opposiiionists, and Senators
Fhacher, Hackney and Glass came to |
the rescue. The prohibitory war was
fought over again and the scenes Of 1881 |
were recalled. The debate still rases! : |
I. As USUAL os.:e- -a
As is usual, the hrst bill passed 6vi
the legislature was one making, an ap- |
preparation for the legislative depart,
meht. 1t originated in the senate,
SeHator Long being the origin
ator thereof, he making the |
statement that owing TO the rapacity |
Of the landlord with whom he was stay |
ing while here in attendance upon the
meeting Of the Legislature he could no
longer stand that func,ionary off, and |
therefore he was compelled TO ask for |
funds. The senate passed il TO second /
and third reading in hurry and then |
sent it to the house That body, with |
the deIicaey which never tails TO char
artsrizs it in emergencies of This kind, I
dropped everything else and passed the /
measure and now the legislator can leet |
his money and the Topeka landlord |
feels easier
\ NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT
The senate has passed Senator Hack |
ney's bill for the creation of new
judicial dis,rict-,he Eighteenth-to be
composed of the counties Of Butler, |
Sedgwick, Kingman, Harper and Bar
bour. II has come TO such point now /
throughout the state that so much time
is taken up in The district courts With I
the transaction of criminal business
that civil cases are forced 10 lie on the I
docket for many months before they
can be reached. There is.no doubt what
ever that by 1885 another and a very
thorough judicial apporii ,ument Nill be
needed, though when the superintendent
of 1881 was made it was thought that
il would be Sufficient to meet al emer-
gencies for many years to come
TWO BILLS.
Senator Hackney has intradueei q.
bill for the abolition OF the Office of
county auditor, and Senator Aller has
introduced one for the creation or the
once of county assessor The FIRST af-:
fecis only few counties whjEe4 The lat
ter applies to every county in the state.
Senator Alters bill provides. that in
counties of less than $4,000 AMI more /
than 10000 the salary of Ne assessor
shall be 81, 200 per annum .ias coantiesl h