Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Inc hOusc was Called 10 ORDER promptly NJ
Il o'clock m BY Hon. James Smith, Secretary
Of State. Prayer was offered by Rev. VIM.
| Bishop. The members elect were then ..u.S
by name and district, and sworn in by CHEZ
Justice Horton of the Supreme Court. J. a
=. DIXON, OF ~ HusSel, was chosen temporary
| porary Secretary. The House then aiiourned
| to clock p. m. Upon assembling in fhs
AFTERNOON the House elected Hon. James D.
Snoddy Speaker, by vote Of 30 to g for Nc.
| Cleverty and IL for Elder. George ID. Orner o1
Barbour, was chosen Speaker pro tenn. H. L.
| f. Greene, of wichita Assistant Chief Ci.rr
VIM. Higgins, was elected Sergeant-at-S Arms
Webb McCrail, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, G.
Knight, OF Shawnee, Journal Clerk, and Mr.
Durham was elected DoOrkeeper Adjourned
! -: The Senate met at IL o'clock and was
| called to order by Lieut. Gov. Ffnney. The
only business transacted was that of admins.
tering the oath of Office to three Senators elect
who had been elected to fill vacancies. Asso-
to J. q. Sexton, Of Wilson County, John Jontz
OF Dickinson, and Simon Motz, of Ellis.
The House was called to order at 10 o'clock
on the 10th wednesday, A motion to notify
the Senate that the House was organized was
adopted, and concurrent resolution to an
point committee to notify the Governor Of
| the organization was also adopted. The
| Speaker appointed Messrs. Veale, Walton and
McCieverty such committee ON the part of the
| elected First Assistant Doorkeeper: Mr. Smith
colored, OF Douglas, was elected Second Assis,
tant Doorkeeper, and Gilbert Burdell, of Paw
was elected Chaplain. Mr.. Waters of Labette
introduced concurrent resolution memo,
rlehZlng congress to pass law to prevent dis
Din1 Ksn. on Inc part OF railroads in ship
rltory and TO regulate rates. The Goyerner's
message was then received and during the
of Mr. Waton to di. spr%ns up on the motion
reading. 1t was finally agreed to postpone
rurtner reading until 10 o'clock next morning.
and the House adjourned The Senate met
and proceeded to the election of Sergeant-at.
Arms. Mr.. Ed. Waynant Assistant Secretary
OF the Senate. was elected. Mr.. w. w. GRAY,
ilton, Of Wash ngton, Second Assistant Door
Keeper, and Harry W. Parker, John Hog9 and
geo: Cornell, Pages. In the afternoon a num-
act 70 provide for Grand Jury and Repeating
4lfiaws in conflict Herewith; to locate an Asy-
ium Tor the Feeble-Minded at Winfield to
create an Eighteenth Judicial District Joel
tary Of the Senate.
The House met at the regular hour on the
18th. The motion to dispense with the further
reading Of the Governors message created a
discussion and it was finally read OF the
seventy-e1ght candidates for pages the follow
ing.were chosen, receiving the highest vote:
hlchard Colver, III. j. Miller, Clarence Bonts
w. X. Cameron, Bo-peep Wells, Martin Nc
Fifty bills were introduced. The more impor.
tant bills presented provided forthe protection
OF nsh. bureau of immigration, change of the
game law, change of chattel mortgage law re-
curing machine notes which retain owner
ship In property to be recorded; uniform text
DOCKS in public schools; condemnation of sites
Tor county buildings, and fixing the liabilities
OF railroads on account of damage by fires
In the Senate number of bills were intro
duced, amongthem the Ware Railroad bill an act
TO create the Office of Public Inspector i'm each
! Judicial District, and bill to apportion the
state into seven Congressional Districts Adj
| tourned.
Miscellaneous.
An important decision was rendered last
week by the Supreme Court The question
involved was the right of the State, bv consti-
tutlonal amendment, to prohibit the use of
private property for the purpose which it was
designed and afterwards prohibited by
law, without paying the owner its value
The defendant, who is the owner of brewery
in Salina, which he valued at ten thousand
dollars at the time of the passage of the pro.
hibitory amendment, alleged that by the pas
sage of said act his property was deprecated
In value to twenty-five hundred dollars The
opinion In question affirmed the action of the
lower court. In rendering their opinion. the
court used the following language: 1.-THE
! Legislature has probably gone long way in
destroying the va lues of such kinds of prop
erty as the defendant owned, and has possibly
| gone to the utmost verge Of constitutional
authority" Justice Brewer, in dis
senting opinion, said: 81 have vet
to be convinced that the Legislature
has the power to prescribe what citizen shall
eat or drink; or what medicines he shall take !:
or prevent him from growing or manufactur.
ing that, which his judgment approves, for his
| own use as food, drink or medicine Further:
| Prior to the constitutional amendment the
manufacture of beer was free and unrestricted ::
no license, permit or condition was required
under that state of the law. This de endant in
vested his means I'm buildings and machinery
suitable for the purpose of manufacturing
beer, and unsuitable for any other purpose,
worth $4,000 for the former use, and not
worth to exceed 81, 500 otherwise The de-
NAL of the use has thus practically deprived
him OF $500 Is not this taking private
property for public use without any cornpen-
sation! If the public good requires the de-
struction OF the value of this property, is not
prior compensation Indispensable
s. M. Phillips, late Justice of the Peace of
Coolidge, recently shot and killed Huse
Brown, noto rious desrerado. Some weeks
ago, 1t Is stated, Brown, then Deputy Sheriff,
sOOAC PieSoA II OlH OcpulI Onerlu u. A. Evans,
OF Coolidge, and was arrested and tried before
Phillips, and bound over in the sum of $500 to
! appear for trial Brown fed the country.
leaving his bondsmen in the lurch. Brown
returned to Coolidge, and meeting Phillips.
drew gun on him, disarmed him, and then
went about town threatening to kill Phillips.
The latter armed himself, and when the two
men met Brown made a movement to draw
his pistol, but was shot and killed by Phillips
before he succeeded
A very bold and audacious burglary was
committed in Topeka early last week Thomas
Cochran, the City Marshal, and his son keep
aiewelry establishment in that city, and it is
run BY the latter. He closed the place and
/ went home to dinner. On returning an hour
later it was discovered that thieves had In.
vaded the pr emises and helped themselves to
about s, 500 worth of it's valuables. Every
! article of any value displayed in the large
show case, including twenty-three watches, q
case of finger rings, and many small trinkets,
together with neck chains, watch chains, and
watch charms, had been taken. The thieves
made SO good their escape that there was NO
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