The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-01

OuhtAut IL u ndfu1O14iOuS CONCLUSION
an ever be arrived at. The house
wants one thilg and the senate wants
mother and neISber wants the same.
CONGRESSIONAL APPoRTIoNMEST.
1t is said to be the intention of the
rouse portion of the conference COM
nittee Oh the congressional spportion-
nent matter To adhere to the house bill
.ntire and refuse TO make any change
whatever. Should the senate portion
'efuse to accede the conference will
come TO an end C.
TOPEKA, Feb 2S.-The last day of the
session was passed about the same as the
other days, both the senate and house
being occupied by local bills. 1t was
understood, of course, that it |
will be two or three days before the
second committee of conference ON the |
railroad matter can report, and after the |
report is received it is more or less
doubtful whether both houses will adopt |
it. Should the house see fit to appoint its
OWN committee of conference (the sec
Ond one) and take it out of the hands of
Speaker Snoddy, as they threaten to do.
there seems TO be no probability what
ever that an agreement can be reached.
AS is generally known the majority of
the house will not agree to anything less
than the fixing of maximum rates. or at
least allowing the board of commits
sioners to fix what they may deem to be
reasonable rates; yet, at the same time,
it is equally well known that the senate
does not believe at all in either maximum
rates or allowing commissioners to fix
what rates they may deem to be rea-
sonable. There are nearly if MOI quite
eighty members of the house, out of the
one hundred and twenty-five, who are
fixed in their determination to adhere
to the position assumed by the majority,
and the members of the senate who
think the opposite way are thirty three
or thirty-five. There seems to be dead
lock that can only be broken by the
agreement of both houses upon the sec
ond conference committee, for no more
than two conference committees can be
called at one session. Therefore sec
ond disagreement forces an extra session,
provided the governor sees fit to call
one, and those in position to know say
that in case there is no railroad bill
agreed upon an extra session will be
called for next fall.
LONG DISCUSSION.
The senate has been indulging in a
long discussion upon the bill intro
duced by Senator Ware TO provide for
the transfer of the miscellaneous books
of the state library to the library OF
the State Historical society. Itspecifies
that it shall be the duty of the trustees
of the State library and the board Of
directors of the State Historical Society
to confer together and determine what
books come under these designations
and to make the transfer within so days
of the approval of the act. A listOf the
books, pamphlets, and other things so
transferred shall be placed upon the
records of the State Historical Society
and copy of the same filed with the
librarian of the state library; subject &c
the transfers provided for, the books
pamphlets, and other things belonging
to the State library, or which shall bt
added to the same, shall constitute the
State library, and the books, pamphlets
and maps so transferred shall, together
with all other things now belonging &c
the State Historical Society, or which
shall hereafter be brought into its col.
lections, become the property Of
the State, and be known as the histori.
cal and miscellaneous library of Kan.
sas, and shall be a library for the use
Of the people for reference in the rooms
of the society. The discussion was
very warm and animated and the senti
ment Of the senate was quickly divided
and ranged upon either side of the ques
ton. Those favorable to the bill main
tanned that the state library proper was
and should be legal library and moth
ing else; while the State Historical So
cIety should be the repository of all tht
miscellaneous books that might bi
gathered by the state. Per contra, those
who were unfavorable to the passage OF
the bill asserted that the state library
should be miscellaneous one, while
the State Historical Society collector
should contain nothing which did moi
pertain to the history of the state. TIT
bill was finally passed but it will neve
| fhrOnOh tho hnncp
THE OTHER CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
Speaker Snoddy has appointed til,
second conference committee on thu
railroad question, consisting o
Messrs Greene, Elder, Titus, Surge
and Allen. Last Sunday there was
caucus of the majority of the member
of the house favorable to the house rail
road bill and Messrs. Greene, Elder
Sturges and Allen were named as mem
bers of the new conference commItte'
to be appointed, while Speaker Snodd.
was informed that if he did not agree Il
the appointment Of The gentlemen named
tie power of appointment would b.
taken out of his hands altogether. Tn
hint was taken and the committee, witt
these four gentlemen upon it, was named
but 1t may be that those who framed thi
little scheme will not see it turn out a
expected, for there are two OF the gen
tlemen selected by the caucus last Tues
day and appointed under protest by tn,
speaker who feel like sitting down upol
the self-constituted leader of the railroad
forces of the lower body. Should thesl
two see fit to act as is rumored they may
the second conference committee viii
report bill very similar 10 that report
ed by the first committee and the senate
will adoptit. The house may not, anC
the matter will then go oyer until thu
extra session convenes, which win b,
about next November.
NO AGREEMENT TO DE HAD.
There does not seem TO be any pros
pect that the conference committee OF
congressional apportionment will
have any report TO make. When tn.
five members of the house, appointed
en- the committee, went into the confer
ence they gave out that il the house ap
portionment bill was not adopted ther,
wouldn't be any report made. One o
the three senators on the committee o
conference is said to have Joined will
the house and agreed to the proposition
submitted by the members of the iowel
body, but the Other two are obduratI
and say they will have the senate bal
or nothing. This surely seems 10 be {
session of disagreement.
THE END OF THE WEEK.
There now seems to be no doubt thai
the end of the week will see the end Of
the session, for many Of the members Of
the house have declared that if the gen
eral appropriation bill is not passed by
that time they will make arrangements
with the banks 10 get enough money to
nav their board bills and take them