The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-08
from rnr STATE cArlrAn.


from THE STATE cAPITAh
TOPEKA, Feb. The very bad wealth.
er ne are now having Is not WITHOUT lis
effect apon ~ legislature Tor hat body
inds Il much more pleasant AMI i,rofita-
hie 10 remain IA doors than 70 lake ex-
srcise upon the streets. In short time
night sessions will be the order, and in
deed the house hiss already held one, and
then the pleasure The members have
hereloi,ae eDjoYed Of going 10 the va
ritins places of amusement at night viii
be iaa-tn from them
ooSsTITUToNAIIsMs
The legislature is running 10 consti.
tatiena!isms, for there are not only
propositiors proposing amendments to
the constitution but proposition fer a
convention as well. These
have been made special orders aud every
nov and then they are taken up and
talked upon an hour or two and thtn
dropped Nobody seems to be afraid
of any of these measures and they
serve more for the diversion of the mem
bers than anything else
QUITE BREEZE
There was quite q breeze in the hoase
when Elders bill regulating the interest
on money came mp Elder wanted it
passed over for time, but the request
was refused. The debate at once be-
came animated and the statesmen began
TO talk about each other beautifully.
Mr.. Elder averred that it was high in,
terest, together with high freighrs, that
was araiaing the prosperity of the state
Speaker Saoddy, who reioices at the
opportunity 10 get upon the fioor, went
for Mr., Elder and his bill IN character
istie style, He regarded the present in
terest law of the stale as q very fair one
indeed, and ascFibed the pTeaeEt high
Fate Of interest in the state To "the char
acteristic bowling and demagogucry'
of Mr.. Elder few years ago, who Sc
cured the passage of law to prohibit
the rendering of judgment for an attor-
ney fee in the foreclosure of mortgages.
Nh Snpfdy $50 wanted to know if Mr.
Elder didn't charge two per cent. a
month when he was y banker In re-
ply MI Elder said ali efforts /, cast
adinm upon the little army "a sreeR.
hackers would be futile.
ANOTHER wHAcK.
The hnnca hoo Jon;Jal o., ,ae.,,,,, 49,,
"Wednesday afternoon as the time when
all the proposed amendments to the
state constitution shall be considered.
This will give every gentleman an op-
poitunltY 10 prepare speech upon the
subject, and it is probable it will take
several afternoons to get through with
the debate
30 HAVE uI.EoMA ARINE
The senate committee on public health
has reported uniavorably upon the bill
introduced day or two ago filming heav-
lily any one who shall deal in butter
made from the milk Of diseased cattle
OF olegmaFgaTin9. One would suppose
from this that there was no danger what
ever of any bad butter or oleomargarine
being sold in Kansas, or that there was
being sold now. At least this is the in
ference to be drawn from the report of
the senate committee on public health.
NEW OFFICE.
Mr.. Bottoms bill for the creation of
the office of weighmastcr in CITIES Of the
third class has passed the house.
F0R RAILROAD LEG IsLATIoN.
Petitions asking for railroad legisla.
ton are pouring in both houses from all
sections of the state. Many petitioners
ask the legislature TO pass a commits
sloner law, such as prevails at the pres.
ent time in Illinois and TO fix the pas.
senger rates on ths various railroads of
the state. 1t all goes 70 show that the
people of the state are very much In
earnest about the railroad question and
want the legislature to do something.
There is no doubt, Of course, that some
thing will be done, but the people want
to show their representatives here in
Topeka that they do not propose The
interest in the matter shall be allowed
to lag at all.
HARD on THE sPECUIAToRs.
The senate has recommended the pas
sage Of bill which provides that in
case of property being sold tor taxes the
county shall buy IN the same and when
the time for redemption comes shall sell
hte same to the highest bidder. BY this
means all the money from penalties
which has heretofore gone to specula.
tors will accrue to the county end be
quite little sum in the treasury
ONLY ONE LEVY.
The senate has also passed a bill
which provides that where one officer
has levied upon any property, no other
officer can levy upon the same. Here
tofore it has been the practice to levy
not at all wisely but entirely too much
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL.
Senator Hackney called up his bill
providing that at the next general cleo
tiop in November, 1888, the women of
the state have the right TO cast their
ballots to decide whether or not they
shall have suffrage. Senator Hackney
explained that at the last Republican
state convention platform was adopted
pronouncing unqualifiedly in favor of
woman suffrage; the minority dissented
and said they were willing to give
women the right to vote in case they
wanted it, and the Democratic conven-
ton at Emporia in the platform adopted
there, said 81 bstantially the same thing.
Senator Hackney thought the bill met
all the requirements and ought TO please
everybody because it was what every
body seemed to want. Then the debate
began and all sorts of ridiculous amend
mends were offered, the final outcome
being that the bill was defeated by three