Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-02-05

tee work goes on rapidly. Reports are
MANY and voluminous. Two sessions
per day were ordered to commence with
to-day.
Mr.. Hargrave's Artesian Well resolu
ton went to the Committee on State AT
fairs. Mr.. Stewards resolution, asking
Congress to adjust land titles disputed
between railroads and settlers, wa!
adopted.
i At noon the two houses met in join,
convention, and declared the result o.
Yesterdays vote in each house, separate
lc, to be the election of John ]. ingalls,
to the United States Senate for full
term of six years from the fourth Of
March next.
The House in the afternoon adopted
both concurrent resolutions relating to
pensions; that by Mr.. Swartz asking pen
sions for all living Union soldiers
and by Mr.. Burton asking for pensions
to ex-prisoners of war. For the first
time this session the House reached
general order" and resolved into Com
mittee of the Whole. In Committee
Mr.. Bucks H. B. 4, providing for
the appointment by the Gov
ernor of two Assistant Justices for
the Supreme Court, was approved by a
vote of SO to 81. Mr.. Bucks II. B. re-
quiring teachers to pass satisfactory ex
animation IN hygiene and physiology
with special reference to the effect of al
cohol, stimulant and narcotics upon the
human system, occupied the COMMITTEE
TOR long time. 1t finally received thu
approval of the Committee, II to 80. MIR
FL. Kellog's H. B. II, changing pay Of
| County Commissioners was ground
through the Committee. 1t fixes pay o.
these Offices as follows: In counties OF
| 10000 population and less, $500; from
10000 to 1880 at $500; from 1880 t.
25,OOO, at $500.
SENATE, JANUARY 20.
In the forenoon Senate passed two
| bills through the Committee of the
Whole, one concerning civil procedure
before Justices, and one to prohibit hold
ing courts on election and other days
named.
Senator Smith offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
R.soiued, That the Attorney General be
requested to furnish the Senate with al
| opinion in relation to section 3, chapter
| ~, of the Statutes of 1881, in rel ton to
the compensation of the State Agent in
said law, and whether or not, under said
statute, it is not in the power OF the Gov
ernor and the officers therein named to
reduce the compensation of said agent.
But two bills were considered, and
| they in Committee of the Whole, favor
ably. The balance of the session was
occupied in an able, spirited and ex-
haustive debate on the proposition to
call Constitutional Convention, partici-
stated in, in the affirmative, by Senators
Redden, Buchan, Lowe, Rush and John
Kelly, and by Senators Kellogg, Hick,
Blue, Donnell and others against it, un-
til dark, when the motion of Senator
Redden to rise, report progress and ask
leave to sit again, prevailed, and the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE, JAN. 20.
Petitions this morning include one by
Mr.. Bryant asking legislation relating to
live stock and fire insurance.
Among new bills is one by Mr.. Lower
appropriating money for woman's depart
ment of the New Orleans exposition. By
Mr.. Blain to legalize acts of treasurers of
Ottawa county.
The conference committee on the Ok
lahoma resolutions reported a compro-
mise which leaves the resolution simply
in favor of opening up such parts of the
Indian Territory to settlement as are not
needed by Indians now located there
This was opposed by Mr.. Gillett, Mr.
McNeal, Mr. Finch. and Mr.. Burton, and
advocated by MIR. Overmyer, Mr.. Greer,
Mr.. Collins, Mr.. Rash, and Mr. j. B
Cook. A motion by Mr.. Burton to in
definitely postpone was lost by vote of
Sc to IS. Adjourned till p. m.
In afternoon session, after Mr.. Weilep
and Mr.. Hatfield had been heard in IA
vor of the Oklahoma resolution, the pre-
vious question was ordered on motion of
Mr.. Faulkner, and upon roll call the res
olution was adopted 70 to %.
The Judicial Apportionment Commit
tee asked instruction, and the House
voted down a resolution to direct them
to draft bill to redistrict the State, by
vote of 81 to 33.
Mr.. A. w. Smiths amendment to the
es restricting speeches in Committee
{ the Whole to ten minutes was
adopted.
In Committee of the Whole Mr.. P. J.
Smiths H. B. 20 was approved. It pro-
vides that at State and Presidential cleo
tons, judges and clerks of elections shall
receive two dollars at precincts casting
less than 200 votes, three dollars where
the vote is from 200 to 400, and four
dollars where mo,e than 400 votes are
cast.
Mr.. Beates H. B. 35, for formation of
telephone companies was approved. Mr..
Lewis's II. B. 90, raising bounty on scalps
of wolves to three dollars was approved;
also Mr.. Cox's H. B. so, to make lawyers
of graduates of the law department of
the State University without examina-
ton was approved. Mr. Baikin's H. B.
l04, to legalize bridge contracts and war
rants issued under them, in Linn county,
was approved.
H. B. 142, legalizing impressions of
seals of clerks of District Courts where
the seal of the Court is required by law,
was approved. Adjourned until 2 p. m.
Friday.
SENATE, JANUARY 80.
In the forenoon session the report of
the Conference Committee on the Okla.
homa resolutions was adopted without
division. Substantially it is the resolu-
tions of Senator Lingenfelter, with the
preamble of reasons for action stricken
out.
Nearly the whole forenoon was occu.
pied in the discussion of the Constitu-
tional Convention joint resolution, Sem
ators Kellogg, Buchan, Picker, Bawden,
Allen, Jennings and others participating.
The subject was made the special order
for O'Clock next Tuesday night. The
Senate adjourned till Tuesday at 10 a. m.
HoUSE-JAN. 80.
Petitions were offered: Mr.. Turner, for
scientific temperance instruction in pub
lie schools: Mr.. Drought, for payment of