The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-22
Kansas LEGISLATURES.
AFTERNOON sEseIoN-JANu RY /

Kansas LEGISLATURE.
AFTERNOON sEssIoN-JASu Ry 10
Senate.
Senator Smith from the COMMITTEES on
the governors message, made q report
making the proper assignments of Inc
various subjects 70 the several commit.
lees.
THE CATTLE TRAIL.
Senator HeWlns offered the following
preamble aud resolutions, and the rules
being suspended they were passed with.
Be 1t resolved, BY the senate, the
house OF representatives concurrlnp
therein, that,
Whereas. An effort Is being made to
secure legislation by congress, creaung
so-called cattle trail across the 8; ale Of
Kansas, and
Whereas, Such q measure would be
pFejudicial TO the interests of the people
of this state. and beneficial only to par
ties who neither reside IN nor pay taxes
to this state; therefore be it
Resolved, That our senators IN con-
gTass be, and are hereby instructed, aud
our representatives requested to resist
any and all legislation by the use of
every Legitimate and proper means, to
the end that justice may be done and
the best interests Of the people OF Kan
ses subserved.
r solved, That the secretary of slaIe
be- and is hereby directed, 20 forward
copies of these resolutions, properly at
tested, to the president of the senate,
speaker of the house of representatives.,
and our senators and representatives in
| congress.
/ Authority was given the cbai5men of
committees 70 appoint clerks as follows /;
1 r.,
| public health, to the committee on cities
bridges, to the committee on Judicial
| appOrtionmGnt, to the committee on mil
itary affairs aud salaries.
| Senator Whitford moved q reconsid =
Grafton of the vote for standing com
mittee on woman's suffrage. He said
| it was a matter we could not control.
The question was upon us and We could
not avoid considering it. Tne motion
was lost.
| Senator Kellogg offered resolution
directing the attention of the Judiciary
ment of the law in regard to mortgages.
Adopted.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Kellogg also introduced q resolution
| instEuctiDg the judiciary committee to
make the law mandatory on the COVER.
| nor to issue his warrant of execution on
/ persons convicted of murder in the first
degree. He said the people of mis- part
of the state were greatly exercised over
the manner in which men convicted of
| the most barbarous murders escaped jus
tice. He thought at the end of one your
the governor ought to be required TO fix
a day tor execution.
Senator Barker concurred with him,
hut thought it was 100 important a
measure to act on without elaboration
II was laid over by general consent.
GRAIN RATES.
Senator H. B Kelly introduced reso.
luton relating to grain freight reduc-
ton. The rules were suspended AID the
resolution adopted.
wOMAN's SUFFRAGE,
Senator Kellogg called up his resOlu-
ton, on the special com mittee OF five on
woman's suffrage. He said he did not
want to spend time discussing it, but il
was evident that standing committee
! was out of the question, and he Fopt
that special committee would be ap-
pointed to hear and examine all qnes-
tions pertaining to the subject.
Senator Buchan said that If there was
any demand by our own citizens for
such q committee he would not oppose
| it, but he was opposed to making Kansas
the waste basket for outside parties to
| empty their illusions into, and the sp-
poin.ment of such a committee without
such demand was only inviting persons
who conceived they had a mission of re-
/ form before IN come in and ventilRte
their ideas, We had but fifty days to do
our work, and the time was too precious
to be wasted in that manner. It would
be time enough when our own people
demanded that the time of the state
should be spent in such discussions.
Senator Buchsn inquired whether a
single petition on the subject had been
received.
Senator Kellogg responded that he diC:
not know, but he knew they were COM
ing and was In favor of settling the
question now.
Senator Barker suggested to the sena
tor that il would be better to let the mo-
ton lie over and on his assent moved
that il lie over till next Thursday, which
was agreed to.
Senator Donnell made an explanation
that he desired q clerk on the commit.
tee on manufacturing when he made the
mott on for q committee on fees and sal
aries and the correction was made By
consent.
PRESENTATION OF BILLS.
TWenty-lhree bills were presented re-
lstine to various subjects. embraced
among them bills by Senator Barke
providing for the usual appropriation
for the state university. and Senate
Shean for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
at Olathe, by Senator CoDgdOD to com
Del railroad companies to fence theI
roads, and by Senator Ritter to protec
citizens and communities in resisting
the collection of judgements by railroad
committees.
Tue house convened at 3 80 p. M, puT
sursuant to adjournment made las
Thursday.
PETITIONS.
MIR. Bryant presented a petition of Is
petitioners, asking for legislation con
corning tolls by millers.
Mr.. Reeves presented a petition iron
115 citizens from Republic county, relaI
ing 10 the disease of CHAMBERS in horses
Mr.. Cox presented a petition OF %
citizens of Douglas county, asking for
bridge on Wakaruss river.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Speaker johnson announced the stand
ing committees of the house as follows
JNdicidry-J B Clogstop. Gillette.
Kelso, ] j Buck, Frank j Kelly. w ii Nc
Bride, W Slavens. Hatfield and ID Over
Wavs and Means L Finch. Chas FaulL
: ner, Y K Ellis, + GLOVES, q III Tn ner, K
wards D Moore and Roberts
| Municipal IRGe George Anthony
| j Gillespie, A White. j Morgan,
| LoofourroV9, W Ashby and j Cox.
, a assessment and Tdcdti0H-J Ware Bnttel
field, w Swayze, Coulter, A John
son, Cummings, W Campbell, e
| Butin
. CITIES OF the First CLass-Chas W BenninG
ESW Drought, A II Vance. George Al
: thouy d Overmy yer. Ed carroll. Hatfield.
State 41dBs-A w Smith. Spiers, w
. Lower, VIM Kruger, e ii Lewis. I Matlocl
ReliIroads-webb McNaI, GnIette.
) NJ Simpson. G Beates, E Bryant, Phi
Kelly, T Matiock, Alfred Baker, A r Co
Inns. T f Rhodes. L Finch, a VickeTs,
} z Campbell. w VI Banes. A johnson,
Blaine and 3 Bond.
1 Banks and Bdnking-G ID Thompson. K
Brewster, COOK, Z Cor~iD, L ID Tarne
j Hulk e. V Ellis.
Federal RekGtiORs-J Davenport. G Cog
hall, b LIo, es, Samuel Carter, a BGriicI
j BOnebrake. Wiley BolinReT
: ming, 7 w Rash, I Rhodes, oseberrl
| Z r SWArtS, A Thompson.
AaniciDdE CorpOrdtions-I j Bulk.
] | Drought. r. Coulter, ID A Hunter, : Gil
| lesDie, B Wallace. d McTsg tart.
Internal IBspToce1aesEs-D McTaggart,
I, Morgan. 6 ~ Patton, T e Raymond.
| Stewart, 3 Slime. Van r Virgins
c Charitable IRstitatiols-J Il BOnebrake. Phi
3 Kelley, d Bryant. b Slime, ii Wentworth
i, | A Caldwell. samuel arter.
Educational IEstitHtioHs-A PCollins. &c
e T Anthony, w a woodruff. Butin, j
a MARTIN W A Lower. A Thompson
Public Ldads-T j Kelly, b Mosher, Pet
Dickson, : Dewey, w III Deckard. j
2 p,,6i;s RSiLi;nas-T p Hogue. r HukI