The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Legislature.

| Kansas Legislature.
THE Senate met at four O'Clock on the
18th and was in session only an hour, during
| which lively debate took place over a mo
! ton looking to the creation of committee
| to consider all petitions presented by the
woman Sunragists. No action was reached
! Bills were read a first time. A concurrent
! resolution offered by Mr.. Hewins was passed
lnstrucung Senators and Representatives. II
/ congress TO oppose the National cattle tran
! rs such measure would be prejudlcial &c
! the interests of thepeople of the State and
! oenencIai only TO parties who neither resld,
! IN nor pay taxes in the State. In the HouS,
| the proceedings were entirely of a routin,
! nature. The Speaker announced the stand
! ing committees and the House adjourned.
/ IN the Senate on the 10Th petitions were
, presented for geological survey OF the
I State. Senators Barker, Green and Crane
we're appointed committee on the part OF
! the Senate to investigate the Penltentiary
! Several bills were Introduced in regard tC
the Prohibitory Amendment. The resolu
! ton calling the attention of the Committee
/ charges over the several roads of this State
with II view that tney be restricted to a fail
and equitable maximum by the Legislature
4 of the State. provoked lengthy discussion
The vote TO reconsider the vote by which the
/ resolution passed was lost. In the HOust
! the Speaker announced as the Standing Com
{ mittee on Emigration: BillingSly, Smith, d;
NeOShO, J. B. Cook, Smith. of Mcpherson
/ Faulkner. Loofburrow. Brewster. Many peti
/ tiOnS were presented. Forty-siN bills were
/ introduced. \ joint resolution was intro
| duced to provide for a constitutional conven
! ton. and also one 20 strike out the PROMO
! itOry amendment. Most OF the bills were %
Il local or private nature. Among the bill,
read and referred WAS Mr.. kelso's bill TO ere.
ate State publishing house for SchOo'
/ books. \ resolution favOring placing Gen
| eral L. s. Grant on the retired list of the
army was adopted. Senate concurrent reSo
! luton protesting against the establishing
Q nf Nafi al "a trai
/ concurred in. Senate concurrent resolution
| relating TO railroad charges for moving gran
was concurred in. At four O'Clock the
| House received the Senate, and the two
! Houses went into joint session for the eicc'
! ton of State Printer, and 7. ID. Thacher was
| elected. and the joint session dissolved. The
| House resumed its session, and the Speaker
announced as members of the Joint Commit
| tee on the part of the House to investigate
the affairs of the Penitentiary, MeSsrS. Nc
Bride, Buck and Bates. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 21st Mr.. Crane
offered concurrent resolution providing
for recess of the Legislature from Febru-
ary p. 1855, TO January II, 1856, which was
laid over under the rules. Senator jennings,
a resolution in regard to the Oklahoma lands.
4 resolution was adopted requesting the
Governor to furnish a list of NOtarieS Public
in the State. Bills were introduced, and the
Senate by resolution ordered the Railroad
Commissioners 10 furnish the original cost
of building and equipment of the several
railroads In the state: also, WDeIner IHclr re-
ports for the past year had been made as
provided by law. In the House petitions
were presented and bills introduced. Among
the bills were: To provide for the payment
of claims incurred by the invasion of gucril-
las; to punish persons for misreprcSentng
breeding stock; to prohibit the iSsu ng OF
bonds in aid of railroads; relating to liability
of railroads for damages by fire: to protect
cattle from Splenic fever; to compel rail-
roads to fence lands where they pass through
lawful fences. a resolution was offered by
Mr.. Turner. calling upon the Representatives
in COgresS to push the opening OF Oklahoma,
which was adopted and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 22d the Committee
on judiciary reported back Il joint resOlu.
ton providing for Il Constitutional Conven-
ton. recommending thai il be indefinitely
postponed. n minority report favorng the
csolutiOn was also submitted. Senator
from February - to January Il, 1856. did not
prevail. The Oklahoma resolution was
amended by substituting the Senate rcSolu
tion and passed. Eighteen bills were intro
duccd. among them one increasing the
salaries of State officers, Judges, etc. y
lively debate took place on the question of
apREoiinting r;l, special committee r6n on
matter was finally tabled, y to 19....
in the House Mr.. Hargrave was added to the
committee 70 investigate Penitcntiary affairs.
On the presenting of petitions being declared
in order nineteen were presented, praying
for payment incurred from raids of rebels
during the war There were about l. 0n names
on these petitions. representing all portions
of the eastern end of Kansas. Many bills
were introduced. The hour for the special or
der having arrived. business was suspended
and Mrs. GoUger introduced, who addressed
the House on the subject of woman suffrage
Adjourned.
AT the opening of the Senate on the 23d
n number of petitions relating to woman
suffrage were presented. Also for laws reg
ulating the practice of medicine. The bill
was indefinitely postponed making the sign
ing of death warrants by the Governor OBJ
mittceS on Ways and Means and Educational
and Charitable Institutions to visit those in.
StitutiouS was passed. number of bills
were introduced, when the Senate passed tc
the second reading of bills. The SeaaIc then
went into Committee Of the Whole for She
spent the Senate went into executive session
and the appointment of \. B. Campbell az
Adiutant General was confirmed. In the
House bills were introduced, the most i'll. pOr.
tant being to create State Board of Par.
dOns, composed of the Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, Attorney General and
State Auditor: TO create Il State Board of
Health: amending the divorce laws of the
State, leaving six causes for divorce; tC pro
vide for the organization and cOmpenS alton
of the militia of the State; to prevent fire in.
surancc companies from establishing rates
on property and rating boards; TO provide
for the appointment of q commissioner 10 in.
quirc into the adviSability of amending tn.
prison system of Kansas by the establish.
meGt of a State Industrial RcfOrmatory; con.
cerning railroads. This bill is the old maxi.
1um rate bill of the last session with table
cXpungcd.l After the reports of various
committees, the House adjourned.