The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-22
AT TOPEKA.
Legislative Proceedings.
PArtieulars OF the OrKaaisatisn Of tAe
Legislature Yesterday Normal School
Lands-COlfax Resolutions.

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Partienlars OF the OrKaaisatIen Of the
Legislature Yesterday Normal School
Lands-COlGax Besolutions-
SENATE
TOPEKA, Jan. I4-The senate effected
permanent organlzation by the cleo
ton of G. G. Baker Of Shawnee county
as secretary, John B. Shaffer of Frank
lin county as assistant secretary, and 3.
o. Mcdowell OF Cherokee county as ser
geant alarms, VIM. Higginson Of jew
ell county as assistant sergeantas- arms,
WI. Wilson of CowIey county Is jour-
nal clerk, A. P. Jetmore of Shawnee as
docket clerk, L. G. Gilmore of Woodson
county as doorkeeper, W. Marks OF
Atchison. and Sam Lee of Douglas, As
assistant doorkeepers, c. E. Moore of
Montgomery county as postmaster;
George Connell, Willie N. Neff, Sid
Matheny, Frank Brown, Clay Allen,
Walter Best and Willie McNall, Is
pages.
Senator Young offered the following:
Whereas, There has recently been 9
sale of several thousand acres of Nor.
| NAL school lands IN. the counties OF
Mitchell and Lincoln by the regents of
the State Normal school, situated at
| Enporia, Kan; and
Whereas, 1t has been publicly alleged
and charged that there were corrupt and
improper means used TO procure SAID
sales, and the integrity of said regents
hae been called In question in connec-
ton with said sale; therefore
Resolved. That 3 committee of I'VE be
appointed by the president of the senate
whose duty is shall be to investigate all
sales of Normal school lands made by
the regents of the State Normal school.
| and all the official acts of said regents,
which committee shall be authorized TO
employ a clerk. to send for persons and
| papers and TO administer oaths, and said
committee shall make full and COM
| plete report of their acts and doIngs un-
der this resolution.
Senator Barker offered q resolution TO
investigate the conduct of the peniten-
tIiarV.
Both of the above resolutions were
laid over under the rules.
The message was read, when the SEN
ate adjourned until 10 o'clock to-mor.
row.
HOUSE.
at the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion of the house the death of the wife OF
Hon. F. L. Raymond, member from
Wabaunsee county, was announced.
A committee to apportion the COVER.
nor's message was appointed, viz
Smith of Mcpherson and Pratt and Cur.
rier of Carroll and Osborn
The election of officers was then COM
pleted. F. a. Kipp OF WoodsOn and A
81. Hannum of Nemahs we're elected as
sistant doorkeepers; Gilbert Bedell o.
Pawnee, postmaster; Miss Nora N
Shaffer of Shawnee, assistant postmas
ter, and Rev. VIM. Dane OF Douglass
chaplain.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed;
Whereas, Information has reached thIl
house of the sudden death of Hon
Schuyler Colfax; therefore,
Resolved, By the house of represents
tives of the state of Kansas,
That we sincerely depIore the untime
~ taking of of one who. as a citizen and
statesman, occupied so large q place IL
the hearts of his countrymen.
That we hereby express our heartIes
sympathy for the family of the deceased
} IN their aff1iction, and commend then
10 the sheltering care of Him who rules
over the destlnies of mankind.
! That copy Of these resolutions, duly
authenticated by the speaker and chic
clerk of this house, be forwarded to thu
widow and family of the deceased states
man.
The house continued the work of or
ganizatlon by the election of G. A. Lewis
of Phillips as journal clerk, Miss N. L
Slough OF Leavenworth as docket clerk
J. A. Finch of Kingmsn as doorkeeper
and nj. j. Cupp of Atchison as assistant
doorkeeper, and the rest of the morning
was taken up by listening to Gov. Mar
TINS message. Close attention was giveE
to the reading.