Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-21

mission of the prohibition amendment
Mr.. Carroll the author of one, spoke to
his resolution nom the standpoint Of an
a.ntl-E7I9 hlnltlon resubmissiOnist, and Mr..
Hatfield the author of the other, spoke
from the standpoint Of q prohibition re-
posed TO the principle involved in pro
hibitiOn.
Mr.. f. J. Kelley thought if prohibition
was an experiment, its utter failure would
indicate the prOprietY Of another expert
ment. w men q vote was reached the
joint resolutions were indefinitely post
pOned by a vote of 81 to 81. A roll call
on adopting the report Of the committee
was ordered for Friday at IL a. m.
sENATE-FEBRUARY -.
In the Senate the bill to appropriate u
sections of Salt Springs lands TO the State
Normal School was called up on a motion
OF Senator Kellogg to reconsider. Senator
Blue raised the question of order that this
bill made an appropriation and could not
be re-cOnsldered under the rule. The
Chair sustained the point of order; but,
afterwards, by consent, the point Of or
der was withdrawn and the bill laid
over.
A motion for night sessions was de-
feated.
The OsaWatomie Insane Asylum APP
preparation bill passed on third read
ing.
The bill to create a Bureau of Labor
and Industrial Statistics, was discussed
at length and laid over.
The act relating to private corporations
underwent considerable discussion and
was laid over.
HOUsE-FEBRUARY -.
A large number of petitions were pre-
1 HnnfaH ucLvivrrF for tho erection of 20
Office Of State EntymOlogists, a few for
municipal suffrage for women. Mr.. Scam
mon presented petition for reduction
OF salaries Of county officers of Cherokee
county.
A memorial fromth Board Of Regents
| Of the State Normal School was read,
! followed by the introduction of a resOlu-
! ton by Mr.. Carroll. The Board complain
that the Joint committee raised to inves-
tigate the sale of Normal School lands
in Mitchell county had refused to permit
them to be heard in their own defense
! against charges made against them in
connection with such sale, and asking that
/ they be permitted to make a showing be
/ fore the committee. Mr.. CarrOll's resO-
luton was to direct the joint committee
| to permit the Regents to be heard, by
attorney or otherwise. The resolution
/ laid over.
The following bills were read a third
! time and passed:
Mr.. Bryant's II. B. 81, relating to fire
| insurance companies. Substitute for
! Mr.. Stine's II. B. 40, which strikes out
the proviso from fee bill Of justices of
] the peace, limiting costs in cases Of felony
to ten dollars.
Mr.. Stewards II. B. 81, which repeats
| the law vaCating highways which have
remained unopened for seven years, was
defeated.
At eleven a. m. the special order was
taken up. Consideration of the report
/ of the Committee of the Whole recon-
mending indefinite postpOnement of the
/ Joint resolutions for resubmissiOn of the
! prohibition amendment. A call of the
| House was ordered. After two absentees
! had been brought in a roll call was
| ordered upon the adoption Of the report.
| Gentlemen voting in the affirmative
were: Messrs: Anthony, Barnes, Beates,
! Beattie, Baker, BOlinger, Bond, Bone
/ brake, Buck, Burdick, Butterfeld, Cald-
well, ClOgston, j. B. Cook, II. G. Cook,
! Cooper, Coulter, Cox, Cummings, Courier,
! Davenport, Dewey Dickson. Edwards
| Ellis, Faulkner, Finch, Gillespie, Glasgow,
! Gray, Greer, HOllenshead, Hostetter,
Hukle, Hunter, Justus, Kelley of Mitchell,
| Kelso, King, Kreger, Lewis, LOOfburrOW,
! Lower, Mcbride, HcCammon, McNeal,
Matlock, Maurer, Miller, Moore, Morgan,
/ of Osborne, Osborn, Patton, Pratt, Ran
! dali, Reeves, Roberts Roseberry, Slavens,
/ Spiers. Simpson, Smith of Mcpherson,
Stewart, Sweeney, Talbot, Vance, Wick
ers, Wallace, White, Virgins, Wilhelm,
| Mr.. Speaker Johnsan.
Gentlemen voting in the negative were
Messrs. Ashby, Benning, Billingsley,
Bryant, Butin, Campbell, Carroll, Carter,
Cloyes, Coggeshall, Deckard, Drought,
| Gillett, Hardesty, Hargrave, Hatfield
Holman, Hopkins, Johnson of Brown
Kelley Of Mitchell, Lawrence, AIcNalI
! McTaggart, Martin, Ognen, Overmyer
Rhodes, ScammOn, Seitz, SWartz, Turner
/ Weilep, Wentworth.
Gentlemen absent or not voting were
Messrs. Blain, Brewster, Burton, Collins
! COrwin, HOgue, Johnson of POttawatomie
Johnson Of Ness, Kelley of Doniphan
/ Mann, Morgan of Clay, Mosher Ray
mOnd, Roach, Rath, Smith of Neosho,
! Slime, Thompson of Pratt, Thorn pson OF
/ Harper, Veatch, WoodLef