The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-28
KANSAS LEGISLATURES
HOUSE.

IOPEkA, Jan. S0.-1n the morning
session of the house EmporIa was heard
1853 strong, asking for municipal Suffrage
for women.
Among tine new bills were one by
OveTmyer prohibiting the punishment
or attachment of wages except 10 case Of
fraud one by the committee on the re-
vision of laws to appoint and pay .
commission with clerk to certify the
laws.
Simpson has bill intended to iacilI
tate the extension of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific system into Kansas.
In committee OF the whole q bill TO
recreate KiowA comfy was approved !;
also bill TO give longer time to make
uD an appeal bond in the case OF mIs0e-
meanOr 10 justice courts -.
The use of Representative Han was
rendered the National Teachers owen.
too by resolution
SENATE.
TOPEKA, Jan. 25.-In the senate to-
day long petition asking for womHn's
suffrage, was presented.
A concurrent resolution concerning
the death OF General Grant, was passed.
A concurrent resolution asking mem
beers OF congress from Kansas to use all
proper measures TO prevent the con-
agent, was laid over under the rules.
Only twenty-five OF the senators were
present at the morning session. Eight
Law bills were introduced.
The senate went Into committee OF the
whole for the consideration OF bills
Senator Harris IN the chair.
At II noon, the committee arose and
reported and asked leave to cit again.
The senate adjourned until to-mOr-
row.
ToPEKA, Kas., Jan. 26.-The house
this forenoon pushed business rapidly.
Among the new bills are For the pro-
lection of quail, to enable Cherokee
county to build a court house, to DE- clare
malicious wrecking Of railroad trains
causing death murder in the first degree,
to empower counties and cities 70 take
stock II corporations 70 develop coal
and natural gas. -~.~-e
Several windy resolutions were killed
of. hand, among them that restricting
the employment of persons in the pen
ltentiaTy to five from the same county.
The proposition to utilize natural
gas at the OsawatOmIe insane asylum,
was voted down; also that TO establish q
chair of veterinary science at the State
Agricultural college
alfred D. Daniels was admitted as 3
delegate from Mead county.
Finch introduced resolution TO In.
vestIgate the expenditures IN remodel
ing the state chamber.
Bills passed the house as follows: A
bill to facilitate the entry of the Rock
Island system into Kansas, TO create
Kiowa county, and give appellants 10
misdemeanor cases more time to die
bonds.
SENATE.
Topeka, Kans., Jan. 26-Thirteen
new bills were introduced IL the morn
ing session of the senate. A bill provId
ing for county high schools was passed.
The resolution introduced yesterday
protesting against the confirmation CT
ex-GoY Click was referred TO the COM
mittGe on federal relations. A resolution
calling for constitutional convention was
indefinitely postponed. The senate is in
executive session considering the mes
sage from the governor.
HOUSE.
The house in the afternoon approved
of the following bills In committee of
the whole:
To provide q way TO select jurors In
erd require by statutes.
To legallZe bridge bonds at Clyde.
To regulate requisItions on other
states for the arrest VI criminals
To change time of settlement of town.
ship officers from January TO October
A special order was fixed for the sub.
ject OF board of survey for expert
menta; boriogs for coal, gas and artesian
water next Monday at p. m, and for
the consideration OF bill to govern and
regulate the reformatOry at Hutchinson.
for next Monday evening.
a bill to give the State Normal school
the twelve remaining sections of the
salt lands, was discussed at length, but
not disposed OF.
SENATE.
ToPEKA. Jan. l27.-Tbe senate tina
| morning passed a substitute for the
house concurrent resolution asking sena
tors and representatives to lagislate IN
| favor of night of way for railroads
| through the Indian Territory.
A discussion of q spirited nature took
place on the question of the introduction
of private bills.
Twelve new bills were introduced
among them Senator Kellogg's bill pro-
| vidinR for the further endowment of the
| Empnria State Normal school, and Sen.
ator YuuBg's bill providing for the ap
pointnent of q state veterinary surgeon
The senate passed four bills to third
reading and adjourned 20 2 p N.
HOUSE.
Al the morning session there were
more petitions askI1g for municipal suf
irage for women.
Cox, of Douglas, offered q resolution
70 create q special committee to consid.
or the recommendations of the governor
message concerning arbitration OF dis
putes between employer and employees
A resolution was adopted asking con
gress to grant the right of way through
the Iudlan Territory for the Kansas
Ark ansas Valley railroad. Finch's res
olution instructing the joint commute
on stale affairs TO investigate the e1
pense of remodeling the state chamber
was adopted.
A dIscussIOH brought out charges @
. greatly exceeding the appropriation
therefor, namely. that under the appro
priation of $75, 900 contracts had beel
made amounting TO nearly sir, 600.
House ball PIG, amending the Law res
ulAiiog phtrmacV, was read the thiT
time and passed. Il embodIes the re
commendatloDs of the State Associate
OF Druggists.
A committee Of i've was appointed
: attend the funeral of Mrs. T. j. Ande
! son this afternoon.