Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-08

a senate bill came Ia which had been
amended IN the house. The bill is one nru-
yiding for sewerage IN cites OF the Hrst
class. The amendment was TO forbid sew
erageto be emptIed into Kansas river within
five miles OF the city This called ont q
great deal of debate. Finally the houss
amendment was cOncuFCed in.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The senate had a lot of res 3lutions to con
slider, all growing out of the practice hereto
fore OF suspending rules, making special
orders, etc.
4 motion for a committee of seven 10 re-
wise the calendar was passed
Then came up another long debate over
the rules, and how they should be construed.
The house resolutions asking congress to
donate the Fort Dodge and Fort Hays reser-
a ions as lots for soldiers homes was agreed
TO.
A resolution was offered directing the
committee on ways and means to appropri-
ate SIsOVO to be applied to the expense Of
EtIgatluQ the right to tax certain bridges
that span the Missouri river. 1t is said that
this question involves the boundary lines
between the states OF Kansas and Missouri
from Wyandotte to the north line Of tbs
state. The money Is to be expended under
the direction of the attorney general.
A concurrent resolution was introduced to
place all bills relating to beef combines, ETC.,
the special order for April 10, and that the
legislature take a recess on the 26th of this
month to the 10th of April. This was done
on the superstition that the conYen ton of
EGtHc6 d41OdIy pECA4AO0 LJLg LOE As6EGu LIS
would, ere that time, be through, and the
Legislature would be IN better position TO
act than it Is now.
During the debate on this subject it come
out that the special committee on this sub
jecb had not been able to agree on a report,
and q great deal OF feeling was exhibited
among the members of the committee as to
the reasons why there was no report. The
resolution for taking a recess was debated
all the afternoon.
EVENING SESSION.
The resolution to have q recess from next
Tuesday till April 10 passed, but Will quite
likely be reconsidered.
There were recommended for passage
seven bills apprOpriating small amounts of
money TO that number Of private hospitals
in different parts of the state.
Two reports were handed in from the
special committee appointed to examine
into the alleged combine among the beef
packers of the country.
The committee is very badly split up on
the question whether there Is a combine.
Positive evidence that the Combine exists
could not be obtained and several members
OF the committee were convinced after a
very thorough eZamInR ion OF thIrty-HYe
witnesses and of over 200 pages of testimony
that there was not a combine, that the pack
ing houses are strong OmpetitOrs among
themselves and that the low price of cattle
IN the market Is due TO natural causes, of
which a general production is the chief.
The majority found that the reports of the
existence of a combine against the interests
u GOu6l4uSES Oh D66I anu EdlH5rS OF Cd5GiSy
when sIfted down, prove to be vague and
founded largely on rumOr induced by the
long continued slump in the market.
The minority think they found evidence of
such combine and recommend some Iegis-
lation in relation to it.
The university bill was finally agreed upon
by adopting the report of the conference
committee. Under its provisions the re-
gents get no per diem and Olly actual ex-
penses.
HOUSE.
At the morning session, after the routine
business, the house went into committee of
the whole on q bill to erect a memorial hall
IN Lawrence at a cost of SI5O, 900. It was
killed by an overwhelming vote. Some half
dozen bills were passed on third reading
when the house went into com mittee of the
whole on appropriation bills. The first one
taken up was the one for the maintenance
of the penitenEiary. The consideration of
this bill occupied all the forenoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house killed the,act providing new
passed the bill on third reading, the act
prohibiting the sale of uncured meat, etc.
1t then went into committee of the whole on
local bills. Many o. them wer bills reduc-
ing the salaries of comfy officers in various
counties of the state. Nearly the whole ses-
sion was passed in this business.
EVENING SESSION.
This session was entirely devoted to per-
fectIng the appropriation bills, except lis
tening to the report of the committee to re-
wise the calendar.
About 100 bills are left on general or
DER besides the bills on second and third
reading and special orders.
Saturday