Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-02-09

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sS1ce. N the Western part Of the stats:
Ameesenth. Sumner; twenty fourth, Har-
pers Barber; thirty-tvo. Comsnche, Clark,
Aeaqe; thirty-three, Seward, Stevens. Nor
Ton. aaakel, Grant, Stanton; twenty-seven,
P n Keerney, Hamilton; thirty -four,
t Hasn. Nsss, Lane. Scott, Wichita, Greeley;
WWSnty-three, Ellis. Trego, Cove. Logan.
manaoe; seventeenth, Rocks, Graham.
Hhllhps, Norton; thirty-fiye. Sheridan,
1nomae. Sherman, Decatur, Ravlins, Chey-
enne; thirty one, Saline. Ottawa; twenty
one. Pottowatomie, Marshall, taking Mar
snali from twelfth; sixth. Crawford. Bour-
D0n. Linn: eleventh, Cherokee. Labette,
Montgomery.
Inc senate passed concurrent resolution
providing for q stenographer and sergeant
Alarms Tor the committee on the beef and
pork combine. It fhen took up the uni
verslty appropriation bill and spent the
whole session on it and without passing it
At the morning session after the reading
OF the Journal. presentation of petitions,
ETC., Mr.. Legate introduced a resolution
denouncang the murder of John NJ. Clayton.
OF Arkansas. % political murder. The
rules were euspeoded and the resolution was
unanimously adopted.
The house then veut into committee Of
the whole on tho bill making appropriations
Tor tho STATE normal SCHOOL. The whole time
OF the session was spent in discussing the
bill without coming to vote.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house went into committee Of the
whole on tho Emp0ria bill and after cutting
out everything except the salaries of tho
professors recommended it for passage aud
after little other unimportant business
adjourned.
Friday.
TOPEKA, February 1.-The house reeolu-
ton denouncin9 the murder of John NJ.
Clayton, of Arkansas City, as q political
crime, come up, when Mr.. Carroll, Of Leav
enworth, moved to strike out all of the reso-
luton which referred to the Democratic
party as political 0ppressors. Mr.. Buchan
was against the resolution, on the grounds
that such matter was not proper to be acted
upon by the legislature. He believed every
word in the resolution was true, however.
The resolution, with CAROLS amendment,
was laid on the table.
A number of bills we're then placed on
third reading and passed on one roll call.
The committee on education reported
against Murdock's bill for the state to estab-
lish printing house to print school books.
A majority of the committee wanted the bill
printed, 40 it could be considered, and after
an hours debate it was 80 ordered.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The senate again took up bills on third
reading and passed number. It then went
into the committee of the whole on the cal
endar.
The first one brought up was one of in
terest only to cities of the first class, it be-
ing in relation to the condemnation of land
for sewers. 1t was amended and recon-
mended for passage.
A bill to put conditional sales of property
in the same condition as chattel mortgages
was taken up. The point in the bill is to
monthly installments, etc., the same as
chattel mortgages and must be filed like that
instrument. It was recommended for pas
sage.
The forenoon session, after the routine
business, and when it come to adopting or
rejecting the report of the committee of the
whole, on the appropriation to the Emporia
Normal school, motions were made to rein
state every item stricken out in the COM
mittee of the whole. There was q call of
the house, and roll call on every item. The
whole forenoon was taken up in these move
ments, and tho house adjourned for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The bill to encourage watering places
for stock along roads, which has been once
beaten, in some manner got before the
house and was passed.
Also the bill to enforce and regulate the
len laws, passed, and one or two other bills
of not much importance.
The bill to raise the school age to years |
Git now being 5 years. come up for final
passage. 1t contained clause that it should
be applied to all without regard to trace,
color or previous condition of servit1de."
motion was made to strike this out, when |
Mr.. Fairfax, the colored member from |
ChsutaCqua county, took the floor and made |
a long aud able argument which took the |
house with him, for they voted to retain the |
provision.
An act relating to service of summons by !
publication was passed. Also one relating |
to the permanent county seat of Ellsworth |
county. Also one to restrain officers from |
specializing in their Offices.
Third reading of bills continued till the |
calendar was closed except two or three |
which went over By request.
The order for the int oductiOn of bills |
having been passed over this morning. was |,
now opened and great grist was put in the |
hopper.
The standing committees then made nu- |
merous reports, when the house went into |
committee of the whole on the calendar. |
After transacting some business the house |
adjourned.