Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-14

TOPEKA, Eorty-tourth Day In Session.
The house killed the bill requiring weekly
PAYMENT OF WAGES
by vote of Sc for to 81 against its passage;
being seven votes short of a constitutional
majority.
THE BANKING LAW KILLED.
The senate bill for control of state banks
came before the house and was killed: re-
ceiving only 81 votes for its passage,
FEES AND SALARIES.
The house passed the senate bill regulating
fees and salaries of county officers. after
making several amendments to il. and sent
1t back to the senate for action on the amend
ments. 1t is keen cutter.
ASSESSMENT LAW.
The house passed the house bill reouirino
all property, including railroads, to be as
sessed at their real value.
NEW TAX LAW.
The house passed Mr.. Howard's bill max
ing taxes payable quarterly. Penalties to
remain the same as under the present law.
his bill requires county treasurers to make
remittances to the state treasurer by express
or draft; this provision being intended to
stop the payment of mileage to county treas
urers to go to Topeka to settle with the state.
CONGRESSIONAL APPoRTIoNMENr.
The house rejected the senate congressional
apportlonment bill by substituting for it the
house bill, before passed, with some changes.
The changes transfer Harper and Kingman
counties from the fourth to the eighth dis
trlct; changing Mcpherson county from the
eighth to the fourth.
WAIVER OF APPRAIsEMENT.
The house passed the senate bill repealing
section 1851 of the general statutes of 1889,
which provides for waiver of appraisement
and for six months stay of execution.
This turned out to be only a copy, and not
the original bill. which had been lost.
The senate refused to recognize the copy as
the original bill.
TO PROTECT DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES.
The house passed the house bill which pro-
hibits employers from blacklisting discharged
employees, and prohibits the discharge of
men because they are members of labor as
sociations: The penalties are fixed at from
$1,000 to $4,000.
ANOTHER HITCH.
The railroad commissioners Informed the
house that the bill to loan 100000 for the
purchase of seed grain had no section author
IzinS them to draw the money from the state
treasury.
The house passed supplementary bill cor
recting the omission.
ANOTHER DAY AT DITCHING.
The senate spent another day mostly occu
pied over the irrigation bill. At the opening
of the discussion Senator Hardness read
from published article, written by Judge
Gregory, the chief promoter of the bill, in
which three senators were charged as being
paid attorneys against the bill; and later he
offered resolution to exclude Judge Greg
DRY from the senate and galleries while the
bill was under discussion.
The resolution seems to have been lost
sight of in discussion of the bill: which was
finally ordered to be placed on the calendar
for third reading.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
The senate committee to formulate rules
for the Botkin impeachment trial reported,
and the report was ordered printed.
The senate organized as an Impeachment
court.
Before this was done Senator Carroll, of
Leaveuworth. entered his protest against the
whole proceeding. He said he was not will
ing to expend $4,000 of the money of the
state in this way.
He said that the house had recognized the
stupendous blunder it had made and now
sought to rectify it by abolishing the district
of which Botkin is Judge. If it was possible
for the senate to rid themselves of this bur-
den by payment of 5000 for Botkin's sal
airy for the unfinished term and attach the
32nd district to some other one, he wanted
to see it done.
Senator Mecham SAID that all the senators
regretted that this matter had been thrust
upon them, and now that it had been they
had no alternative but to go on with the trial.
The only possible way for the senate to es-
cape the duty, whether the district was abol-
ished or not, was for the house to withdraw
the articles or impeachment.