Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-12
THE HOUSE.

calling for a committee to investigate
the charge against Botkin. If they find
enough evidence to warrant his i'm
peachment they will SO report to the
House and that body will order the i'm
peachment trial. This will be conduct
ed by the Senate, which will meet after
the regular session adjourns, and try
the case.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 10.-For the first
time during this session every Senator
except one, King, answered the roll
call yesterday morning. One OF the
first resolutions which was offered was
to begin night sessions, which was ad-
iusted without much discussion. The
proposition was acceded to after it was
explained that local bills only would
be considered at the evening sessions.
The House concurrent resolutions re-
ferring to the anti-option law and the
Paddock pure food bill were read and
laid over, while the postage stamp
resolution was referred to the Commit
tee on Ways and Means. This Is the
resolution asking that the Alliance
the seats of the late Republican mem
bers, be furnished stamps, as their
predecessors, who had been issued the
allotment as Representatives of their
districts, had taken them away.
Among the bills introduced by Sen
ator Kirkpatrick was one providing that
persons organizing a corporation shall
pay into the State Treasury a sum
equal to one half of one per cent. of the
capital stock authorized to be issued
under the charter.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Gillette to enable cities of the second
and third classes to change their cor
porate limits SO as to exclude additions
and subdivisions when found to be de-
sirable.
The dynamite resolution was taken
up by the Senate on reconvening at 2 P.
m. and discussed at length.
Mr.. Mohler moved to strike out the
third and fourth sections of the pream-
BILE as being indefinite, and while max
ing charges of a general and insinuat-
ing nature against the Republican party,
individual Republicans and the Repub-
lican State Central Committee of two
years ago, they had made no specific
| charges.
Several gentlemen objected, and ii
was finally decided not to strike out
any portion of the preamble.
3Ir Gillett moved to amend as fol
| lows:
Whereas, Parties making such charges
| have Withheld from the public all evidence
| o. their authority to make the same, and
have used the information they claim to
have for political effect, thereby making
evidence of crime basis Of political agita-
tion instead of bringing criminals to justice
| This was made an additional section
to the preamble.
After considerable discussion the
amendment was adopted, two members,
Elliston, Republican, and Wheeler, Al
lance, voting no, and King, Norton
McTaggart, and Rankin being absent
or not voting.
An amendment was offered by Mr.
Mechem to empower the committee
which is to be composed of three mem
bers from the House, to employ {
sergeant-at-arms and stenographer anc
empower them as a court of inquiry IL
all things necessary.
The Senate reconvened at 1880 anC
Immediately resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole for the considera
ton of local bills on the calendar, con
sidering in the three hours session four
teen local bills and Ave appropriation
bills, recommending all for passage
The Soldiers Orphans Home appropria
ton bill elected considerable discussion
and went over without report
Senate bills-Three, providing fol
a board of public works, eleven in re
lation to assessment and taxation anC
twenty-five providing for the assess
ment and taxation of property at it
full value were made special order TO
to-day at 2:So p. m
Senator Howard attempted to secur
a committee to revise the fees ant
salaries bill but objection was raise
and his efforts proved futile.
THE HOUSE.
ToPEKA, Kan, Feb. 10.-The Hous
Railroad Committee is at work almos
constantly. The views of the member
have been greatly modified since the
talked in last falls campaign.
Speaker Elder spoke with sarcasti
emphasis to Chairman Doolittle, of tn
Committee on Ways and Means. d
stated that the committee had held
certain bill in which he was intereste
for month, and he would like to hav
it reported.
Ruble, of Sedgwick, offered resoll
ton calling upon Congress to pay tn
ex-Union soldiers the difference b
tween the deprecated currency the
received for pay and gold The resol'
ton was adopted.
COLUMBUS, Kan, Feb. 10.-ln the pa
lor of the Empire House in this city +;
o'clock yesterday afternoon Louis
Holsey, of Arizona, shot his wifi
, Amelia NJ. Holsey, dangerously, if M
} fatally, and Immediately afterwa1
) shot himself dead. The coup
had been living apart for the pa
four years and Mrs. Holsey had con
menced divorce proceedings and Il
; notice was served on Holsey by Il
5 sheriff and 1t is thought this hastene