Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-07
APPORTIONMENT.
The Senate Passes a Congressional APPor-
tIonment Bill Not n Lutte Bit Like
the One Passed by the House
Fun Ahead
A Number of Bills of Importance Passed
by the HOuSe-The Two Houses
Trying to Get Together On
Fees and Salaries.

TOPEKA, Thirty-ninth Day IN Session.
The committee On charges against Judge
Theodosious Botkin, of the SIND judicial dis
trict, reported, sustaining the charges, and
the house formulated
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT,
which were conveyed to the senate by COM
mittee for that duty.
Messrs. Wilmington. Webb, Mitchell, Coons
and CouIson we're appointed the board OF
managers on the part of the house, who, with
the attorney general are TO conduct the pros
ecution of Judge Botkin.
After the house committee had delivered
its message to the senate, Senator Hardness
introduced a resolution that the senate ap-
point a committee of three to formulate rules
for the government of the trial by the senate.
Senator Carroll, of Leavenworth, said that
he hoped the senate would deliberate good
long while before it went into this matter
that would involve the state in an unlimited
expense, and that would require an extra ses-
sion of three or four weeks. He hoped the
senate would not enter into this trial unless
1t was absolutely necessary under the consti-
tuition.
1t is estimated that an impeachment trial,
considering the great number of witnesses
who will be called, and their distance from
the capital, will cost at least $4,000
SUGAR BOUNTY.
When the appropriation to pay the sugar
bounty provided for by law passed the house
there was a clause tackled to it which repealed
the law giving bountieS, so that this would be
the last appropriation for that purpose The
senate amended the bill by taking off the re-
peahng clause, on the ground that an appro-
priation bill can not, under the constitution,
carry repeating section.
The bill came back to the house, and the
desire there to stop this bounty caused the
house to non- concur in the amendment made
by the senate.
FEES AND SALARIES.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Reeder that
the fees and salaries bill be referred to spe-
cial committee of the house and senate, con-
slsting of seven representatives and four sem
ators, was adopted.
EMPLOYEES BONDS.
The house passed a bill to prohibit railroad
companies from requiring bonds from their
employees from securities outside of the juris-
diction of the state.
COMBINATIONS OF COMMISSION MEN.
The house passed the bill prohibiting COM
binations to prevent competition among per-
sons engaged in buying or selling live stock.
THE TOPEKA BRIDGE.
The house passed the bill authorizing
the Kansas river on Quincy street in the city
of Topeka.
AID FOR INDECENT FARMERS.
The house passed the bill to authorize the
county commissioners of Phillips and Smith
counties to provide feed and seed for the
farmers of said counties.
CRANES HAND BOOK.
A resolution authorizing the purchase of
200 copies of the Political and Legislative
Hand book" at 81 each, for the legislature
failed in the house.
WAIVER OF APPRAIsEMENT.
The house passed the bill to prohibit the
waiver OF appralsement."
ELDERS INTEREST BILL.
The senate judiciary committee reported
adversely upon Speaker Elders bin to make
usurlous contract between debtor and cred
itor forfeiture of tine contract in favor of
the debtor.
THE SENATE APPoRTIoN0IENT BILL.
The senate has also passed congressional
apportionment bill. 1t differs from the bill
passed by the house very much. 1t is:
First district-Doniphan, Atchison, Brown,
Nemaha. Pottawatomie, Riley, Marshall,
Washington, Republic.
Second distrlct-Leavenworth, jefferson,
Jackson, Shawnee, Usage, Lyon, Wabaunsee.
Third Observation-Disclosures johnson, Mi
ami, Linn, Anderson, Franklin, Douglas,
Coffey.
Fourth district-Bourbon, Crawford, Cher
okee, Labette, Neosho, Allen, Woodson, Will
son, Montgomery.
Fifth district Greenwood, Elk, CHATEAU
qua, Cowley, Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner.
Sixth district-Geary, Morris, Chase, Ma
rion, Dickinson, Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Saline,
Harvey.
Seventh district-Rice, Reno, KinKman.
Harper, Barber, Pratt, Stafford, Barton, Rush,
Pawnee, Edwards, Kiowa, Comanche, Clark,
Ford, Hodgeman, Ness. Lane, Garfield,
Gray, Meade, Seward, Haskell, Finney, Scott,
Wichita, Kearney, Grant. Stevens, Morton,
Stanton, Hamilton, Greeley.
Eighth dlstrict-Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln,
Ellsworth, Russell. Osborne, Smith, Phillips,
Rocks, Ellis, Trego, Graham, Morton, Deca-
tur, Sheridan, Cove, Logan, Thomas, Raw
Inns, Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace.