Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-14
IMPEACHMENT.
Twenty-Two Charges Against Judge Bot
kin-POssibIe Results Colorado and
California presidents Adopted by
COMMITTEES on Irrigation.
Eight Local Bills Passed by the House
Sugar Bounty Repeal Tackled to ApprO-
Priation-TO Relieve Rum sellers
Farmer Institutes.

TOPEKA, Twenty-first Day in Session.
Papers relating to Judge Botkin was intro-
duced in the house calling for his
IMPEACHMENT.
The petitions calling for the removal of
Judge Theodore Botkin, of the Thirty second
| judicial district, and rectting the charges
which had been preferred against him, were
presented to the house by Judge Webb, of
Shawnee county.
TIE PETITION WAS ORDERED PRINTED.
The iudicisry committee will make an in
vestgation of the charges and examine a
number OF witnesses before reporting to the
house. If it reports favoring the removal of
Judge Botkin and the report be adopted by
two-thirds vote it will be brought before
the senate. If that body agrees by q two
thirds vote to the removal, no further pro-
ceedings will be necessary until the adjourn
ment of the regular session. Then the SEN
ate Will reconvene and sit as a jury and try
the case. If by two thirds vote the senate
decides Botkin guilty he will be impeached.
The petition prefers twenty-five distinct
charges, including drunkenness, corruption,
incompetency and corruption in Office.
IRRIGATION REPORT.
united an exceedingly large bill, covering all
the points touched upon in the bills upon
this subject referred to it. tits taken largely
from the irrigation laws of Colorado and
California
BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
The following bills were passed by the
house:
Mr.. Douglass bill to abolish survivorship
in joint tenancy.
Eight local bills were passed; among them
the bill declaring st. Francis the permanent
county seat of Cheyenne county.
IN COMMITTEE OF TIE woHLE HOUSE.
The bill introduced by Brown, of Harvey.
repeating the law by which railroads collect
an excess fare of from 10 to % cents from
persons who neglect to purchase ticket at
the station was by unanimous vote recon-
mended for passage.
Also bill introduced by Brown, of Wilson,
to make it misdemeanor to cheat hotel or
boarding house.
SUGAR BOUNTY.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 to pay the
2 cent bounty on sugar; of which the bill
gives specifically 81, 1892 to the Conway
Springs sugar works. had an additional sec
ton added to it repeating the sugar bounty
law. and authorizing no further appropria-
tons for sugar bounty. It was, in this shape,
recommended for passage.
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
The bill introduced by the judiciary COM
mittee to punish depredations upon properly,
In damaging windows, buildings. trees, crops,
ETC., was approved by the committee.
RUM SELLERS.
Mr.. Douglass bill to repeal the exception |
in the present law of persons convicted of |
selling liquor by the act relating to release |
by county commissioners for failure to pay |
fine and costs, was approved.
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
Senator II. B. Kelley offered a concurrent |
resolution in the interest of a commercial |
congress of the states between the Ohio river
and the Pacific ocean.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Some of the regular appropriation bills
were finished in committee of the whole
senate.
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Senator Roe has introduced bill to pro-
vide for the formation of farmers institutes.
These societies are to be organized for the
purpose of teaching better methods of farm
ing. stock raising, fruit culture, and all the
branches of business connected with the in
dustry of agriculture. The societies are to
be governed by rules Furnished by the state
board of agriculture.