The Iola register., 1891-02-06

House bill to promote the construc
tion OF safe deep water harbor on the
coast of Texas and Corpus Christi anC
Padre island with amendmentsl.
Senate bill to prohibit the sale of to
bacco to minors under l6 years Of age il
the District of Columbia.
The fortification appropriation bill
was then taken up but it was laid aside
, Informally and pension bills on the cal
} cndar were proceeded with.
On motion of I,ir. Mckinley it was
ordered that the house shall meet at
o'clock Monday in order TO allow mem
bers to attend the funeral OF the late
Secretary Window. Public business
being suspended the house proceeded to
pay tribute to the memory of the late
Lewis Watson of Pennsylvania, and af
ter eulOgistic addresses the house ad.
journed.
Kansas Legislature.
Monday. Jan. 26.-In the house a
petition from old soldiers favoring the
selection of Mr.. Ingalls, for United
States senator was introduced. A mo-
tion was made that the prayer of the
petition be granted, which motion was
tabled after warm debate. The COM
of seating Mr.. Leedy lalliance), in favor
of Mr.. Rogers republican, The re-
ports were adopted by a vote of 90 to
22. A motion to invite Senator ingalls,
to deliver an address before the house
at o'clock "Wednesday was made and
lost. \ bill was reported from the COM
mittae apprOpriating $4,000 for the
| Kansas exhibition at the worlds fair.
L.. l.. A Il
! Army posts in Kansas. urging the re-
election of Senator ingalls, were re-
ceived and adopted and referred TO the
the bouse. In the house more petitions
were received from the old soldiers for
the reelection of Senator ingalls,. The
senate chief clerk appeared at ii o'clock
with a request from the senate that the
house return to the senate its concurrent
resolution providing that both houses
meet in joint session tomorrow for the
purpose of electing United States sem
atOr. The request was refused by an
overwhelming vote. Promptly at the
hour of noon Speaker Elder called for
order and announced that the pending
business was the voting by the house on
senator. He directed the calling OF the
roll. There were no, nominating
speeches. and the calling of the roll
was proceeded with. The call was re-
peatedly interrupted by cheers for
PETER and Ingalls, and for General c.
W. Blair, for whom the democrats cast
complimentary vote. The proceed
ings occupied only thirteen minutes.
The result of the ballot was: PETER 96,
| Ingalls, % and Blair ).
The senate adopted resolution ask
| ing the return of its resolution fixing
the place of holding the joint session TO
ballot on senator. The occasion for the
resolution was the report which had
reached the ears of the senators, that
Elder had given out /, 200 house passes
to his friends. AS this number would
more than fill the house after the legis-
lators were seated, the senators, after it
was too late, discovered that they could
not get any of their friends floor privil-
ages tomorrow. Lieutenant Governor
Felt announced promptly at II o'clock
that the hour had arrived for taking the
senate ballot on United States senator.
The vote in the senate stood: ingalls,
35, PETER Blair /, Kelly l. Morrill, /.
Wednesday, January 2S--The forty
state senators marched into RepreSen-
tative hall promptly at II o'clock and
| Lieutenant Governor Felt took the
chair. A roll call of the two houses
showed l65 members of the Legislature
| in joint session. The vote on United
States senator was at once proceeded
with the following result: PETER 10l,
Ingalls, 50, Blair ), Baker J.,
Morrill, l, and Kelly J..
The following bills were introduced in
the house: Mr.. FOrtney-To make all
election days legal holidays; Mr.. Gabel
To macademize the Kansas City road
to the state penitentiary; Mr.. Hopkins
To prevent insurance companies from
discriminating in rates; By request
To pay superintendent of insurance fees
for work, instead of a salary. A resO-
! luton to turn the reform school at
Hutchinson into an asylum for the in
sane was passed.
Thursday, Jan. 29.-The bill in refer
ence to diseased cattle was passed. The
bill to regulate the casing of oil and gas
wells was passed. Senator kelley's
resolution favOring the free coinage of
silver was taken up and was passed by
a vote of "a to ).
Friday, Jan. 3G.-A new appropria-
tiOn bill was introduced in the house
this morning, rushed through to a
third reading and passed. The joint
conference committee from the house
and senate have been appointed to con-
slider the old bill, but have been unable
to agree. The house committees have
insisted on cutting from the bill the ap-
preparation for the cOdifying commit
tee. The senate has steadily insisted
that no appropriation, shall be made
until provision is made for defraying
the expenses of the revision committee,
and the two bodies are no nearer to-
| gether than they were when the meas
ure was first proposed. None of the
/ clerks in either house have as yet
drawn any money. The following resO-
luton was introduced in the house by
Mr.. Willard of LeavenwOrth, this
morning and adopted: Whereas, the
nations financier, Secretary Window,
has been forced to resign by death, be
il resolved. by the members of the Kan
saS house of representatives, that his
loss to this country is TO be deplOred
because of his sterling worth as a man,
his noble and honorable service in
/ Office of public trust and for his great
ability as manager of the nations
treasury: and be it further resolved.
that the flag over representative hall
be placed at half-mast.
Topeka, January 31.-The alliance
Legislators formed in line at the audi
tors office this morning before that Of
fetal had hardly gotten out Of bed, and
waited until their warrants could be
made out. Late yesterday the confer
ence committee decided that the senate
eodifying committee was entitled to
So. 900 for expenses, and an evening ses-
sion of the legislat,re was held to nass