Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-07

TAIrty.sIxth Day.
TorxKk, Thirty-sixth Dayln Session. The
house considered the bill
CUTTING COUNTY SALARIES
from 10 TO 40 per cent.
Il was attacked on all sides. The bill
grades salaries of county officers according
to population, and members representing
counties in each class seemed satisfied with
the bill for all the classes save their own.
The bill was worked long time and then
not finished.
SCHOOL BOOK COMMISSION.
The house took I'D the bill introduced by
the committee on education, which provides
for text book commission to contract for
school books to be furnished free to the
school children of Kansas. The bill author
ICES the commission to either purchase the
books direct from publishers, or to compile
new series of books to be published under
contract
After warm discussion the bill was put
upon third reading and passed; 70 to 40.
STATE PRINTING BILLS.
The report of the printing committee came
up as special order.
The majority of the committee had report
ed favorably on house bill No. 63, which pro-
vided for the establishment of state print
ing house by the state and the payment of
the state printer of salary of $1,000 per
year.
The minority reported bill similar as to
rates TO the bill passed by the senate.
Speaker Elder favored the minority report.
The minority bill was made special order
for future hour.
RAILROAD BILL PASSED.
The Elder Railroad bill was passed on third
reading.
EXTRAORDINARY.
resolution to change the rule allowing
five members to call for the ayes and noes so
as to require that the call be seconded by
thirty-five members was introduced.
1t went over one day, according to the
rules.
ALLAN BUCKNER.
A resolution instructing the speaker to no.
tify the governor that the house committee
appointed to investigate the blind asylum at
Wyandotte recommended the removal of AL
Ian Buckner, the superintendent, was laid
over.
INNOCENT PURCHASER"
The house judiciary committee has report
. ed 81. B. 5l2 favorably. 1t Is intended to
amend the laws so as to cut of the innocent
purchaser" racket SO as to stop the swind-
ling which is SO common in getting notes
without full consideration and selling them
to a third party, in whose hands they are
good as the law now stands, no matter what
defense the maker may have against the
. original holder.
Under the proposed amendment the buyer
. of notes. bonds. bills of exchange, must know
what he is getting before he buys, and this
will stop all swindling games of this kind.
FAILURE OF CONFERENCE.
The house and senate have each passed
bills apprOpriating $780, 600 for seed grain for
the border counties on the west.
The senate bill gives that amount as loan
to counties, the counties to loan it to citizens,
and fxes pay day in '92.
The house bill gives the amount as a free
donation.
A conference committee was named. men,
bers from the senate being instructed by
vote OF the senate not to abandon the loan
feature of the bill; the members from the
house refused to CONFER with the senators be-
cause they were instructed; and so a report of
non-agreement was made.
The senate then refused to withdraw its in
structions to its conferees, and so the matter
stands.
STATE BANKING LAW.
The senate talked nearly half day on the
question of putting in the banking law pro-
hibition against their loaning money on real
estate. Ike bill is a long one and was not
finished.
BOARD. OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The senate in committee approved S. B.
to create board of public works.
THE DOUGLASS MORTGAGE BILL.
The senate judiciary committee reported
on the Douglass house bill on mortgage fore
closures, recommending 81 amendments to
it. It,was ordered reprinted.
SAMUEL GOMPERS.
The'house having withdrawn its permits
sion. before granted, for the use of represen-
tative hall for meeting to be addressed by
Samuel Gompers, president of the Fedora
ton of Labor, the senate, on motion of
Senator Osborn, rendered the use Of the SEN
ate chamber for that purpose.