Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

Public Printing In the Senate-The Pad
dock Pure Food Bill Endorsed BY the
House.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 4.-The resolu-
ton by Mr.. Forney in the Senate pro
viding for the enforcement of rule "a,
prohibiting smoking in the Senate
chamber, was, after considerable rail-
lery, indefinitely postponed yesterday.
A resolution to begin the holding OF
evening sessions by the Senate, COM
mencing February 9, was rejected after
some discussion.
The Senate Committee on County
Seats and County Lines considered the
bill proposing to create the new county
of Alliance, and heard the arguments
of the committee having the matter in
hand from that locality. Their decis-
ion was reserved until further investi.
cation could be made and allow addi-
tional petitions to be presented.
House concurrent resolution No. 4, re-
lating to the election of United States
Senators by the popular vote, and
House concurrent resolution No. 5, re-
lating to United States Treasurer issu-
ing legal tender notes, which were
made a special order, were, after con-
siderable discussion, passed over.
The chief clerk read message from
the House conveying the intelligence
that the lower body had non-concurred
in the Conger pure lard resolution, and
messaged substitute, which they had
adopted, urging Congress to adopt the
Paddock pure food bill.
The House messaged the Senate that
the House bill regulating the weighing
of coal at mines had been passed, as
also Mr. Rice's (of Bourbon) lien law.
The Senate worked the greater por-
ton of the day in Committee of the
Whole on Senate bill No. l. The re-
auctions on the public printing bill,
which were discussed almost wholly,
averaged about % per cent. The rate
adjusted for the publishing of official
notices in the official State paper was
reduced from 81 per 1000 ems to IS
cents per l, 900 ems, while the price to
weekly papers was reduced from 81 per
square to so cents. The new rates take
effect July l, next
Among the bills introduced was one
by Mr.. Forney, by request, disorganiz-
ing Gray and Garfield Counties, and
from their amalgamation creating a new
county to be known as Union County.
An appropriation is asked by Mr..
Kelly, of Mcpherson, for the purpose of
purchasing lands and erecting an addi-
tional asylum for insane. The bill pro-
vides that the site for the asylum shall
be selected by the State board of
trustees of charitable institutions.
The regular biennial appropriation to
the University of Kansas was asked for
in bill introduced by Mr.. Moody,
chairman of the Senate Committee on
Education. The amount asked by this
bill for the State University at Law
renee, is SIS, 900 for each year, for the
fiscal years ending June 80, 1892 and
1898.
THE HOUSE.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 4.-The Senate
concurrent resolution requesting the
Kansas Representatives and instructing
the Senators in Congress to vote and
work for the "Conger pure lard" bill,
which has been deferred from time to
time for the past ten days in the House,
having passed the Senate, came up yes
terday morning for consideration.
Speaker Elder offered an amendment,
including the Paddock pure food" bill.
Mr.. Elder spoke strongly favoring the
resolution as amended. He said the
delegates to Ocala, Fla, were so feted
and Toasted that they were ready
to pass any resolution suggested by
their Southern brethren. he mentioned
a letter written him by a Greenback
brother in st. Louis, imploring him to
fight the Conger bill, but he solemnly
asseverated that the Greenback brother
had doubtless been hired by st. Louis
pork packers to write the letter. The
speaker called attention to the fact that
/ Northern assemblies of Alliance people
had, almost without exception, in
dorsed the Conger bill, while those of
the South were against it
DR.. Nicely, of Leavenworth, attacked
the bill and Mr.. Elders argument The
doctor assailed the action of the North
ern Alliance, casting discredit upon
them by saying their action was in
every case instigated by the pork pack
ers-
Reeder, of Ellis. said that representa-
tives from Kansas should work and
vote for Kansas and not Louisiana
Party interest or feeling should not in
terfere with Kansas material interests.
Mr.. Rice spoke of the gigantic and
rapacious cotton seed oil trust, which
absolutely controls the output of this
commodity.
The Conger lard bill was finally
knocked out and the Paddock pure food
bill adopted a. substitute.
Mr. Rice, of Bourbon, offered a reso-
luton instruetng the subcommittee Of
the Ways and Means Committee having
the matter IN charge to take the chair-
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