Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-03
THE QUESTION OF INTEREST ON
LOANS RECEIVING EARNEST
ATTENTION.
The Woman Suffrage Bill Passed the HOUSE
Against Speaker Elders Protest.


practice of harmony in the state OF Kan
sas, was defeated. House bill to allow
persons convicted of violation OF the
prohibatOry liquor law to be released
on the petition of 100 residents received
but forty-seven votes and failed to pass.
Bill granting suffrage to women which
was recommended for passage by COM
mittee of the whole recently, was defeat
ed this afternoon in the house on its
final passage, by the following ayes:
Atherton, Barnett, Brown of Harvey,
Dryden, Campbell, Cary, Caster, Chubb,
Cleveland, Coons, Cary, Coulson,
Crumbley, Davidson, Donovan, Doolittle
Doubleday, Duncan, Everly, Fisher,
Fortney, Goodwin, Hardick, Hardy,
Harner, Hartenbower, Hickox, Howard,
Hurt, Jackson, Jones of Butler, Jones
of Cherokee, Kenton, King, Dupfer,
Maddox, Maxwell, McCliman, McCon-
kew, McKinnie, Meeker, Mitchell, Nor
rison, Reid, Rice of Coffey, Rogers of
Marion. Ruble, Sem, Smith of Smith.
Soupene, Stanley, Steele, Stephenson.
Steward, Tannar, Templeton, Tucker,
Vandeventer, Wagner, Wilmington,
Glover, Craig, Dickson, Dolan, Doty.
dS.
Heber, Hoover, Ingram, Leedy, Lovett,
Matchett, Miner, Morris, Nicely, New
man, Nixon, Phinney, Pratt, Reeder,
Rehig, Remington, Rice OF Bourbon,
6eatOn, Showalter, Smith OF NeOsha,
Stahl, Warren, Webb, Willard and MIR.
Speaker Elder Total, 80. The house,
after passing number OF unimpOrtant
bills, went into the committee OF the
whole to consider the school text bill re-
commended by the committee on educa-
ton. AS that bill is an important one.
proposes radical changes, and is not
likely to pass the house.
The senate consumed the greater pOr-
ton of the forenoon and nearly all the
afternoon on the order of third reading
and passage of bills. The bill prohibit
ing the employment of children under
IA years of age was taken up and dis
cussed at great length and motion to
strike out the enacting clause then pre-
vailed. A bill was prepared and intro
,duced by Mr.. Kimball covering the
points made by the house in its concur
rent resolution exempting witnesses
from criminal prosecution for any evil
fdence they might give before any inves-
tigation brought by the legislature, and
compelling all persons subpaenaed to ap-
pear before such committees to answer
,aN;questions propornded. The house,
90 motion of Mr.. Nicely, amended the
bill so rs to include inquistiOns by SEN
ate or house" in addition to by Joint
committees from the house and senate"
Mr.. Hardness moved TO nOn-cOncur-
which prevailed and the bill WAS sent
back 70 the house. Later on the house
receded from some minor amendments
shey had made TO the bill, but insisted
On the amendment which had been OBJ
iected to.
Feb. 16.-The vote on the bill grant
ing women the right to vote at all cleo
tions in Kansas, taken yesterday, was
reconsidered, and the bill was passed
by yeas: Messrs. Alexander, AthertOn,
Barnes, Barnett, Bishoff, Brown of
Wilson, Dryden, Campbell, Carey, Cas-
ter, Chubb Cobun, Coons, Cory, Coul-
son, Crumley, Donovan, DoOlittle.
Doubleday. Duncan, Everly, Fisher,
Fortney, Goodwin, Hardick, Hardy,
Harner, HarteRbower, Harvey, Henry,
Hickox, Howard, Hurt, Ingram, Jack
son, Iunes of Butler, Jones Of Cherokee,
Ksnton, Lupfer. Maddox, McConkey,
McKinnie, Meeker, Milligan, Mitchell,
Morrison, Pierson of Pratt, Reed,
Rogers, of Marion, Rood, Rowse, Ruble,
Richards, Simmons, Sem, Shull, Smith,
Soupene, Stanley, Steele, Stephens,
Steward, Tanner, Templeton, Tucker,
Vail, Vandeventer, Wagner, Warren,
Wilmington. Total, 50. Nays: Messrs.
Andrews, Burgard, Clover, Craig. Day,
Dickson, Dolan, Doty, Douglass. Drake.
Dumbauld, Hopkins, Leedy. Lovett,
Matchett, Miner, Morris, Neeley. New
man, Nixon, Pearson of Allen, Phinney,