The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-30
KANSAS LEeisLATuRE.
a Condensed Report OF the weeks Pro-
eeedlnEs.

ing manufacturers OF cider vinegar read
a third time and passed At8 O'Clock the SEN
ate Joined the House for the election of
printer and then adjOurned----I In the House
the Speaker announced the appoint
ment of number of standing com
mittees- DR.. Neeley introduced a resolution,
which went over, asking she favorable con
tariff reform, and asking the Kansas Senators
and Representatives to exercise their in
auehce against the penang e4ectloas Dill
Al the appointed hour the Two
houses met in joint convention for the
election of printer and Z. h Snow, OF Otta-
wa, was chosen all the Alliance members
and Democrats in the House and one Rspub-
lican, Mr.. willard, of Leaven worth voting
for Snow. The result of the Joint ballot was:
Snow, 1Oi; Baker, q; StOtIer, 20; Crane, 20,
and Kirkland, 2 AIr. Snow was declared
elected, and after the joint session dissolved
the House soon adjourned.
THE Senate on the 2Ist passed the bill re-
curing county treasurerS to 1Ie with the
county clerk all receipts and vouchers for
moneys paid out and submit his books for
examination every year or as often as re-
qutred by the county commissioners. SEN
ator Rush introduced a concurrent resoIu-
ton asking Congress to abolish National
banks, or that part of the law which requires
such banks to purchase United States bonds.
In che afternoon the Senate considered bills
In Committee OF the whole. In the House
Mr.. AthertOn introduced bill to establish
Court OF Appeals. Representative York
introduced a bill for supplying seed
to needy farmers OF western cOun-
ties. resolution asking Congress TO
pass the COngeF lard bill adopt
ed. At the afternoon session DR.. Nee
ley's resolution asking Congress to pass the
free coinage bill, favorina the repeal of the
Mckinley tariff bill, and declaring OppO-
sitiOn to the elections bill, was discussed
at length and a motion to postpone de-
feated by lO5 to I3. Upon division
OF the question the free coinage sec
ton was unanimously adopted. The para
graph asking the defeat of the elections bill
was adopted by 81 yeas to 70 nays, ana the
declaration, for the repeal of the tariff bill
was defeated because of an infOrmality of
wording.
T7pr SaDe+a ~, tI,a 995 y,,as cccr,Fad r., a
large degree in discussing Mr. Mothers
mortgage bill which finally was agreed upon
in Committee of the Whole. Mr.. Bentley's
waiver Of appraisement bill was also con-
stdered and agreed to at n late hour. 1t
peals the present appraisement law. In
the House Mr.. Heber, OF Meade, introduced
concurrent resolution requesting the Kan
sas delegation in Congress to oppose the
elections bill, which was referred. Mr..
Webb, OF Shawnee introduced bill making
the use of tobacco by minors under Is years
of age "a misdemeanor, punishable by fine.
It is especially aimed at cigarettes a bill
approprating $32, OO0 for payment of mem
bers and officers of the Legislature passed.
The bribery bill, after an animated debate,
was recOmmitted. In the Ellis County con-
test of Miller VS.. Reeder the majority of the
Elections Committee reported in favor of
Reeder, and the House adopted the report
co n1irming Reeder ia his seat.
IN the Senate on the 2Sd the Judiciary Com
mittee favOrably reported the allen land
ownership bill The waiver of exemption
bill, which repeats the present law permit
ting the waiver of exemption In mortgages,
was read a third time ana passed by q vote
OF 81 TO 2 The mortgage bilis which pro
vides that land sold under foreclosure must
bring twO-thirds of its appraised value, was
also pissed by vote of % to Is. Bills were
then considered in Committee of the Whole
and message was received from the House
reporting back the legislative APPROXIMATION
bill, which had passed that body with the
clause making an appropriation for the
penses of the revision committee stricken
out. In the House long debate followed
the presentation of petition from the old
soldiers of Topeka asking that the members
vote for the reelection of Senator ingalls,.
The petition was finally referred to a special
committee of three old soldiers. a concur
rent resolution favOring the election of
united states senators by the people was
unanimously adopted. The Douglass bribery
bill was considered at length in Committee of
the Whole and recommended for passage.
BILLS were introduced in the Senate the
oath and the third reading the calendar
was pretty wen cleared. Senator ROe's bill
relating to livestock was discussed and
passed 1t provides a penalty for transport
ing diseased stock through any county. The
bill for abolishing the ONCE of poor commits
siOner IN counties or less than $1,000 in habit-
ants passed. The legislative appropriation
bill, which the House amended by cutting
out the appropriation for the revision COM
mittee, was non honoured in.....--In the
House a resolution was adopted giving the
Elections Committee power TO make "A re-
count in the Marion County contest. Petit
tiOns were presented from old soldiers for
and against the reelection of Senator In
gals. After dispOsing of other business the
House adjourned
SOME time was occupied by the Senate on
the 26th on motions to recall several
bills from the House and the policy
OF such proceeding. Senator H. b. Kelley
introduced a resolutions requesting the Kan
sas delegation in Congress to urge the adOp-
tiOn of Tree coinage which led to some de-
bate. But little was accOmplishe when the
Senate adjOurned----In the House some time
was occupied in approval of the journal OF
Saturday, motion being made to eXpunge
that portion relating to Senator Ingalls, and
the petition of certain old soldiers against
Mr.. Ingalls, The motion to expunEe did not
prevail The contested cases of Leedy vs.
Boyer, of WOOdsOm County, and Maxwell
Rood, OF Marion County, came up and
Messrs Leedy and Maxwell, the contestants,
were seated. Messrs. COb0n. Duncan and
Harrison were appointed a committee to act
with committees of other States with refer
ence to interest rates The House bill MAX
ing a deficiency appropriation for the Kan
sas State soldiers home at Dodge City was
passed Adjourned,