The Iola register., 1891-02-13
OUR LEGISLATURE.
HOTH BRANCHES GETTING DOWN TO
BUSINESS. CHARGES AGAINST
JUDGE BOTKIN TO BE
INVESTIGATED.
Women to be Granted Full Political
Rights. A Full but Condensed
Report of the Weeks
Proceedings.

unanimously recommending Tor pass
age the bill giving the women all The
political rights of men. There is but
little doubt but that the bill will gC
through the house and it will stand {
good chance for passing the senate
The committee on county lines reported
favOrably the bill changing the name o
Gerry county to Davis county. AttOr.
ney General Ives offered his oppiniOr
which was read in the house, as to the
legality OF changing the state reforma
tory at Hutchinson to state insane
asylum. There was no question but
that it could be done, but question
might arise as to the right of the state
to hold the land on which the reforma
tory was located, that it was given with
the express condition that it to be used
as sight for the state reformatOry
The senate reported to the house non
concurrence in the memorial to con
gress to open the Cherokee strip to set
Element. In the senate Gov. Humph'
rey's appointments for the past two
years were confirmed. They were the
trustees OF the state board OF charitable
institutions, state board of health,
industrial refOrmatory, state university
and other OF the state Institutions
The senate appropriation bill for the
girls industrial school at Beloit was
lost by the chief clerk OF the house, and
will have to be re-enacted.
Feb 3.-After the reading of the
journal, q resolution was introduced in
the house sending a subcommittee tC
Hutchinson to inspect the reformatOrv,
and report what changes would be
necessary to convert it into an insane
asylum, and what expenditures for the
change, within economic bounds, will
be necessary. The state board Ol
charities and the state architect were
requested to accompany the committee.
This subcommittee will go next Fri
day. A resolution requesting the
Washington delegation to work for the
abolition Of the national banking act
was introduced by Mr.. Lupfer, who re-
quested that it be laid over for three
DAYS for discussion. This was done.
A resolution was introduced creating a
Joint committee for both senate and
house whose duty it shall be to revise
state taxation. 1t is similar IN the late
senate revision committee. The COM
mittee is to report the results of its
labor to the next legislature. 1t was
referred to the committee on assess
ments. Speaker Elder spoke against
the senate concurrent resOlu-
tion instructing the senators and
representatives at Washington to work
and vote for the passage of the Paddock
pure food bill. After a lengthy discus
sion the motion to indorse the Paddock
bill was passed. Adjourned.
Feb. An the house new hedge
law was introduced. Also bill prOvid-
ing for the publication of the laws in
two newspapers in each county in the
state, payment to be paid by the folio Oi
100 words, and a concurrent resolution
TO inquire into the dynamite explosion
at Coffeyville in 1888. After long dis.
cussion, house bill, No. ), by Douglass
of Sedgwick county, was by the commit
tee of the whole recommended for in
definite postpOnement. This was bill
to appoint a cOmmitte of five men
learned in law" To revise the statutes.
Seaton. of AtchisOn, and Pearson of AZ
ing five counts, against the bill prOhibi-
ting the employment of private, armed
detectives, passed yesterday:
IN IIe Se1dUe.-1 DllI d.
Francis as the seat of Cheyenne County.
was taken up in committee OF the
whole and recommended for
passage. The bill providing for she
purchase and distribution of grain to
needy farmers was discussed and re-
committed 10 the committee on way
and means.
Feb. 5.-Mr. Kelly of Crawford intro
duced bill in the senate this morning
repeating the act to encourage the
manufacture of sugar" The governor
notified the senate of the. fact that he
had approved the senate bill No l53.
appropriating money for deficiency and
water supply for the industrial school
for girls at BelOit. At ll:l5 O'clock
this morning the sergeant-at-arms oi
the senate announced the Loyal Legion
Kansas commandery, in body The
senators rose to their feet while the
commandery filed into the chamber.
double file, headed by General Barker.
commander, and Governor Humphrey.
and followed by Ex-Governor George 7.
Anthony, chief of staff. and Genera
Devol, of Kansas City, Mo-, and about
sixty additional members of the Legion.
The fees and salaries bill came up foI
consideration in committee OF the whole
and was discussed the entire afternoon.
The senate adjourned without tina'
action.
In the house.-A bill controlling anG
regulating the matter of irrigation was
introduced by the committee on irriga.
ton. This morning the Loyal Legion.
by formal invitation of the house, visit
ed that body as honOred guests. Gov
ernOr Humphrey, Commander Barker,
Ex-Governor Anthony and others made
appropriate speeches in response to .
cordial address of welcome by the speak
err. Speaker Elders bill No. l32, to tax
bonds, mortgages, notes and other
securities, has taken up almost the en-.
tire time of the house in committee Ol
the whole to-day. This bill provides
that all securities shall be stamped
each year when assessed, but that any
unstamped securities or other evidence
Of debt, held by 4 resident OF the state,
shall be held valueleSs by the courts.
Nearly every member of the house par
ticipated in the discussion at some point.
The bill was recommended for passage.
Feb. 6.-In the senate Mr.. Buchan in
trOduced bill this morning creating a
superior court" for Wyandotte county.
The superior court shall have original
jurisdiction in proceeding Of quo war
rantO, habeas corpus and mandamus,
and may allow injunctions in all proper
actions and proceedings, and shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the dis
trict court, supervising powers Ovet
and respecting all courts and tribunals
inferior to the district court. Members
of the bar admitted TO practice before
the supreme or district court may prac-
tice before the superior court. The
salary of the Judge of the superior
court shall be fixed at s., 500 per annum,
TO be paid out of the state treasury. He
shall give bond in $4,000. Mr.. Carroll
of Leayenworth, asked that unanimous