Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-28
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ToPEkA, Thirtieth Day IN Sessiou.-Ths
house reached the
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL
On third reading and it was defeated. The
vote was 60 for to 80 against. but it takes So
votes to pass bill; or a majority of all the
125 members elected.
This was a surprise to the friends of the
measure, as the bill had been approved by
the judiciary committee and by the commit
tee of the wholehouse.
The arguments made in the house con-
WINGED enough of the real friends of women
suffrage that the law would be unconstitu-
tional, and that it requires change OF the
constitution to reach the matter, to prevent
its passage.
MONEY SPENT AT ELECTIONS.
DOUGLASS bill TO prohibit and punish the
corrupt use of money at elections was passed
by the house.
PHARMACY BILL KILLED.
The bill drawn by the state board of phar-
macy and supported by the druggists gener-
ally, imposing registration fee of 81 upon
every pharmacist, was defeated In the house.
L1KEs BIZ IRRIGATION COMPANIES.
The bill to give irrigation companies lien
on crops grown on irrigated land was passed
by the house.
TREsPAssIEG on CEMETERIES.
Mr.. Stahl's bill for the protection or GEM
eteries was read third time and passed. It
provides penalty for trespassing on ceme-
terry grounds.
sHooL BOOKS.
The billt provide a series of school books
by the state was discussed at length by the
house; and then made special order on an
other day.
SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS.
The bill which had passed the senate re-
lating to salaries of state officers was consid-
cred by the house.
1t makes cut of $500 in salary of gov
ernor's private secretary; $500 in salary of
lieutenant governor; $500 in salary OF as
sistant secretary of state; $500 in assistant
state auditor and 500 for auditors chief
clerk; $500 in salary of assistant state treas
urer: $500 in salary of attorney general. max
ing it 81, 900; $500 in salary or assistant at
torney general; $500 in the salary of state
superintendent of public instruction: $500
In assistant superintendent's salary; $500 in
salary of superintendent of insurance, and
$500 in the assistant superintendent salary;
500 in salary of warden of the penitentiary,
and $500 in salary of railroad commissioners.
The house in committee agreed to all these
items except the decrease of the salary of the
attorney general and that of the state super
intendent of schools; the salary of the war
den of the penitentiary was cut to 81, 80.
An amendment was adopted reducing the
commission of S. J. Crawford, state agent at
Washing ton, from 10 per cent to per cent,
of money collected from the United States
for the state.
The bill as so amended was recommended
for passage.
CHILD LABOR.
The bill framed by the labor organizations
of the state, and introduced by Senator Os-
born, came up for the third reading in the
senate.
The bill would prohibit the employment
of children under IA years of age at any labor
during the hours in which schools were in
session, or before Z a. m. and after p. m.
1t was killed; q to 8.
POWERS OF INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES.
There is division between the house and
senate. The senate passed a bill giving
power 70 investigating committees to compel
attendance of witnesses, etc. The house
amended this so as TO give like power to
committees of either house as the bill gives
to joint committees. A committee of confer
ence has the bill in hand.
BILLS PASSED THE SENATE.
The senate passed large number of local
bills: also Senator Osborn's bill to prohibit
the use of tobacco by youths in public places;
also the state university appropriation bill