Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-21


house after much terminating debate agreed
to the conference report on the
PRINTING APPROPRIATION,
giving it 81 votes.
The amounts remains the full $153, 900 for
two years, commencing July 1, 1891.
Mr.. Elder said that Baker had worked the
senate and Snow had worked the house; and
if this house passes the bill "God help you. /"
Other speakers charged hypocrisy on the
part of the brother alliance members who
had preached reform in the campaign, but
now that they had elected state printer had
gone back on reform. The bill carried pro-
vision that orders for printing must be ap-
proved by the secretary of state and the at
tOrney general
ENDORSING CANDIDATE.
The house adopted a resolution almost
unanimously recommending the governor to
appoint General X. c. Bradshaw, of Ottawa,
as one of the railroad commi ssioners.
EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL.
The conference report on the executive and
judicial appropriation bill was agreed to in
both houses. 1t provides for the fish COM
missioner whose Office the house tried to
abolish.
Mr.. Leedy could not be made to under
stand that the vote of the house alone could
not decide matter without the action of the
senate. Leedy wanted to know ''what are
we here Tor If we cannot do what we want to
do?".
The bill also provides for the mine inspec-
tor, the metropolitan police commissioners,
the silk station, the state board of public
works and for books for the state library; all
OF which had previously been voted against in
the house.
COMPROMISE MORTGAGE BILL.
The house amended the mortgage bill, as
passed by the senate, and passed it. 1t does
not effect existing contracts, and Judge
Webb said it would benefit the debtor class
and not harm the creditor class.
TO ABOLISH THE SENATE.
Stephens, of Franklin, offered a resolution,
which the house did not adopt, declaring it
the sense of the house that when a new con-
sttution is framed the senate should be abol-
ished.
LABOR BUREAU.
The committee appointed to investigate
the labor bureau reported, giving a clerk
of the bureau, one Henrie, bad character.
The bureau is, by the report, declared to be
a slnecure and its reports misleading and of
no value.
STATE NORMAL.
The house finally consented to raise the
figure it was willing to appropriate for the
EmpOria normal school from 81. 900 to S13,-
$40; which Is considerably smaller than usual.
FUN.
The house then spent some leisure in hear
ing ludicrous resolutions and speeches.
SENATORS ON PRINTING.
Upon the receipt by the senate of the mes
sage from the house announcing the adop-
ton of the miscellaneous appropriation bill,
including the amount for state printing,
Senator Osborn spoke on the question of
state printing. He said that the great ex-
pense connected with public printing had
teen prominent issue IN the campaign, and
the senate, in compliance with the wishes of
the people, had early In the session passed a
bill reducing the fees and work of the state
printer fully one-third. That bill the house
had never taken any action upon whatever;
but instead had passed the largest advance
appropriation ever made by any Kansas leg
lSlature.
Senator Buchan followed with the state
ment that the only reduction made in this
winters appropriations had been in the wages
of laborerS OF the various state institutions;
while 81, 600 had been spent in fruitless in
vestigations.
THE MORTGAGE BILL IN THE SENATE.
When the house messaged the mortgage
bill to the senate that body decided that as
legislation of that class had been stopped by
concurrent resolution, that there was no
way in which it could again be taken up ex-
cept by concurrent resolution; and the house
was notified that this was the judgment of
the senate.
Senators who spoke on this matter all con-
sidered it buncombe action on the part of
the house, taken illegally, and only for polit-
ical effect.
LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT.
The house having agreed to the conference
report on legislative apportionment it came
up again in the senate.
Senator Long protested against the bill
because it provided for the full 125 members
without giving Morton and Garfield counties
any representation until the next apportion-
ment.
The bill was, however, passed by the senate.
FUNERAL. IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
The senate rendered the use of its chamber
for the funeral of Colonel n. S. Goss. The
senate and state officers and the supreme
court attended the funeral.
Mostly New Men for the Places.
TOPEKA, March 13.-The governor sent