Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-03-26

under tho direction Of the commission
ers Of the various western CO unties as a
loan to the farmers
Among other bills OF more or less gen.
eral interest which have become laws
arc the following: One authorizing
wholesale druggists and dealers in
Photographic supplies to sell alcohol at
wholesale to druggists and photograph
ers for medical or scientific purposes;
another prohibiting the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors to inmates of national or
state soIdier.' homes; another prohibit
ing the editing, publishing, circulating
and selling of newspapers and otheI
publications devoted to scandal; another
regulating warehouses;, the inspection.
grading, weighing and landing of
grain; another prohibiting county COM
missioners from designating any news
paper as the official county
paper which has not been published
continuously for one year; another pro-
Viding that appeals from the police court
OF a city of the first class to the district
court and from there to the supreme
court may be taken by the city upon a
Judgment for the defendent on quashing
complaint, upon an order OF the police
Judge arresting the judgment. and upon
a question reserved by the city.
The above is in short the sum total OF
the general legislation of the session
fewer new laws than has been enacted
for many years.
MEASURES WHICH FAILED.
The most important measures before
the egislature-tnose which we're talked
about all through the session-failed
completely. Everyone supposed there
would be a law providing for the cleo
ton of the board OF railroad commits
sioners by vote of the people; all the
political parties declared for it in their
platforms of the last campaign, but the |
law remains just as it IS and the rail-
road board Will continue to be chosen by |
the executive council. The change was |
attempted and both branches of the |
legislature were unanimously for it but |
it was incorporated with another |
bill on the subject Of railroads, pre-
pared by the railroad committee OF the |
house, reducing passenger rates, etc. |
This bill was Objectionable to the con- |
sentative element of the two houses and |
the railroad commissioner provision |
went down with the entire bill Had it |
been framed as a separate bill it would /
have passed either house without oppo-
sition.
A week ago it was thought there was
no doubt about the adoption of the Aus
tralian ballot system. The house
passed the bill by the vote of all alliance
men, republicans and democrats. |
It came to the senate so late,
however, that the committee did
not have time to amend it as it desired.
1t is understood there would baye been
objections to it by some of the senators
because of the expense connected with
the system.
The equal suffrage bill went through
the house all right, receiving a bare ma
jority, but it failed in the senate Re-
submission was killed but no one ever
thought it had show.
There is no railroad legislation of any
character, though many days were spent
in discussion of that subject and the
transportation question in all it's phases
thoroughly gone over. The alliance
wanted to bankrupt the railroads by re-
ducing passenger rates to two and one
half cents per mile, and cutting down
freights % to 60 per cent. They would
not consider any conservative measure
on this subject, hence the railroads were
left alone.
There subject which received more
attention than any other during the
present session was financial legislation,
but the laws remain unchanged. OF the
twenty-five or thirty bills touch
ing upon this subject which were
introduced during this session
not one becomes a law. Elders
bill TO tax mortgages, etc, was killed as
soon as II got over to The senate There
was desire on the part of both alliance
men and republicans to have a new
mortgage law and the alliance can be
held responsible for the failure to enact
a law on that subject. The senate
passed mortgage law, which was care
fully and wisely framed, and it was
to the house on the
morning of the 9th. Consid-
GRAFTON of senate messages ceased
at 6 o'clock on the 10th. Douglass
called up this senate bill on the 9th and
moved TO concur in the amended senate
bill but Elder refused to hear the mo-
ton. The senate message was never
put on the docket, but was held in the
chief clerks desk until the 18th, when
Senator Gillett sent a note to Judge
Webb making inquiry. 1t was then
taken up but all business had ceased.
The delay was entirely the fault of the
house.