The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-02
HOUSE.

GUTHRIE, o. r., Feb 1.-TSpeciall-
! With twenty-five members answering roll
call, the house entered upon its work this
morning.
Council bills &c and 81 came down from
the council with request for concurrence
! Mr.. Ormsbee desired that all the discus.
sion connected with granting the use OF
the hall for ball be expunged from the
record.
The Chair-It was expunged yesterday.
House bills % and 30 were Withdrawn
from committee of the whole house and
were recommitted to the committee on
appropriations.
! The bill to place that partof the town.
site OF Okarche lying in Kingfsher county
| in Canadian county was referred to the
committee on county and township organ
| izations.
The following house bills were referred:
No. 40 County and county ofices), to COM
mittee on county affairs; No. AZ (roads and
! highways, to committee on roads and
| highways; No. 4S (animals) to Judiciary:
No. 40 (territotial tlower), TO committee on
ways and means; No. 30 (conveyances), to
committee on Judiciary; No 81 exemption
of property from forced sale) to commit
| tee on judiciary; No. 81 establishment of
SNihi1OAANA ~. ~ AA-AAASbSS Oli
Judiciary.
The ways and means committee report
ed house bill No II (taxes) adversely
Mr.. Ormsbee hoped that it would receive
consideration.
Mr.. Greer desired that the bill take the
regular course.
Mr.. CunniDgham-This is bid to get
| the bill printed. The committee on wavs
and means did not consider it worthy of
printing, and, for this reason | am ia favor
of the report of the committee.
The bill was then read. 1t provides for
the payment of taxes twice year. After
considerable discussion the report was not
adopted and the bill was referred to the
committee on Judiciary.
House bill No. % was received from the
council, it having been passed over the
governors veto.
Mr.. Ormsbee moved that the bill be con-
sidered.
Mr.. Cunningham called for the special
erder.
Mr.. Wimberly moved that the special
order be passed aud house bill No. ~ be
made a special order for o'clock p. M.
Mr.. Ormsbee repeated his motion.
When the roll was called Mr. Cunning
ham explained his vote. He said that the
permanency of the government depends
upon the supremacy of the law. The
passage of this bill over the veto would be
q bti GSb NIO4aiIOi OF ADc law
The vote stood - to 4
Mr.. Ormsbee--I move TO refere the
whole thing to the supreme court and re-
quest its opinion.
The chair ruled the motion out Of order.
Mr.. Ormsbee-I am somewhat confused
by the multiplicity OF laws l want to
know if we have gag law, so that we
cannot speak. | have come to the con-
clusion that the bill should not be passed
over the veto This action should not be
taken prior to its being referred to the
supreme court.
He referred to a Pennsylvania decision
and to some others. He had been advised
that the question would be entertained by
the supreme court at once. "It is the duty
OF the supreme court to give an opinion il
this case "
Mr.. Beatty said that no memb of the
supreme court would give an opinion on
any subject that i likely to come before
that court He thought the better way
was 10 pass the bin aud then refer 10 10