Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-03-11
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed Report OF tho Weeks Proceed
ings Mt Topeka.

diatcly taken up and passed. A special COM
mittee reported In favor OF removing the capital
TO Kanapolis The senate held an executive
session and confirmed number OF appoint.
ments, When the doors were opened Senator
banner introduced Joint resolution amending
the constitution so that members Of the legis.
lature shall receive 20 per day for their services
The railroad committee reported the maximum
rate railroad bill, which Is the same as agreed
upon by the populist house -. In the house
much timc was consumed In talking. Many
bills and resolutions were introduced The
resolution OF Speaker Douglass which declared
II necessary to pass certain measures, viz.
law providing for the election OF rail-
road commissioners by the people and defin-
ing their duties: n mortgage law providing for
u reasonable right OF redemption and, II posi-.
BILE, lessening the expense Of foreclosure pro-
ceedings q lnw providing for the complete re.
vision OF the general statutes Of the state; q
law making needed amendments 10 the statutes
relating to assessment and taxation: o law for
the preservation OF the purity OF the ballot o
law regulating the weighing and screening Of
coal OF the mines law for the payment OF
wages weekly: to provide for IN appellate
court to apportion the state into congressional
districts. and submitting necessary constitu.
tional amendments. then came up and was OPP
posed by Mr. Dunsmore on the ground that 1t
was political buncomb 1t was adopted.
TIE senate on the I'd was occupied most
OF the day in considering the maximum freight
rate bill and finally passed II by q vote OF p TO
TO- 1t provides that three commissioners shall
be elected by the people at the general election
in 1899 For this purpose the state is divided
into three districts and no person owning bonds
or other railroad stock or property. or In any
way pecuniarily interested in any railway,
shall be eligible TO the Office OF commissioner.
The senate passed the house worlds fair bill.
making IN appropriation OF s6O, 900 for the Kan
sas exhibit at Chicago by vote OF 30 to 3. The
senate also adopted the concurrent resolution
tosubmit woman suffrage amendment 10 the
constitution TO the people. The final vote on
this resolution was Is 10 5. The amendments
added in the house were cOncurred In. At the
afternoon session o number OF appropriation
bills were passed. :. In the house appropriation
bills were considered In committee Of the whole.
congressional apportionment bill was report
cd from the committee dividing the state into
eight districts. At o'clock In the afternoon
the worlds fair bill was received from the sen
ate and Immediately taken up and passed rs
amended bv vote OF l02 TO T. The uniform
text book bill was debated for two hours ana
finally passed. Mr.. Dunsmore offered q con-
current resolution for final adjournment Satur-
day ut 4 o'clock which was defeated by 81 to 49,
the populists voting solidlv for IT, At the even
ing session the appropriation bills for the deaf
Also the bill to regulate the weighing OF coal Mt
the mines.
TEE senate on the Sd passed the senate free
text book BILL which differs in some RESPECTS
from the measure passed by the house. BY 1t
the superintendent OF public instruction Is u
member OF the school book commission, ana The
governor is empowered 10 appoint the other
two members TO serve for terms OF four years
each. Most OF the day was taken UP with bills
I .l.l- nj Local
The weekly payment OF wages bill was under
discussion in the afternoon The committee
reported IL back with railroad companies elm
mated from its provisions and determined
| fight was made to have the railroad exclusion
clause cut out The hill was passed as report
ed, which excludes railroads from Its provisions
| . The feature OF the session OF the house was
| the debate on the Greenlee railroad bill. which
! took up the greater part OF the day. The d.
bate was long and heated, but the bill was final
" recommended Tor passage by the committee
OF the whole Several appropriation bills were
passed without objection, among them being
the state reform school and the state normal
school bills. large number OF local bills were
rushed through
| In the senate on the Attn Senator Kings sub
stitutc to Senator Bakers resolution appoint
| ing a committee 10 investigate the charges
| made against Gov Lewelling, Fred j. Close
was adopted The committee will consist OF
| five members, two OF them republicans. The
live stock commission bill passed and Mr..
| Danner introduced bill making an appropria-
ton to complete the capital but the senate re-
| fused TO suspend the rules and consider It, The
| bill providing for an appellate court was passed
| under suspension OF the rules. II provides
for the division Of the state into two districts.
and each district into three divisions, each d.
sin To a Wit IL
be appointed by the governor until the next
general election, when they will be chosen by
the people. . The house rushed through the
Greenlee railroad bill. Itprovides for the cleo
ton OF railroad commissioners on November
next The house spent nearly the entire after
noon in the discussion OF the weekly payment
OF wages bill The bill was passed rs IL came
from the senate with one amendment, which
excludes from its provisions corporations en-
gagged in agriculture. The house held SEES
sion nj night and In committee OF the whole
| recommended number OF appropriation bills
for passage
THE morning session OF the senate on the 9th
was spent In filibus tering on the Greenlee rail-
road bill The maximum rate bill passed by
the senate heretofore was substituted for the
bill rs il came from the house and recess
taken Much time was taken up in the after
neon on the same bill The house concurrent
resolution 10 adjourn sine die Thursday was
adopted A resolution was adopted empower
ing the elections committee TO investigate any
matter they may desire during recess. The
house used up the entire morning session de-
batting the resolution for final adjournment
Thursday. and the resolution was finally adopt
ed BY agreement, appropriation bills wer
taken up in committee Of the whole and consid-
cred during the afternoon The senate peni-
Tertiary appropriation bill was non-concurred
in and aside from this the session was fruitless
THE only business transacted In the senate
on the morning OF the 7th was the passage OF the
maximum freight rate bill Among the amend
ments adopted was one vacating tho
ONCE OF the present board OF rail-
road commissioners. At the afternoon
session the bill passed creating the department
OF agriculture and providing for the election OF
secretary at salary Of e. 500 The secretary
Is 10 be elected by the people ut the time other
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