The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-16


the table. While preparing an additional
one, on motion of Mr.. Cunningham, the
| bill WAS ordered engrossed and advanced
to its third reading. Mr.. Beatty earnestly
| protested, but TO no avail
The house then adjourned TIL O'Clock
p. 70.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house met at o'clock p. m.
| The committee on ways and means re-
ported favorabiy house bills Nos. 90, "
and A.
a petition from white and colored citi-
| Zens OF Banner township, kingfsher
county, was presented, asking for dl-
| vision of the township into four school dis
tricts. Referred 10 committee on educa-
| tion.
The following bills were then introduced:
By Mr.. Greer: No 10S, an act amending
the act relating to county commissioners.
BY Mr.. Ormsbee: No. l09, an act relat-
| ing to animals
By Mr.. Rathbun: No. III, au act pro-
viding for sessions of probate courts.
By Mr.. Stone: No. I12, an act for rails
| ing revenue.
By Mr.. Wallace: No. 113, an act relating
| TO assault and battery.
The judiciary committee reported a sub
stitute for bill No 5, an act providing for
| indexing the statutes.
A message from the council transmitted
1
| current resolution No 10.
The house went into committee of the
| whole for the consideration of various bills.
Council bill No 81. legalizing the record
| ing of conveyances made prior to Nov. 10.
! 1892 was taken up and adopted.
| The bill providing for the publication of
J all bills and resolutions of the legislature
| becoming laws was considered.
! Mr.. Johnston moved to amend by deSig-
mating the daily State Capital as the paper
in which the laws shall be published. Lost.
| Mr.. Cunningham proposed an amend
! ment in the following words: PROVIDED,
| The same shall be let to the lowest re-
sporsible bidder" The amendment was
adopted Amendments followed thick and
! fast until IL seemed that the entire bill
would suffer a change into some thing
| rich and strange" as every member seemed
to see some place in which he could i'm
prove IL. Finally, Mr.. Cunningham stated
that having heretofore never INDUCED in
any ''ad captandum" arguments in favor
OF extreme economy, he hoped his protest
against the extravaganza necessarily fol-
lowing the passage OF this bill might now
be heard. He would ask the gentleman
from Oklahoma county (Mr. Beatty
whose voice was always heard in advocacy
of closely limiting public expenditures, if
he had estimated the expense involved in
carrying out the provisions of the bill.
Did he realize how large it might be?
Mr.. Beatty replied that some large eX-
penditures were justitable, il the end at
tanned by them were such as largely bene-
| fitted the whole people. a publication of
the laws in newspaper OF general circula-
tion is such as may place them al once in
the hands of every citizen. Ia such form
the ordinary farmer might own them; in
the form of ponderous book, not so.
That is why he favored the bill
Mr.. Merrick was opposed to the publica-
q
last session of the legislature squandered
S., 800 OF the public money in the printing
OF a mass of matter which nobody read or
cared TO preserve.
Mr.. Greer said that he, having been re-
ferred 10 in connection with the State
Capital newspaper, wished to state that
he had nothing TO do with the preparation
of the bill under consideration. 1t was
Mr.. DHie's bill. Mr. Dale is lawyer by
profession and newspaper man on the
side. The State Capital, he said is soul
less corporation, of which he (Mr. Green
is au employe. He owned q small amount
OF stock in the concern, but otherwise he
was not now connected with it, as he had
resigned his position as manager before
taking his seat in the house.
Mr.. Beatty said that he had seen a con-
tract for doing the public printing exc
cuted by and between the secretary of the
territory and Mr.. Greer, as parties thereto,
and. as by all the laws of propriety, he,
(Mr. Greer was prohibited from publish
ing the laws made by q body OF which he
was member, this bill was drawn to
shield him from all responsibility In the
matter. He would cut him off from all
possibility of temptation to do that which
would not be well and which would not
look well for him to engage in.
Mr.. EHrnSwOrth moved that the COM
mittee be instructed to report on rising,
recommending the indefinite postponement
of the bill. Carried.
ThereUpon the committee rose and re-
ported as instructed.
House bill No &C. relating to the con-
struction of water works, was then con-
sidered in committee of the whole. After
posing upon couple OF sections an OBJ
stacle was encountered which led 70 a mo-
tion to adjourn TO 7:30 O'Clock p. n.
touight, presumably to give time for
thinking some matters over.
The motion TO adjourn carried.
EVENING SESSION.
The house was called to order at 7S0
o'clock D. m, and at once went into com
mittee OF the whole for the consideration
OF house bill No. 50 The COMMITTEES rec
| ommended that the bill do pass, with sun
dry amendments. TdIs bill authorizes
cities and towns TO issue bonds for the
! construction of waterworks.
House bill No. IS, providing bounty
for killing wolves was then considered.
Mr. MerEick attempted 10 throttle the
bill by moving to instruct the committee
TO strike out the euacting clause. This
gave rise to some discussion aud what Mr..
Cunningham designated lecture by Mr..
Greer. After this was concluded the bill
took a smoother course aud was adopted.
The committee rose and reported rs
above instructed.
The house then ordered bill No. 50 20 be
en-,ros>ed and passed TO its thErd reading.
Tue judiciary committee then reported,
recommending the passage OF house bills
Nos. 90 and 65, being code Gf criminal
oceduCe- BIZ was then ordered 10 bs
considered eusrossed and placed upon its
third reading.
The house then adjourned TIL tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock.
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