The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-14
THE KANSAs LEGISLATURE.
Another Plan to Get the Contest Before
the Courts.

| Special Dispatch to the Daily Eagle.
TOPEKA. Kan, Feb. 13.-The populist
| house met AT o'clock p. N. today. Hav-
| ing worked hard last Saturday, even into
| the night, they looked as though the day
sof rest had brought no rest to them. They
proceeded Immediately to business, and
tackled the fee and salary bill in commit
tee of the whole. Il is an enormous bill
| covering thirty-two pages, with forty
| eight sections But the salaries allowed
the county officers are not enormous II
is rather general bill bill and relates 10
the fees of constables. notary publjcs,
| county county commissioners. witness
| fees, etc II took Assistant Clerk Scott
three-quarters of an hour to read the bill.
By the way, Mr.. Scott is good reader,
and he also makes competent and accom-
modating clerk.
| The first section of the bill relates to the
| salary Of county treasurer In counties
| having only 1900 people the salary is fixed
at $500; in counties having 900 and less
than 5000, 5000; counties having 5000 and
| less than 5000, 81. 600; counties having 5000
and less than 10000, 81. 100; counties hasing
| 10000 and less than Is, ,000, 81, 200. counties
having IL, 600 and less than I,600, 81, 400;
counties having 10, 900 and less than 1900
ST. 600; counties having 19, 600 and less than
2l 900, 81 500; counties Laying q, 00) and
less than % 900, s., 900; counties having 25,
600 and less than so 0G0, 8, 200: counties
having 80, 600 and less than $1,000. 81 400;
counties having 81, 900 and less than 40, 200,
g 600; counties having 10000 and less
than 45, 0O0 s., 500 counties having 45. 600
and over, s.. O00 The bill also makes the
register of deeds the only legal abstractor
in his county.
Mr.. Tucker of Linn, in opening the dis
cussion in favor OF the bill, said that 1t
was IA fact that under the laws as they
exist today we do not know and are un-
able to find out what amount of money
the county officers are getting for their
services. The salient feature Of this bill
is that it is so framed that it makes it the
duty of every officer to make oath to the
amount of fees he has received.
Mr. Everly of Cloud said: THE people
demand the passage of this bill. If we
fail to do our duty now, we will hear
from our constituents when we go home"
After discussing the first section it was
adopted, and then the committee got tired
and quit.
In the Republican house this afternoon
but little work was done. The committee
on elections made a report to the house
that L. G.. Gum of Rubette, ComanChe
county, had refused to appear and testify
in the contest OF Bender against Hum
phrey, though proper service had been made
upon him. A resolution was Immediately
passed ordering that the sergeaut-at-aTms
arrest Gum wherever found and bring
him before the bar of the house to answer
for contempt. Gum will continue to ig-
more the sergeant-at-arns, who viii take
the matter into the courts for decision.
The question of the legality of the organ
iZatiOn of the Republican house will thus
finally be passed upon.
Gnaa lev DnucslaSC has anDOinted another
lot of committees, with chairmen as fol-
lows:
1rrigation-Pratt.
Pripting-Frazier.
TeIegraphs and telephones-Dix.
Public lands-Anderson.
Manufacrures-hunt.
County lines and county seats-Chub-
bick
Rules-Seaton.
Militia-BOWers.
Federal relations-Watsop.
Municipal corpOrations-Seaton.
Claims and acc0unts-Hobson.
lnsurance-Richter.
Educational institutions-Hale.
Municipal inde ebtedness-W arner.
Cities Of the third class-Harris.
Horticulture and fruits-kline.
Cities of the second class-Hopkins.
Public buildings and grounds-Sher |
man.
Penal insttutions-Kelly.
Immigration-Nichols of Seward.
1t has been discovered that DIR. McLal- !
lin is not eligible to the office OF com
missioner OF elections, because he has not |
lived in Topeka long enough.
Section Ills, paragraph 163, OF the general !
statutes, which defines the duty of the |
committee of elections, says:
''Such commissioner of elections shall |
be a qualified elector and householder of |
such city at least three years next prior to
his appointment"
DR. McLallin came from Meriden, Jeffer-
son county, Mo. in November, 1889.
Secretary Of State K. 5. Osborn furnish
ed the senate and the pOpuIist house with
stationery and other supplies out of the
executive councils contingent fund for
the first few days of the session. Supplies
are now furnished by f. N. Newland,
of the Alliance store. He has An
agreement with the populist members
that he is to be reimbersed as soon as they
are in position TO get their appropriations
through. Mr. Newland has already fur
nished supplies amounting to over $3.50.
THE RESULT OF MERIT.
When anything stands test of fifty
years among a discriminating people like
the Americans, it is pretty good evidence
that there is merit somewheLe. The value
OF medicine is best proved by its continued