The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-07
HOUSE.

GUTHRIE, o. T., March 6.-iSpecial. i
A motion was made this morning to dis
pense with the reading of the journal
Mr. Ormsbee said he felt great curiosity to
hear a report on Saturdays proceedings.
Many others seemed to share this curios-
ity, for the motion was lost by a large ma
jority.
House bill No. 124, establishing reform
school at Heunessey, was made the special
order for 7:30 tonight.
House bill No. 159, locating the insane
asylum at Okarche, was made a special
order for 3 o'clock this afternoon
The house then went into committee Of
the whole for the consideration of sundry
bills.
Council bill No. so was then read and
the several sections adopted. This bill
provides that no slaughter house or Gem
etery shall be maintained within one mile
of any town.
House bill No. 65, amending the election
law, was then taken up. Only four Sec
tions were considered, when the committee
rose and reported progress. 1t was then
made the special order for II O'Clock to-
morrow, The bill provides that persons not
able to read and write shall not be qualifi-
give ignorance its accustomed chance.
Another amendment gives to women the
right to vote. The bill has a long and
stormy Journey TO make before it reaches
the haven of final passage.
Committees reported favorably on the
pharmacy bill and on the one providing
Tor the working Of convicts IN mlsdemean-
or cases.
At this point Mr.. Greer offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Whereas, The governor has pointed out
TO Mr. Wrightsman and the other friends
of council bill No. SO certain amendments
essential to the proper enforcement of said
law: therefore, be it
Resolved, by the house of representa-
tives, the council concurring, that the
governor is hereby requested to return
council bill No. SO to the Legislative assem-
bly, with his suggestions as TO where 1t
needs changes. that said changes may be
made and the efficiency of the bill be bet
ter assured"
1.-THE bill is Mr.. Wrightsman's anti
gambling act.
The speaker promptly ruled the resolu-
tion out of orf.er, as proposing methods of
legislation contrary 10 the organic act and
10 the specific rules of the house.
The decision OF the speaker was appeal
ed from and not sustained, but he still re-
fused tor order a vote on the adoption Of
the resolution. holding that a suspension
OF the rules must first be ordered which
required, not majority, but a two-thirds
vote of the house to ORDER.
Several times the speakers decision on
this point was appealed from, and as often
he refused to order the vote. This again
caused the widest confusion in the house
A dozen members spraGg TO their feet,
yociferating AT the top OF tGeir voices, SO
that it was impossible TO report fully what
WAS said.
When partial order had been restored.
Mr. Pfaff said that this was an unusual
way of proceeding. He thought it strange
IL the governor had any communication to
make to the house, that be should adopt
such an informal and circuitous method
OF making it. He well knew the prescrib bed
way of communicating by direct message
Mr.. Johnston said that the council had
adopted an unfair method of placing the
house on record in the passage of the bill,
snd he WAS opposed TO putting the gov
ernor over the same course.
Mr.. Ormsbee said that if be We're gov
ernor he would either sign the bill or re-
turn II 10 the house in which it rigiuated
Mr. FaTnsworih said that when the bill
passed the house Mr.. Greer had intimated
that a motion TO reconsider would be