Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-02-21
NO %
KANsAs Inars1AruE.r.

N.A+'f'-AD AANNA7~42A AO4saas
Petitions for and Against Prohibition
Conference Committee on the Appellate
Court BILL
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 20. The senate
passed Senator Jumpers bill reducing
railroad passenger rates from 8 to 2
cents mile, and prohibiting the issu-
ance of passes TO public officials. The
vote was 90 to 10. The text book bills
were knocked out in committee of the
whole.
A concurrent resolution by Senator
Leedy calling upon the governor and
the Encouragement for the enforce
ment of the ANTITRUST law was adopted
The resolution recites chat no prosecu-
ton has ever been made under the
law, although its provisions have been
often violated.
Senator Brown introduced a joint
resolution to submit to the people o
proposition to amend the constitution
so as to prohibit the use of railroad
passes by public officials.
The senate, in committee Of the
whole, made favorable report on
Senator Farker's bill providing that
whenever tax deed shall have been
issued more than five years on any
lands and the holder thereof shall not
be in possession thereof, and shall not
have begun an action for the possess
sion of such land, or having begun
such action shall have failed therein
the owner of such land, if he be in pos
session, may maintain an action to
quiet the title thereto against the
holder of such tax deed, and may have
the tax deed cancelled.
A bill was adopted after considera-
BILE amendment, which appropriates
$4,000 for irrigation experiments in
western Kansas. Experiments are to
be made under supervision of board
composed Of the chancellor of the state
university, the president of the agri-
cultural college, the secretary of the
state board OF agriculture and one
member to be appointed by the gov
ernor and one by the senate, who are
to receive actual expenses incurred
The bill fixing telegraph tolls was
also passed If the house agrees to
this measure telegraph companies may
charge but Is cents for each ten words
for distance of 200 miles and 4 cent
for each additional word, Forany dis
lance over 200 miles the rate is fixed at
20 cents for each ten words For news
paper dispatches the rate for day mes
sages is fixed at Il cent per word and
for night messages 1-6 cent.
The senate tabled tho house resolu-
tion for a joint assessment and taxa
ton committee.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Veale, of Shawnee county, pre-
sented petition to the house signed
by 39 4?4 voters Of the state prating
for the resubmission Of the prohibition
question to vote of the people. Fol-
lowing the presentation of this petit
ton Speaker Lobdell laid before the
house remonstrance against resub-
mission signed by $4,000 voters
The house received a message from
the senate announcing that that body
had refused to concur in the house
amendments to the billiard appellate
court bill. The house voted TO be
equally stubborn and the speaker was
directed to appoint conference COM
mistee.
The house by resolution set the rail-
road fight for A o'clock Monday after
noon, when the bills giving increased
powers to the state board of railroad
commissioners will be the special or
der.
Mr.. Cox's special findings bill, which
was defeated yesterday and left hang
ing in uncertainty on a motion to re-
consider, was given a new lease of life
this afternoon, the house voting to re-
commit it to the committee of the
whole.