The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-07
WHAT DO WE GET
While Politicians Are Fighting
Over the Offices?
The People Would Like to Know
What Legislation
IS TO BE ENACTED
For Their Benefit by This
Legislature.
What May Be Looked For After
the Scramble Ends.
HERE ARE POINTERS
HERE ARE POINTERS
About Some of the Laws the
People Want.
There Are a Great Many, Most
Of Them Important.

While the members of the senate and
house and the politicians of all parties
are fighting over the distribution of the
patronage to be dispensed by the legis-
lature, it may be interesting to know
what the people expect of their repre-
sentatives.
1t has been repeatedly stated by lead
ers of both Republican and POpulist
parties. that on account of the political
differences of the house and senate, but
little Legislation can be looked for.
There will be an effort to get some
legislation. however, and great pile of
bills will be introduced. if they never
become laws.
Itis generally conceded that some kind
of an irrigation bill will be passed.
although the one prepared by the irri-
cation association does not meet with
favor, as it places the distribution of the
appropriation in the hands of the state
board of agriculture.
A freight rate bill will be introduced
by Mr. Marshall OF Rice county, who, it
is said, is to be the Greenlee of the house.
There will be fee and salary bills for
twenty five or thirty counties and taxa
tion and assessments bills without num-
ber.
Representative Gardenhire of Shaw
nee, will introduce an anti-pass bill
which Will in all probability pass both
houses and become law
There will be two or three anti lottery
bills. One of these will be genuine re-
form measure and there will be one that
viii look all right on its face, but which
Will have a loop hole for the lottery
kings, by which the supreme court Will
knock it out. if it is adopted.
There will be several school book bills.
One will call for a uniform series of text
books and another will have all the
school books published by the state
There will be two or three metroDoli-
tan police bills. One to do away with
the system and another to make the
mayor member of the board
There will he municipal laws affecting q
cities OF the first and second class with
out number.
The doctors want legislation and their
bill is already prepared for running the
quacks out of the state.
There will be an appellate court bill
for the relief of the supreme court. and
another bill will redistrict the state
by Judicial districts, cutting about ten or
a dozen districts.
Bent Murdock's game and fish bill will
be introduced and will likely be passed
There will be an anti-Pullman bill.
The members propose to get even with
the Pullman company for raising its rates
on tourist cars through Kansas as soon as
1t was compelled by the courts to pay its
taxes in this state.
There Will be several insurance bills
but all insurance legislation will be re.
garded with distrust unless it is some
thing reducing rates.
The oleomargarine bill prepared by
the state dairy association will be intro
duced and will probably pass.
The farmer members will fight for a
bill governing the Kansas CITY stock
yards. They want to knock out the close
corporation at Kansas City which
charges every farmer who takes cattle
there 81 busheI for corn and sells its
nay at the rate OF $50 ton regardless of
the market price. Men who take cattle
to Kansas City are not allowed to sell
their own stock, but must hire commits
sion men, and can't buy feed for their
stock except from the stock yards com.
pany.
A proposition to call constitutional
convention will probably be submitted. AS
the senate favors such a proposition and
Governor Morrill, and many other Re-
publicans are working for it.
The proprietor of Hotel Carey. at
Wichita, has prepared bill to deal with
hotel dead beats, which has been en-
- AHOSS VI A4lC llOtSl men OF the
state, and it will be introduced by Mr.
Eckstein of Sedgwick county.
bill will be introduced to reorpanize
the state board of agriculture. making il
state Institution and bipartisan.
Among the other reformatorv measures
to be introduced will be bills abolishino o
the office of state oil inspector. adiutanl
general, labor commissioner. board of
par'iors, board of public works and re-
ducing the number of clerks to be EN-
Pleyed in many of the state offices aud
charitable institutions.
A bill will also be introduced reorgan
lzlng the state board of charities
Among the appropriations asked fol
will be money to buy seed wheat for the
western Kansas farmers, money to com
plete the state house, money to compIete
the Hutchinson reformatorv. money II
build workshop at the Reform School
money to build farm house and dairy
building at the state agricultural college
and money to erect new building fo,
the Atchison Orphans Home.
THIS AFTERNOONS CAUcUs
1t viii Settle Who VIII Hold a Grea
Many Legislative Offices
At O'clock fhiS aft 81