The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-18
kansas LAW MAkERs.
The Weeks Proceedings of the Legislature
Condensed.

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Condensed.
BOTH houses Of the Kansas legislature con-
| vened promptly at noon on the Sth- The sen
ate was called to order by Lieut. Gov. Daniels
The rules of 1898 were temporarily adopted
and Senator Forney acted as secretary pr
tenn For president pro tenn Senators ktnl
| (pop.) and Thatcher (rep.) were nominated and
the vote resulted % for King and Is for Thatcher
The organization was completed by the cleo
| ton Of W. L. Brown, secretary; j. l.. Root, as
sistant secretary; Ben C. Rich. reading clerk
| II. N. Boyd sergeant-at-a arms; Scion Gray anC
Ed Marshall, assistant sergeants-at-arms
Rev. ]. ID. Bodkin, chaplain V. II. Biddison
docket clerk; Bertha Norris. assistant docke
clerk; A. ID. Gilpin, journal clerk; Edna Steele
Meta Murphy, Edith Cole and Frank Petit. as
sistant journal clerks; A. c. Baker. document
! clerk; Mrs. Sam Wood, postmistress; ]. s
Craig, assistant postmistress; J. J. Barnes
bookkeeper Capt Allen. doorkeeper; Lizzie
Armstrong, enrolling clerk. The senate theI
adjourned e. The house was called to ordel
by Secretary of State Osborn. and prayer Of
fered by Rev. J. NJ. Sullivan. The member:
were sworn in by Chief Justice Horton. J. b
Remington, of Miami county, was elected tenn
porary speaker aud c. H. Tucker. OF Douglas
temporary clerk. Mr.. Eckstein, elected to Ill
| a vacancy from Wichita, was sworn in J. NJ
| Miller presented the name OF Charles E. Lob
| dell, the caucus nominee, fO- speaker. The
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call l13 members, including the three DEMOCRAT:
and twenty of the popullsts, voted for Lob
dell. The oath Of ONCE was administered e
the speaker by Chief Justice Horton. J. X
Cubbison was elected speaker pro TEN. Frank
| l.. Brown was chosen chief clerk and the
organization was completed by the election OF
the other republican caucus nominees. After
to wait on the governor and the house adj
/ journed until morning
NEITHER house transacted any business OF
Importance on the 9Th. the completing of the
organization occupying the time.
AFTER the usual order in the senate on the
10th bills were introduced In the afternoon
the rules were debated at some length and
! finally the rules reported by the committee
were adopted by party vote. One OF the
rules struck out the provision for separate
| irrigation committee and another takes the ap-
| pointment Of certain officers from the lieuten-
ant-gOvernor. Senator Browns resolution
instructing Kansas United States senators to
work for an interstate law governing irrigat ion
/ was adopted. Adjourned. The house heard
| the reading of the journal except the govern
| or's message, when ffty-four bills were intro
| duced, among them a bill by Mr.. Rohrbaugh
which prohibits prosecuting officers, sheriis,
etc, from compromising or settling criminal
matters before action has been commenced, OF
/ to dismiss criminal cases except by order of
the court. The anti-lottery bill was then con-
sidered in committee of the whole. just before
adjournment Mr. Cubbison'S anti-gambling
| bill was passed.
MANY bills were introduced in the senate on
the 18th, among them one by Mr.. Brown for
| free text books in the schools. and another by
Mr.. Danner on the same subject The governor
sent in large batch OF nominations. The
postage stamp resolution created a lively
debate. A motion to advance the anti-lottery
bill on the calendar caused much talk.
The senate refused to declare an emergency,
the necessary twO-thirds not voting in the
Affirmative. The afternoon session of the
senate was OF little interest. The lieutenant
governor announced the standing commit
tees and the senate went into executive session
to consider nominations sent in. The morn
ing session Of the house was short. but thirty
bills were introduced AT II O'Clock the house
adjourned until Tuesday morning the 18th.
THE senate was engaged in executive bust
ness only on the 18th. After an investigation,
n. II. Hinshaw was confirmed as a member
of the state board of charities. The following
other appointments were also confirmed: 5.
II. Snider. superintendent Of insurance: :. NJ.
Scott. board OF public works. and s. Van VOor-
hees, one Of the managers OF the soldiers
home The senate got into wrangle over
the nominations for state board OF health
and before the vote was taken the governor
withdrew his appointments and sent in the
names of Drs. A Clifford Of Lawrence, =. b.
Wilson of Olathe, James Miller of Minneapolis
n W. Smith of Washington. J. L. Beneke of
Kingman, NJ B. Ward of Topeka. p. d. St
John of Larned, T. E. Rains of Concordia, and
c. T. Beninger Of Topeka, who were confirmed.
number of other nominations were confirmed
and at midnight the senate adjourned until
Monday morning. 800 The house was not in
session