Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-01-23

about IL.
Redemption Act No. 2, will be found
IN the governors inaugural address and
emphasized in his message to the legis-
lature. 1t consists of the repeal of the
equity redemption law, passed 10y the
last legislature, and making all laws
for the collection of debts. especially
FOR eastern creditors, as easy and rapid
as possible. 1t will be observed this
redemption act is paramount to all 9th
ers. 1t is the key to the new Jerusalem.
The governor dwelt at length on this
subject and grew quite enthusiastic.
Recited the glories of Kansas (he cyl
IDENTIFY was not ashamed them and stat
ed the restoration of confidencewaS COM
ing and with it prosperity and happi-
ness. conditioned, however, upon the
legislature at once passing redemption
act" No. 2, as above set forth. How
do the readers of the INDEX like this
act, anyhow? Well we must not dwell
here as there are so many other re-
demption acts that have already mani
tested themselves that we can but give
a brief outline of each.
Redemption act No. 3, was presented
to the senate Tuesday morning, and
consisted of telegram whether real
or bogus we Will not attempt to say
addressed to the governor, purporting
to come from Montana, stating that
they had collected car load of proyis-
ions for the destitute of western Kan
sas, and inqulring for some reliable
person to bill the same to; attached to
| this telegram was resolution 10y Sen
ator Carpenter of Neosha county, recit-
ing the prosperity of Kansas, stating
that no restitution existed and that
Kansas was amply able to take care OF
her own poor, and that we did not want
the provision. This provoked heated
discussion, and one of the senators from
the western part of the state, stated in
broad daylight, that although they had
raised practically nothing In the west
ern part of the state for the last six
years, still the people were prosperous
and happy and that no restitution eX-
| listed. One of the senators had the
stupidity to ask where, If they had not
raised anything for the past SIX years,
they got their resources. This idiot
evidently had forgotten that Kansas
had been redeemed and confidence re-
stored.
Redemption act No. 4 consisted of
the lieutenant governors arbitrarily
adjourning the senate when he did not
agree with the members as to the prop
er mode of procedure in relation to the
election of state printer. Thisredemp-
ton act has been the subject of SO much
newspaper and hotel lobby talk, that it
is important to give the readers full
history of the transaction. 1t has been
the custom for years for the house to
pass a concurrent resolution to go into
joint session at certain time of GER
tain day to elect state printer; this
resolution is messaged to the senate,
the same as all concurrent resolutions
and bills, and the two houses agree
upon time and place and method of
procedure for the election of state prin-
ter. In this instance however, the
house seemed to forget to pass such a
resolution, and the republican senators
becoming nervous about the matter,
one of them introduced it into the SEN
ate; some of the senators however,
thought as we were to go to represent
| tatjve hall, it was not courteous to or
iginats the resolutjon.in this body and
the resolution did not pass. Some SEN
ator or some one else slipped over to
the house and reminded the members
of their duty In relation to this matter.
AS a result, sometime between eleven
and twelve O'Clock the house sent over
a resolution. resolving that at twelve
o'clock the two houses meet in joint
session for the election of state printer.
The senate did not agree with all the
details of the resolution and amended
the same and sent il back to the house.
While the house was considering this
amended resolution the hour of twelve
| O'Clock arrived and Senators O'Brien
and Baker declared their intention to
the Senate did or not. The Lieutenant
Governor, however was not to be out
done in this redeeming business, so he
requested the Senators to halt for a
moment and he arose in all his glory
and addressing the Senate, SAID, he had
no desire to dc anything but his PLAN
duty, In obedience to bis cath Of office.
and under his constitutional duty he
now declared the senate adjourned aud
| invited the members and secretary to
follow him into representative hall.
Senator Dennisoa promptly appealed
from the decision of the chair, the pres
ident pro tenn taking the chair and put
ting the question the decision of the
CHAIR was not sustained, the negative
being UNANIMOUS. In the house Sena-
tor OtBryan moved that the sergeant
at arms be ordered to arrest sutiic,ent
senators and bring them to the house
20 constitute quorum. For an instant
1t seemed rs if the scene of two years
was TO De repeated, hHt Senator Baker
realizing thatthey did not have, sufficient
Missouri thugs" on hand to swear in
as ASSISTANT sergeant at arms, moved a
reconsideration Of the vote, which mo-
ton prevailed. Had this not been done
s'Siedgehammer Douglass would had
apother job, as the sergeant at arms Of
the senate promptly luaSed all doors
leading to the senate chamber. The
republicans Of the senate proceeded in
conjunction with the house to election
of state printer, and declared ]. K.
Hudson legally elected. This redemp-