The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
OBEYING THE LAW
LEGISLATURE BECOMES PUNoTIL,-
I0US ALL AT ONCE

oIo1S0a UNI OLSOASS fUNUIlu-
I0US ALL AT ONCE
They Make Washingtor's Birshdsv a Legal
Holiday and Then Observe il as Such
Although the Law Making il 50 Is Not
Yet i'm OPerarioa-Some Western Co~n-
I ties Protesting Against the .yud,c,., R~
aPportionment-Osto Eekstein as . Pre-
siding odicer-Nermai school BIN Made
Especial Order Chances Of the hin.
Topeka, Feb. 22.-(Speciai.)-No ses-
sion OF the legislature was held TODAY
an adjournment till Saturday having
oeen taken in honor Of the Father %
MS country" this being Washington's
birthday. This legislature passed the
law making the day a legal holiday and
ai1nouSn the law has not Yet been pub
hsheo' and hence is imperative, yet
II was deemed proper 10 observe il the
the same as II II had been in full force.
owing TO the fact that no session was
heid everything was very quiet about
the capital building and state offices.
Nothing eventfui has happened dur
n1S the last twenty-four hours except
the passage OF Harry Bones bill re-
apporuoning the judicial districts OF
I 'he state MI Bone handled the bill
and the incident parliamentary debat-
ing In the most skiilful manner. and is
10 De congratulated on his success. The
h1ngman. Kiowa and Pratt members
MADE big kick TO be left IN the same
district, but they Were defeated and
hlowa county was hitched onto aratb-
er district despite the vigorous pro-
tests or Representative Winters Mr.
brown OF Pratt niiimated that he x,;,Id
carry the fight into the senate and il
Is not at all improbable that he viii
be successful there. He stated. as did
all the other members. that politics cut
no hgure in the situation with them
Dul mat II was a matter or business
With the district as il was. Kipgman.
fratt and hiowa. one line OF road ran
through the three county seats which
made the courts accessible and did not
entail much cost. AS the new district
consists OF Pratt. Kingman and Harper
the latter is way of the line Of road
ana on another system thus making
mat court inaccessible TO the people OF
the remaining part of the district and
hence cannot be operated with economy.
PUNCHED THE CASES.
There was also an exciting contest
over the court in Cowley county. Judge
Beekman worked like a beaver for the
holding of a term OF court at Arkansas
city TO accommodate litigants at that
place and save them the expense OF 60
ing TO the county seat He made a
strong argument. but there Is strong
sentiment in Kansas against perambu-
lating courts and his efforts failed af-
Ter hard and able fight He succeed
ed, however, in having section insert
ed in the law providing for the grouping
OF all Arkansas City cases In the court
docket so that they might be called one
Ing the attorneys and people of Arkan-
sas City frequent and unnecessary trips
to the county seat
Tomorrow morning the destiny of the
normal school bill will undergo the
crucial test Mr.. Lobdell did Dir Eek /
stein the honor OF calling him TO the /
chair TO preside over the committee of !
the whole all day yesterday.
PLUCKED FRESH LAURELS.
1t was Mr.. Eckstein's maiden effort |
as a presiding officer and he added new \
laurels to his popularity. He made
the most satisfactory presiding officer
who has occupied the chair during the
session and has been so regarded by all
the members without an exception He
showed also that he had a few OF the /
tricks of successful presiding at his /
for he fixed IL with the !
speaker pro TEN, when relieved. TO have 1
a certain party recognized at once and /
in this way the normal school bin in 4
which Wichita is so much interested
was made a special order for 10 O'Clock
tomorrow
What the fate of the bill will be Is
hard to predict but the conditions are
much more satisfacto than they have
been heretofore and the prospects are
very fair. The Wichita lobby are do
ng good work and II the Garfield is not
made a state normal IL will not be their
fault
Owing to the outlay Of $50 900 for irri-
cation and s1oe. 900 for seed grain for
western Kansas, the appropriation bill
S getting pretty bulky and as the mem
)ers seem to have streak Of economy
IN they may either kill or very materi-
lily cripple the bill
J. NJ. Massey Of Conway Springs. who
vas candidate for coal oil inspector
has returned home with very little
iopes of winning the place. He and
lis friends went TO see the governor Z
asst evening and did not receive much
ncouragenent.
Judges Of fine cooking never under
stirnate the value Of DR.. Prices BaI.-
ng Powder. They know what it can