Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-07
KANSAS Law MAKERS.
The Weeks Proceedings of the Legislature
Condensed.


The Weeks Proceedings Of the Legislature
Condensed.
THE senate spent some time on the 18th in
discussing resolution to deny the courtesy OF
the senate to certain Kansas City newspaper
reporters who had offended in their reports.
Sentence was temporarily suspended Only
one bill was introduced. In committee OF the
whole Senator billiards. bill, creating an ap-
pellate court, was favorably recommended.
The bill divides the state into two court dis
trictS with three judges for each The bill OF
Senator billiard repeating the law requiring
newspapers to be published f1fty-two consecu-
tive weeks before it may do legal printing was
also favorably recommended; also the bill de-
dning the qualifications OF engineers on rail-
roads. Twenty-nine new bills were intro
duced in the house. In committee of the
whole many bills were considered. Mr.. Cubbi-
sons bill prohibiting pool selling and book
making caused lively debate, but was favor
ably recommended. The afternoon session was
also spent in committee of the whole and
many bills disposed of.
THE senate on the Goth put in the forenoon
on bills third reading. All three of the Cub
bison anti-gambling and anti-lottery (houSe)
bills passed without amendment The resolu-
tion providing for constitutional convention
was adopted after considerable debate. Among
the bills introduced stringent measure
by Senator Brown for the suppression Of i'm
moral houses Many bills were introduced In
the house a resolution by Mr.. Painter of
Meade, appointing special committee to in
Vestigate the Kansas City stock yards, brought
out long debate. In the afternoon the bill
| locating normal school at Great Bend was
favorably reported from the educational COM
nittee, and Mr. Lupfer offered resolution
asking congress to restore silver to Its poSltlon
| prior to decentralization. The proceedings fur
| Their were purely of a routine nature.
THE proceedings of the senate on the S1st
of little interest, being mostly of routine
| nature. A number of new bills were added to
| the already long list and several bills passed.
The act regulating stock yards passed; also the
bill authorizing county commissioners to levy
a tax and build poor houses; also the bill pro-
viding that the state pay counties more
than actual cost of caring for insane patients.
| The afternoon session spent in COM
mittee of the whole and much time given
| to bill requiring railroads to give q round
trip pass to every shipper of a carload of stock,
fruit or vegetables. The bill fixing the legal
| rate of interest at per cent. favorably
recommended. 49,. The house passed a resolution
asking congress to pension members OF the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas regiments,
that were sent after Indians in 1859, with Mr..
Veales amendment including the Kansas mill
tia that fought in the battle OF the Blue. MIR.
LupferS silver resolution was tabled. Mr.
| Moore. of Saline, introduced resolution that
the house devote the balance of the session to
| the consideration of needed legislation, instead
| of wranging over the appointment of additional
| employees and buncOmbe political resolutions
| The resolution adopted. In the afternoon
| several bills passed and many bills considered
in committee of the whole
THE senate on February l unanimously
passed the Shearer bill making it felony for
| public official to accept bride. The bill in
cludes all officials from governor and members
| OF the legislature to township officers The
| Sterne BILL which prohibits railroads from en-
! ploying locomotive engineers who have not
| served three years as hremen and conductors
| who have not served three years as brakemen,
! also passed. The house bill appropriating
| $4,000 for purchasing seed grain for western
| farmers also passed: also Mr. McTaggart's bill
requiring hedges to be cut at all intersections
| of highways and railroads for n distance of 300
feet. At noon the senate adjourned until {
o'clock Monday ....I In the house the insurance
committee reported adversely Mr.. Cubbison' s
| beneficiary insurance bill. The apportion-
ment committee favorably reported the Blair
bill dividing the state into eight congressional
districts. After passing several bills of little
general Importance the house adjourned until
| 3 O. clock Monday.