The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-18

able to overcome. Those who went away
will realize their mistake daily during
the remaining two weeks of the session.
The senators who were present at both
the afternoon sessions were: Senators
Brown, Taylor, Reid, Householder, Reilly,
Rogers, Robbins, Shearer, Sem, Denni-
son, Helmick, Baldwin, Cooke, Helm and
Morgan.
Among the more important bills which
were recommended for passage were
these:
Senator Taylor's bill, to prevent book
making and pool selling.
Senator Reilly's anti Pinkerton bill, to
prevent the importation of persons to
perform the duties of peace officers.
Senator Browns joint resolution No. 8,
to prevent the acceptance of passes or
other gifts by elective or appointive Off
GERS. It provides for the submission of
an amendment to the constitution, max
it unlawful for an officer in the state
''from accepting during his term any
railroad pass, telegraph frank, express
frank, or other gift from any corporation,
company, firm, or person engaged in do
ing business in any part of the state"
Also Senator O'Bryan's bill, to prevent
unfair competition at races by entering
any horse, mare, FLY or gelding under a
| false name, or in a slower class than it
| belongs.
Also Senator Willcockson's bill to pre-
vent the carrying of deadly weapons,
| and to regulate traffic in the same.
Senator Jumpers bill compelling street
railway companies to build a vestibule
for the protection of motorneers or
| gripmen in winter.
Senator SCOTS bill defining criminal
provocation and its penalty as follows:
"Whoever shall by words, signs or ges-
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person to commit an assault upon him,
shall be deemed guilty of criminal pro-
vocation and. upon conviction shall be
fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dol
lars"
Senator Cookies bill to prevent prema-
ture burial of human beings.
Senate bill No. 307. by Senator O'Bryan,
| giving owners of threshing machines a
lien upon the grain threshed by machines
Senate bill No.166, by Senator Shearer
to abolish the board of psrdons
Senate bill No. "a, by Senator Shearer-
An act to prevent the dockage of hogs
or the inspection of hogs for the purpose
| of dockago, in any market or public
stock yard in this state.
Senate bill No 103, by Senator Nor.
| gan-An act to declare unlawful all com.
binations and agreements between in
surance companies
The bill abolishing the Shawnee coun-
~ circuit court, together with Senator
Sterne's substitute, were both recon
mended Senator Denuison fought the
substitute, and it would have been killed
had not Senator Brown, the only Repub
lican present at the time, fought it des
perately.
Senator Brown said it was taking al
unfair advantage of the friends of thu
substitute bill in their absence. He saiC
that rather than have the bill recon
mended he would insist on a call of tn
senate, which would show no quorum
| and stop the session. The roll call wa
commenced, but before the result wa
announced Senator Dennison agreed t
, Browns terms and both the bill and tn
substitute were recommended. Senate
Brown explains that while he doesn'
favor the substitute he wants to give it
| friends chance to be heard. Senate
Dennison isn't like the man who woul
not try to get even and he said threaten
ingly to Senator Brown: "Some of you
pet measures will find hard sailing fror
: this time on" 1t was II o'clock Satul
day night when the senate adjourned
NOT ROBBED AT ALL.
stockyard Committee to Tell Shipper
They Don't Know What They're Tall
ing About.
The house committee which was al
pointed to investigate the Kansas Cit
stockyards has completed the work an
returned to the city. 1t will be sever;
days, however, before the report will /
ready to present to the house, because
will take that long to transcribe the te
timony.
The committee seems to have expe
fenced great change of mind. On tt
floor of the house, before an iDvestigi
ton was ordered, the members, witt
out hesitancy denounced the stool
yards company as a set of thievs
and robbers. Now, however, aft
having breafhed the salubrious atmo.
!. phere of Kansas City a great change hi
y come over their manner of thinking, an
from what the committee says, the
have concluded that the stock yards pc
. pie are pretty nice fellows after all
Speaking of the work of the commi