Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-01-16
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Jan s-The Kansas le gislature is IN ses
sion Both branches met at noon It is the
Iwenty-sixth regular convention The Or
ganization of the house and senate was
enected promptly and quietly, the prelimin-
artes having been previously arran sed in
party caucus The house organized with the
| Following officers: Speaker L Lobdell
speaker pro tenn, J X Cubbison chief
clerk Frank l. Brown assistant chief clerk,
l. - Sears ser cant. arms. G Jordan
Journal clerk, 7. J Jackson readin: clerk,
Q > Martin door-keeper, F. Moore
chief enrolling clerk. Mrs L Hughes;
chaplain Elder p. T. Rhodes postmaster,
Mrs. T. B Munzey. The members were
sworn in by Chief Justice Horton in blocks OF
twelve, ana after the usual preininaries
attendant on organic alton the house ad-
journed
The senate orSanize1 with the election OF
the Following Populist caucus nominees by a
vote OF % TO ID: l. T. King president pro
TEN; w l. Brown secretary. Ben Rich
reading clerk II n Boyd sergelnt-at arms.
Solon Gray and Ed Marshall, assistant SER
teant NJ arm the Rev. j ID Bodkin, chap
lain V. II Biddison docket clerk Bertha
Morris, as istant docket clerk; A Gil pin,
journal clerk Edna Steele, Meta Murphy,
Faith Cole and Frank Petit, assistant journal
clerks A. & Baker, document clerk Mrs.
ant postmistrcs5; J j. Barnes, bookkeeper;
Captain Allel, doorke sper: Lizzie Arms trong,
chief enrOlln clerk
Jan 9.-When the house met Mr.. Cubbis on
introduced the first foar bills, all bearing on
lotteries, policy, bookmakin and other forms
Of gambling Mr. Ballinger OF Coffey intro.
duccd house bill No ). relating to state
printing and the term of Office of the state
printer Mr. Seatoa Of Atchison introduced
house bill No. q, mlking appropriations for
buidin IS at the SolIieri' OrphIns home
AT t2:25 o'clock the governor, by his private
secretary presented his es5age
Fraser OF Harper introduced q congress
sional reapporuonment bill and uniform
text book bill Mr. Gardenhire introduced
the state bar associations court OF appeals
bill and railroad pass bill Mr. Hackbush
or Leayenworth introdtced a bill repeating 2
the Metropolitan police law Mr. Hopkins
OF tfnney q bill re sulat NJ Pullman charges
AT 2:iO o'clock Reading Clerk Martin read
nc governors MESA C, which lasted nearly
two hours
When the senate met letter was read from
Mr John NJ Price asking leave of absence on
account OF Illness Mr Brown offered u reso
| luton TO add to the list of senate committees
a committee on irrigation con insisting of five.
ms was laid over one day under the rules
MIR. Taylor introduced his bill for the prohibi-
tion OF lotteries and gift enterprises and fol-
| lowed IL with five others to prohibit gambling
prevent bribery and stop pool selling and
bookmaking Me- Householder introduced a
joint resolution relating 10 the suffrage Ques-
tion, Nj Dlllard another calling constitu-
tlonal convention and Mr. Brown n third
amending the constitution and prohibitin!
omcer5 from receiving gifts Messrs King,
Householder. Denni5ou, Dillard and Thacher
were appointed as the committee on rules
Inc governors MESA was presented by his
private secretary soon after assembling. Its
reading occupied about two hours
Jda. TO- When the h ouse met Speaker Lob
dell announced the committee on elections as
follows: Miller OF Norris chairmln Rohr.
bauch OF Wichita Sutton of Russell Hunt of
Leavenworth, Baker of Ottawa, Pancake of
Scott Nei5wan GER OF SeI swick The two
last named are Populist,. The work of the
committee will be to consider contests from
Haskell, Greely ami PLwnee counties
clamor from members who had
bills 10 introduce follDwel Fifty-three in all
were offered, making ninety nine since the
house be 'an business Following this bills
introduced yesterday were read the second
time and referred. Mr. Cubbisons gambling
bills, Nos and g. were sent to the
committee judiciary They relate
to horse racin; and to gambling
in rambling houses and private house, Mr..
! Frazer'S bill relpportiOuin{ the state into
congressional districts was referred to the
committee on congressional apportionments
II Is the same bill which Mr. Cubbison got
throug IN the house in 1875 but which failed in
the senate. On Mr. Cubbison's motion the
house AZ % went into committee of the
whole for the con Iteration OF his policy and
! lottery gambling bills Nos. an1 ,, Mr. Veale
of shawnee in the chair They were passed
by Il vato OF lO7 to
The senate was IN Sc sson only an hour but
there were thirty-etght btll3 introduced
Jumper Of O5a e introduced the first bill
asking for uniformity OF text books and
distribution OF the same. He also wanted the
| Fifth Kansus militia paid for service rendered
in 1861 lands of Barber, had two bills that
referred to the re SulatiOn of tele ,raphfc and
! express chr sc ;. AMI author zins the board of
| railroad commissioners to fix arbitrary rates.
/ He would have the rates fixed at ten cents for
/ ten words within radius OF 2)J miles and
| onethird Of cent for every word over ten.
| For greater distances he would have the rate
! twenty cents for ten words and ne-half a
cent for every word after that
Jan. IL AT the opening OF the morning
! session OF the senate Messrs Scott and Helm
wers appointed the senate committee for in
auguration ceremonies Forty one bills were
introduced and referred all of minor import
! ance message from the governor was re-
ceived containing a list of appointments
| since last session Among the names was
that of A J. Bryant of Fort Scott for police
| commissioner, who has been dead two years
| a communication from tho governor ap.
/ pointed G w Halleabach of Comanche county
for director of the penitentiary for the term
! expirin April L.
| a resolution was Iopted giving clorll ant
| steno sraphcr TO each chairman of committee
! and q clerk to each senator.
At 4: 80 the senate went into executive ses
| sion to consider messages from the governor
after which the senate adjourned.
The house received thirty-one bills ant
( then adjourned until II o clock next Tuesday