Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-01-30
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

No 3 prohibiting gambling. was passed by q
vote OF 81 to l3 The house adopted a resolu-
ton calling upon the railroad commissioners
to take char-e OF two car loads of supplies
Which had been CONSUMED to Governor Nor
ril from the East and make arrangements
for their distribution among the suffering peo-
pie IN the Western counties Then il ad-
1ourned until ID o clock tomorrow morning
The senate after brief and unimportant
session also adjourned until to morrow morn
in
Jan. 1s-very little work was done in the
senate aside from the introduction of lar e
batch OF bills The important bills were BY
the committee on ways and mans appropria-
ting 5000 for the deficiency in thu state
printing accounts. b. Senator Sterne, ap
house and grounds By Senator Arm.
strong, providing for the employ
ment bureaus in cities of the first
class. This bin was introduced by request of
the knights of Labor BY Senator Price.
making an appropriation for the Soldiers
orphans homs at Atchison RI Senator
Reid. win; cities the ri hit to issue bonds
for the purpose OF operating street railways.
electric plants, water works, etc. Adjourned
till Monday
The session in the house was short and I'M
interesting About fifty bills were introduced,
Inc only one OF general importance Dein; by
Andrews or Phillips for tho suDprc ssion of
the Russfln thistle. Cubbison of Wyandotte
introduced concurrent resolution calm,
upon the Kansas senator's and representatives
m con ,reSS to support an amendm mt 10 the
constitution providing for the election OF
united States senators by direct vote of the
people 1t was adopted Adjourned till Mon
day
Jan Il The house met a. O'Clock The
reading OF the journal was cut off by motion
ana the house praceede1 at once to business
AIthoush the hour was late some twenty bills
TGv0i I'M Vos7
measures are: A bill by Bone of Crawford.
requiring mine owners to keep sufficient
air shafts and hoists in the mines to
secure the safety of miners House
Dill No 80, by Dix authorizes the
township of Arlington. Reno county, to issue
to'0oo bonds TO aid in the building of flour
IN mill House bill No S42, By McKi nnle of
Mitchell Is an irrigation bill. The following
Is the title: IAN act TO make ponds ho,d the
water In the sprin, and early part of the sum.
lnef so mat the water Will not run off into the
river, but to keep the water for producing
moisture AMI Irritating purposes" House
Dill No So6 by Moss, regulates
the charges of telegraph companies and pro-
VldeS that not over fifteen cents shall be
charged for the first ten words of message
or over on half cent for each additional word
House bill No 359, by Hart, de fines trusts and
provides penalty for forming pools and
combinations to restrict trade reduce pro.
NoOtAoA VI lHOICISe tuS price OF
or to decrease on the cost of trans
portation The penalty provided is f1ne Of
not less than $50 nor more than 5000 and i'm
prlsonment in the penitentiary from one to
ten years
The senate convened with barely quorum
present and adjourned within the hour A
few unimportant bills were introduced and
some committee reports considered
Jan 22-The secretary of the senate ap-
peared Immediately after the converting of the
house and announced that the senate had con-
Cured in the joint resolution providing for
the distribution OF supplies contributed for
the benefit of Western settlers. Also, that
the senate had concurred in the resolution
recommending the election of United States
senator by direct vote CT the people
a hood of bills poured in on the clerk
when that order of exercises was reached
and before it stopped sixty fresh bills had
been added to the calendar At IL O'Clock the
vote was taken in the house for senator.
Nlnety-one votes were cast for Baker TWEEN
ty six for King and five for Martin, one for
George w. Click and one for Rid eley of
Crawford The gentlemen who voted for Mar
tin were: Spra-ue, Rothweller, Pancake
Wilson and Schuyler. Smith of Sherman, voted
for Click, and Bone, of Crawford voted for
Rid teley. The house then took recess until
9 O. clock
This afternoon n resolution was introduced
by Butler, of Bourbon, providing for inyesti-
cation of w Chase, the warder of the pen
ltentiary and the general pententiary man
agement
In the senate house resolution favorable
to the election of United States senators by
direct ballot of the people was also adopted.
The committe on education reported favora-
bly, upon bill providing for direct county
tax for the support Of the public schools The
president announced that high twelve
had arrived and it was the duty of the
senate to Init
senator. No nominating speeches were made,
and the ballot resulted as follows: Lucien
Baker Is l. King, 10; A w Dennison g.
j d Botkin, l.: r. Rid yely, l. Doster l:
Percy Daniels, The Republicans voted
solidy for Lucien Baker the caucus nominee
and in addition to this he also received the
vote OF one Populist and one Democrat Sena-
tor Leeds and Senator O'Brvan respectively.
Jan 23-At noon the members of the SEN
ate filed into Representative hall for the pur-
pose Of meeting with the house in Joint con
vention to elect q United States senator
After the calling of the roll of the senate by
the chief clerk of that body and the roll
OF the house by its chief clerk, tho vote was
taken Hon. Lucien Baker received 1O4 votes,
l. z King, 50; Senator Martin, Click, J.
and Rev DR. Botkn, On motion of Senator
Sterne of Topeka a committee of five way
appointed TO wait upon Hon Lucien Baker
and bring him before the body Mr. Baker
made brief address The house unscated
c Wightman, the Populist member from
Greeley county, and gave the place to A NJ
Glenn, the Republican contestant. The re.
turns showed the election of Wi .htman The
committee found that five gal votes had
been cast for HIM, and recommended that he
be unseated The Recommendation was
adopted
Among the bills introduced in the senate
were the following BY ways and means
committee-Appropriatin $4,000 for the sup
port of the lad ustrial school for
girls at Beloit By Smith To regulate
the practice of medicine and restrain
the sale of nostrums by itinerant peddlers
BY Forney-Appropriatin $3.50 TO pay
Mrs Lease for loss of salary and costs of suit
in mlintainn her place upon the state board
OF charities. BY Taylor-Proyiding tax for
the improvements of roads and bridges BY
Brown-Several acts to regulate the business
OF fire insurance companies 4 resolution
was passed to pay enrolling clerks 80 q day
instead OF p cents n foIin