The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-13
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KANSAS soLoNs.
An Anti Lottery BiI Already RECON-
mended for Passage.

An Anti Lottery BI1 Already Recon-
mended for Passage.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. II. When the
house met yesterday Speaker Lob
dell announced the committee on
election as follows: Miller of Nor
ris (chairman), Rohrbaugh of Wichita,
Sutton of Russell. Hunt of Leaven-
worth, Baker of Ottawa, Pancake of
Scott, Nciswanger of Sedgwick. The
two last named are Populists.
The work of the committee will be to
consider contests from Haskell,
Greedy and Pawnee counties.
\ clamor from members who had
bills to introduce followed. Fifty
three in ali were offered, making
ninety since the house began
business.
Following this, bills introduced
yesterday were read the second time
and referred. Mr. Cubbison's gam
bling bills, Nos. 3 and 4, were sent to
the committee on judiciary They
relate to horse racing and to gambling
in gambling houses and private
houses.
Mr. Frazer's bill reapportioning the
state into congressional districts was
referred TO the committee on congress
sional apportionment. 1t is the same
bill which MIR. Cubbison got through
the house in 1898 but which failed in
the senate 1t divides the state by
districts as follows:
First Joniphan, Brown, Nemeha,
Pottawatomie, Jackson, Atchiso q ,
Leavenworth and jefferson counties
Second Wyandottc, johnson, Doug
las, Miami Franklin, Anderson and
Linn counties.
Third-Bourbon Allen, Crawford,
Neosho, Wilson, Cherokee, Labctte
and Montgomery counties.
Fourth --. shawnee, Wabaunsee,
Usage, Lyon, Morris, Marion, Chase,
Coffey, Woodson and Greenwood
counties.
Fifth Marshall, Washington, Re-
public, Cloud, Ottaway, Clay, Riley,
Geary, Dickinson and Saline counties
OSiNth Jewell. Smith, Phillips
Morton, Decatur Rawlins, Chyenne,
Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Graham,
Rocks Osborn, Mitchell, Lincoln
Ellsworth, Russell, Ellis Trego, Cove,
Logan and Wallace counties.
Mcpherson, Rice, Barton
Rush, Ness, Lane, Scott, Wichita,
Greeley, Hamilton, Kearney, Finney,
Hodgmau, Pawnee, Stafford, Reno
Kingman. Pratt, Edwards, Kiowa, Ford,
Gray, Haskell, Grant, Stanton, Nor
ton Stevens, Seward, Meade, Clark
Comanche and Barber counties.
Harper, Sedgwick, Butler
Elk, Chautauqua, Cowley and Sumner
counties
Mr. Bucklin of Thomas county pre-
scented a concurre mt resolution callin
upon the governor to furnish TO tn,
state board Of railroad commission
crs for distribution among the poor
such supplies of coal from the peni
teutiary mine as county comm ission
crS of counties where suffering might
exist might demand. The rules wer
suspended, and the resolution wa
passed
on Mr. Cubbison's motion the hous,
atll.!O went into committee of tn
whole for the conside ration of hi
policy and lottery gambling bills Nos
and %, Mr.. Veale of Shawnee in tn
chair Mr.. Cubbison moved tina
when the committee rises it report I
the house recommendation tina
bIll No. be passed. This was adopt
ed and the committee then rose an
the house adjourned for dinner.
When the house reassembled afte
din ner the bill was read and place
on its passage and it was passed by
vote Of lO7 to TO o.
The senate was in session only a
hour, but there were thirty-eigh
bills introduced. Jumper OF Osag
introduced the first bill asking fc
uniformity of text books and
distribution of the same. He ais
wanted the Fifth Kansas militia pal
f----..rvice rendered in 1868.
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