The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-02-01
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.

kANNAN LEGlNLAIUkE.
Both houses have adopted house concur.
rent resolution No. s, by which the railroad
commissioners were directed to take charge
of supplies sent from other states for the
destitute in western Kansas and to report to
the governor.
concurrent resolution passed by the
house and also adopted by the senate,
calls upon Kansas men in congress to en-
deavor to secure q constitutional amend
ment by which United States senators must
be elected by the direct vote of the people.
The number of bills before the two houses
has reached 700.
The house adopted resolution providing
for an Investigation of the settlement of the
,, reciprocal tax By Insurance Commissioner
Snider.
A bill in the house makes the mayor the
third member of the board of police COM
missioners. The two members to b ap-
pointed by the governor are to hold Office
only as long as the mayor. Members OF the
board arc made removable for Gauss by the
city council, in which case the governor fills
the vacancy.
district Judge under a house bill introduced
by Cox. of Neosho, man must Dc prac-
ticing attorney in the supreme and district
courts of the state and must have practiced
law in the district courts of this state for
five years.
The house settled long and somewhat
| bitter controversy by voting, IS to 81, to
pay enrolling clerks s. day instead of by
| the folio as per law of 1885. Like action
| was taken in the senate.
The house in committee OF the whole
| bills. Also Claycomb's bill providing for
cancellation on the records of satisfied chat
| tel mortgages.
The committee on elections gave unani-
micus report in the contest Of Glenn against
| Wightman from Greeley county in favor of
seating Glenn. The report was adopted and
Mr.. Glenn was sworn in.
| The house adopted the resolution provid-
| ing for a committee to investigate Warden
Chase of the pentitentiary.
! Under bill introduced by Mr.. Veale of
Shawnee the agent through whom one
party loans money to a third IS declared the
agent of the loaner and not of the Dor
| rover.
| An act which Senator Danner has intro
| duced requires that deeds that are not re-
corded within twenty days of their issue shall
| not hold good against mortgages.
| which provides that any bicycle rider on q
country road on meeting team shall dis
| mount and stand aside until ths team has
passed, and providing as q penalty a fine
varying from 81 to $lOo.
The senate passed bill appropriating
$64 600 to make up deficiency in amounts
appropriated by the last legislature for state
| printing.
The house by vote accepted an invitation
| received from Leaven worth to attend BAN
| quet there in celebration of the election of
Leavenworth man to the Uuited States
| senate.
If Senator Lands bill is passed the state
board of public works will be abolished.
The senate railroad committee has intro
duced that historical maximum freight Rte
| bill.
The house adopted Warmers resolution
for a committee of three to Investigate the
| condition and recent management of the
state charitable institutions.
Under q bill in the house upon the petition
of two-thirds of the legal voters of any
| school district, and if the county superin-
tendent finds that it has not a sufficient
number of children to warrant a continu-
| ance of q school he may, after posting proper
| notices for twenty days. disorganiz. the dis
trict and attach the territory to some other
district for school purposes.
Veale's bill to abolish the Shawnee county
circuit court was favorably reported by the
chairman of the judiciary local committee
Senator Helm desires to change the l TVS
so as to prevent a farmer from mortgag my
his crop and then sell it without paying the
mortgage.
The anti-Pinkerton bill has reapp,ared in
the senate.
Stockebrand has a bill in the h1use which
| would require railroads to add TO a legal
fence three more barbed wirss where swine
run at large.
The senate having refu'ed to permit any
mention of the JOINT convention to EJECT
| q state printer to appear on the senate jour
nal, Senator Scott prepared protest
against this refusal. Tn. senate refused to
permit the protest on the journa al because it
gave an account of the sid proceedings in
detail. This was refused. Then Senator
Sterne offered protest against this last ac-
ton, also containing the entire substance OF
the other protest. This was admitted by
four of the majority voting with the repub-
licans; they are Householder, King. True
and Taylor. This final action resulted af-
ter the matter had been in dispute for ten
days.
Both HOUSES have passed a concurrent res
olution petitioning congress to submit an
amendment to the constitution giving con-
oress power to legislate against trusts.
Senator Scott introduced a resolution to
change the time of voting on constitutional
amendments from general to special cleo
tons, which resolution was laid over under
the rules.
Mr. Sherman, of Shawnee. has bill for
an appropriation of $4,000 to purchase q
quarter section adjoining thu Reform scho BIS
lands.
The committee of the whole senate ground
through the fish pond and fish commissioner
bill.
Senator Tayior's railroad bill was unfa-
vorably reported by the committee on rail-
roads.
Senator Brown has introduced an act pro-
viding for the repeal of the bill which was
passed some years ago for the purpose OF
encouraging the erection of sugar mills.
The senate received a message from the
governor appointing police board for
Leavenworth. F. E. Hunt, president; ]. W.
Hauserman, secretary, and B. S. Richards.
Senator Brown has introduced a bill which
provides that herd law may be suspended
in any county on the fling of a petition with
the county clerk. signed by a majority OF
the resident voters. 4 clause in the bill
provides that no such suspen ion shall en-
dure for more than six months at a time.
The house by adoption of a motion by
Lambert, of Lyons. declared the concur mt