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

stiffness when Secretary Osborne and Chief Jus-
tice Horton mounted the speakers stand. o. 70
administer the oath Then Loodcn, the new speaker.
upon taking the stand made short speech and the
business OF the house was proceeded with. This
was TO permit the Populists request, to sit to-
gether. Seats were then drawn for and the house
adjourned until 2o'clock tomorrow. The newly
elected officers of the senate also in and
that body after trensacting minor business, adj
Journed till O'Clock tomorrow. Ben Rich was
chosen reading clerk of the senate by vote Of -
to 8.
When the senate convened every one of the for
~ members was in his seat except j. n. Price, Re-
Puohcan. who is critically III at his home In Atchi-
l5 Populsts, 23; Democrats, 3. While this body
is In control of the Populists the Republicans have
such large number in tho house that on joint bal
lot the Republicans have q majority of ~. The
house stands: Republican. pl; Populist. 81; Dem
ocTats, l. and fusion Democrat-PoPulist,a
The Populist senatorial caucus did not adjourn
till O'Clock this morning and they would not give
out single line of information till that time. IL
man: sergeant-st-srms II. n. Boyd, Repuhiie;
journal Clerk, A ID. Giipin of Lincoln; Chaplain,
D. d. Botkin, Postmistress. Mrs. Wood. Topeka
legislative doings was the Governors message,
which we give elsewhere. the introduction OF bills
and the Republican caucus tonight on State Print
er, In which Major Hudson was successful on the
second ballot. The caucus for Senator was order
ed for next Wednesday night.
Forty-four bills were introduced. principally for
the suppression of gambling, uniformity OF school
books, and one to abolish the metropolitan police
laws. By special request Mr.. Cubbison's bill for
eral gambling passed to the second reading
Appointments in the house to-day: Syl Dickson.
of Sumner and A. j. Weaver, of Sedgwiek coun-
ties Assistant Sergeant-at-arms and Assistant
Door-keeper, respectively.
THURSDAY, january lO.-Senate: The senate
convened at 10 O'Clock this morning with Leuten-
ant Governor Daniels in the chair
After PRAYER by the chaplain and the reading of
the journal, Senator Jumper of Osage, introduced
among other things an act for the uniformity OF
text books Senator Landes introduced bills Tor
the regulation of tolls for telegraph and express
companies and providing penalty for the viola
tion of the same. Senator Householder OF Chero-
kee introduced a batch of bills among which was .
bill concerning charities and corrections. The idea
of the bill is TO remove all political influence from
members thereof to give it all their time providing
for four members of each board with the governor
ex-officio member with the power to vote except
penal institutions and poor houses. Two OF the
board TO be selected from the party casting the
highest number of votes and two from the next
highest. Senator Brown of Garden City introduce
ed bill against wild cat corporations and compe-
ing members of all corporations to take an oath
certifying TO the amount paid into the capital OF
said corporation before charter is issued. Sena-
tor Baker of Lenvenworth offered bill for the
protection of hotels against deadbeats. A resolu-
ton in favor of irrigation introduced by Brown
of Finney but was defeated. Other bills were in
troduced after which the forenoon session adjourn
ed at l045.
House: The lower house assembled at 10 O'Clock
this morning and was called TO order by Speaker
Lobdell. Three bills were passed two Of which
were introduced by Cubbson, prohibiting lotteries
and gambling and one giving authority to the Sec
rotary of State to minister oaths. In passing the
anti-lottery bill the house broke the Legislative
record This is the quickest work ever donc In the
Kansas legislature. An unsuccessful effort was
made to protect church rafies from the ban of the
bill. The bill makes it a felony to run or conduct
lottery policy business. or to sell lottery or pol
icy tickets the punishment to be not less than ono
year or more than three years in the penitentlafy
Among hfty-6ve other bills introduced was frafi-
ers bill to reapporton the state into eight districts
A resolution was passed calling upon the governor
to give the penitentiary coal TO the desutute OF
Western Kansas. 1t was introduced NJ q Repub-
lican measure Forty-one bills were read the sec
ond time and referred to the proper committees,
after which the house adjourned till O'CLOCK
FRIDAY, jan n-There was but little impor-
tance in either branches, the House adiourning
soon after the noon hour until Tuesday next. The
years ago and by him sent to the present august
body to confirm, owing to the illegal Senate under
his reign having no authority, created quite
rifle among members. The appointments, which
included all police commissioners for cities OF the
first class, went to the committee room accom-
Sedgwick that caused the bills return to its start
ing point, without action. Following this was an
other request from the retiring executive 20 con-
firm three new men the State Board Of Health.
to-wit Thomas Kirk Of Jewell county; j. p. II.
Dykes of Stafford county for the term ending in
II. Il.
term ending in 1897. Aside from the above the
following appointments requested for con-
frmation by Leweliing, all of which were dis
tributed to the several committee for action:
Superintendent of insurance, s. II. Snyder OF
Kingman, for the term ending July !. 1896; j. +.
Williams of Greenwood county, live stock sani-
tary commissioner, term expiring March IS. 1895.
Van Voorhees, of Douglas county, manager OF
state soldiers home term expiring July 3, lsse; n
Scott OF Lyon county member of the board OF pub
lie works, term expiring April 1. 1896; c. E. Good
year of Sedgwick county. and Hoffman OF Dickin-
county, regents of the state agricultural col
lege, succeeding Joseph Wheeler and a For
sythe, whose terms expire April ]. 1897: Honary
Clark of Douglas county, succeeding Charles
Robson as regent of the Kansas State university,
term expiring first Monday In February. 1897.
House Bill no. /. relative to the antlottery law.
by Cubbison of Wyandotte went through the
House without dissenting vote Some opPosi-
ton on constitutional grounds raised on the
third section of the BILL which provides that 1t is
necessary to prove the existence of the lottery
ticity of the signatures', The BILL after passing
went to the Senate, where ii will be cut to pieces
C. c. Purcell, at one time promi-
nent business man of Chatanqua, died
in Kansas City, Mo-, last Thursday
from the effects of an overdose of
morphine.
]. X. Hudson of the Topeka Capital
has been chosen State Printer.
A prominent Wichita girl marries q
Dallas, Texas. business man at the
home of the bride in Wichita We'd
nesday evening.
General Alfred Ellet, "A years old,
and one of the pioneers, died at his
home in Ell Dorado. Jan. 9th. Mr.. Ell
let was an old soldier.
The Leavcnworth Gun Club was vic.
tor at the state championship shoot at
Topeka on Thursday, besides winning
a side purse of $3.50.
John Wilkes, aged 10 of Leaven-
worth. Kans-, fell from train while
stealing ride in that city Sunday,
and lost both legs. He died Eve hours
later
The appeal for aid from Nebraska
is touching many hearts in Kansas
who suffered in the past and asked
for help and got it from those who are
now in want
JOSIAH Moose, of Winfield. aged 90
years, dropped dead Sunday night
He was the author Of q book relating
his adventures among the Indians
/! He was hale until the end.