The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-02-04
KANSAS LEGISLATURE

women the right to vote for presidential
electors; by Henley. to permit the use of
convict labor upon Kansas roads, not more
than forty ncr less than twenty corvicts to
oe employed for such purpose at one time
o. place, the convicts to be sent to counties
upon reQuisitiOn of county commissioners
10 the warden of the penitentiary: by
Brown OF Cowley to provide for the appoint
ment by the governor of a state board of
examiners of railroad telegraphers. to ex-
anime all persons engaged as railroad tele-
graphers and to grant them certificates. the
members of the board to receive a salary of
1900 per annum. House committee on
printing reported Taylor's bill cutting the
fees of state printer 10 per cent
Jan 29.-The Normal school question
came up for discussion in the Senate. The
committee on education reported that it
had under consideration bills establishing
schools at Wichita, Stockton. Norton and
Concordia, and asking that the sentiment
OF the Senate on the question be ascer-
tanned To this end resolution was
offered declaring it to be the sense of
the Senate that at least two Normal
schools be established. After a heated de-
bate the molten was defeated on a tie vote
II to II. The committee has not vet de-
cided what TO do Hart introduced bill to
authorize medical colleges to use for scien-
tif1c purposes. within the state bodies of
mates of state institutions, work houses and
poor houses The medical college is to file
bond with the secretary of state for the use
of each b0dy sor medical or scientific pur-
poses
An act &c classify insurance corporations.
both fire and life and provide for state tax
on their premiums, was introduced by Rep
resentative Haywood of kearney in the
House. The bill places insurance in three
claSSeS-State, domestic and foreign. Do
nestle companies are those organized under
the laws of Kansas: state companies those
organized in other states of the Union out
side of Kansas: foreign companies. those OF
foreign nations. Domestic and state com.
panies are taxed 2ls per cent on their net
Kansas premiums and foreign companies
5 per cent. Several bills of minor import
ance were also introduced.
Jan. 2S.-AlmOSt the entire time of the
Senate was consumed in the consideration
of bills by the committee of the whole.
Among other bills favorably reported upon
were these: To prevent the dOckage and in
spectiOn of hogs in public stock yards; to
dispose of the Peabody silk station by sale
to the highest bidder: to repeal the law foI
the encouragement of silk culture; reducing
the fees and salaries of Barton and Chero-
kee county officials; to tax al money in the
possession of persons on Garcn I of each
year.
The house. upon third reading. passcI
these bills: BY Botkin. making husband
and wife competent 10 testify against each
other in divorce cases: by Merrill, repeating
certain sections of the law relating to jury
commissioners; by JacIuins. empowering
city clerks of cities of the second and third
class to administer oaths.
Jan 27.-In Joint session William A. Har-
ris was formally declared elected United
States Senator. Mr.. Harris briefly defined
fS ,..x .etso nT t1. 1,v~
Speaker Street Introduced bill to prohibit
railroads from carrying, free. electors to
their homes to vote. 1t provides heavy
fine or imprisonment in the penitentiary fer
persons who give such transportation, and
also for persons who accept such tranSpor-
tation. Representative Ingle of Smith in
trodueed bill to declare unlawful and void
all contracts. agreements or trusts. made
with view to lessen free competition in the
importation or sale OF articles or to control
the price thereof.
In the Senate bills we're introduced as fol-
lows: To appropriate 1925. 900 to complete
the Hutchinson refor ma tory; to provide for
the payment of ive-eighths of a cent per
pound bounty for the manufacture of sugar
in Kansas; to make the proceeds of the sale
of property under foreclosure proceedings
satisfy the mortgage in full; to exempt
from attachment for rent one third of
crop raised by tenants: to elect street COM
missioner. clerk and marshal of cities of
the second class.
Jan. 26.-Both houses voted separately for
United States senator. In the House Harris
received 70, Burton 43. General Caldwell 2.
Senate: Harris %, Burton 10. King /. Har-
ris voted for King. The House spe2t almost
two hours in debating the various phases of
the proposed investigation of school fund
and coal oil inspector. After
a long parliamentary wrangle, Brown of
Pratt, one of the POpu!ist leaders. moved
that the resolution be so amended as to in
clude an investigation of the school fund
under Morrill, and the coal
oil inspector under Lewelling. This carried
by an almost unanimous vote.
Senator Helm introduced bill designed
to knock out of existence all of the trusts
and combines that now or may hereafter
exist in Kansas. 1t provides that all agree
ments with trusts for any and all purposes
are void if the purpose or intent or effect is
to force an advance in the price of any COM
modify by restricting its manufacture or
sale, or in any way interfering with the
natural course of events 1t does not apply
to corn and cattle when in the hands of the
raiser. 1t provides q fine of from 400 to
b, 600 and enables the person, or persons.
so damaged to recover their measure of
damage by suit Eighteen more bills were
thrown into the senatorial hopper and the
n.
Jan. 2o.-Representative Jaquins of Cow
ley county introduced bill in the House re-
quiring foreign life insurance companies to
invest SO per cent of their funds or accuml-
lations received annually from Kansas pol
icy holders in bonds and mortgages OH I'M
Kansas real estate worth SO
per cent more than the sum loaned thereon
Any insurance company which shall fail to
comply with the provisions Of the act shall
forfeit its right to do business in the
state, and its license shall be revoked. The
House resolution authorizing the speaker
to appoint a committee to investigate the
actions of the state school fund commits
'iOners and also the coal oil inspector was
reported favOrably by the committee. The
ways and means committee fled its report
killing the bill to appropriate s165,OOO to
erect additional buildings at the state uni
'ersity and also reduced the annual appro-
priation from 500, 900 to ESQ., 600. The ap.
asked for by the state agricu,-
ural college were also cut down materially.
rhe ways and means committee made a ia
'orably report on joint resolution No 4.
for a change in the constitution
o one general election. 1t provides that
tate officers shall be chosen for a four year
ERIN and bars a second term; that county
'ndcers shall be elected every two years and
limited to two terms
BY vote of p to IL the Senate denied the
)rivileRe of the floor tC d. O. MCCrary a