The advocate., 1897-02-24
THE LEGISLATURE.
RssnbmIssiOn Falls to CaEry--StOck Yards
Conference Committee RepOFts-AE
Work In Earnest.
TUESDAY.

BSlCp0DneBs hSek6E blDO IuGEOUuG1U
similar bill. The Committee on Rail
roads presented Q bill defining fran
chises and regulating the granting and
use Of the same. The Committee or
Insurance reported faVOrably bill tt
enable corporations, school districts
etc., to become members Of mutual
fire insurance. On motion Of Sesvel
the bill providing that the County At
toEney must be a lawyer was ordered
placed on the calendar. The enacting
clause of this bill had been stricken
out In Committee of the Whole.
TrueblOod's constitutional amend
ment resolution was passed by the nec'
esssry twO.thirds vote It provides
for the election of State officers for
period os four years, making them In
eligible for q second term. House bill
lSS, Senate bills 14l and 1888, all local
bills, were read the third time and
passed. Senate bill 1S, amending the
law relative to incorporating cities Of
the second class, was passed. Senate
bills 55 and 68, providing for the sale
Of property at the silk Station at Pea.
body and abOllshing the station, were
passed. Senate bill SO, compelling
railroads to build fence along their
lines similar to those inclosing lands
intersected, was passed. Senate bill
LAG, repeating the law Of 1879 prOvid.
Ing for the appointment Of oil inSpec-
tors and for inspection by cities or
townships, was passed. Senate bill
130, relating to the obstruction Of rail-
road tracks, visducts, CulveEts, etc.,
was passed. Senate bill l57, prohibit
Ing blscklistlng Of employees, was
passed.
In Committee of the Whole COnHid-
ersble time was spent in considering
the resolution resubmlttlng the prOhib'
itory question. The committee rec
commended It for passage, but when
Che matter was reported to the House
Barkley moved that the report be not
agreed to.
The resolution Fesubmitting the
question Is Ss follows:
sEoTroN /. That It is hereby recommended
TO the electors Of the said State Of Kansas, 90
vote OF tho next election Of members to the
House OF Representatives TO the Legislature,
the same to be held A. D. eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight, for or against the repeal OF
the prohibition amendment, article Is, section
10, which 10 now part OF the constitution OF
the state OF Kansas.
SIC. q This recommendation shall be sub.
mitted to the electors OF this state At the gen.
eFal election OF members to the House Of Rep
resentatives in the year A. D. eighteen hundred
and ninety eight, for their approval or rejeC-
ti0n. Those voting In favor Of this recon-
mendation shall have written or printed on
their ballots "FOr a repeal Of the prohibition
amendment, article Is, section 10, Of the con-
stitution." Those voting against this recon-.
mendation shall have written or printed on
their ballots Against a repeal Of the prohibi,
tlon amendment, article Is, section 10, Of the
constitution" And said ballots shall be re-
ceived, and said votes taken, counted can.
vhased, and returns thereof made in the same
manner In ell respects as Is provided by law
In the case OF the election Of members to the
Legislature.
SEC. 8. This resolution shall take effect and
be In force from and after It's publication In
she statute book.
The way the motion was put, those
who voted aye were opposed to resub-
mlssion, while those voting no favored
A Tho mnklnn wRs lost hR q unkA Of