The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-08
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
The House Passes the School
Text Book Bill.
1t is Practically the Same
Measure First Proposed.
The JaQuins Insurance Bill Consid-
ered-Senate Has Fun With a
Poor Man

The house after an extended debate
covering three days, late Saturday af-
ternoon recommended, in committee of
the whole, the passage of the school
text bill.
Mr.. LobdeIl attempted to prevent the
creation of a commission, thereby Civ
ing the governor that number of new
opportunities to pay political debts. but
the Populists would not listen to such
proposition. The amendment making
the state board of education the COM
mission to take charge of the business,
offered in committee of the whole, was
defeated. Mr.. LObdell presented it
again in the house and demanded a roll
call 1t was again defeated by strict
party vote.
The details of the bill, as given here
tOtore IN the journal, were not chang
ed except that the penalties for viola
ton of the law were Increased upon mo-
ton of Mr.. FairchiId.
Mr.. LObden also attempted to secure
the adoption of an amendment appro-
priating money for the state publicati ton
of books provided the book companies
, refused to bid at the maximum scale of
prices fixed by the bill. The POpuliSts,
were however. positive that no difficulty
Will be experienced and laid the amend
ment upon the table.
The bill provides that companies ac-
cepting contracts under the provisions
of the proposed law shall accept in ex-
! change for new books, the books now
in the hands of the people so per
cent. Some of the more radical mem
bers on the Populist side of the house
attempted to make the exchange value
100 per cent but did not accomplish that
purpose.
The maximum prices which will be
paid for new books under the provisions
of the law are follows:
! For the spelling book, 10 cents; first
! reader, 10 cents; second reader, II cents;
third reader, % cents; fourth reader 80;
| fifth reader 40; mental arithmetic 20;
| intermediate arithmetic, %; complete
! arithmetic, So; elementary geography 80;
| complete geography, IS; English gram
| mer, elementary, 20; complete grammer.
| 80; physiology and hygiene so; history
of the United States. so; for elements OF
| natural philosophy so; for civil govern
ment, 40; elementary algebra, SO; for
! physical geography 80; for bookkeeping,
| 40; writing books, 5 cents.
The house this morning passed the
| school text book bill as recommended
The Representatives voting for the
passage of the bill were as follows:
| Barley, BaSgall, Bean, Brown OF
| Cowley, Brown of Pratt, Burkholder
| Carr, Cassin, Clark, Conger, Crosby
! Dalton, Davis, De Witt, Ernst, Far
rell, Feighner, Fell Finney, Foley, Full
ton, Gillespie, Graves, Gray. Hackney
Harbaugh. Hibner, Ing1e, Jameson
| Johnson of Chase, Johnson of Labette
Johnson of Nemaha, Jones, KeIson
| Lambert of Lincoln, Lawson, Lewis
| LOOMS, Malin, Marty, McGrath Nc
| keeVer, Merrill, Metzler, Mott, Muen-
| zenmayer, Montgomery, Outcalt Pat
ton, Ravenscraft, Rothweiler, Rutledge
| Simmons, Singleton, Stevens, Stoner
| Taylor, Turner, Wallace, Walters
Ward, Wehrle, WeiIep, Wright and
| Street.
Those voting against the bill were
| Aker, Bacon, Barker, Bradley, Brown
of Greeley, Cubbison, Fairchild, Hack
| busch, Haywood, Hickman, Hollem-
| beak, Irwin, Jackson of Comanche
| of q Tai ri
| of Lyon, Larimer, Lobden Moore
/ Po1enske, Poison, Reed, Seaton, Shouse
| Stuart, Try and Vogelegesang.
| The bill has been sent to the senate.