Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-02-25
LEGISLATURE

| Feb. 20.-Bot1 branches of the Legis-
lature adjourned at IL o'clock, and in the
afternoon Mr. bryan addressed the Legls-
| latnre in joint session on the science of gov
eminent. The House passed the bills max
ing the home for eS-Federal soldiers at St
James and the home for ex-Confederates at
| Higglnsville eleemosynary institutions de-
pendent on the state for support. The Sem
ate did practically nothing except to pass
Senator Peers bill approprlating 81 800 for
the construction or monument to marx
the spot In Montgomery county where Dan
| lei Boone and wife were buried. Senate ad-
| journed to Tuesday.
Feb lathe Senate after long discus
| sion. passed Jumpers salary reduction bill.
A big fight took place when the section re-
duclng the salary of district court Judge
! was read The committee wanted to give
county judges 81. 800 and those in counties
containing first class cities $4,000. A COM
promise was agreed upon whereby the sal.
aries of all were fixed at $4,000 each. The
reduction in salaries of the various state
officials amounts to about 16 to 10 per cent
and Senator Jumper says that it will save
| the state about 100000 a year Mr.. Bryan,
by special invitation, addressed the legis-
lature in joint session on the science OF
government
These bills were favorably reported for
passage in the house: To tax bond surety
| companies; Browns bill to compel private
| corporations operating under franchise OF
a city to pay into the city treasury all over
| per cent pro&t as rental for streets and
alleys used; Ury's bill to prevent discrim-
nation and the giving and receiving of re-
bates on fire insurance premiums; to In
| crease the tax levy for support of county
schools; Rothweiler's bill authorizing city
boards of education and school district OH
| GERS to establish free kindergarten schools
and providing for a tax levy not to exceed
mills.
Feb. 1s-The Senate passed John w.
| Breidenthal's banking bill, with only one
amendment This amendment, however,
was of vital Importance. It struck out the
clause about salaries of the bank commits
sioner and his assistants. The bill fixed the
salaries as follows: Commissioner, 50 500;
two bank examiners, $1,000 each; clerk,
$1,000 stenogr apher, S700 The amend
ment placed the commissioners salary al
800. The vote on the final passage of the
bill stood 81 to 9. Senator Jumper intro.
duced general fee and salary bill This
measure provides for a deep cut in the
salaries of all the state officers ex-
| cept governor, attorney general treas
urer and officers of the charitable
institutions. The salary of the Sec
rotary of state is reduced to $4,000. The
| salaries of the auditor and bank commits
sioner are cut to 81, 900 each. other officers
have their salaries cut as follows: Insur-
ance. commissioner to 1900, penitentiary
warden to 50 000 railroad commissioners tc
50, 900 each, secretary of the railroad board
| to 81 200, Governors private secretary to
| 81, 500, supreme court judges to 81, 500, ap.
pellate court judges to 81, 00O district court
| judges in counties containing cities of the
| first class to So, 500, other district court
| judges to 81, 500, supreme court clerk tc
| 81, 800; chancellor State university, So, 800;
president State Normal school, $780,
president State Agricultural college, $4,000
general reduction of Is per cent in the
salaries of other officers is made. The bill
was read a second time under a suspension
of the rules and made a special order OF
| business for O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
On the roll call of the Trueblood resolu-
ton for the revision of the calendar it car
rled by strict party vote. The House de-
voted the rest of the day to Barkley's fees
and salary bill, which was not finished.
Feb. 17,-When the House met Trueblood
| offered a resolution to appoint a committee
| to revise the calendar, the object being tc
advance maximum freight bill and other
| important measures. The Republicans
| claimed that the calendar could not be re-
vised except by a two-thirds majority
Speaker Pro TEN Wcllep ruled thai
| a majority could revise the calen.
| dar put the motion and declared II
carried amid the widest tumult The Re.
publicans jumped on their desks and
shouted at the speaker for about half an
hour The speaker ordered the sergeant
alarms to preserve order, but that was
| impossible, Several bills were read and de.
| clared passed during the row. Finally
Brown of Pratt moved to take recess to z
o'clock, which carried. On reassembling
| truce was patched up and hostilities were
| suspended on condition that a motion be
| entertained tomorrow to reconsider the
Trueblood resolution in order that the Re.
| publlcans may go on record on roll call
The rest of the day was devoted to routine
| business.
| The senate committee of the whole, by q
vote of % to IS, recommended for passage
Senator dwellings bill appropriat'ng S74,'
| 21O to buy the old Garfield university prop
| erty at Wichita tor State Normal schoo
purposes. Senator Sheldon's anti-usury bill
| came mp as a special order of business ant
was defeated, % to 49, after an hours dis
| custom Senator Hessin, on behalf of him.
setf and other Republican senators, filed
| protest in the form of resolution against
| the confirmation of William Rogers as re
gent of the state university. It was ruled
| out of order
Feb 16.-The House. in committee of the
| whole, recommended for passage Represen'
| tative joan Seatons resolution to resubmil
the prohibItory question to vote of the
| people. When the committee rose, Mr.,
Barley, Populist, of Elk, moved that the
House nOn-concur in the committees
report, and on this proposition the roll
was called The motion was defeated
by vote of 60 to 81. and the resolution
will go on the calendar under the
head of bills on third reading This vote
was test of the strength of the prohibition
and resubmission elements In the House
Those who voted to non-concur in the re-
port of the committee of the whole are II
favor of prohibition. Those who voted the
other way are for resubmission While
majority of the members voted for resub'
mission, the resolution will ultimately be
defeated as a two-thirds majority is neces
sarY for its passage.
The Senate, in executive session, confirmed
the appointment of William Rogers as re-
gent of the State university. The vote stool
% to II in favor of confirmation. The reso
luton of Senator Harris. declaring that the
treaty of arbitration now pending between
the United States and Great Britain is un'
necessary and unwise. and protesting
against its ratification, was adopted without
opposition.