The advocate., 1897-02-17
General County Salary Bill.

roBorY0 BQAll 10 J4Aous AuAb WAA HoNS w
q tendency to force corporations which The HI
are holding large bodies Of such re- Salaries
serve to operate on the same, to relin' ary bill.
uulsh claim to 1t, or to pay reason on p0pul
able tax on such reserve. follows:
Substitute for House bill 2, proVid- The sa
Ing that the output of the Peniten' Oy the pI
+Iarv coal noIne shsll he limited TO the Gated bel
amount of coal necessary to supply the ing inc
State Institutions was passed by SSS SSSS to- to- SO
vote of 76 to "a. All but ffCeen of 5000 to 10l
those who voted for the bill were sill $1,000 to 20
YER men. The object of this bill Is to SUCO @ 20 20 "a "a
prevent the convict labor at the Peni $4,000 to S5
tentiary from coming in competition 10000 to Is
with free labor. Under the present f'UUO , "no -
system the coal mined by upwards OF hno w
200 convicts Is placed on the market S"l0iy "'
o..t.oo4 ,,,,tb ,rjvoto Darties urers
u''c, OIN 1'",o,,od bI0 voto For tho The
bill by saying that the passage OF this n.o
bill would decrease the revenues PopuiatiO
of the Penitentsry $4,000 per P0PP1Isti0 P0PTIIstiiO
year and that this amount would POpulatio
have to be made up by taxation. POpuiatiO
Representative Keefer explained his POP1StiO
vote for the bill by stating that four OF PopustiIO
the five coal shafts of LesVenworth PCpGStio
county were In his district. He de- The P
clared that the bill was prepared and less thar
will be found to be in the interests OF fees.
operators of mines who could afford to From 1870 1870
nav $4,000 annually for its benefits, From $50
and that 1t did not protect the miners From From s sS
and leaves the public at the mercy of From l 400 Q
the coal combine He said that his TooS
only reason for voting for the bill was oro nror
that the miners are the most abused From ts q
class Of citizens we have, and that they From 70 @0
seem to think that this bill would help From SOC
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an earnest advocate of the bill assumed From $50
that Mr., Keefer's remarks reflected Inc
on him and Messrs, Hackbusch, jamie celVes
son and Botkin, rose to questions OF lStlon o
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the charge made by Mr.. Keefer, that From From 9SS sS
they were sCtusted by improper mo- From $50
tives in their support Of the bill, was from I 1O'
a"Aao ~ - aLa.uo ,rroo,,,Ioritv countle
on the part of Mr.. Hackbusch, and this 1O'oOI ~
ended the Warmest discussion Of the From 2Oi
session. From Sol
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mittee Of the Whole with Mr.. Barclay From 45'
In the chair and recommended the For
/ passage of House bill III to prevent the amour
leaving of burning campfres, and ecOuon
House bill 6 granting license to ex- Oh "nl
. Union soldiers and sailors to canvass boaruS
for and sell goods anywhere In the Wltn
!. State. The Committee on Banks and courts
, Bankings introduced general bill Fesce
{ relating to the organization and con- mlleaR
( troll Of banks. Snan Ls
. In the afternoon the House again "ACneS'
.a,aonoh1o tiroo q, Coromjttaa Cour
oPVnS 49, vnI+b Mr Rorcov IN tho cents
d chair, and it recommended the passage Au0
: of the bill repeating the metropolitan 0iS 0le
police law, the bill providing for the W
/, recording of assignments of real estate @ nOS W
mortgages. and the bill making re- From From i
ductlon of rs per cent. in the fees OF From From y
he the State printer. From From, = :;
N Chairman Trueblood OF the Com From s
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