The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-12
NO HIGH HATS
Senator Hams Has a BIN to Discourage
High Head Gear-BiI Acted Upon.

SENATOR HannG has BIZ TO Discourage
High Head Gear-Biu Acted Upon.
Topeka. Kan, Feb. TO- - Senator
Hanna has introduced an anti-theater
hat bill. 1t reads: st shall be IN.
lawful for any person, male or female,
to wear upon his or her head any hat,
bonnet or anything excepting his or
her natural head Advancement at any
theater or public entertainment" The
penalty for violating is a fine of from
S. to SO. The senate committee on as
sessment and taxation has recommend
ed that Titus bill to provide for levy
Of one mill On each dollar of real and
personal property for the support Of
the common schools be printed
and placed on the calendar. The
committee also recommended Forney's
bill to create the Office of county
assessor, to be elected every two years.
It makes the township trustees in a
county deputies. The senate passed
FOrney's bill to prohibit the throwing
of dead animals into streams of run
ming water. under penalty of a fine Of
not less than $40.
BTeidenthals banking bill was intro
duced in both houses. The bill to re-
duce the legal rate of interest from ten
to eight per cent, was passed by the
senate, republicans voting against it
and Senators Harris, Ryan, Crossen and
Farrelly, popuiists, voting with them.
Hanna presented a bill providing for a
reduction of about 90 per cent. in ex-
press rates.
The house committee Of the whole
recommended for passage the bill for
the repeal of the metropolitan police
law, the vote standing a to 50. There
were 81 members absent. The commit
tee on ways and means killed the
bill authorizing an appropriation
for the governors mansion. Palen-
ski introduced a bill providing
q tax on state and private banks to
create a fund for the payment of vic
tins of the banks which fail Smith,
of Brown, has bill authorizing boards
of education IN cities Of the second
class to maintain separate schools for
colored and white children. The house
committee on election recommended
seating Il. C. Montgomery (pop.) over
w n. Wilson rep from Stafford coun-
ty. The bill Of Representative Ravens
croft to prevent railroads carrying
live stock in cars longer than
26 hours without unloading and
feeding was killed by the live stock
committee. The house committee Of
the whole recommended for passage an
act to prevent the leaving of camp
fires by campers; an act granting
eX-union soldiers license to can
vass or sell goods not prohibited by
law in any county in the state; an act
making it unnecessary for township
candidates to file statements of cam
paign expenses; an act providing for
the recording Of assignments of real
estate mortgages.
The house authorized its committee
on live stock to meet the same commit
tee of the Missouri house at Kansas
City, and there confer on the subject
of stock yards legislation, The
date of the conference has not
yet been set, Hackbusch's bill to limit
the output of penitentiary coal to the
use of the state institutions was
passed by the house, II to IS. This is
the bill that Mr.. Hackbusch declared
on the floor Of the house he had been
approached to drop for a consideration.