Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-02-11
KANSAS LEGISLATURES.
Young Presents Bill for Sweeping City
COntrol-JOmt Stock Yards lnyestiga-
tiOn.

Young Presents Bill for Sweeping City
COntrOl-JOint Stock Yards lmyestiga-
tion.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. Ex-senator
Young has introduced bill to provide
for municipal ownership of water
works, gas or electric plants, tele-
phones and street railways The house
and senate each passed the resolution
to appoint committees to meet at Kan
sas City similar committees from the
Missouri Legislature to discuss
ths stock yards question. Lieut.
Gov. Harvey appointed as the commit
tee on the part of the senate Senators
Jumper and Morrow, and Speaker
Street, on the part of the house, Rep
resentatives Jaquins, Ravenscraft and
johnson, of Nemaha.
Rreidenthal's 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, populists, voting with them.
Hanna presented bill providing for a
reduction of about go 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 AZ to SO. There
were 81 members absent The commits
tee on ways and means killed the
bill authorizing an appropriation
for the governors mansion Palen-
ski introduced bill providing
tax on state and private banks to
create 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 II. 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-unionS soldiers license to can
Yass or sell goods not prohibited by
law in any county in the State; an act
making it unnecessary for township
candidates to lille statements of cam
paign expenses; an act providing for
the recording of assignments of real
estate mortgages.
The house passed, IA to 33, Ravens
crafts bill providing that whenever
any railroad in Kansas shall receive
and ship live stock by the car
load it shall in consideration Of
the price paid for the shipment
pass the shipper or his employee
to and from destination, and also
shall pass an employee for every three
additions cars. The house committee
of agriculture has recommended for
passage a bill to grant an approprid-
ton of $4,000 for state fair purposes,
and to appoint three commissioners.
The house ways and means committee
recommended an appropriation of Sl2,-
500 for completing the Central building
at the Hutchinson reformatory, and
s49,G7O for the support of the institu
ton for the fiscal year.
The house populists in caucus last
night voted, A to 20, to support Sea-
toms resubmission resolution. This
action, if followed on the floor of the
house, viii carry through a resubmis-
sion resolution.