The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-01-22
KANSAS LEGISLATURE

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Jan. lathe Kansas Legislature assem-
bled at noon. In the house Secretary of
| State Bush sworein the new members and
| In the senate Lieutenant-governor Harvey
| The house elected the following officers:
| Speaker, W. D. Street of Decatur county;
| chief clerk, l.. y. Gilpin of Lincoln; assist
ant chief clerk, Louis Nc Keuzie of Morris;
| journal clerk. s G.. Stewart of Cofey; as
| sistant journal clerk, s. +. Roudiez of Cow
| ley: docket clerk, Sidney B. Wood of Chase;
| assistant docket clerk, William Cederberg
of Jewell; postmistress, Mrs Mae Cox of
| Ness; assistant postmaster, A. II. Johnson of
Stafford; sergeant-at-arms, j. NJ Dunmore
of Neosho. Governors message was then
| read and the house adjourned.
The Senate elected these officers: Secre-
tary, M. Watson of Reno; assistant 'secre-
tary, f. S. Fritch OF Montgomery; sergeant
alarms, Scion Gray of Rice; reading clerk
w. II. Ferguson of Miami; chaplain, the
| Rev. L. S. Loofbower of Rawlins.
Jan. 10 -SiXty-three bills were introduced
in the Senate in fifteen minutes. Senator
Cooke of Mitchell scored first with bill to
vacate Paramount park addition to the city
OF Beloit and followed with another to in
vest the sinking fund of Mitchell county in
county bonds and another to loan the en-
dowment funds of the state university
agricultural and normal schools to citizens
of the state. Mr. Forney of Sumner intro
duced eleven bills One was to create the
Office of county assessor. Another of For
ney's bills was to prohibit the importa-
ton of homeless children into the state
Mr.. Farrelly of Neosho introduced seven
bills. One was to remove the political
disabilities of all ex-Confcderatc soldiers in
Kansas Mr.. Lewelling of SedgwiCk had
| only one bill-for normal school at Wich-
tia Mr.. Crossen of Miami had two bills. Mr..
Matthews of Mcpherson had one. Mr.. House.
hn1 nf nlynn had
old charitable institutions bill which passed
| the senate in 1895. Another was to amend
the Australian ballot law by increasing cleo
ton boards from five members to nine so as
to keep the count up with the vote, and pro-
viding for the square, in which the voter
marks at the right of the ticket instead of
the left Mr.. Jumper of Usage had six One
was to reduce passenger rates on railroads
to cents mile and to prohibit the use OF
passes. Another was to abolish the office of
forestry commissioner Mr.. ca mpbell of La
BETTE brought up the rear with bill to en-
ploy idle labor on the roads and to pay for 1t
in county notes.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Harvey announced
the following committees:
Judiciary-Crosseu, Farrelly, Campbell,
Ryan, Forney, Hart, Hesson, Coleman,
Lamb.
Ways aud Means-Lewelling, Harris King,
Jumper, Sheldon, Stocks Sternc,
Elections-Toung, Benson, Cooke, Coleman,
Fulton.
Federal Relatlons-Shaffer, Pritchard,
Caldwell, Morrow Wallack.
Railroads-Harris Lewelling. Household
err, Helmick Forney, Hanna johnson, Full
ton Morrow.
Assessment and Taxation-Benson, Brad
dock, Caldwell, Matthew, Stocks.
Jan. 14.-In the House seventy-eight bills
we're introduced Among those of general
i'm, nrta IN al
politan police law; to adopt state uniform
ity of text books; to prevent crime; to Ii
cense eX-Union soldiers to sell wares any
where in the state; to abolish fees of the
Supreme court clerk and provide a salary
of $500 Il year for same; to abolish
the board of pardons and require the
governor, attorney general and warden
to act on all pardon applications; to
provide for a maximum rate of taxation; to
assess mineral reserves; to improve county
roads; to prohibit the sale of coal mined at
the pentcntiary; to provide for SEMI
monthly payment of wages by corporations;
to abolish Office of state accountant; to elect
fire marshal, engineer, street commission
er, assessor and license inspector by
direct vote of people in cities of the
lrst-class; to prevent importation of pauper
children; to require the marking of convict
labor goods; to prevent corporations dis
eliminating against labor unions: tor
weekly payment of wages; to establish
trust deeds; to amend divorce laws so that
de PENDANT and plaintiff can testify; to pre-
vent blacklisting of employees by corpora
tons; limiting hours of service of employees
with corporations and establishing state
normal schools at Concordia, Fort Scott,
Ness City and Norton. Representative True
blood of Usage offered resolution TOR an
| amendment to the constitution for holding
elections every four years instead of every
of ct1 IN nj q
years and limiting officers to one term.
In the Senate, Harris introduced bill to
| regulate corporations, and Fornay to reduce
the salaries of state and judicial officers.
Jan 15-The House convened at 9 O'Clock,
and over fifty bills were introduced. AT
! noon an adjournment was taken until Mon
day morning Among Others the following
| bills were introduced: To appropriate
| $1,000 to purchase additional land for the
Topeka insane asylum; an act to prevent
the killing of quail except during months OF
November and December; an act defining
tresspass, and providing penalty for viola
sion: to control and improve county roads; TO
| prevent blacklisting of employees; to assess
| telegraph and telephone lines; to dtsorgan-
ize townships having less than fifty inhab-
itants; to remove political disabilities of
| certain cx-Confederate soldiers; an act to
enable counties and cities owning shares or
| stock in any railroad company to unite in
any action against such corporations to en-
force its rights. Seaton of Atchison called
up his resolution providing for resubmis-
sion of the prohibitory question to the peo-
pie at the general election In 1895 and
moved that it be considered in committee of
the whole. Brown of Pratt moved that 1t be
referred TO the temperance committee
After an animated discussion 1t was so re-
| ferred by 4 vote of 80 to %
In the Senate large number of bills were
| introduced. Senator Cook introduced
sweeping anti-pass and rebate bill. 1t car
ries a penalty of $500 to $1,000 A bill to
prevent deception in the production and sale
| of milk butter and cheese was introduced
by Senator Hanna Milk to be standard
must contain 1875 per cent of solids and
skinned and adulterated milk must be
sold for what 1t is, Boarding houses and
hotels must not use oleo for butter, and en-
| ployers who board their employees as part
| of the compensation must not use cleo with
| out announcing 1t to the employees Both
branches of the Legislature adjourned until
4 D. m. Monday.
| Judge j. X. Shields at Rest
WICHITA, Kan, Jan. I4.-Judge j..
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