Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-21
KANSAS LEGISLATURE

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bled at noon. In the house Secretary of
State Bush swore in the new members and
in the senate Northumberland Harvey
The house elected the following officers;
Speaker, w. D. Street of Decatur county;
| chief clerk, L. p Gilpin of Lincoln; assist
! ant chief clerk, Louis Mckenzie of Morris;
journal clerk, s G. Stewart of Coffey; as
slstant journal clerk, S. F. Roudicz 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. H. johnson of
Stafford ergeant-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. H. Ferguson of Miami; chaplain, the
Rev L S. LoOfbower of Rawlins.
Jan. IS -Slxty-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'B 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-COnfederate soldiers in
Kansas Mr.. Lewelllng of Sedgwick had
only one bill-for normal school at Wich-
tia. Mr.. Crossen of Miami had two bills. Mr..
n TF Mel n Ny
holder of Cherokee had three. One was his
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 ONCE of
forestry commissioner Mr. c 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.
Northumberland Harvey announced
the following committees:
Judiclary-Crossen, Farrelly, Campbell,
Ryan, Forney, Hart Hesson, Coleman,
Lamb.
Ways aud Means-Lewelling, Harris, King,
Jumper, Sheldon. Stocks, Sterne,
ElectiOns-Young, Benson, Cooke, Coleman,
Fulton.
Federal Relations-Shaffer, Pritchard,
CALDWELL Morrow, Wallack.
Railroads-Harris, Lewelllng, Household
er, Helmlck, Forney, Hanna, johnson, Full
ton, Morrow.
Assessment and Taxation-Benson, Brad
dock, Caldwell, Matthew, Stocks.
Jan. 14-In the House seventy-eight bills
were introduced. Among those of general
importance are these: To repeal the Metro
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 salary
of $500 a 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 penitentiary; to provide for semi
monthly payment of wages by corporations;
to abolish office of state accountant; to elect
fire marshal, engineer, street commission
err assessor and license inspector by
direct vote of people in cities of the
first-class; to prevent importation of pauper
children; to require the marking of convict
labor goods; to prevent corporations dis
eliminating against labor unions; for
weekly payment of wages; to establish
trust deeds; to amend divorce laws so that
defendant and plaintiff can testify; to pre-
vent Olacklisting of employees by corpora
tions; limiting hours of service of employees
with corporations, and establishing state
normal schools at COncOrdia, Fort Scott,
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blood of Usage offered resolution for an
amendment to the constitution for holding
elections every four years instead of every
two, and making terms of state officers four
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. 16-The House convened at 9o'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
$4,000 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 disorgan-
lie townships having less than fifty inhab-
itants; to remove political disabilities of
certain ex-Confederate soldiers; an act to
enable counties and cities owning shares of
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 prohibltory question to the peo-
pie at the general election in 1898, and
moved that 1t be considered in committee of
the whole. Brown of Pratt moved that 1t be
referred to the temperance committee.
After an animated discussion it was so re-
ferred by a vote of SO to %.
In the Senate a large number of bills were
introduced. Senator Cook introduced a
sweeping anti-pass and rebate bill. 1t car
ries 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 em-
ployers who board their employees as part
of the compensation must not use cleo with
out announcing it to the employees. Both
branches of the Legislature adjourned until
p. m. Monday.
Judge j. r. Shields at Rest.