The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-22
THE LEGISLATURES.
Brief notes of the things the SOlOns at
Topeka are doing and trying
to do.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. Is.

SENATE. LIT. UON. harvey duuOuDC'
ed his committees. Sixty-three bills
were introduced. Among them are
following: To punish hotel dead
beats. To exempt wages of labOring
men, mechanics and clerks from gar
nishment. To reduce railroad fares
to two cents a mile and to establish
maxium freight rates, To provide fol
punishment for the dOckage of weight
of hogs. To provide for State uni
formity of text books and to regulate
the price.
House: Members chose seats and
voted themselves SIC worth of stamps.
Committees not yet announced.
THURSDAY. JAN. IA.
Senate: More bills introduced.
Among them these: TO impose a
fine upon anyone for throwing dead
animals into any stream, we'll or
spring. To create tribunal to pass
upon guerrilla claims. To make the
act of climbing upon moving train a
misdemeanOr. TO create county high
schools i'm all counties having $4,000
population or over. Another max
imum freight rate bill. To secure
money by deed of trust. To regulate
charges to be made by stock yards
and commission firms. To levy a
tax of one mill on the dollar for school
purposes. To reduce salaries of all
State officers. To elect the county
printer. To fix telegraph tolls. Res
olution passed allowing all Senators
to appoint clerks.
House: Seventy. eight bills were
introduced, among them these: To
limit the production of coal at the
Penitentiary to that used for the
State institutions and for the local
wagon trade. To repeal the Metro
politan Police law. To repeal the
law creating the Board of PardOns.
To establish maximum rate of tax
alton. To organize State Board of
Industry. To establish branch Nor
NAL schools at Fit. Scott, Ness City,
Norton county and COncOrdia. To
regulate express charges.
FRIDAY, JAN. 10
Senate: Resolution to allow Sena-
tors and employees paw only for The
time they actually spent at work was
debated and lost. Free silver reso-
luton was debated and passed by a
large majority. Nothing else.
House: Resolution calling for the
resubmissiOn of the prOhibitnry
amendment was voted down by S8 to
%. A proposition to levy a State in
come tax was voted down. A number
of bills were introduced but none of
Importance.
Both houses adjourned until Mon
day.
MONDAY.
Senate: Short session mostly spent
in introducing bills of little general
! interest.
House: Bills were introduced for
bidding townships or counties from
voting bonds for any purpose except
the erection of public structures; to
create board of three real estate as
sesOrs in each county; and to forbid
employers paying their hands in any
thing else than lawful money. The
Speaker announced his committees.
Cap. Dewitt is on "Mines and Min
ing" and "Engrossed Bills"
TUESDAY, JAN. 10.
Senate: Init stive and referendum
bill introduced. Most of day spent
in correcting mistakes made by Pop
ulist clerks in the journal.
House: A number of bills were in
troduced, but none Ofgeneral interest.
Most of the time was spent in debat-
ing free silver resolution and con-
graduating Missouri that she had
gone Democraticr. The House now
has seven more employees than were
ever on the rolls before. Reform!
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20.
Senate: Bill to compel railroads to
build hog tight fences along their
right of way across farms where there
are such fences was recommended for
passage. Also the bill to prevent
persons from getting on or off moving
trains. Also bill to reduce printers
fees fifty per cent. (Whacking the
printer, of cOurse.)
House: Nothing of Importance.