Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-17

KANSAS LEGISLATURE

Feb. 12.-During Thursday nights session
of the House the minority flibustered
against the third reading of bills and COM
PEELED the House to adjourn without accom-
plishing anythingS When the House met
this morning the Speaker refused to recog-
nize any Republicans and about twenty
local bills in which Repubica were inter-
ested were voted down on third reading.
The Republicans organized for business
at the noon hour, and when Mr.. Trueblood's
resolution to change the constitution so as
to make the terms of ONCE of state Off
GERS four years came up they voted against
1t to man, and defeatedit. The vote stood
63 to 20 in favor of the bill, but two
thirds majority was necessary for passage.
call of the House was made, and the sec
ond vote stood 65 to SO. Mr. True blood then
changed his vote from the Affirmative to
the negative as to be able to move re-
consideration if peace again reignS in the
House.
Senator Hart Fopulist. presented a petit
ton to the Senate from 200 citizens of
Doniphan county for the passage of Senator
Young's bills for areduction of salaries of
the ohiCials of that county, and to prohibit
the commissioners of that county from
holding office longer than two terms. The
bills are aimed al Cy Leland. The Senate
committee on assessment and taxation to-
day killed Senator Helmick's bill to exempt
corn from taxation. Lewelling introduced
bill making it a misdemeanor for any
person to remove building from real es-
Ldle on WHICH are unpaid.
Feb 1I-Among the bills passed by the
House was Wards bill, providing for the
taxation of fra anchises, and requiring the
state board cf equalization to value the
same. The vote was Ill to IL. This is one
of the most Important measures before the
Legislature. If the bill becomes a law and
| it is expected that it will as there seems
to be little opposition to it in the Senate. it
will add several hundred thosuand dollars
annually to the revenues of the state
mas or -axy'S INIT
/ trust bill. 1t provides that in any action
brought for the purpose of collecting for
goods sold it shall be good and SUFFICIENT
defense to prove that at the time the goods
were sold or at any time since the COM
mencement of the suit the vendor was
member OF any pool trust combin alton
| for the purpose of controlling prices The
Senate spent most of the forenoon discuss
! ing the bills to make the Union Soldiers
| home at St James and the ex-Confederate
home at HigginSville state institutions.
| The bill to receive the Union Soldiers home
| and to appropriate $4,000 FOR its support
was passed. The other, which provides
| s24, 600 for the Higginsville home, was also
| passed.
Feb. 1O.-The committee from the Kansas
! legislature, which will confer with COM
mittee from the Missouri legislature in re-
| gard to the advisa bility of joint action of
| the two states with reference to the Kansas
| City stock yards, is composed of Represent
| atives Jaquins, Ravenscraft and Johnson of
| Nemaha on the part of the house, and Sen
! ators Jumper and Morrow on the part of the
| senate. The concurrent resolution passed
| the house only after bitter fight Charles
| Martin of Salina, Republican, has been
| chosen assistant reading clerk of the house.
| The fusion caucus decided to give the
| position to Martin. The house voted
| to make the Seaton resubmission resolution
! and the Weilep initiative and refer
| endum resolution special order of buSi-
| ness for next Tuesday afternoon. commenc-
| ing at O'Clock. Representative Hackney of
| COwley county introduced bill to increase
| the membership of the board of regents of
| the State university from five to eight. one
| to be appointed from each COMPRESSION al
| district. The com mmittee on agriculture has
| reported favorably on Mr.. Lewis bill to eS-
| tablish board of state exposition commits
| Sioners
| In the Senate Arms trong introduced a
| bill to strengthen the prohibitory law. The
bill is aimed at clubs. which abound in
J the cities The Senate committee on ways
and means has reported bill appropriat-
| ing 100000 for the construction of ward
| building at the Topeka insane asylum.
Cookies pond" bill passed the Senate. This
| bill encourages the constr ruction of ponds
| for irrigation purposes by allowing every
| owner of land, who shall maintain a pond
on every tract of forty acres, bounty of
10 per cent of the taxes each forty acres
! so improved. The bill also provides that
road oVerSeerS shall act pom commission
| ers. Hanna introduced a bill for the re-
| duction of telegraph tolls. The bill fixes
the rate at II cents for ten words anywhere
| in Kansas. Messages shall be delivered free
| to points within mile. Over one mile
| and under three the delivery charges shall
| be 10 cents. The charges shall be 20 cents
| for each mile over three miles
| Feb. 9.-The House committee of the
! whole recommended for passage the Hack
| busch bill for the repeal of the metropolitan
police law There were seventy-four me m
bers present and the vote to report favora-
| bly, was 40 to 80
! The Honse passed six general bills as fol-
lows
BY Mr.. Hackbusch, to prohibit the mining
of coal at the penitentiary, except for use
| at the state inSti tutions
BY Mr. Trueblood to provide for the as
sessment and taxation of mineral reserves.
BY the committee county seats and
county lines, to provide for the disorganiZa-
ton of townships having less than fifty
| houSeholders.
BY Mr.. Cubbison, to authorize cities con-
tanning 10000 inhabitants or over to issue
bonds to pay judgments
BY Mr.. Brown of Cowley to compel street
railway companies to vestibule their cars.
BY Mr.. Ravenscraft, to compel railroad
companies to furnish free transportation to
persons who accompany shipments of live
stock.
Senator Hanna introduced a bill in the
| Senate TO prohibit the wearil of excessive
headgear az theatrical and other entertain
ments The bill to reduce the legal rate OF
interest from 10 to 8 per cent was reported
favorably by the Senate committee of the
whole. The Ellsworth home bill reported
unfavorably by the Senate ways and means
committee. has been ordered placed upon
the calendar under the head of general
t-ders.
| J'eb. S.-The House. as committee of the
| whole, recommended for passage bill for
disorganization of townships having less
than fifty householders; tn bill requiring
| street railway companies to vestibule their
cars for the protection of employees exemp-
ing cable lines and horse car lines, and a
bill requiring railroad companies to furnish
free transportation to and from market to
every person who ships single car of stock.
In the Senate Mr.. Sterne introduced bill
to appropriate s12, 900 TO purchase a quar-
ter section of land adjoining the Topeka in
sane asylum to be used by that institution.
Senator Farreily introduced the McNaI in
surance bill, compelling foreign insurance
companies to invest so per cent of their
legal reserve in Kansas securities. and
place them in charge of the state treasurer.
The Senate, in committee of the whole,
recommended for passage Forney's bill to
protect Kansas farmers against lightning
rod agents; the street car vestibule bill and
| Senator Cookies bill to encourage the con-
, struction of ponds in Western Kansas and
| providing for the election of township pond
commissioners
Gerrymanderers At 1t Again.
TOPEKA. Kan, Feb 1.3-Sena tor
lIupfer to-day introduced bill in the
| Senate tn rediSfrict the Sfat&. bv seua-