The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
SUPPLEMENTAL RAILwAYBnL
ing Contest, Passes a Measure 20
Strengthen the New Law.


Topeka, Kan, Jan. 4-FOur details
stand out eOnspicuOusly as the result
Of yesterdays session Of the legisla-
ture- They are these:
Messages from Gov. Leedy, conveying his
approval Of the railroad law creating the court
Of visitation and the insurance law taxing
companies two per cent on their gross Kansas
premiums
An attempt in the house TO give the people q
chance 70 vote again on the prOhibitOry amend
ment to the constitution. 6rsr, BY resubmis-
sion direct. and second BY means Of . cOnsti-
tutional convention Both Of these attempts
failed through the necessity for a two-thirds
majority
The passage Of the most important supple
mental railroad bin one forbidding compulsory
prepay ment Of freight and giving the court Of
visitation power 10 sit as court Of arbitration
It required a call OF the house. lasting ali the
afternoon 10 rally enough votes 10 the measure
70 pass it II Afforded the Dopulist majority its
first scare since the extra session convened
The passage by the house Of an act placing
fraternal beneficiary societies under the con-
troll OF the state department OF insurance and
knocking cut wildcat or bogus frateEnal
orders.
The house passed the senate bill ere
ating a common pleas court for Craw-
ford and Cherokee counties It went
through over the protest Of Represent
alive LOOMS, Of Crawford. He de-
clared that there was no demand for
such a court in his county and that it
was an absolute waste OF the peoples
money.
Upon motion Of Weilep, of Cherokee,
the house killed the bill TO reduce pas
senger rises to ~ cents per mile.
By a vote Of 40 70 IS the house killed
the bill 70 prohibit the sale of prison
coal on the open market Cassin, the
author, viii make an effort TO resur-
rect 1t
The senate spent almost its whole
time in committee Of the whole 1t
recommended for passage the Titus
bill from the committee on corpora
lions, reducing telegraph tolls in Kan
sas to Is cents for the first ten words
and one cent for each additional word
and making the day rate for newspa-
pers One-third of a cent per word and
One-sixth of a cent per word at night
The bill places the telegraph lines IN
der the control Of the new court of
visitation Failure TO deliver mes
sages is punishable by a fine OF $50 to
$500 and Imprisonment not less than
so days or more than one year.
Senator Stones bill, providing that
persons occupying appOintive Offices
under the state government shall be
removed only when convicted of NAL
feasance by a jury in the civil courts,
was killed by the senate in committee
Of the whole, the enacting clause be
ing stricken out, upon motion Of Mr..
Lewelling.
The senate adopted, by vote Of p
to ,, house concurrent resolution in
dOrsing Railroad Secretary James
LOngstreets scheme for the construc-
ton by the government Of a road from
Kansas City to San Diego by air line
Senator Anderson alone among the re-
publicans voted for the resolution.
Senator YOung's referendum bill was
killed in committee Of the whole. The
bill sought to vest the right in the
voters in any city, town, village, school
district or other municipal subdivision
Of the state of Kansas to propose or
dinances, contracts, agreements or
measures and enact the same into laws
for the government by a direct vote of
the people who are qualified to vote in
such respective jurisdictions