The Advocate and news., 1899-02-08

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bic and penal institutions, as follows:
Senators Armstrong, Coleman, House
holder, Johnson, Forney and Stocks.
Senator Hanna's bill against the Stand
ard Oil company was recommended for
passage by the committee on manufaC-
turies and industrial pursuits.
Wednesday.
The Senate spent half day discussing
the establishment of new insane asy-
lum. Senator Forneys bill providing for
the establishment of new asylum was
made special order for the afternoon,
and upon consideration Senator Farrelly
moved the calling of the roll and that
each Senator should vote for location as
his name was called He proposed tina
this continue until some location should
receive a majority, when its name would
be inserted In the bill and the bill would
be placed on third reading. Senator
Householder moved its postponement Un-
til the next day. AS this motion did not
prevail, he introduced, as a substitute,
resolution providing for the appointment
of commission Of five disinterested per-
sons to visit the localities desiring the
establishment of the asylum for the pur-
pose Of reporting upon their advantages.
This brought out all the Senators who
were representing locations, with vigor-
GUS protests. They sized it up as
junketing trip at the expense Of the State,
and the resolution was defeated. The
roll was then called for more than twenty
ballots. The first ballot gave the fol-
1nuyinur pacT11fs 1 Gannnn fNlnu
Center z, Cottonwood Falls l, Chanute 3,
Parsons 1, Somerset 1, Kingman l, We'll
lington 1, Hiawatha l, Norton l, Ellis
worth q Columbus l. Lomax l, Arkansas
City 1, Larned /, Mcpherson l, Hays City
1, Salina 1, Fort Scott 1, Harper 1. On
subsequent ballots the Senators made
considerable fun of the vote by voting for
Manila, Smoky Row, Dawson City, jar
balo and other places. After ballot
which resulted Clay Center 8, Chanute
13, Parsons 4, Wellington Columbus 4,
Salina 4, Senator Campbell moved ad-
jOurnment.
House Current Resolution No. Is,
which is as follows: Whereas, The
Minnesota state prison at Saltwater, has
for several years found a very profitable
industry which they have incorporated in
their prison in the way Of manufacturing
twine for farmers use, and thereby em-
ploying a large portion Of their prison
labor on a line of manufacture that dOer
not materially interfere or compete wit
manufacturing in the United States; ant
Whereas, A member of the House OF
Representatives in Congress on this sub
iect has letter from the warden of the
penitentiary there expressing desire to
courteously assist committee from here
in investigating the subject; will extend
the hospitality of the institution while
there, and further says chat the bind
ing-twine factory of our institution Is a
financial success, that the output Of the
penitentiary does not furnish over one
third of the amount used by the farmers
of the state of Minnesota" and it being
the general opinion expressed that reas-
enable non-competing with free labor
manufacturing should be adopted in state
institutions; therefore be it
Resolved by the House Of Representa-
tives, the Senate cOncurTing therein, That
q committee Of five be appointed, three
from the House and two from the Senate,
whose duty it shall be to visit the Still
water penitentiary for the purpose Of in
quiring into the desirability and utility
of the Legislature of the state of Kansas
enacting measure for the establishment
of the manufacture Of twine as may seem
best by them to apply the various penal
institutions and possibly charitable insti-
tutions Of the state.
Resolved, That the chief clerk Of the
House and the secretary Of the Senate Of
the state Of Kansas are hereby authorized
and instructed to make vouchers for the
members Of said committee for travelling
expenses only incident to this trip. The
committee of the House to be selected as
follows: Mr.. Seaton to be member of
the committee, the other two members to
be selected by the House" was read and
adopted.
Lieutenant Governor Richter appointed
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