The Advocate and news., 1899-02-01
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE,

brought up by the following concurrent
resolution Of Senator Campbell
Whereas, Our insane asylums are in
crowded condition, and many patients
are now being cared for in private in
stitutiOns at great cost to the State;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the senate, the house
cOncurring therein, that 1t is the sense
of the legislature that provision be made
for the building Of an asylum at some
point within the State Of Kansas, during
the year 1899.
Senator Jumper, speaking for the
Board of Charities, opposed the motion.
II think that it is an unwise policy to
commit the senate to the building of a
new asylum. We had better first COM
plete those already established" Sew
eral other senator's spoke in the same
strain. The resolution was defeated by
vote of 18 to 16, which is an indication
that no new insane asylum will be pro-
vided for at this session Of the legis-
lature.
The house concurrent resolution set
ting forth the need OF uniform action on
stock yards legislation in Kansas and
Missouri, calling attention to the good
features Of the Kansas law and urging
the National Livestock Association to
work for uniform legislation, passed the
senate without dissenting vote.
Senator Armstrong introduced a bill
appropriating $4,000 for normal
school at Great Bend, where the normal
school and 10 acres of land is offered as
a consideration. Several bills were rec
commended for passage by the committee
of the whole, including Senator Ryan's
bill making scrip redeemable In money
and Senator AndersOn's bill declaring
Lincoln's birthday legal holiday.
Wednesday.
The asylum resolution came up again.
An amendment was offered providing
that the asylum should be built at some
other point than Topeka or Osawatomie
1t was passed, thus giving the legislators
who want the asylum at their towns an
other chance
Linus s. Webb, of Glrard, presented a
petition through Senator Anderson pro-
testing against the proposition to again
revise the statutes. The protest stated:
Justice to the interests Of the living,
without considering the memory Of the
dead, impel me to address few words
TO you regarding the compilation OF the
laws of Kansas, made by my father, the
late w. G.. Webb.
The undersigned assisted the compiler
OF the several statutes Of 1897, and while
1t is not disputed that there are mistakes
In that work, the writer knows that it
NUA fhn nJnop 1pkA y,A - 1,
compiler to make the compilation so
plain and logical that it could not be
misunderstood by anyone who took the
time and trouble to examine it carefully
for the purpose Of becoming familiar
with IT, and so far as the key" to it
mentioned by newspaper) is con-
cerned, Judge Webb did not take It with
him when he died, but, on the contrary.
the work itself contains the key"
Senator Titus introduced resolution
providing for another assistant post
MASTER but it failed to get through.
There are now 95 senate employees.
Among the bills introduced were one by
Senator Helm, providing for mutual hail
insurance by Senator Sheldon prohibit
ing usury, by Senator Coleman, provid-
ing flags for public schools, by Senator
Anderson making majority in place of
three-ifths vote requisite for the vot-
ing Of bonds
Thursday.
The Senate adjourned after short
session to make a visit to the reform
school and investigate its needs Sen
ator King introduced a resolution ask
ing the committee on mines and mining
to look into the status OF the State coal
lands in Leavenworth County, in accord
ance with the report OF Mine Inspector
McGrath that the Leavenworth Coal
Company has mined 100000 bushels of
State coal. Senator Matthews introduced
bill making codiflcation OF the law
Of commercial paper, uniform with SIM
liar laws Of other States. A bill was in