The Advocate and news., 1899-02-22

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two bills legalizing the act Of the State
auditor in auditing accounts which arose
from the work of raising the troops OF
Kansas volunteers for the Spanish war.
Thursday.
The senate in executive session, con-
firmed the following appointments sent
in by Governor Stanley:
State board OF charities-Grant Horna-
day, OF Bourbon County, for the full term
Of three years beginning April /, 1899;
Edwin Snyder, Of Jefferson County, for
the unexpired term of d. F. Shane, re-
moved; G. W. Kanavel of Harvey
County, for the unexplred term Of H. G.
Jumper, removed; r. Vincent, Of Wash
ington County, for the unexpired term Of
W. ID. Street. removed.
Philip Kelly, Of Doniphan County, to be
member OF the board OF managers Of the
Hutchinson reformatory for the uneX
pired term of ]. J. Miller, removed.
Board Of live stock sanitary commits
sloners-M. c. Campbell, of Sedgwick
County, vice J. b. Beal for the term end
ing March 25, 1900; f. H. Chamberlain,
Of Chautauqua County, vice JnO. Dryden,
for term ending March rs, 1901.
State board OF educatlon-A H. Bus
key, of Marion County; Guy P. Benton,
Of Douglas County; w. M. Massey, Of
Sumner County.
Directors OF the penitentiary-JnO. Gil
more, of Wilson County, vice G. p. Alli-
son, for unexpired term ending April /,
1901; -. A. Mcfarland, Of Lincoln, vice
w. H. L. Pepperell, for Unexpired term
ending April I, 1900.
State superintendent OF insuranCe-W
v. Church, of Marion County.
State oil Inspectors. o. Spencer, OF
Bourbon County.
State grain inspector-A. e. Mckenzie,
of Wyandotte County.
Regents of the State University-fOr
the full terms ending in February, 1908,
Chas. F. Scott, Of lola; Frank G. Crowell,
Of Atchison; ]. w. Forney, Of Belle
Plaine.
The only objections came from the
Republican members, Senators Anderson
and Lamb objecting to the appointment
of Phil Kelly.
Considerable time was spent in discuss
ing the six normal school bills, five OF
which were finally defeated, while the
other one was withdrawn. The first bill
taken was Senator Wards for the loca-
tion Of a branch school at Concordia; it
was defeated by vote Of 16 to %. Sen
ator Andrews bill for a school at Efing-
ham was defeated by a vote of "a to 8.
Senator Ryan's bill for a school at Gil
rard Senator dwellings for one at
Wichita and Senator Armstrong; for
one at Great Bend all met similar fate.
Senator Pritchard had a. bill for a normal
at Stockton, but he withdrew it in order
to prevent vote defeating 1t.
Senator Farrelly's resolution instruct
ing the Judiciary committee Of the senate
to prepare bill similar to the house bill
designed to continue the courts of ap-
peals for a longer time than they were
originally created met with vigorous OPP
position and was defeated.
Senator Lewelling introduced a bill
prepared by G. C.. Clemens which fultills
the promise of the free employment
plank in the PopUist State platform. 1t
provides for the opening Of such agencies
in each town by the city clerk and makes
the State bureau Of labor general clear
ing house for such local agencies. 1t car
ries out the idea outlined by Mr. Clemens
in the Advocate and News some time ago.
The Bush corporation bill was re-intrO-
duced by Senator Cooke, who says that
the original bill was "butchered" in the
special session. A bill was introduced
by Senator thinner providing for the
taxation of contracts Of fire insurance
made with insurance companies not au-
thorized to do business in Kansas 1t
levies tax equal to 10 per cent Of the
amount of the premium.
The senate passed Senator Forney'S
bill which Compels all railroads TO pro-
vide scales at railway stations and also
compels them in Weighing loaded cars to
detach the cars and prevents Weighing
them moving and coupled together.
An evening session Of the senate was
held at which large number of local
bills were considered and recommended
for third reading.