The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-02-17
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
CONDENSED Proceedings OF sbe senate aad
HouBs-Tha Bills TutrOduesd
num Pnnued.

IL committee OF the whole the house on the
sth killed the FOEle bill passed az the extra
session. providing for q state society Of mines
Populists voted for the bill The house passed
the Grafton bill providing in effect that any
reputable college in Kansas may grant teach
ers' certificates 20 its regular graduates The
house judiciary committee reported favoraoly
the bill 70 work penitentiary COnTicts on the
public roads Among the house bills intro
duCed was one which makes a wife competent
70 testify against her husband in q criminal
assault caSe----In the senate motion was
made 20 60 inSo executive session 70 consider
appointments b. Gov Stanley, but Il was de-
featsd II 20 ia Gov. Stanley nominated
Charles F. Scott Frank G. Croweu ana J. W.
FOrney to be regents Of the state
university. The senate passed Senator Far
relly's bill empowering the senate 20 convene
in extra session after the adjournment Of the
regular session TO hear the Stuart Falcon
contest case from the Twenty-seCond judicial
district The senate again recOmmirted the
state oil inspection bill The senate commit
tee Of judiciary introduced bill authorizing
Crane & Co, Of Topeka, to compile and publish
q revision OF the statutes The work Is 70 be
done at no expense 70 the state. the publishers
to get their pay from sales OF the statutes
The house, by a vote Of q 70 0, passed New
mans bill TO remove the political disabilities
Of al ex-Coufederates in Kansas The house
also passed the following bills. among others;
Prohibiting the practice OF hTpnOtism upon
children; prohibiting state Ofhcers aud en-
plOyes from holding municipal Ofices; TO pro
vide for an inspector OF lead and zinc mines
permitting foreign guardians 20 institute and
defend suits in the courts OF this state. 70 pun
fsh body snatchers and persons who purchase
bodies Of them: transferring Usage county TO the
Northern department OF the court Of appeals;
20 prohibit probate judges from issuing TEN
pOrary inlunCtlOuS 20 Be enforced longer than
the next term Of court to protect hotes keepers.
hotels and boarding house keepers from dead
beats; giving school boards authority 70 desig-
nate legal holidays 70 abolish the once Of
election commissioner in all frst-class cities
except Kansas City: permitting a legal voter
70 vote In cities OF the first and second class
without registering. under certain restrictions;
70 prevent the writing OF IRE insur-
ance in the state through dummy agents;
providing for the payment Of poll tax in
cities Of the second class Gee. The senate, by a
vote Of 81 to ? passed the bill amending the
state textbook law. Il provides for state uni
fOrmity Of high school books, charts. maps aud
globes The senate 50 passed the Lupfer
anti-oleO bill by a vote Of s 70 D One OF the
chief provisions OF the bill is that requiring
hotel and restaurant keepers 70 place on every
dining room table a card on which shall be
printed in letters oue-half in height IN black
ink a statement as to the kind Of butter or sub
stftute therefore used
IL the house on the 10th the joint committee
delegated 70 inspect the binding Irvine factory
in the Minnesota penitentiary made its port,
recommending that similar plant be estab-
The house. 50 70 s.. killed the bill By Adams, Of
SedgWicz. providing that an accused person
cannot be tried Tor any Offcnse greater than the
one Of which he was first convicted The house
passed the bill providing a salary OF 60 per
annum 70 mayors OF secOud-Class cities Of over
5. O0J population The committee on elections
reported on the election contests OF Walters
frepl vs. Elder (pOp }. and OF Scott frep) vs.
Marks CpOpl In each case the pOpulist was
sustained----The senate passed a bill apprO-
priatfug 80 9JL75 to citizens who loaned the
state money for repla ling the burned electrical
engineering machine sh Ips at the state uni
ver~ity. The senate also passed the deficiency
appropriation bill providing for the payment
to state ofacers and employees the sums re-
naming unpaid because OF the insufficient ap-
preparation two years ago. The sum appro-
prfated aggregates s17,SsQ
THERE was barely quorum present in the
house on the Ilth and several motions 70 ad-
iourn were made and lost The house then
went into committee Of the whole 10 consider
ed rendering the members Of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment the thanks OF the legislature
for its gallant conduct in the action az Manila
TIE senate committee on railroads on the
18th reported adversely on the bill TO reduce
Pullman rates, but the senate, by . vote OF Il
70 g. ordered the bill placed on the calendar.
The senate voted down Senator Harris bill au-
thorizing the issuance Of three-year certificates
and life certificates TO graduates Of the state
university. state normal school and state agri-
cultural coll. &c Senator Pritchard introduced
bill authorizing an appropriation TO erect q
state normal school at Stockton The house
set Thursday at two O'Clock TO consider the
SeatOn resolution for d constitutional cOnven-
ton Wheatley. Of Cherokee. introduced q
bill making the state oil inspe ct1r's ONCE q
salaried once and requiring that all oil inspeC-
ton fees be turned into the state treasury.