Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
KANSAS LEGISLATURES.
Condensed Proceedings of the Biennial ses-
sion at Topeka, with a Record of Bills
Introduced and How Disposed OF.

Both houses met in joint session at
noon on the 23d, in the hall of the house
of representatives, to officially declare
the election of a United Statee senator.
Lieut.. Gov. Richter presided The sec
rotary of the senate called the roll of that
body and the chief clerk read the house
record. Lieut.. Gov. Richter then de-
clared that j. r. Burton had received
100 votes and David Omermyer 81 votes
and that Mr.. Burton was elected United
States senator for a term of six years
from March T. 1901. Mr.. Burton was
escorted to the hall and made a short
speech. The joint session then adjourned.
In the senate these bills were recon-
mended for passage: To prohibit SEM
ing in the streams of Kansas altogether;
to prohibit the practice of hyynotism;
to accept the Pawnee Indian village in
RepuDllc county and provide for its main
tenance. Among the senate bills intro
duced We're the following: By Cubbison,
to sepeal the present school textbook
law by Cubbison, to raise the salaries
OF county school superintendent to 81, 800
year; by Wulfezuhler, to punish muir
der and violent rape by hanging; by Cub
bison, to prevent the soliciting of business
by lawyers. Both houses adopted a res
oIut1on of sympathy over the death of
Queen Victoria and it was cabled to
King Edward VII. Representa- Hay
wood introduced a bill prohibiting
'ratebOOk' by insurance companies. Babb
wants an appropriation of $4,000 for
state salt plant at the Hutchinson re-
formatory. Johnston wants tax of so
day levied on vendors of patent medi-
cines. The house passed Caves bill to
| experiment with remedy to exterminate
prairie dogs.
The senate judiciary committee on the
oath reported favOrably the bill providing
for capital punishment for murder in the
first degree or forced rape. The bill gives
authority to the jury to fix the SEN
tence. All hangings must be in the pen
itentiary. Among the other bills reported
year elections; to change the term of farm
tenacy to begin February 1 instead of
March /; to give soldiers preference in
appointments to official positions in the
state; to require the state to give coun-
ties credit for all uncOllected taxes. Sew
eral senate bills were presented, among
them one to investigate all matter in
connection with the building of the state
capitol and for the arbitration of all
labor troubles. The senate judiciary
committee killed all bills relating to the
repeal of the grand jury law and the
present law will stand 80. The house cleo
lions committee finished the recount of
ballots in the Owen-Hackett contest from
Bourbon county and decided that Owen
(rep:) received 30 majority, although
Hackett had 16 majority on the face of
the original returns. The house adopted
BabbS resolution to send a committee to
Hutchinson to inquire into the feasibility
of establishing a state salt plant at the
refOrmatOry. Buffers bill to repeal the
woman suffrage law was again defeated
in the house judiciary committee. Sew
eral general bills We're introduced, in
Guiding one to prevent members of school
boards from employing relatives as school
teachers
The senate committee on banking re-
ported on the 25th favorably on the bill
to amend the law which prohibits banks
from loaning more than four times the
amount of their capital The senate
killed McMillans bill to prohibit the is
suance of railroad passes and to create
the position of auditor of railroads.
Among the bills introduced in the SEN
ate were: To appropriate $25000O for a
Kansas exhibit at the ST. Louis expo
sitiOn in 1903; to establish free employ
| ment agencies in cities OF the first and
| second class; to provide that the execu-
tive council shall she first Monday in
July each year select a newspaper in
each county of the state, which shall be
known and designated the official county
newspaper The house judiciary COM
mittee reported faVOrably a bill to give
county attorneys more power in the in
Vestigation of liquor cases.
The house met at four o'lcock on the
afternoon of the 2Sth and out of respect
for the late Jacob Stotler, ex-spea ker
of the house, took an adjournment. The
senate adopted the governors prison pa
role bill. CubbisOn introduced a bill to
| amend the mortgage redemption law by
| limiting the time of redemption to six
| months. The limit now is Is months.
After a brief session the senate adjourned
| out of respect to the late jacob StOtler,
| q former member of the senate.