The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-15

CONDENSED Proessdingso of the Blsnnlaisss-
sion At Topeka. with Reoord OF BIu8
IntrOauced and How Disposed o..

Iufrofsucsd ana How TlIsuosed OF.
The senate on the 18th passed the follow
Ing bills: To provide for the registra-
ton Of voters temporarily away from
home; placing Mother Bickerdiks home
at Ellsworth under control Of the man
ayers OF the state soldiers homes max
ing November and December open season
for quail; giving state board Of health
absolute power to enforce It's quarantine
regulations; enabling LeaVenWorth c0un-
~ to build q bridge across the KaW river
at LtnWOOd. Senator Carpenters resOlu-
ton for a constitutional convention was
killed, II to Is. The senate committee On
public buildings decided In favor OF Par
sons in the state asylum fight and Clay
Center gave up the fight The senate
passed the bin to pay the Santa Fe gall
road $4,000 for bringing the TWentieth
Kansas regiment from San Francisco TO
Topeka The house passed the senate
bill alternating the terms Of district court
In Crawford county between Girard and
Ptttsburg.
Prohibition wen signal victory on the
sth when, By = vote OF 81 TO 50, the
house in committee Of the whole recon-
meuded the bill comforting upon county
attorneys absolute power to force wit
nesses to testify regarding sales OF
liquor. The senate In committee OF -he
whole, indOrsed NfIler's bill requiring
road taxes to be paid in cash Senators
Allen and Householder were appointed
to investigate the charge that certain
state employees were dividing their sal
aries with state officials. Among the
bills passed by the senate were these:
Providing for a revision Of the statutess
changing the date Of farm tenancy to
February 1; TO raise salaries Of supreme
court judges to 5000 a year. permitting
the garnisheeing Of wages above 81 a
week for grocery bills; giving veterans OF
the civil war preference in state ap-
pOintments. The senate refused to name
a committee to visit Hutchinson to IN
IT,
a state salt plant there. The house killed
the bill urged by Gov. Stanley to pro-
vide for a tuition fee at the state uni
versity, normal school and agricultural
college. Mason's bill making II misde-
meanOr for a person to recklessly handle
firearms was also killed.
In the house on the 9Th Representa-
tive Weilep introduced a bill providing
that no lumber firm belonging to com
bine shall be allowed to institute q suit
for the collection Of debt. Lawrence pre-
scented a bill to legaliZe embarrassing.
It was pushed through to second reading
and referred to the temperance commit
tee. The house In committee OF the
whole recommended Martins bill pro-
viding that no person related to a men,
Der Of a school district board as husband
or wife, son or daughter, should be
eligible to the position as teacher unless
employed by unanimous vote OF the board;
also the bill to prohibit the carrying OF
concealed weapons. The bill makes
razor concealed weapon.
Among the bills passed by the senate
on the 18th were these: To prohibit the
practice Of hypnOtism; to require mer-
chants to furnish seats for Clerks 70
give sheriffs authority to summon by
ISLANDERS as jurors; to give inmates OF the
national soldiers home at LeayenwOrth
the right to vote In the county they came
from. The senate killed these measures:
To change municipal elections from
spring to fall; for voting machines; pro-
TT-A- fura
hacks. The house recomme ended for pas
sage the good roads bill and the bill au-
thOrizing a cadet corps at the three state
educational institutions. NOfztger, OF
Harper, introduced bill giving the
guardian Of an habitual drUnkard the
right to sell the property Of the drunkard.
Weilep presented a bill in the house pro-
viding for separate schools for white and
cOlOred pupils in secOnd-class cities. The
house passed the bill providing punish
ment for a husband who abandons wife
or child
Both houses on the 18th passed Senator
MiLer's good roads law. Under its pro-
visions the. county commissioners have
absolute control Of the construction and
Improvement Of public roads. By vote
Of IS to 81 the house passed the county
attorney ''fnQuisition'' bill, enabling
more rigid enforcement Of the prOhibitory
law. The ant-grain combine bill passed
the house, 81 to 8. Both houses passed the
bill providing for biennial elections IN
each county. By a vote Of g. to 81 the
house passed the bill prohibiting school
boards employing relatives as teachers.
unless by unanimous vote Of the board
The senate killed Cubbison's trust deed
law. The house killed SeatOn's bill mak-
ing train robbery a capital offense. The
senate, by a vote Of Is to Is, killed Smiths
bill prescribing hanging for drst-degree
murder. Green, OF CowleyY introduced
bill providing for a state otspensary
which shall be modelled after the state
dispensary in South Carolina except
that Kansas viii make no profit on liquor
GERS to purchase the best liquor in the
market. By eliminating profit Mr.. Green
expects It to be easier to drive out joints
and saloons.