The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-21

LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. II. 2.
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pass by the committee on agriculture and
highways.
Proceedings in the House.
Guthrie. O. T., FEB. 20.-Oliphant's quar-
antine bill which came up this morning
in the committee of the whole house IN
der the head of special orders, excited
lively debate, which at times was
marked with lively exchanges OF person
aIties The chief opposition to the bill
arose over the provisions creating a live
stock commission Of three persons to be
named by the governor and q secretary
who shall be paid a salary Of $3.50 per
annum. The members of the commission
are TO receive not more than Slo0 a year
Ia addition to mileage and actual neces-
sary expenses. Conspicuous in opposing
the salary feature Of the bill were Rep
resentatives Chomas Seely and Hadley,
the burden Of whose argument was that
under the specious guise Of legisiating ia
the interest Of the former and to afford
him protection for his cattle. the promo
ters Of the bin proposed to create an
other graft "a soft snap for some pO-
Htlcal favorite Represents tive Thomas
took occasion to deny the tick theory
Of cattle disease, ANYWAY, and declared
that 1t had been cOnjured up 10y govern
ment officials to fasten themselves upon
the public treasury. He insisted that
bovine malaria was in fact due to in
diligence in post oak acorns. The bin
was championed 10y Representatives Ste
vens, Vankirk. Oliphant, Alexander and
others Representative Stevens stated
that the taxable value Of the cattle in
oklahoma WAS one-thrd Of the entire
assessed valuation of the territory. ana
It was only Just that the territory should
carefully guard these interests against
infectious diseases. in concluding the
speaker made q scorching arraignment
Of members who were constantly haroing
about gratis without showing any cause
for their iudiscriminate abuse
The quarantine oill was again taken up
after the noon recess and occupied the
attention Of the committee OF the whole
the balance of the day. The point Of at
tack upon which the opponents of the
DILL concentrated their energies was the
quarantine line drawn by the bin, es-
pecially that feature which placed the
Eiowa and Comanche reservation above
the line Mr. Reid declared that the res
ervauons were now and had been for
years filled with thousands Of southern
cattle, and If the quarantine restrictions
were removed III would be the means OF
injecting he cattle in adjoining counties
and entail a runous loss TO the owners
Of domestic cattle. The reason offered
for placing the reservations above the
line was that when opened to settlement
above the line was that when opened to
settlement the country VIII be made
safe" for domestic cattle brought in by
the settlers
Representative Reid this morning intro
duced house bin No. 233. relating to
guaranty companies IT provides that
county officers may give guaranty com
pany bonds. The present law requires a
bond TO be secured by resident tax-pay-
ers
House bill No. % by Dir. Alexander.
anticipates future action Of congress In
conveying the buildings at Fort supply
to the territory. and appropriates 5000
for placing the buildings in condition to
be utilized as q reform school and SlQol0
to operate the school.
House bin No. 291 by Mr.. Alexander.
provides for the collection Of delinquent
taxes.
A petition signed by citizens of Still
water was read by the clerk u asks
for the passage Of a law requiring boards
OF county comm ssioners to deposit coUu-
ty funds with the highest responsible bid
der.
The clerk read a plaintive appeal from
certain white residents Of Iowa town
ship. Logan county. praying for relief
from t1e domination Of negro township
officers who iu rAe language Of tho petit
ton, have no conception OF their official
duty beyond an inhnitA capacity fer
whisky and an1or7us intrigue The p5ti-
tion was referred to the committee on
elections
commended for passage council bill No
81 bv Miller. relating u sessions and du-
ties Of county commissions. a similar
bin introduced by representative Brew or
passed the house two weeks aEo. ana un-
less Tie governor iuterpases lis veto e
is or abaala that The pres III Hnit Is
commissioners salary win ce wiped cut.
and thar thera VIII be retarn a. taes
gooi Ola days whom The hoard e. coantv
commissioners remained in continuous +
session.
House hgu No. 80. hv SIR s7iers. vhleh
contemplates a significant increasa IN tha
'ner9s' Of probate lu5res was referred
back 90 the author 81 Us personal re-
quest. and an explanation thar he had
introduces the hiu IN request
The committee on public crn7pa nsatIan +
tais morning rsrarte5 uufszorab1v or
f7ur h-ls. tu-o 81 which relates ~ sher-
ITS. arot5er requisites TIE eonpeuea- /
don cf county couu ssuerS end the
fourth. ~ SIT seey ~ act h repeal
CT laws CT alns oftirsrs eN-oGlci0.
message frou tee governor an- {
nounce& that h5 had sigre5 hoese hiI i
no - l7gslzt7r the selection If hoa3 4
ste district Grsnt county. Reuse i
aI1 50 auhorszee RE toxin ~ KVefstoa +
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