The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-25

Coudenssd Proceedings q thsfsisnnlal ses-
sion zs TopeEa. With 3 Record CT BINS
IntEoduced and ELoa Disposed OF.

q state oil refinery IN southern Kansas,
also 60 establish a state salt plant at
Hutchinson Noftzgers o. Harper, wants
the Office Of state IRE marshal created.
In the house the following bills, among
others. were presented TO repeal the
Parsons asylum act to repeal the mort
gage law OF 1893: to compel butchers to
keep record OF the brands Of cattle they
KIN; 70 reduce the legal rate Of interest
from 70 10 per cent. The house judiciary
committee killed the bills to repeal the
woman Suffrage law, requiring preference
to old soldiers IN the public service, to
destroy the graindealers' combination and
TO rebate taxes -oa all lands planted to
shade and fruit trees.
The senate on the 18th passed a bin
authorizing Topeka to vote bonds TO Sc
cure additional Santa Fe railroad shops.
A resolution against hazing at West Point
went through unanimously Measures
were recommended for passage as fol-
lows: To give preference 10 claims OF
employees against companies which fail;
to give husband and wife the right to
testify against each other In divorce
trials; to require prison-made goods TO
be branded John Martin fusion nom
inee for Judge Of the Shawnee county
district court who was defeated by 4 4.
Hazens fled q contest In the senate.
Among the senate bills introduced We're:
BY CtubbiSOn, 10 increase the salaries OF
supreme judges from S. 600 to 5000 per
year; by Ward, to appropriate 500 900
for the Kansas semi-centenntal exposi-
ton In 1904; to require q uniform system
OF bookkeeping In Office of county treas
urers to provide for supervisor Of nat
ural gas and to prevent the waste Of nat
ural gas; to require the adjutant general
to turn over to the G. A r all tents
In his possession. providing that at gen
eral elections the polls shall open at
a. m and close at .. m The senate adj
jOurned- until Monday In the house
Speaker Barker announced his commit
tees on assessment and taxation and
r. cf7 fe .r111
Of the former and J. 3. Remington OF
the latter. Several local bills were rec
commended for passage, one being to aU-
thOrize Anderson county to raise funds
10 build a courthouse Among the house
bills introduced were: To punish per
sons who ride on trains without transpOT-
tstiOn without consent Of the conductor:
TO prohibit township assessors from fixing
a fictitious basis of assessment; to drive
Quack doctors out Of the state; TO allow
county superinteudents 81 for each school
visited. The hCr=. at noon adjOurend
until 4 p. m Mo1da--
In the senate on thu 21st Mcmillan in
trOduced a bin providing for railroad
state auditor. whose duty il shall be to
examine t--e bOo1zS Of railroad companies
and ascertain their receipts and eXpeudf-
lures. and whether there is discrimina-
ton Mcmillan also introduced a bin to
prohibit absolutely the issuing Of railroad
passes. Senator COdding would have the
schOOlbOOk commission advertise for bids
contracts -- Other senate bills presented
included the following: BY Smith, requir-
ing life insurance companies to. deposit Sc
cur1ties with state treasurer equal to the
aggregate value OF all policies issued in
the state; BY HurreU. leVying a fine Of
500 and a Jail sentence Of six months
for violation Of an Injunction order in a
liquor case and providing for state
search and seizure; by Carpenter, apprO-
Driatiug $4,000 for an executive mansion
la r-Fa
of district judges from $500 to $500. 80
In the house Rees, of Ottawa county, in
trOduced q bill providing that a sheriff
shall forfeit his Office whenever a pris-
Oner is taken from his custody by mob, I
and in addition shall be liable for any
damage that may be done to property
or person Other house bills presented /
were: By HOnnell. apprOpriating so. 600 I
for a Kansas exhibit at the Buffalo ex-
position; by Stavely, requiring the pay
ment Of road tax in money; by Bowman, |
to tax land mortgages as real estate; by /
Landry, making il a, misdemeanOr for a /
lawyer to drum up cases; by Mason. I
for a commission to revise the Kansas J
by Butler, to prohibit the en-
plOyment OF vehicles by candidates or 1
officers Of political organizations for 1
hauling voters to the polls; by Nation, /
requiring railroad companies to have de- I
pots warm for two hours before train i
time; by Lawrence, authorizing the wife i
or guardian Of a habituaI drunkard to /
dispose OF MS properly Without a court -
order. A score Of petitions were presented /
for the establishment Of state oil and /
sat plants The anti-grain trust bill \
vas ordered printed. Speaker Barker an
nOunced u house committees and the i
house adjourned to 10 a. m Tuesday.
The house engaged in q warm discus
sion on the 22d over the engrOssment Of II
a bill to amend the jury law so that the i
mere forming Of an opinion would not 4
bar a man from serving on a jury unless
his opinion was so strong as to influence
lis judgment in arriving at a verdict
after he had heard the testimony. A 1
final vote was postponed until Wedues-
lay AT noon the house took a vote for !
United States senator to succeed Lucien
Raker. Representative HOag rep) nOmf-
mated J. r. Burton, Of Dickinson county
znd Representative Bowman CfusiOn)
named David Overmyer, of Shawnee
county. Burton received 70 votes and /
0vermyer q votes. Among the house
Ills introduced were: BY Harris, ahol- |
shlng the office Of state printer, by Short /
% repeal the bill establishing a state ]
insane asylum at Parsons; by Belts. for 1
rCting machines at elections; by Dough
aTty, making il q mfsdemeanOr to Kill |
squirrels. The house passed BoWman's
lfII authorizing the construction Of I
courthouse in Anderson county. The
lcuse and senate passed resolutions Of
ympathy over the death Of Queen Vic
Gria.-.-The senate passed the bin pro-
-iding for the parole Of prisoners At
senator to succeed Lucien Baker Sen
tor Carpenter (rep-) nominated J. R
burton and Senator Householder named
David Overmyer. On roll caH Burton re-
eived 50 votes and Overmyer s. Two
enators were absent Among the seEate
Ills introduced were: BY Fulton. repeal
1g the Parsons asylum act; by CaTpen-
er, for a convention to revise the state 1
CnstitutiOn; by MOrehOuse, to establish
nd maintain school and home for
riendless persons at HiIlsboro- by Car
enter, for the deportation Of insane per
ons who are not residents Of Kansas
he senate passed q bill appr0prfat ting
J, 800 for use OF Secretary Coburn, OF the !
tate board Of agriculture, in sending
Ut the annual report OF the state board
{ agriculture
Eighteen FIlIpinos Sentenced to Hang.
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