Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-02-14
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS FEBRUARY H. 9o-wELE PAGES
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Bill for state Liquor Dispensary - Good
Roads BILL Passed for Capital
Punishment Defeated.

Bill for state Liquor Dispensary - Good
Roads Bill Passed Bill for Capital
Punishment Defeated.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 13.-kansas may
adopt South Cardinals state liquor
dispcnsary plan of settling the tenn
perance question. Representative
Green, of Cowley, has introduced a
bill providing for state dispensary
which shall be modelled after the state
dispensary in South Carolina, except
that Kansas will make no profit on
liquor sold and will compel state dis
pensing officers to purchase the best
liquor in the market BY eliminating
profit Mr.. Green expects it to be
easier to drive out Joints and saloons.
Temperance sentiment in the SEN
ate is about equally divided and SEN
ator IIurrell, chairman of the tenn
pcrance committee, only succeeded in
getting prohibition bills before that
body set for special order this morn
ing by close vote.
The house passed the following
bills: Creating a state board OF medir
cal registration and examination;
prohibiting the formation of trusts
or pools among grain buyers.
Representative Richardson's "inqui.
sition' bill, empowering county at.
tolaeys to subpoena witnesses and
compel them to testify in regard to
violations of the prohibitory law,
passed the house by vote Of 66 to 81.
The house spent several hours in
passing bills on third reading.
Among the most important were the
following:
by Branine, TO provide for the or
gaT2ation Of cadet corps in the three
state educational institutions This
has passed the senate and will now
60 to the governor for his signature.
by Lawrence, to prohibit the opera
ton of the grain trust.
BY White, to submit to the people
a proposition TO change the constitu-
ton SO as to do away with off year
elections. This has also been passed
by the senate and will go to the gov
crnor.
To change the hours of voting, to
begin at eight o'clock a. m. and con-
tinue until seven y. M. Under the
present law voting begins at seven a.
m. and closes at six p. IN.
TO provide for cattle brand inspect
Ors.
Among .hc bills reported favorably
by house committees were.
To prevent the waste of natural
gas.
TO provide that service can be OBJ
tanned on the local attorney Of for
eign insurance company.
Amending the present libel laws.
Making the theft of row boats 4
felony.
Seaton's bill providing for the regis
tration of absent voters by mail was
reported favorably by the house com
mittee on elections yesterday, as was
also the bill giving railroad men the
right to vote away from home on cleo
tion day and have their votes certified
TO their home county to be counted.
Senator Miler's good roads bill was
passed by both branches of the leg
islature yesterday and will 60 to the
governor for his signature to-day.
There will he no deed of trust law
passed at this session of the legisla-
turc That question was practically |
settled yesterday when the senate
took up, under special order, the Cub
bison deed Of trust bill. After a dis
cussion lasting an hour the author Of
the bill discovered that there was no |
chance of getting It through and, al
though the senate is to have another
sitting on the matter this afternoon,
the only relief hoped for is the re-
enactment Of the old Kansas mort
gage law,
Senator Smiths bill providing for
capital punishment in first degree
murder eases was defeated in the sen
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