The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-15
LEGISLATIVE SNAP SHOTS.

W. N. smelser of Emporia visited the
senate yesterday.
z. A. Ross, editor of the Burr Oak Her
aid, visited the senate Thursday.
At the senate meeting last night a large
number of local bills were omnibused
Judge Buck of Emporia came up yes
terday to see how his contest case was
getting along
the legislature so far concerning a. change
IN the text book law has been in favor of
the book trust.
The lobby got SO noisy. yesterday that
Lieutenant Governor Richter was Obliged
to threaten to have them removed unless
they Quieted down.
General election days will be legal holt
days to compel time being given laboring
men to vote, # the election committee's
latest house bill passes.
County Superintendent Kelly OF Wood
son county, wants to get on the state text
book commission and is here pushing his
candidacy for that position.
A petition has been presented to the
senate asking that bill be passed Civ
ing threshers a lien upon grain threshed.
kotas.
Representative Joseph Buffers bill al
over So 900 population to appoint an assist
ant was killed by the house judiciary COM
mittee.
The bill introduced by Senator Smith
relating to contempt of court proceed
ings was passed Thursday afternoon. The
bill does away with jury trials in con-
tempt cases.
The house ways and means committee
and shorts bill to establish a branch nor
NAL school at Concordia.
The lobby of the senate was crowded
yesterday when the bills by Senator Hur-
rel were discussed. A majority of the
lobby were prohibitionists who were anx-
1ous regarding the fate of the bills.
In the count of the Land-C Caldwell case,
which has been completed, Caldwell has
50 majority There are yet questions of
Illegal voting to be decided. It is a pretty
safe proposition that Caldwell will be I'M
seated.
the bills which passed the legislature ad-
hitting A H. Malcolm and r. H. Nc
Canse to the Soldiers home at Dodge
City. He says that he does not think it
right to go over the directors decision.
Senators who have been advancing bills
on the calendar simply because they had
a personal interest in the bills, will not
do it again, for Senator Carpenter pro-
poses to make bills take their regular
place until the revision committee is ap-
pointed
The senate committee on assessment
and taxation introduced a bill Thursday
providing that the township and city as
SCISSORS shall assess all property at actual
cash value. The bill also provides that
the county commissioners shall meet the
second Monday in January and fix a basis
take the place of the present law until
the bill shall be presented two years
the legislature.
The Luling bill, which has already passed
the house, gerrymandering the boundaries
of commissioners districts in Sedgwtck
county, affects the boundaries of dis
tricts in Leavenworth, Shawnee and wy
andotte also The rule. If the bill be-
comes a law, will be that commissioner
districts shall conform to legislative dis
tr1cts in counties that have three repre-
sentatives. Immediate results will obtain
in Sedgwick county only, however. where
two Republican commissioners will be Sc
cured instead of one, as now. The OBJ
ject IS to secure county printing and
other patronage that follows. partisan
changes.
T. K. Richey of Pittsburg, reading clerk
of the house. aspires to an appointment
as second lieutenant in the regular
army under new army bill Just passed.
Richey was second lieutenant IN the
twentieth Kansas, Tesigning about three
weeks before orders were received. by his
regiment to go to the Philippines to enter
politics. He came back from San Franz
cisco and was elected superintendent of
schools in Crawford county Lieutenant
Richey is eligible 70 a commission under
the new bill and the house has endorsed
his candidacy. having adopted a memorial
to Kansas congressman and senators to
have Lieutenant Richey's name placed on
the list to be selected