The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-01
LEGISLATIVE SNAP SHOTS.


F. B. Dawes Of Leavenworth is here in
the interest of legislation affecting his
home town.
The house labor committee got down to
work a grist Of bills that have been
referred to It this afternoon
The pages in the senate have got so inn
portant that Lieutenant Governor Richter
had to call them down yesterday.
Senator Simons' bill providing for a
turned down by the judiciary committee.
The Land-Caldwell case will be taken
up Dy the senate elections committee as
soon as they have completed the hearing
of the Hopkins BuschoW case.
Washington county people are entirely
satisfied with their lot. DR.. ]. W. dainrz,
representative from that county, has not
introduced a single local bill.
The members Of the Municipal league
segafe ana o1,e III @ sne
pal league bills under consideration.
The senate committee on state affairs
has killed the bill recommended by Cow
cational institutions under one board
Judge W. C Holt of the court Of COM
looking after bill which was introduced
by Senator Cubbison increasing his sal
Miss Bessie Howard of Cottonwood
Falls has been appointed stenographer
to the labor committee, OF which Repre-
sentative H. G. Snyder of Chase is chair
Representative Adams bill authorizing
judges to make bills of exception in cham
berS was faVOrably reported by the house
judiciary committee. The present law re-
quires the judge to make them in open
court.
Representative j. C. Heron is mistaken
when he says it will do the state of kan
sas more good to have the salt plant al
lowed and put in operation than to hold
the promised exposition
The senate committee has heard the ar
gument and examined all the evidence in
the Ross-Findlay case, but has not de-
cided the case. The evidence in the Hop
kins-BuschOW case is not all in
ported unfavorably upon Senator Aliens
bill which requires insurance companies
to insure the payment of policies.
Sam Atkins of Kansas City, Kan, is
here with other citizens of the Kansas
cities of the first to report unfavorably
on a few bills affecting their town.
Mayors Ross of wichita Morse of EN-
pOria, Nelly of LeavenWOrth COOdlander
of Fort Scott, Albright of Winheld, Hess
of Arkansas City, all appeared before the
ond class.
Everything else that is being Iobbied for
IS thrown in the shade just now by the
the district court Of Crawford county
Partisans Of either side just swarm over
the floor of the house
John Halliday. the miner and repre-
sentative from Crawford county, is very
much pleased with the passage Of the law
creating a miners state society. HaIIi-
day still has his hammer for Gaws bill
wagon trade.
There is another bill pending in the SEN
ate for the benefit of the miners. It pro-
ton upon the ventilation of mines, re-
curing that fresh current of air be sup
piled for every fifty men employed in the
The committee which was appointed to
count the ballots in the Buck-Madden
of Lyon, Coffey and Chase counties to
next Monday. Senators Ward, Branine
Tam =
mittee.
Senator McNfillan's bill to keep lobby
lists out of the senate chamber was killed
in the judiciary COMMITTEES yesterday
The committee concluded that the sena-
tors could protect themselves, and if they
could not they could ask the governor to
call out the militia.
Senator Ward, chairman Of the commit
tee on charitable institutions, will go to
Olathe to Investigate the water supply for
the Deaf and Dumb asylum He says
that If Olathe cannot furnish pure water
to the institution, as it agreed to do. the
committee will recommend that the in
stitution be moved
Representative Green's bill providing for
the state to issue insurance on farm and
city property and collect the premiums in
sessment and taxation committee Bank
Commissioner Prudential wanted the bill
how, as it is a favorite measure with
him.
The senate committee on public build
ings heard arguments for and against the
bill to knock out the Parsons asylum. F.
L. Williams of Clay Center argued in
favor of the bill and c. H. Kimball of
Parsons talked against the bill The COM
cided to have a meeting Monday night
and decide the question
Representative Gearhart Johnston of
Decatur says he would not dare go home
and face his people in the short grass
country If he voted for the Kansas ex-
position appropriation bill. But surely the
majority of his constituents believe in
progression. and that Kansas should show
the world what it has. Decatur county
would profit by the proposed exposition,
for there is land to sell there.
In Difference to the demand for county
high schools, the house educational COM
mittee Is having prepared a bill to have
all counties vote on the proposition to
have such a school built or declared at
the county seat Those that already have
them will not have to consider the prop-
osition. This course is taken, resultin.
from recent demands that have cropped
up for such educational facilities and to
have a general bill take the place of so
many local hills