The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-01

Condensed Proceedings OF ths Biennial ses-
sion at TOPeEa, with Rec0rd Of BuIs
IntrOdUoed and How Disposed OF.


The senate judiciary committee On the
24th reported favOrably the bill providing
for capital punishment for murder In the
first degree OF forced rape. The bin gives
authority TO the jury TO TX the sen
tence- All hangfngs must be in the pen
itentiary. Among the other bills reported
for passage were: To DO away with or
year elections; to change the term Of farm
tenacy to begin February instead OF
March I; to give soldiers preference in
appointments to Official positions in the
state; to require the state to give cOun-
ties credit for all uncollected taxes Sew
erai senate bills were presented. among
them one 20 investigate all matter IN
connection with the building OF the state
capitol and for the arbitration OF all
labor troubles. The senate judiciary
committee killed al bills relating to the
repeal Of the grand jury law and the
present law viii stand-...The house cleo
tons committee finished the recount Of
ballots IN the OWen-Hackett contest from
Bourbon county and decided that Owen
(rep) received 90 majority, although
Hackett had Is majority on the face Of
the original returns The house adopted
Babb's resolution to send a committee to
Hutchinson to inquire into the feasibility
OF establishing a state salt plant at the
refOrmatOry- Buffers bill to repeal the
woman Suffrage law was again defeated
in the house judiciary committee. Sew
eraI general bills were introduced, in
Guiding one to prevent members Of school
boards from employing relatives as school
teachers.
The senate committee on banking re-
ported on the 18th favOrably on the bill
to amend the law which prohibits hanks
from lOaning more than four times the
amount OF their capital The senate
killed McMillan's bill to prohibit the is
suance Of railroad passes and to create
the position OF auditor Of railroads.
Among the bills introduced in the SEN
ate were: To appropriate $250,C00 for
Kansas exhibit at the St. Louis expo
sitiOn in 1903; to establish free employ
ment agencies in cities OF the first and
second class; to provide that the eXecu-
tive council shall on the first Monday in
July each year select a newspaper in
each county Of the state, which shall be
known and designated the official county
newspaper. house judiciary COM
mittee reported favorably a bill to give
county attorneys more power in the in
vestigatiOn Of liquor cases
The house met at four O'lcOck on the
afternoon Of the 18th and out Of respect
for the late Jacob Stotler, ex-speaker
OF the house, took an ddtournment--.-Th
senate adopted the governors prison pa
role bill. CUbbisOn introduced a bin to
amend the mortgage redemption law by
limiting the time Of redemption to six
months The limit row is Is months.
After a brief session the senate adjourned
out Of respect to the late jacob StOtler,
a former member Of the senate.
In senate and house on the 18th reso-
luIlonS were introduced lnFlIinB MIS- Cslr-
RE Nation to address the legislators for
an hour, but the resolutions were tabled
In the house Green, Of Cowley, introduced
a bill providing for state insurance Of
farm, detached city and village property.
Other house bills presented were: By
Seaton, to prevent the sending Of flowers
to prisoners, to make train robbery a cap
ital offense and for a $500 900 Kansas ex-
hibit at the st. Louis exposition; to pre-
vent the sale OF patent medicines by ped
dlers; to strengthen the liquor Injunction
law. The, house recommended for passage
BuckIin's bill to prohibit the combines
Of grain dealers, also Adams bill re-
pealing the law limiting bank loans 70
four times the banks capital stock The
house killed Smiths wide tire law. The
house and senate passed bills requiring
all convict-made goods to be branded.
The senate passed the bill to permit hus-
band and wife to testify against each
other in divorce trials.