Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-05
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Bill to Give Even Dhancs. For Pardon to
Convicts.
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18th DAY
Speaker Pringle has named the three house
members OF the harvester trust Investigating
and jerks, Of Franklin. The senate members
are Ward, Of Republic, and Allen. of Doniphan.
Bills introduced in the senate include the
following:
An act appropriating So 900 for gymnasium
building at the state university.
An act appropriating 5000 for a geological
survey.
An act creating the position of county tr1ant
officer, to see that all school children attend
l-school The act 'provides for punishment of
parents whose children are not sent to school.
An act changing judicial districts so that the
18th district will be composed of Usage and
Wabaunsee counties, and the 36th Of Jefferson,
Jackson and Pottawatomie counties.
Representative Pollock Of Cowley, has put
in bill to divide the district court so that
every other term can be held at Arkansas City.
Among other bills Of Importance are: An
act giving the warden of the penitentiary the
right to sell coal from the prison mines to per-
sons who come there with wagons. Formerly
there was a law to this effect, but it was re-
pealed two years ago.
An act making blackmail a felony.
An act to require all wire fences along public
highways to contain at least two wires and to
compel the owner to keep the fences in proper
shape. The penalty is fine of 500.
An act empowering the school fund commits
sioners more discretion in purchasing bonds.
A large number of private pension bills for
Kansas militiamen.
An act authorizing cities, townships and
counties to erect monuments to soldiers and
sailors at public expense.
An act providing for township tax to build
roads.
18th DAY.
The joint resolution providing for local
option was choked to death by the adoption
of motion to r. fer it to the committee on
temperance.
The separate vote for United States senator
was strictly on party lines in each house.
The SENATE by vote of . to struck the
enacting clause from the bill to give suffrage
to women.
The house adopted Mr.. Waggener's resolu-
ton asking (changed from ordered and di-
rected y the warden of the penitentiary to re-
port to the leg ature all the details of run
ming the Irvine plant. Warden Jewett is
empowered by the resolution to employ help
to compile the report.
A bill has been introduced in the house pro-
vld1ng for appointing directors and commits
sioners TO permanently locate and establish a
state fair, tax levy to be made for the pur-
for the first years outlay by the commissioners
and SlOOOO for premiums at the fair in 1903.
18TH DAY.
There is a bill in both houses for the pur-
chase of the right to make voting machines,
and for their manufacture by students of state
colleges or convicts in state prisons Both
houses of the legislature have favorably report
ed bills authorizing the executive council to
contract for machine that will fill all the re-
qulrements OF the state elections.
The house judiciary committee made a ia
vorable report on the joint resolution for a
constitutional convention.
A repeal Of the laws relating TO corrupt
practices IN campaigns and elections has found
ITS way into the house. The lgw was passed in
- and requires each candidate to report in
detail his election expenses. and campaign
committees to do the same. As the reports
usually made do not comply with the intent of
the law, 1t is sought TO repeal it
OF other ne'v bills is one providing for the
appointment OF an attorney in each judicial
district TO assist the county attorney in Grim
lnal cases; lSo an act providing for a county
high school in Cheyenne county another that
IN districts where the school house is worth
more than 800 no change of site can be made
without a two-thirds vote of the district: an
other that claims against the state must be
put IN judgment form in the district court, and
the legislature must then provide for the pay
ment of the judgment.
The honse by a. vote Of - to 33 defeated
motion to quit adding to the number of house
employees, especially clerks.
18th DAY.
Tn re is in the senate bill requiring mills
and elevators to put in track scales and weigh
the grain in the cars.
Senator Smith, of Edwards. has two bills;
one giving judges authority to suspend SEN
fences on the COOL behavior of the convict
which would practically create a parole sys-
tenn. The other authorizes sentences without
naming the length of imprisonment. with pro
visions that the convict may be released on
his good behavior. This is intended to give
the man without a pull equal chances.
House bills continue 70 pour in. The latest
include q bill providing that all fire insurance
companies doing business in Kansas shall use
the same form of policy, to be approved by the
superintendent of insurance.
Also bill requiring railroads to provide
track scales at stations shipping as much as
10 cars OF freight year. After the house iu-
dietary committee had reported against the
passage of the bill to make chicken stealing
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was discussed and defeated. In the same man
ner the bill giving right of action by employees
was defeated.
The house Judiciary committee made ia
vorable report upon the joint resolution for
constitutional convention.
The house adopted the resolution requiring
contestants for seats in that body to give bond
by them OF all expenses of the contest in case
he fails to win the contest.
KILLED UNDEl; HIS WAGoN.-Hunter
Taylor, successful young stocl1man
living near Douglas, twas accidentally
killed beneath the wheels of d feed
wagon. He was hauling kafir corn to
feed flock of sheep.
TIE Row GOES oN.-In one of the
Franklin county school districts there
is great row over the fact that the
1s-year-old boy teacher severely
whipped 15-year-old girl pupil. The
father of the girl got out warrant
for the young mans arrest, the people
took sides, the young man resigned as
teacher and the row goes on.
BRIsTow TALKED.-Fourth Assistant
DoStma Sta,. Gaparal r 7 R,;c+ou, = -
livered an address before the annual
convention of postmasters of Kansas,
held at Topeka.
STONE BRIDGE FALI.s.-The middle
span of the new stone arch bridge
across the Walnut river at Winfield fell
while removing the. wooden structure
supporting the arch. The damage is
estimated at 81 900. The bridge is to
be of stone, of three fifty-foot spans
and is one of several stone bridges
which Cowley county is building to
take the place of steel bridges.
TEACHERS DEBATE.-The teachers of
Franklin and Douglas counties will de-
bate the labor question at Lawrence in
March.
On CASH Observation-Disclosures county
has paid all outstanding warrants 1t
would pay all of its bonds if it could
do so without paying large premium.
However the county makes something
on money held for bonds by loaning it
to banks at larger interest than the
bonds carry.
A HORSE MARKET. 1.-Two Clay Center
horse dealers. are shipping many
horses and mules. Last week six cars
were sent out, with 1870 animals, cost
ing about SIS, 1000 A horse sale of 100
auimals occurred the other day.
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