The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-01-22
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Speaker Prlhgle Finds His Job Large and
X A% Irksoms.

patrick, Ceautauqua secretary, Chas. M, Shal'
don, Wyandotte assistant secretary, \, A.
Wiseman, Coffey; sergeant-at-arms, q, u.
Neighbor, Ness; chief doorkeeper, JOS Lewis,
Crawford telephone girl, Nellie Legate, Leav-
enworth; postmaster, Fred Lewis, Marion;
reading clerk, J. B. Ramsey, shawnee chap.
lain, L. T. Parker Republic; bookkeeper, H. ].
Huckett Washington: docket CLERK, n. e.
Glenn, Kiowa; journal clerk, G. A. Henrie,
Pottawatomie.
The legislature convened at noon and the
opening ceremonies IN both houses were, wit:
messed by large crowds. Just at the stroke Of
order and the roll call commenced at once,
Without any delay the members were sworn
In by Chief Justice Johnston. The election Of
Mr., Pringle as speaker was by vote Of 0S TO
n. The State Tax Revision commission sub.
mitted'a report which includes three bills,
| yNs' 2ND DAY.
There was lively tilt in the senate over the
employee question, When the secretary read
the List 1t was noticed that 1t had names on ii
not chosen by the caucus. A committee was
appointed to inyestigate the matter
Senator Wulfekuhler offered concurrent
resolution endorsing U, 8. Senator Harris for
a position on the isthmian canal commission.
The house was in session less than all hour,
the excuse being that the chief clerks force
was not yet organized, However Mr.. Francis
secured an order for the printing Of the tax
commission bill.
Ord DAY,
Tho senate added committee on irrigation
to Its list. Senator Findley Of Sterling is its
chairman. Two other new committees were
added bringing the total to twenty.three.
Tapp Of Wichita is chairman of the senate
labor committee and Buschow Of Thomas Is
the head of the new senate committee on edu-
cational institutions.
Senator Tapp will place before the senate a
proposed amendment to the railroad commits
sion law from the Wichita board Of trade 1t
provides penalty upon railroads for failing
to supply cars except in case Of strike or
great public calamity. Three dollars a day Is
the penalty named, The company may re-
quire deposit Of one.fourth Of the freight
charge when the order for cars is filed. Com
panies are to be required to furnish one to
three cars within four days time; three to ten
cars within five days; fifty Or more cars within
ten days.
Speaker Pringle is experiencing the regular
dose Of trouble in making up the house com
mittees. There are always several applicants
for every Craftsmanship, in some cages half
dozen. Mr.. Pringle tried to avoid giving
basis for charge that he is not treating the
senatorial candidates impartially in the mat
ter Of committee assignments,
The legislature adjourned until four o'clock
| Monday afternoon. The discussion of rules
occupied the senate and the introduction Of
bills occupied the house.
WAR ON INSURANCE TRUsT-J. W.
Orr, mayor Of Atchison, will conduct
such war locally. The state rate
agent Of insurance companies rounded
up the local agencies and fixed SEIZED.
ules greatly increasing rates on many
Atchison risks, in violation Of the laws
Of the state of Kansas Mr. Orr asks
the county attorney to take action to
dissolve the trust and punish the VIC.
lators.
DRUG STORES WIN DECISION. In the
district court Judge James Lawrence
has decided that the city Of Yelling
ton had no cause Of action in o suit
brought against druggists for the oc-
cupation tax for selling whisky and
beer. The suit was brought on an or.
dinance framed by the council fixing
tax of S1OO year for selling whisky
and $500 year for selling beer.
New COURT HOUSE, The commits
sioners Of Douglas county have APP
proved architects plans for the $4,000
court house TO be built in Lawrence.
Bids will be opened February 10.
VETERAN AND MAsoN-Captain J. W.
Beller, a civil war veteran and a well
known writer on Masonic subjects,
died at his home in Perth, Sumner
county, on January TO-
A CHcRcH AT AUcTIoN.-The build
ing belonged to the Methodist Protest
ant church Of Fort Scott and was sold |
by the sheriff and bid in by the mort
cages for $500
INCREASE PRICE.-The coal mining
companies Of Leavenworth have in
creased the price Of coal 80 cents per
ton within the last month.
LOST WATCH AND CHANGE. Senator
Smith, Of Kinsley lost them from his
clothes in his room at the Copelnnd
while he slept
IcE CONTRACTS. "A Hutchinson firm
has contracted to furnish the Rock
Island with 1000 tons Of Ice.
THE BIBLE IN SoHooLs.-Judge Ha-
zen, of the district court Of Topeka,
decides that the mere oral repetition
Of the Lords Prayer and the Twenty
third psalm does not constitute form
Of religions worship and therefore is
no violation Of the bill Of rights, as
was claimed by Billiard.
The GRAND OLD MAN-Ex Chief
Justice Samuel A. Kingman, who re-
signed office twenty-sevcn years ago
because he thought himself too old to
be in politics, had front seat at Gov
ernor Bailey's Inauguration. wlO.
OLD SOLDIERS Nor THERE. Ed Ellet
Of I'll Dorado, who has attended every
Inauguration in Kansas for 80 years,
says, "the old soldiers are out of it."
He sat in the Copeland for two hours
the other day and in all that time saw
only two G. A. R, buttons.
PIPING GAS TO CITY.-This work is
at Pleasanton. There are
too rood wells which have about IL