Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-13
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed Proceeding. of the Sessions OF
Senate and House from Dayso
Day az Topeka.

1t took q call of the senate on the 4th
to round up the necessary q votes I,
pass the Smith bill providing for q semi
centennial celebration in Topeka nexi
year OF the passage of the Kansas-Ne-
braska bill by congress. The bill to in
crease the salaries of supreme court
judges was killed by vote of q to S.
Among the bills ordered to engrossmenI
were: Providing for the determination
OF prairie dogs; to prohibit the operation
of the grain trust In Kansas; to prohibit
the employment OF child labor in facto-
rieS and mines: giving laborers the right
to place lien upon buildings and mate
rial for wages due for labor performed.
THE house sidetracked the Hale con-
gressional apportionment bill. The
Schmidt bill. to lop IS sections Of land
county, was passed. Among the bills
recommended for passage were the. fol-
lowing: Preventing minors from marry
ing without the consent of their par
entS; placing business colleges under the
supervision of the state superintendent
Of schools: requiring fences across the
public roads to be torn down in Rawlins,
Jewell, Scott and Phillips counties; lop-
ping of taxes where farmers build ponds
on their farms: authorizing insurance
companies to buy municipal and school
bonds.
The senate fought all the afternoon on
the 5th on wulfekuhler's bill to prohibit
the employment of child labor in facto-
ries, stores. offices and mines. Several
amendments were offered and all were
voted down. There was tie each time.
The friends OF the measure finally saw
that they could not muster q votes to
pass the bill and the motion to postpone
Indefinitely was carried unanimously
The stock yards bill was passed by a
vote of 81 to L. A big lot of bills of more
or less Importance was passed, amons
them one make the sunflower the off,
cial flower Of Kansas. LIN the house the
bill drawn up by the legislative tax COM
mission W. a p,
contest The house ways and means
committee killed the state fair bill and
the stockmer have given up hopes of get
ting any legislation along that line at this
session.
The senate on the 9Th passed resolu-
lions providing that a $500 silver service
should be purchased for the proposed new
battleship Kansas. Waggener's bill
against lynching was engrossed. The
bill by Jones, of Trego, for the >eXter
mination of prairie dogs was passed.
The Noftzger substitute for Kirkpatrick
bill modifying the present corporation
law was passed. A bill to discourage the
marriage of old soldiers to young girls
was also passed Senator Aliens parole
bill failed of a constitutional majority in
the house The vote was 90 for and 81
against. Barker served notice that he
would call the bill up again on a motion
to reconsider. The house at night cleared
the calendar of local bills, leaving only
general bills to be considered.
the 7th when 1t was thought all the SEN
ate bills had been killed by the adjourn
ment until the eth. The house had adopt
ed and sent to the senate a concurrent
resolution that consideration of senate
bills should cease in both the senate and
house at midnight on the 7th. The sem
ate did not act upon this resolution. but
members thought they had, after the
adjournment was taken, and they were
afraid they had killed several most i'm
portant bills. The house bill amending
the election law was placed on third
reading. The Pralle bill to better Kansas
roads was passed.. The bill to create a
commission to examine plumbers in cities
of over 1900 population; the bill requiring
cities Of the second-ciass to so arrange
the course of studies in high schools
that graduates may be admitted to the
state university, and the Hayden child
labor bill were passed in the house.
A resolution was introduced into the
when the new battleship Kansas is
with water instead of wine. 1t was
got q new congressional apportionment
house. Senator Codding introduced bill
lions of the prohibitory law. The HOUSE
City stock yards rates should be reduced
and grain should not be over 100 per cent
Cubbison's bill repeating the double liza
bility act was passed.