The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
Fight in Conference Commit
tee Is Warm One.
LAW MAKERS STILL AT 1T
Number of Measures Pass
Which Have Some Effect.

tee and il is finding it as difficult to agree
upon the bill as did the two Houses. Ac-
cording to program, the Senate refused
to concur in the House amendments to
the bill and called for conference COM
mittee. Yesterday morning the conference
committee was appointed. 1t is COM
posed OF the following members:
On the part of the Senate: Smith. Fitz-
patrick, Peterson and Vincent.
On the part OF the House: Nation, Hill.
Hayden, Kinkel. Hutcheson, Adams of
Butler and jerks.
Yesterday afternoon the committee
started in to hammer the bill into shape.
After working all afternoon and until
10 o'clock last night, the committee found
itself about where it started. Another
meeting will be held when an effort will
be made to get together and report some
sort of a bill, so that 1t may be pushed
through, but it is possible that no agree
ment will be reached.
The points Of difference are:
Whether the tax commissioners shall be
appointed by the governor or named by
the executive council
Whether>the State Auditor, Secretary OF
State and State Treasurer shall be on the
commission or just the Auditor.
Whether a provision shall be inserted
requiring that state taxes collected shall
be kept in country repositories until need
ed.
Whether the list OF ironclads interroga-
tories and oaths shall be stricken from
the bill.
The Senate members insist that the tax
commissioners shall be named by the exc
cutive council as provided in the bill. The
House members want the Governor to ap-
point the commissioners. The Senate
members also are standing pat on the
proposition that the Secretary of State
and State Treasurer shall not be cut off
the commission and only the State Audi
tor left 20 act with the tax commissioners
as demanded by the House.
TIE House members are demanding that
the county depository feature be incorpor-
ated in the bill. This is objected to by the
Senate members. The striking out of the
list of interrogatories and oaths as asked
by the Senate members is not agreed to
by the House men.
These questions must be settled before
a bill can be reported. Whether this can
be done is problematical. There is how
ever, strong feeling that tax bill
should be passed. so while the outlook
is by no means bright, some kind of
compromise be effected.
Waggener's bill against lynching was
engrosSed in the Senate. 1t has already
passed the House. Section l reads:
That any collection OF individuals as
sembled for unlawful purpose intending
to injure any person by violence and with
out authority of law shall for the pur-
pose of this act be regarded as mob,
and any act Of violence exercised by such
mob upon the body of any person shall
constitute the srime of 'lynching," when
such act or acts of violence result in
death; and any person who participates
in or aids or abets such lynching. upon
conviction therof, shall suffer death or
be imprisoned in the state prison during
life, in the discretion of the jury; and any
person who. being a member of any such
mob and present at any such lynching,
shall actively participate in the lynching.
shall be guilty of abetting such lynchng,
and upon conviction thereof shall be i'm
prisoned in the states prison not less
than two or more than twenty-one years.
Any person who corceals lynchers or is
an accessory before or after the fact is
liable to imprisonment for from two TO
twenty years. Any sheriff who permits
a lynching to take place in his county
shall forfeit his office. The sheriff is au-
thorized to impress the entire population
in as deputies to preserve order anI * IS
made a crime punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment TO refuse to obey the call or
tire sheriff
Amorg the bills passed by the Senate
were the following:
I'r, III ng tor the apDclnt y It 4 a cer1-
missioner T. pass Upo1 al union mill
tary" claims outstanding and report to
the next legislature
Creating a court TO determine what
Price raid and Quantrell raid claims
should be paid by the state and 70 report
to the next legislature
The militia bill which gives the state
authority to accept government aid for
the encampments Of the Kansas national
guard.
The House passed these bills:
To regulate the plumbing business.
Fixing the terms Of court in Russell
county.
To provide for the protection Of river
banks
Throwing the election Of county kigh
school commissioners on eveu-nnmbered
numbered years 10 conform with the cleo
tion law.
To establish county high school IN
Douglas county.
Permitting the city Of Independence 70
increase its indeboedHess-
To wipe out the Hanna pubic utility u y
OF 1897.
Several local bills were also passed
While working in commute Il TIE
whole this afternoon. the senate enEr-s--
Cd these Bills;
incoruo-ate all of IT'S representations in
the contract with the insured.
pro.idsd that Kansas shaa treat Bo0
res sent insurance companies susr ss TIE
home state - these companies treat Kan
sas companies
Smiths bsn 70 create 4 juvenlse court
10 care for Juvenile criminals was killed
Senator Pstsrsoas bill hiking the sal
a-fez q the assistants ln the various state
departments has ben recoTDulea5sG f9F
passage b fhe House star afa-ra crrl-
u.itsse. TIE iaoreAses provided sor 20
low.
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