The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-07

we lost at the beginning of the session
must be made up.
1t is going to be hard to hold a quo
rum as the members are getting restless
and a few are slipping off home. 1t may
be necessary to send sargeant-at-arms
after them.
Topeka, March 5.-Early in the session
a Coffey county man made an applica-
ton to Senator Kennedy to be put on the
senate payroll. The senator tried, but
failed to land his constituent. Mr.. Ken
nedy supposed this would end it, but
the man was determined to get on the
pay roll, and he succeeded. by putting in
a claim for dead colt. lie said militia
men were shooting at target and killed
the colt. Not all the shooters were mill
tiamen and they were not shooting under
orders, but Mr.. Kennedy saw a chance
for his constituent to take a bit of state
money home with him, and put the claim
through the ways and means committee.
Mr. Croker has got the bill passed in
the house.
The opposition to the resolution in
structing> Kansas United States senators
to have a bust of the late John ]. Ingalls,
placed in a niche in the national capitol
had mysteriously disappeared yesterday
when the resolution was called up in
the house by Mr.. Waggener. The story
of the cessation of Cyrus Leland's fight
against this resolution leaked out in the
afternoon. According to the story Bailie
Waggener went to Leland and said;
''Cy, you can't carry resentment against
a man who is in his grave. You need
not vote for this resolution, but L would
like to have you drop your fight on it
You can disappear to the cloak room
when the roll is called on the resolution,
but don't keep up your fight on dead
man." When the roll was called yester-
day Gland was absent, but he was back
in his seat within ten minutes.
The senate committee of the whole has
killed the hill prohibiting railway COM
panies to employ as operators boys under
the age of p years.
The house committee of the whole has
killed the bill providing for an increase
in the salary of the supreme court jus
tees from $1,000 10 5000 a year. Mr.
White of Jewell county, led the fight
against the measure and his motion to
strike the enacting clause from the bill
passed by a vote of u to 5. The consid-
Grafton of the bill occupied an hour and
Senator Leidy, Senator Simons and Sem
ator White spoke against it.
Senator Jewell has introduced bill
in the senate to increase the salary OF
clerks in justice courts in Kansas City
from $50 to s75 a month. A similar bill
was introduced in the house several days
ago.
The senate. on motion Of Senator King.
struck the Cowley county court bill from
the calendar last night. This ends a fight
that has been before the legislature all
winter 1t passed the house last week.
The purpose of the bill was to give Ar
kansas City alternate terms of district
court.
The legislative superintendents of ven
tilation and the superintendent of the
heating plant have succeeded in giving
nearly an the members bad colds. Tho
heating plant is fired up 10 its limit once
for all day and when the members gather
for the days work the chambers are fiery
furnaces. Then the ventilation comes
along and opens the windows instead of
turning off the heat. and the cold
draughts do the rest. The members cough
and sniffie all day long. and the noise
they make browns business.
The press club gave TO Brick" Mason.
chief clerk OF the house, a bath robe
today. 1t fits" the Haviland china and
the silver tea set his assistants gave him
last night.
The bill providing for the division Of
the Cowlaye county district court was
efrectualIy disposed OF in the senate to-
dav. II had been stricken from the cal
endar yesterday on motion Of Mr. King
of Cowley and Mr.. Allen wanted it rein
stated today. His motion was voted down
without much discussion.
The house has recalled from the gov
ernor an act passed by an omnibus vote
a few days ago - permit about twenty
druggists named - do business without
certificates from the state board Of phar-
macy The hill was sreaked through and
the house VIII reconsider and kill il The
house bill to permit cities OF The second
and third class TO collect license taxes
has been killed.
HIS biif aimed at the harvester trust.
was stricken from the senate calendar
Yesterday The HH hiH vas identical
with the one introduced by Ward in the
senate and had heen substituted or the
latter. It was the opinion of the senate
judiciary committee that The measure was
Unconstitutional and the recommendation
Of the committee was followed
Mr.. Hollenhack-s bill 70 forbid Sunday
football ard Sunday baseball has been
favorably reported by the house commit
tee on state affairs
ROAD TO OUANAH.
All Of Steel Has Been laid and In
spectio7 vii &c MADE