Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-03-14

The senate killed the bill requiring the state
board Of charities to reeognize the three
the state institutions.
The bill providing for manual training in the
was senate bill. fhe bill gives $1,000 to en-
courage manual training. The women's clubs
started it. Leland opposed saying that the
districts should keep up the expenses of their
own schools.
Both houses passed the bill prohibiting the
tracts, with the penalty that no such contract
can be sued on in the courts.
The house passed bill to give foreign cor
Porations 30 days to bring suit on business
heretofore done in the state, before the act is
tions which have no Kansas charter can have a
standing in the courts.
The deed OF trust bill was killed in the house,
also the bin giving liens on property for labor
performed.
44TH DAY.
The senate voted down Speaker Pringle's
resolution, adopted by the house, prohibiting
with free labor. When the senate reached the
general townsite vacation bill and it was being
read, senator's discovered that the bill played
havoc with their own towns and began to
kick Further action was postponed
The senate passed the grain inspection bill.
in every town where there Is public ware
house. The fees and salaries of inspectors are
considerably increased.
The bin to create a new judicial district of
Allen and Woodson counties has gone to the
governor.
The tax commission bill which has passed.
the senate having been butchered by amend
ments in the house, Bailie Waggener has intro
duced new bill 1t is short and covers the
important points.
salaries of the district judges in Shawnee, Wy
andotte, Leavenworth, Atchison, Bourbon and
Sedgwick counties from s., so to 50, 100 year.
All the ways and means committee bills on
che calendar are now disposed OF by the house
45TH DAY.
The senate tabled the concurrent resolution
instructing the United States senators from
Kansas to use their influence to prevent the
unseatlng OF Reed Smoot, the senator-elect
from Utah.
The senate surrendered to the house and ac-
cepted the ultimatum of the house that but
$500 would he allowed for postage on Secre-
tary Coburn's report. The bill carries an APP
preparation of only $500 and provides that
each member of the legislature shall have sixty
books and one for every 100 inhabitants Of his
district.
The senate promptly squelched the bill pro-
hibiting railroads from employing telegraph
operators who were under 20 years old.
The senate passed a resolution to give Mrs.
Robinson, wife of Charles Robinson. the first
governor of the state of Kansas, $1,000 with
which to secure and place in the rOtunda of
the state house a bust of Governor Robinson.
Mrs. Robinson would. without doubt. place
such memorial to her husband but for the
fact that her hush nds will gives all of his es-
tate, after her death, to Kansas university.
The house at a night session approved these
bills: Preventing minors from marrying
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judges are held liable for issuing licenses to
minors. Placing business colleges under the
supervision OF the state superintendent of
build ponds on their farms.
46TH DAY.
The senate quarreled over the bill to prohibit
the employment of children during a whole
session and quit with a tie vote. The bill was
then the S The passed
When the tax bill had been messaged from
the house the senate promptly demanded a
conference upon it,
The senate passed the bill to allow teachers
one days pay for each school month for at
tending county teachers associations. Other
bills were passed among which are: To build
and equip law building at the state univer-
sity to pay counties for keeping destitute in
sane not admitted to state asylums; giving the
school fund commissioners power to buy bonds
where the Indebtedness is over the ten per
cent limit prohibiting the operation of grain
trust in Kansas; to prohibit the operation of
slot machines; providing for the election of
township officers biennially; providing for a
- cent bounty ON gopher scalps.
The house ways and means committee has
killed the state fair bill.
The house finally passed the senate tax bill
bill to reimburse counties for caring for insane
persons who We're not admitted to the state
asylums The bill for the determination of
pocket gophers was killed in committee. The
third appropriation bill for legislative purposes
cost of the legislature, up to date, not includ-
ing printing, to $4,000.
47TH DAY.
There was no difference between the senate
and the house on the 100000 to be appropriated
for the st. Louis exposition, but the conference
disagreed upon the appointment OF the COM
missioners. This jeOpardized the passage Of
The senate passed the beet sugar bounty of
81 ton on all beetS that test II per cent Of
sugar.
The house passed the bill making the malic-
ious destruction of property of greater value
than so a felony.
The conference committee on the tax bill was
still unable to agree on a report.
The house reapportionment committee has
SO far failed to agree upon bill.
territory of Morris county was defeated
CONFERENCE ON TARIFs.-R. E. Tor
rington, district freight agent for the
Santa Fe at Wichita, Richard Warren,
travelling freight agent for the Santa
Fe, with headquarters at the same
place, c. A. Walker, agent at Hutchin-
son, and H. P. Hartman, chief clerk,
held conference with officials in To-
pel1a regarding freight traffic in that
section.
GAIN IN Charlottesville county
will turn out 1914 graduates this spring
from school. This is a gain of forty
over last year.
LYONS PEOPLE BORE For OLA
large company has been formed at
Lyons to bore for oil. The company
has quite large capital and work will
begin at once on the well with the in
tention of going down 5000 feet. 1t is
claimed that the first flow of gas found
in Kansas was in Lyons in 1887 at a
depth of 1000 feet
KANSAS HoNoRED.- Stanley,
wife of Ex-Governor Stanley, has been
elected by the National Daughters of
the American Revolution as vice regent
for the society in Kansas.
REQUEST For LIBRARY.-J. p. John
sons will has been fled at Arkansas
| City. His fortune is still estimated at
between 500, 900 and 5000, 900. A part
is to be used for public library for
Arkansas City when his wife dies Ar
kansas City is already looking around
for site.
SIT MIGHT HAVE BEEN."-Just after
the close of the war a Lawrence man