Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-05
THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
the senate Looking After Its Own bills
The Hale Congressional Resppcrtion-
ment Bill BidstrAcked.

nearly every senate bill sent over
In fact, less than 20 senate bills arr
on the house calendar. On the Other
hand, the senate is paying no atten
ton whatever to house bills. II ii
busily engaged in passing senate
bills. 1t has over 200 house bills be
fore 1t for action, including most OF
the important appropriation bills
1t wants to see what the house Ii
going to do with few measures
among them the tax bill-before 60
ing further with house bills. 1t also
wants to bring the house to time on
the worlds fair bill, so that the gov
ernor shall only remove the commits.
sioners for cause instead of at his
pleasure.
Senator White, of Jewell, led a
successful fight against the bill to
increase the salary of supreme court
judges in the senate and, by a vote
Of 81 to 0. the bill was killed.
While working in committee OF the
whole the senate engrossed these
bills:
BY Jones, of Trego-Providipg for
the determination of prairie dogs.
This bill gives townships the right to
kill prairie dogs and tax the cost
against the land.
By Findlay-To prohibit the opera
ton of the grain trust in Kansas.
BY Wulfekuhler-To prohibit the
employment Of child labor in facto-
ries and mines. This bill passed the
house yesterday afternoon.
BY Smith-To give laborers the
right to place lien upon build
ings and material for wages due for
labor performed.
Senator Caldwell's stock yards bill
was engrossed and made a special
order for final passage at ten o'clock
this morning. 1t fixes charges for
yardage, watering, driving and
weighing as follows: Cattle, Is
cents; hogs, cents; calves, 8 cents;
bnetp, ccubS'
The senate adopted the Pestana
joint resolution appropriating $4,000
for bust of the late Charles Robin
son, first governor of Kansas, to be
placed in the rotunda of the state
house.
It took q call of the senate to round
up the necessary q votes to pass the
Smith bill providing for semi-cen-
tennial celebration in Topeka next
year of the passage Of the Kansas
Nebraska bill by congress.
At the night session a severe bill
against slot machines was engrossed.
Rather than adjourn without max
ing any provision whatever for the
distribution Of Coburn's reports the
senate yielded and passed the bill as
agreed upon by the conference COM
mittee. The bill carries an appro-
pration of only $1,000 and provides
that each member Of the legislature
shall have 60 books and one for every
100 inhabitants of his district. The
house absolutely refused to appro-
pirate the amount Coburn asked for
--$4,3OO--and served notice that the
agricultural department could take
$4,000 or nothing.
Senator Aliens bill prohibiting
pool selling was engrossed in the
senate at night. 1t is aimed at the
Kansas City, Kan, pool room and is
very stringent.
After the senator's had looked over
the. general vocation bill and elm
mated several sections they passed 1t,
The Hale congressional apportion-
ment bill was sldetracked in the
house and there will be no reappor-
tionment this session.
The Schmidt bill, to Top So sections
Of land off Morris county and attach
1t to Geary county, was passed by
the house.
Waggener put motion through
! Just before adjournment at night to
place his substitute tax bill on the
calendar for third reading, subject
to amendment and debate, and made
special order for to-day. This
places the bill ahead Of the regular
tax bill, which is still in committee
Of the whole. The house is being
lined up to pass the Waggener substi-
ltute.
Chairman Noftzger, of the COM
mittee appointed to investigate boo
die charges made by Leayenworth
naper in connection with proposed
Hand deal by the managers of the
Lansing penitentiary, reported that
the committee found that the charges
we're not sustained by facts.
The Kennison bill appropriaing
$1,000 TO be used as bounty to en-
courage the production Of sugar
beets in western Kansas passed botf
houses and has gone to the govern
OF for his signature.
The house worked incommittee Of
the whole at its night session
among the bills recommended fol
nassage were the following;