The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-02
LITTLE TO BE DONE
Legislation Is to Be Kept TO
Minimum.
In Ia Days Only Few Bills Rec
commended.
DOUBT ON TAX BILL.
Much Opposition Develops and
1t May Fail.
Plan to Give 100000 More for
st. Louis Fair.
DOUBT ON TAX BILL.

The legislature is one-third over
Seventeen legislative days have passed.
The house has had two sessions in com
nittee of the whole and has recommen-
ded the passage of half a dozen bills
besides passing the legislative appro-
priation and penitentiary contract bills
as emergency measures.
Bale Waggener's judiciary committee
is doing hard work. It has already
killed off thirty bills. If it keeps this
work up it viii eliminate about half the
bills which have been introduced.
The way and means committee are
also getting down to bushes, going over
the recommendation of ex-State Audi
tor Cole in his report 1t is said that
the house committee will stand by
Coles recommendation to lop of one
assistant attorney general The senaJs
committee has decided to recommend al
appropriation of 100000 for the Kansas
exhibit at the st Louis worlds fair.
There seems to be a general DISPOSE
ton among the members OF the leg1sla-
ture to keep legislation down to the
minimum a this session. There is con-
siderable doubt even on the subject OF a
tax bill. That will be the really big
fight of the session and there is SO
much objection on the present bill that
it is doubtful if one of any kind win get
through both houses.
Representative Adams. of Butler, who
Is himself a banker. Will introduce Il
new banking bill in the house. Among
other features it will place the minimum
capital for a state bank at 600 in
stead of $4,000, as the law now stands.
The present law allows too many lit
tie weak banks" said Mr.. Adams in
discussing the matter today. Some OF
these days there will come hard times,
money viii get close and lot of these
little banks viii be swept out Of exist
ence. That viii create distrust and
make things still worse I think the
minimum capital stock for a state bank
should be raised to $4,000 in order to-
make the business more stable
Another effort is ~ be made this ses-
sion to get a court Of conciliatio
created. Tt will bear much the same
relation to strikes and labor troubles
that the old railroad commission did to
complaints against railroad companies;
that is, it will have power to make in
vestigations and Communications, but
no power to enforce them. It win be a
board of arbitration but cannot make
its findings effective unless the parties
to the trouble agree to them.
The bill provides that person, firm or
! corporation whose business is affected
by a labor dispute, or 20 per cent any
body of employees who are engaged in
such dispute may bring the matter be-
/ fore the court of conciliation to have It
inquired into The court can investigate
the trouble and make its recommended
tions. Then If the recommendations are
not followed it is required to publish the
I recommendations that the public may
judge of the merits of the dispute
Senator Simons of Sumner county has
an amendment prepared to tack on to
+ Senator AGcAlillan's a ti-snake eating
bills. The amendment viii prohibit
/ hootchie- -kootehie dances and other such
/ performances.
The house ways and means commit
tee has decided to recornend an ap-
/ preparation for a state accountant, ac-
cording to the recommendation of Cow
ernor Bailey. The accountant win be
attached to the governors office. He
will receive a salary of 1500. Prior to
Stanley's administration the state paid
81. 600 for a state accountant but Stan