The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-23
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
House and Senate Choose Presiding ON
GERS and Begin the Grind Pringie
for Speaker.

Lieut.. Gov. Hanna called the senate to
order at noon on the 18th. There was
no swearing in of members, as the SEN
ators began their terms two years ago.
Rev. L. T. Parker offered prayer. w. s.
Fitzpatrick was elected president pro
tenn. and Charles NJ. Sheldon. of Wyan-
dotte, was made secretary. The gov
errors message was then read and an
adjournment taken for the day.. lon roll
call the house officers selected by the re-
publican caucus were elected. For speak
er. J. T. Pringle, of Usage county, re-
ceived 50 votes and Sam /. Hale, or
Rush, the caucus nominee of the fusion
lists, received 30 votes. All the republican
candidates were chosen by the same
vote. G. D. Jones' of Cove, was elected
speaker pro tenn. After the reading OF
the governors message the house ad-
journed.
In the senate on the 18th there was
lively tilt over the employe question.
Senator Wolfekuhler introduced con-
current resolution indorsing United States
Senator Harris for a position on the 18TH
milan canal commission which, under the
rules. went over one day. Not a single
bill was introduced and an adjournment
was taken after being in session less
than an hour . The house met and heard
the journal read and it was then an
nounced that the chief clerks force was
not yet organized for business and an ad-
journment was taken until the next day.
Senator Morrow. of Washington, intro
duced a resolution on the 18th providing
that all claims against the state for
miscellaneous purposes must be filed
with the ways and means committee at
once and that the committee shall re-
port the bill for passage within the next
90 days. The rule against lobbyists was
ordered enforced. After a short session
an adjournment was taken to the 19th....
A flood Of bills greeted Speaker Pringle in
the house. 81 bills being read the first
time. A resolution was introduced to
seat J. D. Miller, republican, as repre-
sentative from Lincoln county and it
was adopted. Among the bills intro
duced was one that when husband will
fully abandons his wife or a wife her
husband, and either is convicted OF the
crime, he or she shall be sentenced to
three years at hard labor in the peniten-
tiary. Another bill makes the destruc-
ton of prairie dogs compulsory on the
part of land owners.
The senate was not in session on the
18TH. The house adjourned until the
18th, as was expected, and consequently
there was a general exodus Of legislators
from the Kansas capital Most of them
predict that no legislation Of Importance
will be accomplished during the coming
week, or at any rate until after the sem
atorial caucus, which will probably occur
on the 21st. The election of state printer
occurs on the 10Th and the caucus will
probably be held on the 18TH
The senate was in session less than
an hour On the 18th and about the only
business transacted was the introduction
of bills. 1t was the first time that the
senate had reached that order of business
and bills by the score were put in the
hopper In matter of public Importance
Senator Caldwells stock yards bill over
shadows all others. In the house O'Don-
nell, Of Ellsworth, introduced bill to
prohibit epileptics. feeble-minded and In
sane people under the age of 45 years
| from marrying. 1t fixes penalty of
| 81 900 on the minister or official who mar
ries such people and Furnishes the people
| themselves by a heavy fine and imprison-
ment Williams, of Stanton, wants to
| minimize the danger from Texas fever
| and other contagious diseases among cat
| tie on the plains by compelling the owner
| of dead cattle to burn the bodies within
"a hours after death ensues. Another bill
| introduced created the position of state
| bacteriologist.