The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-21

mored that The Great Stampede viii
oe the attraction tonight This is
strong play. full of clever comedy and
thrilling climax. The s. r Q. sigp
Should be placed IN conspicuous place
LEGISLATIVE SIDELIGHTS.
I Representative Einsel has a bill ere
ating the office of chaplain at the Dodge
City Soldiers home
Speaker pro tenn Jones presided at
I today's session while Speaker Pringle
was busy with committees.
] Secretary Coburn left today for St
Louis to commence the organization Of
I the bureau Of fine stock for the St
/ Louis Worlds fair.
The tax bill was today referred to the
I committee of the Whole house 4nstead
/ of 10 the regular committee on assess
ment and taxation II the request OF
Representative Francis
Representative kirkpatrick, of VII
/ son county who was called to Guthrie
( just before the legislature opened by
the illness Of his daughter. returned last
evening and was sworn in
Representative Enright's engineer bill
makes Il a misdemeanor for an un
+ licensed engineer to run a stationary
animation before receiving a license.
In making his prayer this morning il
the house Chaplain Pyle prayed that nc
man might be elected United States sen
ator against whose private or public
life breath of wrOng-deing has ever
been whispered.
Representative Hutcheson's dentist
/ bill provides for the creation of a board
for the examination and licensing Of
+ dentists similar to the law now in force
for the licensing Of physicians Repre-
/ sentative Speer has similar bill for the
licensing Of opticians.
Representative Perkins. of Leaven-
worth, has introduced appropriation
bills for the Mitchell hospital for in
5igent col0red people. the Old Ladies
Rest st. Vincent's Orphans asylum
and St. Johns hospital. all located at
Leavenworth.
Representative Perkins. of Leaven-
worth, has introduced a bill legalzing
home cooperative companies against
which a fight has been made during the
past year He says he did so by re-
quest. however and is now through
with it. The home cooperative lobby
can now take it Up
An outsider asked last night who
started the movement for an open ball
lot and purity in the house caucus.
son, he quoted. God moves in a
mysterious way His wonders to per
form The idea that a movement for
pure politics and against secret trading
should come out Of Wyandotte county. "
A resolution was introduced in the
house today TO make Harry Wagner, u
Topeka boy who became crippled in the
Twentieth Kansas, an assistant door
keeper. Wagner had d job Of this kind
in the last legislature The resolution
was introduced by King Of Ottawa, who
J was himself Twentieth Kansas boy
1t was referred TO the committee on
/ house employees.
Representative Leland has introduced
a resolution into the house. setting forth
thar the expense of keeping Oklahoma
prisoners IN the Kansas penitentiary IS
/ 1857 a year for each prisoner, while the
state receives only S1zT-75 for the ser
vice, making net loss to Kansas of
S29 25 = year on each Of the 275 Okla
hona prisoners The resolution further
provides that if the governor shall make
a new contract with Oklahoma it shall
be only for term of two years to give
Oklahoma time to build a Denitentiary
of its own. and then only at a rate
which shall not make q loss to Kansas.
A place as page in the house was
offered 70 Willie Carpenter. of Council
Grove, q son Of George c. Carpenter
who made the Council Grove Repub-
llCau one OF me prominent papers OF Eil6
state. Mr.. Carpenter died a few years
ago and left a widow and one son. The
offer was made through Joseph F'rish-
/ man, the present editor Of the Council
Grove Republican. but a letter from Mr..
] Freshman today stated that the boy
mother thought he had better remain III
school
Another prairie dog bill has got ii
front Of the legislature. It is an act
, 70 make the determination of the little
= animals compulsory upon every prop
erty cTner and TO provide for their de
lands. The bill also provides for the
creation Of a department of applied
zoology at the state agricultural college
experiment station An appropriation
of 5000 is called for to pay for poison
to be distributed from the agriculture
college fer exterrninating prairie dogs
and gophers on government lands. anl
county commissioners are authorized 10
hire man TO do the work. Dumons
Smith is responsible for the bill
Senator Gabriel Of Labette has mani
festly been the victim Of plumbers. He
has introduced a bill requiring every
plumber to take out a certificate of
competency before a board of exanina-
tiCe'' in Kansas. The bill requires tha,
in every town of 10000 population Z
board of examiners, of which the chair
man of the local board of health shall be
a member and the other two expert
enced plumbers. shall examine every
plumber who works in the town.
Surety bonds ought to become popular
under a law for which Senator Branins
has Introduced a bill If it passes tn
premiums on that sort OF bonds giver
by state. county. township or city ON
GERS or ot4cers Of boards Of education
viii have TO be paid by the state or by
the county or municipality to which
the bonds are furnished The bill pro.
vides the amount of premium to be paic
on bonds Of varying denomina tions.
Senator Ward OF Republic has called
for a legislative investigation of ths
International Harvester company o