The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-20

ments. 1t viii be some days before the
! governor acts upon this matter.
Guthrie, O. T. March BIN connection
with making Investigations relative TO the
| operating of slot machines in Logan
county by the grand jury, this body of
men was also requested to inquire into
the disposition of house bill No. PAT, by
| Mr.. Wagner. of Lincoln county, ito pro-
hibit lotteries. gift enterprises, slot ma
chimes, policies and gift enterprises in
| the nature of lotteries" The report be-
| came current on the streets and was
printed in some newspapers that the bill
| had been stolen from the Territorial coun-
| ell chamber after having been passed by
the house. II was also stated that ef-
/ forts made TO find it on the last night OF
| the legislative session resulted in naught.
| Acting upon the theory that If the bill was
| stolen il must have been done by persons
| interested in slot machines the grand
| Jury was asked to look into the matter.
The anti-slot machine bill has been in
| possession of Secretary William Grimes
since last Saturday, at which time all file
| cases and bills not passed were taken
| from the legislative halls. on Monday j.
! L Howard. one Of the clerks on the cOdi-
| fying committee upon request OF Secre-
| tary Grimes. assorted the bills placing
| house bills in the house file case. and the
council bills in the council file case.
House bill No 247 was among them, and
| is now on file in the house file case.
The history of the bill shows as follows:
March II, read first time.
March II, passed. Ayes. 21; nays, 2 Abb
sent, 3.
March II. sent to the council.
After the bill reached the council it was
turned over to the Sitting committee APP
pointed to ''sift all house bills. Page
365, Of the council journal, shows that
the Sitting committee reported on the
bill, making it and another measure
special order, but the time of considering
! the order is not named. The report of
the Sitting committee was made on
March 13, the last day of the session.
1t is now asserted that efforts to find the
bill on the last night of the session failed
That it reached the sitting committee and
was reported by it. there is no doubt, as
the records of the council show that fact
What became of il after that time, is
not known, but 1t could hardly have been
stolen. If such was the case, it was re-
turned to the file case Immediately after
the council adjourned. 1t is now in the
possession of Secretary Grimes.
Mr.. Wagner, the author of the bill. was
before the grand jury yesterday in the
council investigation matter. He was
asked about his bill and replied that he
knew nothing of it after il left the
house. Had he known that anything was
likely to happen TO il. he said that he
would have been on the watch for it.
J. l. Howard, one Of the house clerks,
was before the grand jury this afternoon,
and stated what he knew about the bill.
To the representative of the Eagle, Mr..
Howard said: Il first saw that bill last
Monday I was requested by Secretary
Grimes to look over the bills and place
them in their proper cases. I mean the
bills that were not passed by the respect
i've bodies The bill was in the council
file case. and / presume it was under
lock and key. | know that the house file
case was kept locked all of the time
This is as much as / know about the
matter
No inquiries had been made at the sec
retarys office relative to the bill, the
presumption bt4A4P NiiraN ti4N ANt'NAf NAAdi
the bill had been stolen were true.
Guthrie, o. T. March l9.-Nearly fifty
men have been summoned to give testi-
mony before the Logan county grand jury
in the council doodle" investigation mat
ter Many legislators and employees have
been in the city and oae is reminded q
legislative times 1t is not believed that
anything viii result rom the inyesti
CATION. although much testimony is be
ing taken.
Chief Justice John II. Burford charged
the grand jury again this morning rela-
tive TO the forgery of names on petitions
for various matters. Forging name on
a petition constitutes a nisdemeanor and
Judge Burford desired that this matter
be looked into. He ais gave the grand
jury instructions relative to LIQUOR mat
ters. saying that il seemed that several
Of them had been voting together on liz
uor propositions.
Guthrie, o. T. March . -Ex-Governor
Barnes had right-away last night in the
Republican primaries for mayor The ex-
governor only came out lev days ago.
bat other candidates siie-tracked Whea
he announced himself
Charles Z Bnlingsley. president of the
Capital National bank Vill probably be
the candidate on the citizens ticket for
mayor.
Guthrie. 0. T. March is-The attoT-
ney generals Office has bad in9u-lss
from Hobart relative 20 the new law re-
ouiring all persons in ci-.es ~ the nFsi
class 10 register for specaI and general
elections Hobart has a bond election On
( the I'D of this Tnonth. ar unless a faF-
oraMe decision is given = the attorney
general the election VIII hsFe 10 De post
poned. owing 70 tie fact t-3i TIE tine is
too shors for the citizens 60 register A.
required by law.
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