Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-13
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Condensed Proceedings Of the Sessions OF
Senate and House from Day TO
Day at Topeka.

Senator Henley believes that the most
appropriate plan for concentrating the
deeds of Kansas soldiers in the civil war
and the Spanish-American war would be
to erect fine gymnasium building at the
state university and dedicate it to their
memory. In accordance with this plan
he introduced bill in the senate on the
Sd asking for appropriation of $1o0 600
for that purpose. Senator Smith intro
duced a bill providing for juvenile court
to look after unruly children. 1t clothes
the probate judge with parental juris-
diction over all incorrigible children ufi-
der the age of 16 years. Nine bills were
passed by the senate and messaged to the
house. Evans. of Lynn, put a bill in the
house hopper asking for S16S. 412.50 for
the state normal school at Emporia for
bette, presented a petition signed by
about 100 of his constituents asking the
legislature to enact law creating Sc
cEet service department for the state.
Broadbent's bill regarding insurance in
suicide cases was recommended for pas
Sage by the house in committee of the
whole. Eleven local bills were omni-
bused through on one roll calls
Senator FindIay introduced a resolution
in the senate on the 4th to twist the tail
of the Standard ell octopus He wants
thee legislature to Investigate the opera
lions of the trust in the state, to inquire
into conditions existing In the oil fields
and see ii convict labor can be employed
TO develop the oil industry. Senator Por-
ter has scored one point In his fight to
haze a state manual training school es-
tahlished at Pittsburg. He has succeeded
in getting the senate ways and means
committee to uRtIfrn its former verdict
and report 14is bill for passage....A bill
against 1ynchtng,. prepared by several
leading degrees of Kansas, has been in
troduced in the house by Waggener. Lee
lands resolution ordering the Kansas
senator's in congress to vote for the Gu
ban reciprocity treaty went through She
house without dissenting vote. The two
branches of the legislature are at logger
heads over a bill appropriating $4,000 for
postage for Secretary Coburn's biennial
report. The house con1mittee on ways
and means reduced it to 81, 300 and the
house passed the bill as reported by it's
committee. The senate refused to concur
and the bill has been sent to conference
corpmittee. -
. Senator Hixrell has evolved a practical
plan to reduce the cost of state printing.
He gets at the root of the matter by linn
ting the amount of printing to be done.
Under Hurreu's bill, introduced in the sem
ate on the 5th, all of the reports of the
state officials and state boards fflust first
consolidate them and print 500 copies of
the consolidated report. In addition to
this 500 copies Of each separate report are
TO be printed Senator Wulfekuhier in
troduced the charter bill for cities of the
first class. Three resolutions to change
the state constitution were recommended
for passage by the senate In committee
of the whole The house spent the day
passing bills third reading which had
been Teco4hmended by the committee Of
the whole. Bills relating to educational
affairs were slaughtered right ana left
by the house committee on education.
McMiuan's snake eating bill has been
reported foropassage in the house. Hol-
lenbeck.s bill, providing that nine jurors
can return a verdict, has been killed in
committee.
Senator Aliens bill giving district
judges. the right to suspend sentence dur
ings good behavior was recommended for
passage ins the senate on the 9Th after
debate covering almost the entire day.
Aliens resolution to change the constitu-
tion that nine members of jury can
return verdict was defeated in the sem
ate when it came up for final passage.
In order to revive it; Allen changed his
vote from aye to mo- ana moved a recon-
This will require the senate
to pass upon lit again. Senator White
succeeded ia getting his resolution to
ate. 1t requires foreigners to live in
this country five years and take out fail
naturalization papers before being al
lowed to vote. sHusey, of Sedgwfck, in
stroduceD in the house petition from the
State Labor society urging the passage
of the bill to employ convict labor in con-
sstructfng highways. The bill prohibiting
the use of trade marks for fraudulent
purposes wass:p passed. A big batch OF bills
was introduced.