The Globe-republican., 1905-01-19
Are Recommended by Governor Hoch
And Speaker Stubs.
TRY 10 REDUCE EXPENSES
They Have Both Recommended Changes
Which Will he Beneficial in the Way
o' Expediting business And Reducing
Legislative and Stnte Expenses

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 1S.-Botll Gov.
ernor Hoch and Speaker Stubs are
confident that the present legislature
will be the cheapest and best as far
as the interests of the state are con-
cerned of any legislature held in the
state. They both have recommend
ed changes which will be beneficial in
The way Of expediting business and
reducing expenses.
Senators i. Dumont Smith and
Bale Waggener both have introduce
I'd bills providing for the fixing OF
maximum freight rates on crude
oil.
Mr.. Waggener goes further than
Mr.. Smith and proposes to fix a rate
10 be charged by pipe lines for pump
ing oil. This bill would make the
pipe line companies common carriers
and cause them to receive oil al fixed
rates. 1t is considered one OF the
best schemes to Illustrate the Stand
ard Oil people.
The members of the state board
Of charities are afraid that Mr. Le-
lands bill requiring that they pay 40
cents a meal when eating at the state
charitable institutions may pass, and
they are here lobbying against the
bill.
The question of whether the gov
.e1nor can use the appropriation for
maintaining the governors mansion
in buying groceries, will not be de-
cidel by the supreme court until the
February term.
Governor Hoch said that he would
do all in his power to expedite the
business of the legislature. He said
there were many things which re.
tarded business, and remarked that
the principal one was the trouble
with lobbyists.
Topeka, Jan. 1G-The state printer
bill was signed by the officers of the
senate and house yesterday afternoon
and presented to the governor. 1t
will be signed Monday and published
in the official state paper Tuesday
morning.
Governor Hocf appointed L. T.
Ilussey Of Lyndon Usage county, to
be state oil inspector. The governor
decided some time ago to give this
position to a fourth district man, and
when 1t was learned that Senator H.
b. Miller had asked for the appoint
ment of Hussey, the politicians made
mp their minds that Hussey would
win.
Mr.. Hackney from Cowley county
has stirred up the insects, He wants
10 investigate the state officials and
sec if their accounts are straight. II
not, Mr.. Hackneys bill provides for
the canning of said officials and the
appointment of others by the govern
or.
Mr.. Brown of Brown county has a
bill which makes ii 4 pcnitcntiary Of
Tense to point firearms at any per
son.
Topeka, Jan. Chairman Miller
of The senate ways and means com
mittec, and Chairman Crcech, OF the
house ways and means committee
will meet Monday and arrange for a
Joint session Of the two committees
to divide up the work. The plan is to
make. an equal division of the state
institutions and boards and reach an
understanding about appropriations
for improvements,
AS soon as the division is made
shall urge the members with institu
lions in their counties to put in their
appropriation bills at once, said
Chairman Creech
For the purpose of getting right
down to facts, the ways and means
committees will send representatives
around to the various institutions to
ascertain the actual needs. Such
trips have become necessary. 1t is
the custom to ask for everything that
can be thought of and then compro
mise. In this manner some Of the in
stitutions get even more than they
hoped for. The legislature has long
since quit taking the estimates made
by the institution managers or Their
representatives in the legislature.
Mead, of Mitchell, has prepared a
bill to take the school land off the
market. This is in line with sug
gestion made by Governor Hoch in
his message.