The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-08

nuuincation of the existing barber
| BOARD law There was hard fight over
the passage of the bill. Stone, Robinett
ana bergman all made strong speeches
Tor the bill in its original FORM but
| Sreech, ALBANIAN, Jones of Norton and
BroWn- of Sherman fought for the
Hackney amendments, and succeeded in
/ convincing the house that the barber
BOARD is a graft which does not profit
the state.
The senate has already. killed the
barber board SO far as it can, and the
action of the house will very likely re-
suit IN Wiping the board out of exist
ance.
Special Orders Today.
Today the house has been engaged in
special order work. This morning at 10
o'clock Speaker Stubs board of con-
troll Dill was under discussion. At 2
O'Clock this afternoon the Robinett bill
providing for a system of drainage cal
cuIated to prevent floods is to be con-
sidered. This is a very lengthy bill.
prepared by q Kansas City attorney
named Hutchings. A fight is being
made on the Robinett bill. and the leg
lslature has been "circu1arized."
W. A. S. Bird of Shawnee has intro
duced a bill which seems calculated to
help the insurance companies material
~ It prohibits, under severe penalties,
the granting of rebates on insurance
premiums. The effect of the bill will
be to prevent an insurance agent from
dividing premiums with the insured.
AT present the insurance companies are
all in combine on rates, so that If the
Bird bill passes. there will be no show
for the insured to get on the inside
The committee on health and hygiene
has recommended for passage the Clark
bill prohibiting the sale of tobacco in
any form to minors, but has reduced
the age limit from q to IS years.
Oil Committee VIII Wait
No formal meeting of the members of
the house committee on oil and gas has
been called by the chairman, but a ma
jority of the members of the commit
tee. who are not in harmony with
Chairman Beekman on the oil refinery
proposition, have held a meeting and
decided upon a plan of action. One of
the members of the committee who
participated in this meeting, said to-
day:
TT was decided that we will not ask
for meeting of the gas and OIL COM
Inittee until the senate passes the oil
bills now before it, and sends them over
to the house. Then there will be a
meeting of that committee, whether Mr..
Beekman is willing or not We will not
stand for any monkey business; we will
see whether or not a majority of the
committee is going to run things, or
whether the chairman is the whole
Show
Bills Passed on Tuesday.
The following is a list Of the bills
which the house committee of the
whole recommended Tuesday after
noon:
Stones bill extending the Jurisdiction
of the state barber board to all cities of
the state; amended.
Senator Fulton's bill fixing the time
for the commencement of the terms of
township officials.
Pringle's bill relating to the duties of |
township treasurer.
Senator Bakers bill to prevent fraud |
ulent practices in connection with the |
purchase of seeds, grain and hay.
Kinnison's bill creating the office of |
county bee inspector, and providing for |
the prevention of the spread of cOntag- /
ion among bees.
judiciary committee bill for the pro-
lection of. the state school fund.
Stitcher's bill for the inspection of |
scaffolding was stricken from the |
calendar. and senate bill 1853 on the
same subject substituted
Employment Agency Tangle.
The plan to abolish the office of state
free employment agent and allowing /
the state labor commissioner to appoint |
a new 5000 clerk to do the same work.
met with considerable opposition when /
it came up for passage Tuesday. The |
members of the house discovered that |
the scheme would save the state no |
money, and would simply transfer from
the governor to the labor commissioner
the right to name the employment |
agent.
The state labor commissioner now has
one assistant and q StenOgrapheF, and
it seemed to he the impression that IN
less the present force of the labor com
office could handle the work
without further help, it would be bet /
ter to leave the thing as it stands at /
the present time, in charge of the gov
ernor.
1t was decided to refer the bill to the
ways and means committee to investi
gate, and report whether the present
clerical force employed by the labor
are not able to do the |
work without an extra clerk. AS the
ways and means committee has already
that an appropriation be
made to the governor with which to
pay the salary of a free employment
agent it seems likely that the bill will
be reported adversely
It is probable that the labor commits
sioner, with his present assistants,
could handle the employment agency
work without any difficulty, and that
is the natural place for such work to
be taken care of. It is said that the
bill originated with the friends of the
the Importance of that office.
sew the introducer of the bill, where
the bill came from, Mr.. Hussey said:
1T was given to me to introduce,
and I have really forgotten who gave
It to me- He was unable to give any
about the ability of the
labor commissioner to attend to the
work without the addition of another
1900 clerk.
Grain Letter.
View of the grain market. furnished by