Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-16
ONLY EIGHT VOTED NO.
kansas Senate Passes the OIL RE-
Anery BilI-smith'S Bill to Pre-
vent Rate Discrimination.

nnery BilI-Smith's Bill to Pre-
vent Rate Discrimination.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 9.--The state re-
5 finery bill passed the senate, 20 mem
beers voting for the measure and eight
against. The sum Of 100000 is voted
TO construct the plant and an extra
$4,000 to construct homes for enc con-
yict Iaborers. The warden OF the PEN
itentiary, with the advice Of a board
Of directors, is empowered to purchase
site for the erection Of branch OF
the state penitentiary at Peru, kan.'
and to construct, maintain and operate
thereon an oil refinery as q department
of the state penitentiary for the re-
fining Of crude oil The warden must
give a bond Of 100000. conditioned
that he faithfully performs his duties
II Is the conviction Of politicians
generally that Gov. Hoch will veto the
bill on account of the large appropria-
ton involved. The railroads have
Joined their lobbying forces with those
Of the Standard OIL company In an ef'
fort TO defeat the pending oil legisla-
ton, The maximum rate law regard
ing the transportation Of crude and re-
fined oil which Is a companion meas
ure to the refinery law is what the
railroads are fighting.
The senate passed the bill introduced
by Senator Smith, Of Edwards, to pro-
hibit discrimination Of railroad freight
rates between different sections, COM
munities or localities; unfair competi-
ton and providing penalties therefor
The bill is designed TO strike the
Standard OIL company and to protect
oil producers and consumers, but 1t Is
far reaching and affects all industries
Senator Hayden, of Nemaha, a mem
Der Of the joint stock yards commit
tee. which conferred with a like COM
mittee Of the Missouri legislature, in
PRODUCED a bill defining public stock
Yards and their obligations to the pub
lie and regulating the charges me
prices for driving, yarding, watering
and Weighing cattle shall be 70 cents
a head, calves 10 cents, hogs 6 cents
ana sheep cents: there shall be only
one yardage charge. Not more than
30 cents hundred pounds above the
market price shall be changed for hay
or 25 cents above the market price
for corn. The penalty for violation OF
the act is fine Of from 500 to $500.
As a special order Of business the
house took up and later passed
the administration bill creating q
board Of control for the management
, Of the state charitable institutions,
The bill creates board of three mem
hers to manage and control the indus
trial school for girls at Beloit, the
school for the feeble minded at Win
field, the Osawatomle state hospital
for the insane, the Parsons asylum
the Topeka asylum. the state reform
school at Topeka, the school for the
blind at olathe. the school for the
deaf and dumb at Kansas City and the
other charities which may come under
the control Of the board,
The bill to regulate the How, trans
portation and Use Of natural gas COM
monty known as the gas bill.' met an
obstruction when u came up for third
reading and passage and went over.
Brady, Of Lawrence, introduced q
bill in the house which is designed
to prevent wife desertion The meas
ure is very drastic.
Representative Husey, Of Sedgwick,
heIieYas that II state oil refinery e
coed for the people state brewery
would also be good thing. He intro
iuced bill in the house appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the construction Of a
state brewery. The bill locates the
brewery at Wichita. It is to manu-
facture beer for medical and mechan-
ical purposes.
Or. Giasscock, Of Kansas City, In
trouced a resolution calling for an In
vestigation Of the advisabllity Of estab-
fishing a state sanitarium for con-
sumptives.
Over $4,000 names are on the petit
lions to the senate and house BY the
Kansas State Equal Suffrage associa-
zion, asking for the further entran-
chisement Of Kansas women.