The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-06

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cided to adjourn till Monday.
Adams motion was carried.
Speaker Stubbs appointed on behalf
of the house A. r. Clark. p. c..
ate conferees are Hayden and T. D.
! Smith Smith was on the first con-
ference committee, which failed TO
agree. 1t seems that the senate can
| trust anybody to stand pat for the
senate bill except Smith and Fitzpat-
rick.
Murphy is from Harvey county. in
the proposed new Eighth district
Young is from Wilson. in the Third,
from which it is proposed to take
Cowley county, and Clark is from
kind of a committee which will stand
for the house bill. One of the mem
bers said the senate would sooner or
later have to knuckle down and ac-
wouldn't let Fred Dumont Smith run
him, as Smith had been trying to run
the house of representatives.
Rushed Bills Through.
Things We're in great confusion in
the house Saturday. Three big ON
nibus bills were passed, one after an
other. and it is safe to say that not
a single member of the house has
much idea what was done.
The following bills were passed in
Omnibus No. 1:
No. so, providing for the safety of
coal miners, in conformity with the
recommendations of the special COM
mission appointed to investigate the
coal mines.
No ss5, protection of railway pas
sengers.
No 927, authorizing county high
schools to establish a four year course
No. 755. relating to the repair of
bridges.
Omnibus No. 2 contained the follow
ing bills:
No. Ito, vacating an addition at
Emporia.
No. s44, exempting the earnings Of
non-residents.
No 72S' relating to insurance:
class the right to buy or condemn
waterworks plants.
Senate 624, relating to county clerk
salary.
Senate $40. prohibiting the boring
of gas or oil wells within certain dis
tances of a railroad right of way
Omnibus No. 8 was the big one of
the day. 1t was made up of a little of
everything that needed a roll call for
its enactment. The following were on
the list:
Senate bills
11s, prohibiting the desecration of the
622, concurrence in amendments, re-
lating to waterworks at St Marys.
No 44S, appropriation of land for wa
terWorks.
No. $50, taxation of pipe lines.
No 519, mutual fire insurance.
No. 534, by Senator Getty local.
No. 242, report of conference commit
tee, limiting hours of railway employees.
House bills:
No. 267, concurrence in senate amend.
ments, salaries of county superintend-
ents.
No. 972, amending city charter act.
No. 6S5, approving report of confer
ence committee, protection of the school
fund.
No 9s2. concurrence. appropriation
for girls industrial school.
No. w. conference, congressional, ap-
portionment.
House substitute for senate bill III,
appropriation for F't- Hays experiment
station.
House substitute for senate bill 2s9.
appropriation for Soldiers home.
No. 8SS, relating to insurance.
The conference committee on the
house salary bill made its report Sat
Erday,- accepting all the senate amend
ments to the bill with the exception
of the one raising the number of state
house janitors from 10 to IA. As a
compromise the number was fixed
at u.
This conference report was included
in the third omnibus. but when the
roll call was about half over, Mr..
Creech of the ways and means COM
mittee stated that certain changes
were desired in this report, and the
bill was withdrawn from the omnibus.
Mr.. Seaver introduced a resolution
which was adopted limiting the num-
Der of house and senate journals to
be printed to 500 copies of each,
which passed.
Allaman introduced a resolution in
structing the sergeant-at-arms to give
mony to the good work done by the
pages. This resolution passed.