Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-03-14

tenance of the same was taken I'D
inthe senate today and killed by a
decisive vote.
The original bill would have prob
ably passed, but when it was taken
up Senator Do1ley offered as an
amendment that the appropriation
be raised to $4,000 and that an auto
mobile be purchased instead OF
horses and carriages, and that 81 ,OOd
be appropriated for maintenance.
The senate refused to stand for the
executive "honk honk."
Topeka, kans., March 7. - Gov.
Hoch late this afternoon submitted
the names of S. C. drummer, chair
man of the Republican state central
committee and at present secretary
to the governor; James A. Humph-
rey, of Junction City, and S. T.
Howe, of Topeka, as members of the
state board Of tax commissioners, to
the senate for confirmation All
three were confirmed without oppo-
sition, and will assume the duties of
their new positions at once.
Before galleries packed with boy
and girl lobbyists, the senate this
afternoon passed the house bill max
ing it a misdemeanor for any stu
dent in the high schools of the state
to belong to fraternity society. The
vote on the final passage of the bill
was 81 for to against.
he
up of its calendar this morning dur
ing its last hours. Bills of minor
importance were rushed through as
fast as the clerk could read them.
more than a half hundred being
passed. One of the most important
measures passed was that relating
to sale and transmission of news.
known as the "A. p bill. prohibit
ing the exclusive sale of news by
any association in which service is
supplied by telegraph or telephone.
1t is senate bill, and in passing 1t
the house amended by striking out
the words daily paper" making it
possible for weekly papers to secure
the news service as well as the
dailies.
Senator Huffman's bill providing
for the joint investigation by the
federal government of the water re-
sources of the state to determine
their sanitary condition and useful
ness, was passed.
Representative Jeffries' bill com.
polling railroads to equip certain
trains with electric headlights and
providing for a penalty for the vio-
lation of the act, was also passed.
One of the last bills to be passed
by the house was that of Represen-
tative Mitchell, providing for a tax
on all gifts, inheritance requests and
legacies.
The senate reconsidered its action
on the bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the Seattle exposition this morning
and passed it.
The senate passed, by a vote of 81
to the Pomeroy concurrent resolu-
ton, providing for an amendment to
the constitution fixing the pay of
members of the legislature at $500
for a regular session and 800 for a
special session, with no limit on the
length of the session. The mileage
is made at the rate of 8 cents.
Representative Stones bill, limit
ing the number of hours that train
men shall work per day. was passed
by the senate with slight amend
ments. The house will doubtless
concur in the senate amendments.
The bill provides that it shall be
unlawful for any railroad to require
or permit conductors, engineers,
firemen. brakemen, train dispatchers
and telegraph operators to work
more than sixteen consecutive
hours, and that such employees shall
not resume the performance of their
duties until they shall have had
eight hours rest
Pawnshop keepers and all classes
of short time loan sharks were
dealt a hard blow by the senate to-
day when the bill fixing the maxi
mum amount of interest, commits
sions or brokerage charges at 2 per
cent a month was passed without
opposition. The penalty for a VIC
his bunk and standing at his cell
door, which would have Immediately
revealed the fact that the figure was
a dummy, has been asked to hand in
his resignation.
DR.. Snow Reports. - THE winter
now completed was the warmest Ill