The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-01-18
KANSAS SOLONS- s
our Law-Kgakers at Topeka are wrestling win
the Weighty Problems Assigned Them.


convened here today in biennial SEES
sion Governor Hoch will not be
inauo,rated for his second term UNI
til Monday, January a.
Great interest centers around tne
selection of successor to Aired w.
Benson United States senator, whose
term expires on March 4. Senator
Benson is candidate for re-eIectlon
and there are half dozen otner
avowed candidates. AS the leglsia-
ture is overwhelmingly Republican,
member of that party will be elecleu,
The message of Gov. Hoch was re-a
late in the day.
The cenate was organized by the
selection of w, S.. Fitzpatrick Oh
Sedan, temporary presiding ofhcer'
William S. Reitsinger, OF Emporla'
secretary; W. Pitts. assistant secre
tary; Guy Swallow, sergeant'at-
arms; George Mohler, head door
keeper Rev. Edwin Brown, chaplain;
Miss Mabel Hovalter, postmaster.
j. .Burrow called the house 10
order. The members were sworn IN
in groure of twenty-five. c. B. kirt'
land. of Saline county. was made
temporary chairman. All the Repup-
lican caucus nominees We're elected.
The Democratic nominations were
H. S. Thompson, of Reno, for speak
err, and j. NJ. Davis, of Bourbon, for
speaker pro tenn.
Political lines were followed close
ly in the election, resulting:. Repub-
licans, "a; Democrats, 30. j. M.
Whitehead was elected chaplain over
Rev. Charles Finch, by vote OF ~
to 25. IEif ,lf-I .'.
Stonc of Shawnee, introduced the
first bill. authorizing the increasing
of salaries of supreme court Judges
to $4,000 On motion the bill was
placed on its second reading as an
emergency measure and failed.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 9.-Aside from
the furry in judges salaries the
only business transacted by the Sen
ate yesterday was the introduction
of twenty-five bills, the election OF
the minor senate employees. over
which problem the committee on
employees had been perspiring for
ten hours. the appointment OF a lew
committee clerks and the adoption
of two or three unimportant resolu
lions. An attempt was made to READ
the governors message but the SEN
ate bucked. Dolley suggesting that
as everybody had read the message
in the morning papers, reading II
again to empty seats was a waste OF
time and lung power. His motion to
dispense with it encountered no op
position.
Two or three important bills We're
introduced One of them was Brew
ers measure to reduce passenger
fares to two cents mile. Botn
Young and Smith introduced freight
rate bills fixing maximum charge
on certain commodities. Smiths
bill takes only corn and wheat into
consideration. Young's measure in
cludes about everything the farmer
and small town merchant ships in OF
sends out. Another really important
measure introduced yesterday was
Huffmans pure food bill Its title
covers not only foods, but drugs
medicines and liquors and it is a
long sten in the right direction
The senate adjourned for the day
shortly after three o'clock. Not a
great deal of business will be trans
acted until the senatorial fight is
over. frft.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 10. The bill
increasing the salaries of justices OF
the supreme court and district court
Judges passed the house today by
one vote and was recommended for
passage by the senate in committee
o. tic whole 1t has been placed on
third reading in the senate, and
made a special order for tomorrow
morning at 10:30 o'clock. 1t receiv-
ed % votes in committee of the
whole this afternoon when it was
recommended for passage, and the
indications are that these senators
will vote for it tomorrow.
Robert Stone, member of the house
from Shawnee county, presented his
anti-pass bill this afternoon, prohib-
iting the issuance of free transporta-
ton by any railroad company to any
persons except railroad employees or
the members of their immediate
families, under penalty OF 500 fine
and Imprisonment for the acceptance
of such transportation. The meas
ure is advocated by the square
deal" organization.
One of the bills designed to bring
the railroads of the state more thor
oughly under the control of the
Kansas laws and the Kansas board
of railroad commissioners was in
troduced in the senate today by
Senator Noftzger. This measure
provides that the railroads operat-
ing in Kansas shall establish proper
terminal facilities for passengers
and freight within the state of Kan
sas at such places as the railroad
board shall designate.
Two resolutions --'1viding for
amendments to t, constitution
changing the terms 0. elective Off
GERS we're offered in the house to-
day. One. by Representative Ham,
would change the length of the term
of office of the governor, lieutenant
.-ovsrnor. attorney general. auditor
of state treasurer. superintendent of
schools, secretary of state and in
suranco commissioner from two to