Free press., 1907-02-02
Kansas LegEsEafure
DOEngs Of fine Hen IN Topeka
Who are Making Our Laws


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Topeka, kans., Jan. 21.-The two
houses OF the legislature were in
session for less than an hour each
this afternoon and 10 business oi
Importance was transacted by eth
er. A long list of bills was intro
duced in the house, the two most
important being directed at rail
roads. Mr.. Foley of Rice intro
duced one intended to thwart what
many people believe to be the pur.
pose OF the Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany in increasing its capitalization
and bonded Indebtedness. This bill
provides that in cases where rail
roads hereafter increase their stock
issues or bonds that the fact OF
such increase shall not be admis-
sible as evidence in any case pend.
ing before court or railway com
mission where either freight or pas.
sengcr rates are in question.
Mr.. Ham of Rocks, introduced a
bill requiring that every railroad in
the state maintain a separate daily
passenger and freight service, each
way over each of it's lines within
the state. This bill provides q pen
atty of $500 day for each day that
its provisions are violated.
Mr.. Haskins of Johnson, introduc-
ed 4 deposit guarantee bill con-
siderably different in its provisions
from the one introduced by Kirt-
land of Saline, at the request of
John Q. Royce, state bank commits
sioner.
Topeka, Kans., Jan. %. = w. Y.
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committee of the house, today in
troduced a railroad bill requiring the
railroad companies to establish ter
minals inside the state of Kansas in
Wyandotte county The bill pro-
vides that the board of railroad com
missioners shall designate where the
end shall give the railroad COM
panies notice of the time in which
the terminal shall be completed.
The bill providing for the main
tenance Of the Western university
at Quindaro for the coming two
years was introduced by Mr.. En-
right, of Wyandotte. 1t carried an
appropriation of $54,5 500.
The central bureau of vital stat
istics for the state is to be estab-
lished in the Office of the state
board of health under the pro-
visions of a bill introduced by Mr..
ingalls,, of Atchison. Provision is
made for the appointment of a state
register of vital statistics to re-
ceive $4,000 a year, with an assist
ant at $500 a year.
A bill introduced by Mr. Bird pro-
vides that all cities furnishing light,
heat or power or other public ser
vice shall file a report with the
auditor of state on the last day of
January each year containing a
statement Of all revenues received
from the operation of their plant.
Husey- of Sedgwick, has introduc-
ed bill giving owners of leased
land, other than farm land, a lien on
the personal property of the tenant
for the rent.
Wheeler, of Crawford, proposes a
fine of from 81 to SO for any per
son who expectorates the proceeds
of tobacco or any other filth on the
floors or platforms of any steam or
electric railway car or street car or
other public conveyance"
The house today passed the old
soldier preference bill. The demo
Gratis voted solidly for it.
Senator Tucker, chairman of the
senate railroad committee, reported
for adoption the resolution introduc-
ed by Porter, of Montgomery, ask
ing the board of railroad commits
sioners to investigate for the pur
pose of ascertaining if a 2-cent rail
road fare bill will be equitable.
The judiciary committee of the
senate, has reported for passage the
bill abolishing capital punishment.
This bill already has passed the
house apd probably will become
law within the next week.
The voters OF Barton county have
sent a petition with $50 names at
tached to the senate, asking that the
prohibitory law be repealed. Two
petitions praying for the passage of
the anti-Sunday baseball bill have
been presented to the senate, and
one petition opposing it, signed by
the business men of Parsons, came
in today
The senate this afternoon adopted
F. Dumont Smiths resolution ask
ing the Kansas congressman and in
structing the senators to vote for re-
vision of the tariff and to favor leg
islation removing the tariff from
steel.
The bill placing a prohibitive Ii
cense upon itinerant vendors of
patent medicine was amended in the
house committee of the whole and
recommended for passage. AS
amended the bill will not entirely
drive the patent medicine agents out
of the state, but it will make them
Contribute heavily out of their earn
ings. The measure in its present
form requires a license of $50 from
each itinerant vendor for each coun-
ty through which he travels during
the year Before it was amended
the license was 500.
Senator +. Dumont Smith intro
duc>d in the senate a bill which is
intended to compel the Associated
Press to give its service TO more
than one newspaper in a town.
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Came of Fighting Family. =
James Voss Price. the Oldest man in
Cloud county and probably the old
est Mason in Kansas. died near Con-
cordia recently. aged "a years last
month. He was born in Kentucky,
lived many years in Southern II
linOiS where he was a leading Ra