Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-14

Topeka, kans., Feb. q. The
house and senate adjourned with
out transacting any business today.
Adjournment was taken in respect
to Representative G. H. McKinnie.
who died Sunday at Beloit. Davis,
Gordon. Sherer, Ingalls, and Frazer
were appointed committee to at
tend the funeral tomorrow
Topeka, Kans., Feb. 5. The
house spent the afternoon in COM
mittee of the whole, presided over
by Representative Kirkland. dis
cussing the primary election bill in
troduced by Mr. Stubs, which had
been reported favorably by the cleo
tions committee, and it was agreed
without dissenting vote that it
should be considered section by sec
ton.
No amendments were suggested
to the first section of the measure,
but the second section occupied
the time of the house until adjourn
ment at $50. The fight over this
section occurred on the amendment
offered by Foley, of Rice, exempt
AAo NAbAC6 vi cyOOO anu
less from the operation of the law
in city elections.
After an hour of discussion, in
which Mr.. Stubs insisted that the
bill be recommended for passage
just as it stood, the representatives
Of the smaller cities won. and the
Foley amendment was adopted.
The committee arose at $50 and
the bill has been made a special Or
der for consideration Wednesday af,
ternoon
The live stock committee of the
house today introduced the bill
agreed upon by the representatives
of the Missouri and Kansas legisla-
lures selected to investigate the
conditions at the Kansas City stock
yards. The bill fixes the yardage for
cattle, calves, hogs and sheep and
it is identical with the bill which
it was agreed upon by the commit
tees representing the two legisla-
lures should be introduced in the
Missouri legislature.
The house ways and means COM
mittee, with Cyrus Leland acting as
chairman, has recommended for
passage the bill introduced by Mr..
Leland establishing a state salt
plant at the Hutchinson state indus
trial reformatory.
Representative Enright succeeded
in having the rules suspended so
that he could get his bill providing
for review of laws by the supreme
court advanced to second reading
The bill provides for opinions from
the courts on the constitutionality
of bills as. soon as they are intro
| duced. If the bill becomes a law it
will enable the legislature to work
intelligently on measures the con-
stitutionality of which is in doubt.
Senator Chapman has introduced
a bill in the senate fixing the length
| of a day for 1aborers employed by
| corporations at ten hours.
The bill to correct the. errors in
the present grain inspection law
was introduced in the senate today
by Senator Getty. The bill was pre-
pared under the direction of John
W. Radford, state grain inspector,
and provides that all grain shipped
by Kansas farmers and grain deal
ers shall be weighed by the Kansas
department
The senate committee of the
whole killed Waggener's bill to pre-
vent the sale of merchandise in
bulk to defraud creditors. The bill
was killed by the speech delivered
against it by Senator Brewer, who
declared that it was a scheme to
brand the Kansas merchants as
tricksters and dishonest dealers.
The senate judiciary committee
today reported for passage the bill
introduced by Senator Smith requir-
ing the Associated Press Associa-
ton and other news disseminating
organization to furnish their SER
vice to all persons who are willing
!; to pay for it and who order it.
Topeka, Kans., Feb. 6. W. Y.
Morgan, on behalf of the house rail-
road committee, today introduced a
bill fixing maximum freight rates on
grain and grain products. The bill
Is similar to the measure introduced
in the senate on this subject. It
fixes the maximum rate at which
products may be hauled and the ia
BILE is arranged to cover the dis
lance of any ordinary haul in Kan
sas.
McGillivray, of Grant, has intro
duced a bill to protect antelopes. 1t
was the first information major
ity of the members of the house had
that there were antelopes in Kan
sas The author of the bill says
that there are many of these ami
mails in the southwestern counties.
His measure provides for their pro-
lection until March, 1913.
A bill by DISTANT, of Ellis, re-
quires the board of railroad COM
missioners to investigate express
rates and make such changes in
Cut Price of Irvine. The board
of directors of the Kansas peniten-
tiary met and fixed the price of
prison binding Irvine at eight and
one-half cents a pound for orders of
5000 pounds and more and nine
cents a pound for orders for less
than this amount. This price is a
cent and half lower than the trust
price for Irvine and means a big
saving to the farmers of Kansas and
Oklahoma, who use nearly all of the
Irvine manufactured at the Kansas
penitentiary plant. The Irvine plant
is now running with all the machin-
cry. old and new. in operation. Feb
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Smokes "Scab" Cigars? - At The
meeting of the state society of Ia
Dor and industry held at Topeka, a
resolution was introduced by Frank
Curry. a Topeka cigarmaker, de-
nouncing w. L. A Johnson, secre-
tary of the organization, and de-
handing his resignation. The reso-
luton declared that Secretary John
son has been taking hand in politi-
cal affairs contrary to the constitu-
ton of the organization; that he
smokes 'scab" cigars; that his time
Is spent when the legislature is in
session in an attempt to get his sal
airy increased instead of working for
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When Wild Animals Lose Fear Of Man.
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