Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-27
Kansas Legislature
0Ofngs OF fi1e Men i'm Topeka
Who are Making Our Laws


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ton to cali a constitutional conven-
ton was defeated in the senate this
afternoon. The constitution pro-
vides that a resolution providing
for a constitutional convention must
members of both houses. The Por-
ter resolution died with eleven
votes for it and eighteen against.
Those who voted for the resolu-
ton were Benson, Belts, Conner,
Fulton. Getty, Hamme, Harrison,
Haskell. I Huffman, Porter, of Mont
gomery, and Waggener The others
! either lodged into the cloak rooms
or voted against the resolution.
The bill prohibiting the organiza-
ton of secret societies in the high
schools was reported for passage by
the house educational committee.
The senate this afternoon adopt-
ed the house concurrent resolution
fixing the time when the introduc.
ton of all except appropriation and
local bills should cease as February
20. The action of the senate in
adopting the resolution would indi-
cate that an early adjournment is to
be taken. 1t will be necessary for
both houses to work hard for ten
days or two weeks to complete the
consideration of the measures be-
fore it after the introduction of bills
ceases and this will make the adj
journment occur between March 6
and 10.
The senate has passed the bill in
troduced by Senator Smith prohibit
ing the confiscation of coal by rail-
road companies. The bill provides
that the railroad companies must
coal confiscated.
Topeka, kans., Feb. 14.-After a
fight lasting during the greater part
of the day, in which nearly every
senator who can talk participated,
the senate refused to accept the
square DEAL tax bill passed by the
house and by vote of 81 to SUBJ
stituted the senate bill on the same
subject. The house bill creates a
state tax commission of three mem
bers giving it authority to assess
railroad property and equalize taxes
between counties. The senate bill
creates a tax commission of two
members to work with the auditor
of state in the assessment and
equalization of taxes, and have con-
troll of the state board of railroad
assessors, but TIE latter is not abol-
re dlI%: toll
The senate took up the bill at the
morning session and the vote was
taken at O'Clock in the afternoon
The house legislative apportion-
ment committee has agreed upon
the Rochester apportionment bill
and it was reported favorably to
the house today. This bill pro-
vides for taking one member of the
legislature from each of the coun-
ties of Jefferson, Brown, Franklin,
Usage, Marshall. Butler and Doug
las. These representatives are Civ
en- one each to the following
counties: Wyandotte. Montgomery,
Crawford, Allen, Greeley, Seward
and Stanton.
The primary election bill fight in
the senate will occur on the floor in
stead of in committee On motion
of Senator Fitzpatrick today the
Stubs bill, which passed the house.
has been referred to the senate
committee of the whole and placed
on the calendar.
The county clerks in session here
the accounting bill introduced in
the house by Mr.. Helmick, and pre-
pared by James M. Nation, auditor
of state
The house members of the joint
committee which will investigate
the charges against Warden Has
kell, of the state penitentiary, are
Beeson. Kiff and Gessner. The
committee will go to the peniten-
tiary tomorrow or Saturday and be-
gin the work of probing.
Representative Creech has re-
signd the Craftsmanship of the ways
| and means committee of the house
and Speaker Simmons has appoint
ed Cyrus Leland to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Creech will not participate 10
the work of the legislature during
the remainder of the winter. He
mas ueeH suffering from severe
| cold and in letter to the house to-
day said that he would so South to
| recuperate.
a bill introduced by Mr. White
provides for filming railroad COM
panies if they delay stock ship
ments. The fine is to be graduated
up to the seventh hour, when the
train is to be cut in two and two
engines attached.
Mr.. Bergman, of Clark, has intro
duced bill in the house fixing
maximum rates for the transporta-
ton of cattle. The bill affects only
| car load rates and makes an aver
age reduction of 10 per cent in, these
rates.