The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-12


agreed to without discussion or debate
and the measure now goes to the gov
ernor. As the bill passed the senate it
contained a provision inserted by Sem
ator Huffman's committee on temper
ance and public health, that the labels
on drugs and medicines should contain
| statements whether they contained
caffein or other alkoloidal substances
! of a poisonous nature and in what
| quantities. fight was made by the
patent medicine concerns on the ground
| that such a provision in the bill would
make the measure in variance with the
national pure drug act and that this
would lead to confusion, so this amend
ment was stricken out by the house and
| the bill has been finally passed in the
| original form that it was drawn which
is in conformity with the national pure
! food and drug act. This is the original
| shape in which it was drawn by the
| board of health. The amendment of
| the senate committee was inserted to
make the law of Kansas in this partic-
ular stronger
A couple of bills were on the order
of third reading on the calendar. One
of them permitting the board of educa-
| ton of Pittsburg to levy a special tax
of three mills for the construction and
repair of school buildings was passed.
The other by Senator Robertson for
which he substituted a similar bill that
has passed the house providing for the
burial or veterans ana Il61r WIDOWS by
county authorities when their relatives
are not able to do so caused lot of
discussion as to its phraseology and af-
ter a lot of changes had been made in
it, it was sent to the committee of the
whole for further consideration.
There was a flood of petitions on a
variety of measures, pending before
the legislature presented by various
senators in behalf of their constitu-
ents. The great majority of them
protested against the adoption of any
plan for the resubmission of the pro-
hibitory question, and this class of
petitions caused little fun.
One was presented by Senator Getty
containing the signatures of 1877 of
the voters of Wyandotte county, and
when the clerk read it there was a
general laugh from the senators. 1t
seemed strange to them that even ST
voters in Wyandotte county could be
gathered together who would be OPP
posed to any sort of a proposition that
would POSSIBLY permit the establish
ment of saloons in the bailiwick at the
mouth of the KaW.
Senator Noftzger wanted to know
where all these antiresubmission pc
titions were coming from. Senator
Dolley said that Senator Simons sug-
gested that they came from the
grass roots" Senator Dolley then
wanted to know if an antiresubmis-
sion petition had come from Shawnee
county. Senator Belts replied that he
had put in one.
I'D like to have that petition read"
said Senator Getty, so the relative
proportions of Shawnee county and
Wyandotte county on this question
may be known"
The Shawnee county petition show
ed II signers against resubmission-
One of the most voluminous petit
tions that has been presented to the
senate so far was handed in by Senator
Robertson. 1t contained the sigma
lures of $50 of the voters of Neosho
county who are protesting against the
legislature taking any action towards
providing for a constitutional conven-
ton to generally revise the constitu
proposition for any sort of a resub-
mission of the prohihitory question.
A memorial was read from the con-
conventions of Oklahoma
urging the adoption of the bill father
ed by Mr.: Edwards IN the house
which seeks to provide legislation that
will be uniform with a proposed law
in Missouri for the control of stock
yards situation along the Missouri |
state line. The Oklahomans
state that they are much interested in |
this legislation because of the great |
quantity of cattle which is shipped |
from the territories through the kan |
SaS CITY STOCK yaFOs.
Senator Carver introduced a bill APP |
$537.5T for the use of Carr
Taylor, attorney to the railroad COM
to pay for the services OF |
mis- stenographer, the board of rail-
road commissioners having refused to
allow the compensation from its con-
-ingent fund At the request of Sen
ator Carver the bill was given a second
rea ding and then referred to the COM
nittee on claims and accounts.
The resolution of Senator Porter of
seeking to provide for a
convention to revise the
of the state in such parti-
eulars as may be deemed necessary
vas made a special order for consider
alton at $3.50 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon.
An adjournment was taken at noon
Until this afternoon at O'Clock, when
he general order calendar was taken
Up for consideration in the committee
If the whole There are more than a
hundred bills on this order including
most of the important measures which
lave been introduced and the likelihood
S that night sessions will have to be
leld on each evening of this week in
'rder that these bills may be progress
ID for final consideration.
Just before the adjournment this
loon Senator Dolley offered resolu-
ion providing that no general bills