The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
Topeka, Kans., March 2. :. Bills

shO oVtoO hotAAA6 SsS N~S'
had been advanced on the calendar
by the revision committee last night
and were ready for action today.
Nearly ali fine bfifs passed were
senate measures which had BEEN
slightly changed, little house ways
'ahd' means committee...s - q: -
rs ~, Only two Of the bills met with
any ,.oppositioh. /. They We're those
making an appropriation for the
Of the state. agricM-
ttifaI college and for buildings at
tho state manual training, Norman
school The opposition tos the agri-
cultural college bill came from Ryan,
-of Brown, and Brown. OF Harper.
They wanted the, maintenance ap-
preparation for. the institution re-
duced by about onefourth. They
were opposed by every man on both
sides of the house who can talk, and
many. participated whose oratorical
ability was greatly limited All OF
the speakers wanted the agricultural
college to have the fund 1t had
asked and the vote..o the amend
ment was unanimous for the APP
preparation as 1t had come from
the ways and means committee.
There was no opposition to the
other measures. Those considered
and. passed on third reading with
the appropriations they carried,
were as follows: - - etN
State agricultural college, 1908,
1926, 800; 1909, $245,OOO; Fort Hays
branch experiment station. 1905,
$4,000; 1909, $4,000; Farmers In
Estitute, 1907, $1,000 for barn at
Fort Hays experiment station,
$4,000; repairs. at the penitentiary,
81 500; State Soldiers home and
Mother Bickerdyke home, 1908,
s1O4,1 100; 1909, $1O3.SSOO; Kansas
penitentiary, for hard fiber twine
plant, $7S,5SO;- state industrial
school for boys. Topeka, 1905.
s5O,9sQ; 1909, $4,000; state normal
at Emporia, $250,OOO; Western
branch of the state normal, ,$S1 ,7S5;
auxiliary to Manual Training school,
Pittsburg, 100000; state university,
Lawrence. 1908, $S67,A14; 1909,
S413,120. t..., = -.
The ways and means, committee
of the senate today turned loose the
following ., bunch. of appropriation
bills:
State oil inspection, $4,000;
grain inspection, $96,4OO; game war
den, $500; regents, state univer'
sity, $500; regents, state normal.
$4,000; regents, state agricultural
$500; directors penitentiary, $5,'
400: managers, Soldiers home
IS 400; textbook commission, $4,000;
state board of education, $1,000.
The ways and means committee
also presented bill providing fol
horses and carriages to be used by
the governor; land appropfiatins
$500 for the care and maintenance
Of the same. Under the bill $4,000
is to .be spent for the executive
stables.
The senate passed the Tucker bill
appropriating $4,000 to be placed al
the disposal of the attorney general
to defray the. expenses Of conduct
ing a fight against trusts doing bust
ness within the state.
| -. q. 80. .js- 49,
Topeka, Kans., March q. = What
may be death blow to anti-pa5s
legislation at the present session of
the legislature was dealt in the
house this afternoon when, that body
refused to advance the senate ami
pass bill from the bottom Of the cal
endar, where 1t is now situated.
The house passed the Stone bill, a
stringent measure, three weeks ago,
but the senate sent back the Getty
bill as a substitute. The house has
baked at the substitution and the
Getty measure is now buried by
scores. of other bills. Unless it is
advanced there is no chance of the
house reaching 1t before adjourn.
ment. The lenders Of the anti-pass
movement hope to have the measl
ure advanced tomorrow, as many
members were not present when the
vote was taken today. -.
The senate in committee of the
whole killed Senator Miller's bill
providing for the abolition of the
boards of regents OF the various
state educational institutions and ap,
pointing In their stead committee |
OF three men to have full control Of
all of the Institutions. A motion to
strike out the enacting clause car,
ried by vote of fifteen to sixteen,
Several of the senators not voting.
. Senator Carver's bill authorizing
the governor to- appoint his execu-
tive clerk as assistant private secre-
tary at an increased salary of 5000
per year and to appoint confden'
tial stenographer and assistant exc
cutive clerk at salary of $1,50e |
was reported for passage by the
committee OF the whole. The bill
also carries with it the report to APP
point a filling and recording clerk
at salary of $1,000 per year.
The prospects for an agreement
on maximum freight rate measure
are considered favorable. The bills.
there being two, one from the SEN
ate and another from the house, are
now in the hands, Of a conference
committee. The senate bill pro-
vides for horizontal reduction of