Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-14
Kansas Legislature
0ofngs Of the Men In Topeka
Who are Making Our Laws


them as may be necessary.
In order to avoid the conflict over
the location of a. state fair, Mr.
Stannard, of Lyon, has introduced a
bill appropriating $4,000 for the es-
Enlistment OF such fair and leav-
ing the question of the location to
the state board of agriculture. The
board shall have full charge of the
fair and the bill carries an appro-
priation of $4,000 year for the
next two fiscal years to be used in
making appropriations.
The house elections committee
has decided both of the contests
over seats in that body in favor of
the Democrats who hold the certifi-
Gates of election. The cases were
those of E. J. Guilbert of Logan
county against J. S. Price, the
Democrat who was elected by a
small majority. Guilbert failed to
deposit his bond for $500 to cover
the costs of the contest in accord
ance with the resolution adopted by
the house and the seat went to
Price by default.
In the case of w. H. Bryant
against Representative J. H. Sherer
of Kiowa county, the committee
heard the contest and held for Sher-
err,
The senate committee on agri-
culture today recommended for pas
sage the bill introduced by Senator
Stewart, which makes an appro-
priation of $4,000 to be expended
by the state agricultural college in
purcasing seed wheat for Kansas
farmers. The fund is to be so man
aged that it will be kept intact. the
farmers paying for such seed wheat
as they need.
The senate passed Senator
Young's bill providing for mill
levy on all property of the state for
school purposes. Before the bill
was passed Senator Getty succeed
ed in having Wyandotte county ex-
empted from it's provisions. This
was over the protest of Senator
Young. The Getty motion carried
by vote of IL to 8.
After several hours of wrangling.
during which the bill was many
times amended over the protest of
It's author and his coterie of adher-
ents, the Stubs primary election
bill went to the foot of the calendar
tonight without recommendation by
the committee of the whole. The
bill has been before the committee
two afternoons of the week, and I'M
less the house takes some action to-
morrow morning to raise 1t from
the place which it now has, it will
not be again considered for a week.
Senator Stillings introduced a bill
prohibiting the formation of insur-
ance pools His bill is very string
emf and its enforcement is vested
in the district courts.
The senate today passed the
Smith antitrust bill
The anti-pass bill passed the
house today with only twenty-one
votes against it.
Topeka, Kans., Feb. THE SEN
ate today passed the concurrent re-
solution introduced by Senator
Smith which provided for a consti-
tutional amendment for the taxation
CT the incomes of public service cor
porations as follows:
lcSloldIuIC plONluC lOl
the taxation of all property by
uniform rule; provided that the leg
islature may, in its discretion, ex-
empt certain classes of property.
and may assess intangible property
in a different manner from real and
tangible personal property. The leg
islature may provide for the taxa
ton of common carriers, telegraph
and telephone companies, provided
such tax shall not be in addition to
tax on their tangible property or
capital stock.
This proposition shall be submit
ted to the electors of the state at
the general election of representa-
| tives in the year 1908 for their ap-
proval or rejection.
Senator Fred H. Quincy's bill au-
thorizing school districts to COM
bine for the operation OF graded
schools passed the senate today.
The bill provides that whenever the
inhabitants of two or more school
districts wish to unite for the pur-
pose of establishing a graded school
in which instruction shall be given
in the highest branches of education
the clerks of the several districts
shall upon a written application of
five voters of the respective dis
tricts, call meeting of the voters
of such districts at some convenient
place by posting up written notices
as provided for calling district meet
ings, and If a majority of the votes
cast in each of the two or more dis
tricts shall be to unite for the pur-
pose stated, they shall at that meet
ing or at an adjourned meeting elect
board of directors consisting of
director. clerk and a treasurer.
The house in committee of the
whole this afternoon recommended
for passage the bill by the commit
tee on assessment and taxation pro-
; viding for the creation of a state
! tax commission to succeed the state
board of equalization and the state
ruary 1 there was 1,575,999 pounds
of manufactured Irvine in the store
/ houses and it is estimated that 2
million pounds more can be manu-
; featured before the harvest season
closes.
Fall Election Was LegaI.-H. w.
Snyder, elected to the office of justice
! of peace in Hutchinson last Novem-
] Der, brought an custer suit against
| R. A. Campbell who was filling the
Office by appointment and who re-
! fused to give up the Office to his sue
cessor claiming that the election in
] the fall was not legal and that JUS
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/ the benefit of the organization. Up
on investigation the charges were
| found to be without foundation and
Mr. johnson was reelected, the only
vote against him being that of Curry.
/ Fire Loss Is $4,000. - A fire
which started in the freight room
of the Santa Fe depot at Syracuse,
destroyed the freight, telegraph,
ticket and express offices. The only
part of the Santa Fe records saved
was those in the roadmaster'S office.