The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26

industries of the state. The Hutchin-
son Salt company is a combination OF
| business men whose interests are fden-
| teal and was forced by the Michigan
manufacturers of salt and is their
strongest competition in the state today
/ If this plant is located at Hutchinson
| the state will be compelled to pay more
in freight on coal than other salt COM
| panies pay for their fuel and the salt
Will be made al a loss.
Mr.. Leland is a successful business
man and 1 dislike to refer to his bill
as poor one from a business stand
point yet what business man is there
who would invest $4,000 in a business
which would be run by 81 boys and they
convicts at that. OF course you will
laugh at me when I contend that there
Is s: 1t trust in Kansas. but the re-
port of the interstate commerce COM
mission which recently investigated the
matter has so declared"
The bill was killed by nation by
Brown OF Harper county who moved
that WI the committee arises it re-
port that the enacting clause be Strick-
en- out. A count of noses indicated that
the motion had carried by a majority
of ten However a roll call did not verify
this and the motion was declared car
ried by the narrow margin of three
votes.
House Rusl,es Through Bills.
BY omnibusing number of bills
yesterday the house cleared page
and one-half of its fourteen page cal
endar which confronted it at the open
ing of the afternoon session Most of
the bills were passed without opposi-
ton as they were of an unimportant
nature though in one or two instances
representatives asked to have their
votes recorded against them. The fol-
lowing bills were passed nearly all of
them being omnibused:
By Buschow-An act relating to
sewerage in cities of the third class.
By Brewer-An act amending chap
ter 332 of the session laws of 1903, in
relation to insurance, and repeating
said chapter 1872 of the session laws of
1903.
BY IngaIls-An act to amend chap
ter 122, article Z, sections 8 and 10, of
laws of 1876.
BY Foley-An act to amend section
10 of chapter % of the general stat
utes of Kansas of 1901, being section
55 of chapter % of the general stat
acts and parts of acts in conflict with
this act.
BY Stewart-An act to amend sec
ton of chapter $40 of the session laws
of 1906, and to repeal said original sec
ton z
By Mitchell-An act to amend section
q of chapter 2S6 of the session laws of
1901, being an act concerning railroads
and other common carriers. and repeal
ing original section 81. chapter 2S6 of
the session laws of 1901.
By Westcott-An act limiting the
number of changes of venue that may
be taken in civil actions in Justice
court.
BY Martin-An act providing for the
organization and control of mutual life
insurance companies in this state
By Brewer-An act making appropri-
alton for the Kansas State Poultry as
ISOLATION.
By Davidson-An act to amend sec
ton 2. chapter 433, of tie session laws
of 1903, entitled AN act to promote the
of pupils in schools, to pre-
vent truancy, to provide for the ap-
pointment of truant officers, to define
the rights and duties and compensation
of such officers. to prescribe the penal
ties for violation of this act and to
repeal chapter 123 of the session laws
of 1874, being paragraphs 6420, 6421, 6422
and 1923 of the general statutes of Kan
sas, 1901" and repeating said original
section thereof.
By Curran-An act to amend para
graph 6O21 of the general statute of
Kansas of 1901, and 10 repeal said Or
iginal paragraph.
By Martin-An act to amend sections
8. s. 20. 81 and 80 of chapter 3O3. laws
of 1905, relating to the organized mill
tia of the state of Kansas. ----rs-.ss
By Committee on Live Stock-An
act relating to fences on railroad
rights of way and amending section
5919 of the general statutes of 1901.
BY Cole-An act auth orizing the
township board of any municipal
township, or the mayor and council
Of any incorporated city of the third
class, to locate and establish in their
discretion, in such township or city a !
public weighing scales and to appoint
4 public weighmaster, and prescribing !
the duties and fixing the compensation |
Of such weighmaster.
By Smith-An act to preserve the !
purity of the waters of the state, for |
the protection Of the public health, |
prescribing duties of the state board of I
health in relation thereto, and provid- |
ing penalties for the violation of the |
provision herewith.
By Holdren-An act prohibiting any /
person from entering upon the in
closed premises of another person, |
and fishing or Soitering, or killing or |
vounding any bird or domestic animal |
or fowl thereon, without the permits
sion of the owner or person in the |
awful possession thereof having been /
first obtained so to do, and providing |
penalties for the violation of any Of !
he provision of this act.
By Noftzger-An act in relation to
soldiers widows and orphans, and pro-
riding for their admission into the |
Mother Bickerdyke Home annex to
he State Soldiers home.