Free press., 1907-02-02

White Requiring railroad com
panies organized under the laws OF
Kansas to obtain the approval of the
state board of railroad commission.
ers before the issuance of stocks OF
bonds or any other evidence of in.
debtedness.
Stone = The LaFollette bill fixing
the number Of hours railroad en-
ployes may be kept at work during
one day.
Lander-For a state fair under the
control and management of the
! board Of agriculture to be held an
nually at Mcpherson. carrying an
appropriation of $4,000 a year to pay
premiums and salaries.
| Senator Waggener has introduced
a bill in the senate which provides
that school books shall be printed
| by the state and sold at cost.
| Speaker Simmons today announc-
ed the appointment OF two commit
tees which have been provided for
in resolutions adopted by the house.
| One committee. consisting of Repre-
| sentatives Finley, Murphy, Sour
beer, Sweeney and Foley, will inves-
| ugate the causes of wrecks on the
Kansas railroads and ascertain if it
is possible to devise some electric
block system which will be more eff
fective in preventing collisions.
The house has adopted a resolu-
ton requiring the unsuccessful can
didate in election contests to pay
the expenses incurred in the con-
test. The resolution was introduced
by Chairman Dawson of the cleo
tions committee.
The senate in committee of the
Senator Waggener has introduced
bill which will make life ANYTHING
but pleasant for any trust magnates
caught in Kansas should it become
effective. Officers and agents of IL
legal combinations of capital are to
be sent to the penitentiary for terms
ranging from five to ten years upon
conviction of being interested in
any trust. Violation of the anti
trust law at present is merely a mis-
demeanor
whole this afternoon, recommended
for passage four bills, one by Senat-
or Smith prohibiting the making of
exclusive contracts by harvester
companies and other corporations
selling goods to Kansas dealers; a
bill by Senator Quincy defining Grim
maj slander and providing punish
ment for such Offenses; another by
Young authorizing the state board
or railroad commissioners to inter
vene before the interstate COM
merce commission in cases in which
Kansas shippers are interested, and
a baking powder bill by Conner,
which regulates the manufacture
and sale of baking powder. 5
A bill was introduced in the SEN
ate today by Senator Porter of Mont
gomery, which, if it becomes a law.
will permit all producers of oil in
the state to- use existing pipe lines
for the transportation of their pro-
ducts between points within the
state. This bill names the govern
or. secretary of state and attorney
general as a special board to be
known as the board of pipe line COM
missiOners. When ten or more buy
ing and selling crude petroleum oil
shall present a petition for the use
OF any pipe line, the board shall have
the power to sort of condemn the
pipe line for public use and shall fix
a fair price at which this Oil shall
be piped.
Topeka, kans., Jan. 25.-The Hell
mick resolution calling for an inter
state oil conference was adopted by
the house and senate today and Gov
ernor Hoch was notified of the ac-
tiOn of the legislature He announc-
ed that he will write letters tomor-
row to the governors of Missouri,
Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma
and Texas asking that delegates be
sent to Topeka to attend the oil con-
ference during the first week in Feb
ruary. The conference will be held
at this time so that the delegates
can return to their states and re-
port in time for the legislatures to
enact laws before they adjourn this
winter
= The resolution met with no oppo-
sitiOn in either branch of the 1egis-
lature, and was rushed through the
senate this afternoon as an emerg-
ency measure. Governor Hoch is
heartily in favor of the plan, and be-
lieves that it will result in widening !
the field in which Kansas oil pro-
ducerS can operate
A new primary election bill intro |
duced by Senator Simons differs |
from other measures on this subject |
in providing that persons who vote |
at the primary may vote at the gen |
eral election. and that those who fail !
to vote at the primary must furnish |
an affidavit showing that they were |
detained at home by illness or were
unable to be in attendance from |
some other cause.
Unless the pure food bill is amend |
ed in the house it will go into effect |
when the statute books is published |
next June. An attempt was made |
in the senate today to give the !
dealers until October 1 in which to |
get rid of their impure articles, but |
the motion was successfully opposed. |
There are to be four food inspectors, (
who will work under the direction of |
the secretary of the state board of |
health.
The house judiciary committee has
reversed itself on the question of ex-
tending the parole power to district |
judges. Governor Hoch recommend
ed such legislation. but the house
committee killed the administration
bill on the subject, introduced by |
Mr.. Stone. Today it recommended |
favorably a similar bill, introduced |
hV REPRESENTATIVE Mitchell Of Doug