The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-01


errors private secretary. The bill
also increases the salary of the gov
ernor's confidential stenographer
from $1,000 to $500 a year and pro-
vides a plan for new stenographer
at salary of 81 200 year. A new
clerk in tho Office of the adjutant
general at salary of 5000 a year Is
provided for.
Topeka, kans., Feb. PLATTER an
other day spent in discussion OF the
primary election bills in committee
of the whole the Fitzpatrick bill was
passed by the senate, soon after the
committee of the whole arose, by a
vote of "a to 1855, practically as 1t
was introduced.
The hardest fight on the bill was
made to strike out sections and 3,
which provide for the conventions.
This was merely the fight of yester-
day renewed by the opponents OF
the Fitzpatrick MEASURE There
was no time at which the opposition
had the strength to put the amend
ment through and it was killed
There will be no investigation OF
the charge against the state senate
that the railroads controlled that
body in its action on the Waggener
tax bill The charge was preferred
by the Kansas City Star, but the
representatives of that newspaper
have refused to comply with the le
quest of the investigation committee
to come forward and tell what they
know about the story.
The administration grain inspec-
ton bill was recommended for pas.
sage by the house committee of the
whole today after three hours had
been spent in discussing it and max
ing minor amendments. The bill as
| finally recommended for passage is
| the measure which has been so
! strongly opposed by the Kansas City
board of trade.
The house today refused to pass
the stock yards bill on third reading
because the Missouri legislature has
not yet enacted a law on this sub
| ject.
The house in committee of the
whole this afternoon recommended
for passage the senate bill prohibit
ing exclusive contracts. This is
aimed at the International Harvest
err Company and other alleged trusts
which have been making exclusive
contracts in Kansas.
Topeka, kans., Feb. %. = The
house and senate kept at work to-
day, even though it is legal holt
day. All the business transaction
was put on the journals as If the
work had been done yesterday
Neither body took up any third read
ings of bills for final passage. They
! devoted the entire time to bills on
general orders in committee of the
whole. A long list Of bills of more
or less Importance were considered
in the house and will be ready for
their reading tomorrow or Monday.
The house has over 800 bills in its
calendar under general orders, and
as the pay stops next Wednesday
the members want to get through as
soon as possible after that time as
the per diem is only 81 day.
When the house of representa-
ing it was suggested by Representa-
tive r. S. Hendricks, of Rawlins,
that picture Of General George
Washington be secured and placed
upon the walls of the house. The
sergeant-at-arms proceeded to OBJ
tain a painting of the father of his
country" and brought it into the
house BY request Tom Anderson
led the house in singing America"
The judiciary committee today re-
ported for passage Senator Stlling's
"mulct tax" bill This bill provides
way by which the prohlbitory law
may be evaded In the payment of a
license. The senate bill has becn
unfavorably reported in the house.
A communication from the stock
yards committee of the Missouri
legislature asking that like com.
mittee he named at once by the
Kansas senate for the purpose of
agreeing upon certain joint stock
yards legislation was read and re-
ferred to the local stock yards com
mittee.
The house of, representatives by 4
vote this morning expressed its
willingness to compromise with, the
senate on the tax bill, accepting the
county assessor plan, the senate to
recede from its demand that the
state board of railroad assessors be
kept in existence. This would indi-
cate that the present legislature
will be given the opportunity to en-
act an assessment and taxation law
which legislatures for the past
twenty years have been trying in
vain to pass.
Chder the compromise bill a state
tax commission of three is to be
created by appointment of the COY
ernor within ten days after the final
passage of the measure. The mem.
bers OF the commission are to re
ceive a salary of $4,000 annually Af.
ter the appointment of the commits.
sion and the selection of a chairman
by 1t. the following appointment OF
employees under the commission are
| provided for: Secretary 50 600.