The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

A bill carrying out the ideas OF
Mrs. Cora @. Lewis, Of the board Of
control visiting committee, for the
instruction of the inmates OF the
state industrial reformatory at
Hutchinson in the useful arts, was
introduced in the senate this after
noon by Senator Simons. The par
ticular trade advocated by Mrs
Lewis is that of making handmade
furniture. The bill is Endorsed by
Gov. Hoch. The same bill was in
troduced in the house.
Other senate bills introduced:
BY Chapman - Prohibiting rail
roads from making agreements on
demurrage rates; from using or en-
ploying a common agent or bureau
and providing for the forfeiture of
charters in the event of violation of
the act.
Haskell Providing for the ap-
pointment of matrons of jails in all
counties having population of
more than $4,000.
Robertson = Creating a city court
| for Chanute and limiting the jurs-
diction of Justices of the peace to
cases involving amounts of no more
than So.
Bills introduced in the house
were:
By Elstun - Regulating burial as
| sociations and providing that their
| benefits must be paid in cash.
Davis - Providing for the regis
| tration of voters in all townships
having a population of 1000, exclu-
| sive Of first and second-class cities.
Committee of railroads - Provid-
ing that the tax received from the
private car lines operated In the
state shall be paid direct to the
state treasurer instead of the coun-
| ty treasurers.
The time has not yet come for
| Kansas to revise its constitution,
according to the opinion Of the ma
| jority of the senate The concur
rent resolution offered by Senator
Porter, of Montgomery, for the sub
mission to the people of a PROPOSE
tion to cali constitutional conven-
ton was defeated in the senate this
afternoon. The constitution pro-
vides that resolution providing
for constitutional convention must
have the votes of two-thirds OF the
members of both houses. The Por-
ter resolution died with eleven
votes for it and eighteen against
Those who voted for the resolu-
ton were Benson, Belts, Conner,
Fulton. Getty, Hamme, Harrison,
Haskell, Huffman, Porter. of Mont
gomery, and Waggener. The others
either lodged into the cloak rooms
or voted against the resolution.
The bill prohibiting the organiza-
ton of secret societies in the high
schools was reported for passage by
the house educational committee
The senate this afternoon adopt
ed the house concurrent resolution
fixing the time when the introduc-
ton of all except appropriation and
local bills should cease as February
| 20. The action of the senate in
adopting the resolution would indi-
cate that an early adjournment is to
! be taken. 1t will be necessary for
both houses to work hard for ten
| days or two weeks to complete the
consideration of the measures be-
fore it after the introduction of bills
ceases and this will make the adj
( iournment occur between March
and 10.
The senate has passed the bill in
! troduced by Senator Smith prohibit
ing the confscation of coal by rail
road companies. The bill provides
that the railroad companies must
pay double the market price for any
| coal confscated. I
Topeka, kans., Feb. 14.-After a
fight lasting during the greater part
of the day, in which nearly every
senator who can talk participated,
the senate refused to accept the
Square DEAF tax bill passed by the
house and by vote of 81 to sub
sttuted the senate bill on the same
subject. The house bill creates a
state tax commission of three mem
bers giving it authority to assess
railroad property and equalize taxes
! between counties. The senate bill
creates tax commission of two
members to work with the auditor
of state in the assessment and
equalization of taxes, and have con-
troll of the state board of railroad
assessors, but the latter is not abol-
ished or its duties taken from it..
The senate took up the bill at the
morning session and the vote was
taken at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.