Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-03-07

Kansas Legislature
D0ings of the Men i'm Topeka
Who are Making Our Laws

Topeka, kans., Feb. 25.-Just be-
fore taking a recess at 6 o'clock
this afternoon the senate passed the
Is per cent reduction grain freight
rate bill. there being only two dis
and Waggener voting in the mega
tive. Senators Caldwell and Quincy
were absent
The house by a vote of As to AZ on
roll call killed the Leland bill pro-
viding for the establishment at the
Hutchinson reformatory of a state
salt plant TO compete with the salt
trust.
The senate appointed committee
to revise the calendar week ago,
and it IS now at work.
Topeka, Kans., Feb. 26.-The SEN
ate went into the railroad fight to-
day and will continue working on
bills on this subject until it has
cleared the calendar of them. The
bills fixing a maximum freight rate
on coal was recommended for pas
sage in the committee of the whole.
The bill fixing such rates for the
transportations of brick, cement and
similar freight was killed.
The senate also took up the con.
sideration of the bill fixing railroad
fares at 2 cents a mile and substi
tute was offered for it. Senator
Brewer. the author of this bill, OBJ
jected to the postponement Of its
consideration until tomorrow, but
he was overruled by a majority OF
= h.
their fight over the freight bills
This bill will be the first considered
tomorrow.
The senate today by a tie vote OF
Is to IS killed the administration
bill to Strengthening the prohibitory
law.
One of the hardest fights of the
session of the senate ended today
when the Stillings road bill passed
by vote of 25 to IL. 1t provides
for the construction of a paved road
between Leavenworth and the state
penitentiary, the work to be done by
the convicts. Senator Getty toda!
filed a written protest against the
passage of the bill, declaring that Il
was a donation of $4,000 by the
private property owners.
The house today voted to strik;
out all but the enacting clause il
senate bill, No. IL, Senator Smith:
maximum freight rate measure tina
passed the senate yesterday. TINT
| house amended the bill to conform
with its own measure. There il
| considerable difference between tn,
| two, the senate bill providing for T.;
| Is per cent horizontal reduction OF
! all grain products while the houst
bill provides for reduction on near
~ all classes of freight
| The Schmidt grain inspection bill
| passed the house today after mum
) Der of minor amendments wer,
made. AS the senate has already
| grain bill similar to the one from
| the house the two measures will
| probably go to conference com
mittee. There is not enough differ
ence between the two bills to caus
| any controversy.
Gov. Hoch today submitted to tn
senate the following list of appoint
ments to positions in the variou
state institutions for its confirma
ton:
w. I. Biddle, of Leavenworth
member of prison board. three yea
term; w. S. Housner, Junction City
C. E. Rarick, Plainsville, and C. G
Markham, Baldwin, members of tn
state board of education; E. E
Schermerhorn, Galena Sherman E
lott, Lawrence, members stat
board of control; R. A Light, Cha
mute, G. F. Johnson, Lakin, T. +
Raines. Concordia, members boar
of medical registration and examine
ton; W. E. Blackburn. Anthony
member of board of regents, Stat
agricultural college. All of the al
pointments were confirmed by tn
senate in executive session.
The senate, in the committee {
the whole, tonight reported for pa:
sage the city commission bill. Thi
measure is similar to the house bill
and provides for the election of
board of commissioners in cities c
the first class to have control of tn
various city departments TIL
board is to consist of five member,
the mayor constituting the fit
| member