The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-24
that contests should be paid for by the

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E. F. Davidson said: There is a
precedent for this resolution. An ex-
actly similar resolution was offered
and adopted in this house four years
ago"
F. B. Wheeler of Crawford. said it
would be a very expensive matter to
try the contest, and that the commit
tee had carefully considered the case
and decided that the state should not
stand the expense.
Robert Stone of Shawnee declared
that the burden of the contest should
not be shouldered by either of the
men, but that it is a matter of state
Importance. and not personal mat
ter.
The resolution was adopted by a
vote of rs to %.
Additional Committeeman.
Speaker Simmons this morning APP
pointed the following new and addition
al committeeman as called for by reso-
On cities of first class: Sourbeer and
Wheeler.
Railroads: Haskins and Jones.
To investigate block SYSTEM Finley
of Cheyenne; Murphy of Harvey; Sour
beer of Labette; Foley of Rice, Swee-
ney of Pawnee.
Chairman committee on federal rela-
lions succeeding Cyrus Leland, resign
ed: E. P. Rochester of Scott.
Will Require a Bond.
The elections committee then report
ed a resolution requiring the confession
to file a bond of $500 to guarantee the
state that the costs will be paid, in case
the confession fails to prove that the
grounds of his contest are good.
There was another hard fight made
on this resolution on the ground that
it was establishing bad precedent. Mr..
Dawson, the chairman of the commit
tee, showed that the same resolution
had been adopted b. the house four
years ago. .sose e--
The resolution was adopted by de-
cisive vote. eeGr
1t is likely that these two resolutions
will seriously discourage the two con-
test cases pending. The Logan county
contest was brought by E. ]. Guilbert.
Republican, against ]. S. Price, and the
Kiowa contest was brought by w. b.
Bryant, Republican, against ]. A.
Sherer.
State Fair for Mcpherson.
Charles Lander of Mcpherson county
has introduced a bill which provides for
the establishment of a state fair at Nc
Pherson. The fair is to be under the
control and management of the stare
board of agriculture and the members
of the board are to be the directors of
the association. The bill provides that
the president and vice president of the
association shall be members of the
DOarQ OF agriculture -Wnll0 the SeCTe-
tary and treasurer shall not be men,
bers of the board but must be residents
of Mcpherson. The bill carries an APP
preparation of three thousand dollars TO
pay the salaries of the officers. The
money does not become available until
the fair associa ton at Mcpherson give
a perfect title to it's grounds and build
ings at Mcpherson. The bill further
provides that if no fairs are held for
three consecutive years the lands and
buildings are to be returned to the par
ties giving them.
Establish Barrel Standards.
Three bills. were introduced by w. A.
fixing the inside measurements of bar
rels and boxes in which apples and
sweet potatoes are sold as follows.
Barrels for apples. length 26 inches.
diameter at head 1873 inches, diameter
at bilge 1885 inches.
Barrels for sweet potatoes are to be
of the same size as those for apples ex-
cept that the diameter of the head is
15A inches.
. Boxes which will contain a barrel of
apples are to be 1885 inches long, liz
inches wide and liz inches deep.
The bill provides that anyone selling
apples or sweet potatoes in boxes of
less dimensions are to be fined from ten
to five hundred dollars for each offense
Trade Mark Bill.
W. Y Morgan of Reno county, in
Produced a bill in the house this morn
ing which provides for the registration
of trademarks by the state. The bill
requires the owners of a trade mark to
file description of the mark with the
secretary of state and these are to be
kept on record and no other person is
to be allowed to use a like mark un-
der a penalty of a fine of one hundred
dollars or by Imprisonment for not
more than three months. The bill also
gives the owner of a trade mark the
right to recover damages from anyone
who uses the trademarks of another.
This bill is intended to cause people to
return empty pop-bottles.
Convention Hall For Sale Cheap.
A state armory for Fort Scott is
provided for in bill introduced by W.
w. Padgett of Bourbon county this
morning The bill appropriates ST.
500 for the purchase of the convention
hall and site in that city and convert
ing it into an armory.
Regulate the Pawnbrokers.
w. L. Cunningham has introduced a
bill which requires all dealers in Sec
ondhand goods and pawnbrokers to
keep a record in book form of all
transactions which they make. Most
of the first class cities have an ordin-
ance covering this. The bill makes
violation of the act punishable by
fine of from $40 to 500 or from 30
days to six months in jail.
To Limit Hours of Work.
Robert Stone of Shawnee county in
troduced a. bill this morning which
prohibits any railway company or a
receiver for the company from requir-
ing any trainman, telegrapher or 9TH
er persons at work in the operation OF
trains to work more than sixteen
hours in one day unless such trainman
is given an opportunity for eight hours
of rest The bill makes the company
which violate the provisions of the
act liable to fine OF from one TO Two
hundred dollars, the suits to be
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