The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-10
ANT|-PASS', BILL
One Sees the Light in Kansas
House.
Robert Stone of Shawnee Is the
Author. .T
SQUAREDEAL MEASURE
Makes But Few Exceptions for
Use Of Free Transportation.
A Pure Food Law Is Also Intro
duced.
SQUARE DEAL MEASURE


a bill prohibiting the issuance of free
transportation after March l. 1907.
This is the official Square DeaP'
measure, and prohibits the use of free
tickets by any except employees and
their families, caretakers of stock, news
butchers, persons injured in wrecks, in
d1gent persons, doctors, nurses, etc, in
| case of wrecks, nor does the law pro-
| hibit free transportation of people in
| case of epidemic, pestilence or catas-
| trophe, when necessary to afford relief.
Would Change Senatorial Elections.
j. W. Bergman of Clark county in
| troduced concurrent resolution this
morning, the object of which is to
amend the constitution of the state SO
that half of the members of the state
senate will be elected every two years,
instead of electing all the members ev-
cry four years. The amendment pro-
vided for is as follows:
AT the general election held in 1912
and every two years thereafter, men,
bers of the house Of representatives
shall be elected for two years. At said
election in 1912 the senators in all even
numbered districts shall be elected for
two years and in all odd numbered dis
trictS for four years. And at the gen.
eral election in 1914 and every two years
thereafter one-half of the senators shall
be elected for the term of four years"
New Bills Introduced.
new betting and pool law was in
troduced in the house this morning by
]. w. Reynard, of Franklin. The bill
is intended to stop the betting at coun-
ty fairs which, it is claimed, is the
most dangerous form which the Kan
sas officers have to contend with. The
bill provides that making bets in book
on the trial or contest, speed or power
of endurance of man or beast, the out
come of political contests, prize fights
and several other minor points, makes
10 Of hn de- Eo11 r. an
of $1,000 or one year in prison or both
in the discretion of the court.
w. b. Ham, of Rocks, introduced the
two cent fare law in the house this
morning. This law covers more ground
than the bill introduced in the senate
yesterday by Senator Brewer. The Ham
bill is to amend the present maximum
passenger fare law by striking out the
words three cents per mile and insert
ing the words two cents per mile. The
bill also provided that the fare for chill
years shall be one cent per mile in
stead of one and one-half cents as at
present. e. ~ -
A. B. Jones. of Trego. introduced a
bill this morning providing for the state
board of health setting a quarantine
against other states in which there are
CONTAGIOUS diseases prevalent. During
the yellow fever scare of a few years
ago there was a great deal of excite
ment throughout the state account
of lack of law which permitted a 4
quarantine being made against people |
from the southern states.
State Food Law Introduced.
The state pure food law recon- |
mended by the state board of health |
was introduced this morning by w. A. !
S. Bird of Shawnee. The bill provides |
for the repeal of all existing laws on !
the subject of pure food and substi- |
tutes the standard of quality, purity |
and strength for food, liquors, drugs /
and drinks that have been or shall be
adopted by the United States depart
ment of agriculture unless other
standards are prescribed by the state
board of health.
Bird of Shawnee also introduced a
bill authorizing the judge of the dis
trict court in any county having more
than As, 600 population to designate a
daily official court paper for the pub
LEGATION of court calendars and other
court matters 1t is also provided that
when any court paper shall be desig
mated any legal notice now required 1
by law may be published in such
paper.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Guyer of
Stafford is of special interest to the
bucket shops of the state, for If it is
passed it will put all the brokerage
offices and bucket shop grain dealers
operating bucket shop or in any way
publicly advertising such a place is
punishable by a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars and not more
imam nVe nunQreQ QOlldTS ana Dy
in the county jail for not
less than thirty days or more than six
months.
P. j. Potts of Morris county intro
duced a bill calculated to remedy the
defects which have been found to
exist in the old soldiers preference
law The old soldier law as it now
stands has been held to be defective
r. F. Dawson of Marion county in
troduced a bill this morning to prohibit
the killing of partridges and pheasants
for six years under a penalty of a fine
of from twenty-five to fifty dollars. The
of the birds mentioned by
any hunter is deemed prima facie evil
dence of the violation of the law
c. P Foley of Rice county introduced
a bill providing for the appointment of &
free employment agents by the
board of county commissioners of the
several counties to act in conjunction
with the state free employment office.
The duty of the county employment
agent will be to furnish information to
the state office concerning the number
Of men and teams which will be needed ,
In his county to handle the harvests. /;
H c. Cowan introduced a bill this
charging the authority of the
state mine inspector. Up to the present
time the state mine inspector has lacked
to enforce his orders. Cowan's
bill makes the mine operator guilty of
a misdemeanor who fails to comply
with the order of the Inspector.
NOTES FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
The object of ia T. Tredway's
to the state fish and game
a fS NOT stated To T1aP0 10 | !