The Globe-republican., 1907-01-17
KANSAS SOLoMS.
oar Lsw-Vgakers Of Topeka arc Wrestilng WIN
tho Weighty Problems Assigned Them.

surancc missioner from two to
our years.
The resolution by Mr.. hartman
! (; ,vides for the election Of half Of
tho members Of tie state senate at
alternate general ''ctions.
Mr.. Reynard, 81 rankin, has In
troduced an ant pool room bill in
the house. The ill srovides pen
/ atty OF $1,000 f. running place In
+, Itch bets are me- 8 on horse races
Topeka. Kan. jar. IL. =. Senator
Porter today oaferst !. resolution en-
bodying a propositio-- for conven'
ton to revise the co-;titution to be
voted on at the :. xt general cleo.
ton.
Representative z ~ offered a
.r'solution in 10 Gre ame::- ding
tie constitutional nc isio1 fixing
the salaries Of :5c-5 Of the legis-
iature. II probe that the mem
bers shall rec '$6 a day AID Is
cents a mil, tor travelling expenses.
REPRESENTATIVE Jeffries resolution
exempting from taxation all prop
erty used exclusively for public pur-
poses.
Mr.. Bergman of Clark resolu.
ton to amend the constitution so
that members Of the state senate
shall be elected half at one General
election and half at the next
Davis Of Bourbon a resolution re-
ruesting congress to call a conven-
ton for the purpose Of considering
amendments to the constitution of
the United States, looking to the
election of United States senators
by direct vote Of the people.
Representative Stone introduced a
bill, unaer the direction Of Attorney
General Coleman. expected to make
1t easier to obtain evidence OF viola
ton of liquor laws. providing no per-
son shall be excused from testifying
before any court CT record In the
state.
Representative Hendricks intro
duced for the benefit e. the counties
where the records have been de-
stroyed or lost a bill providing that
the secretary Of the state historical
society may furLisn such records
from the EewsDap IS on file in his
office and that they shall be accept
ed by the courts as official records
from that county.
One of the most stringent meas
ures yet offered was introduced in
TIE house providing for the taxation
of mo- tgages today by Representa-
tive Gesner and provides: 1.-THE
assessors Of the state Of Kansas
shall place their seal on all notes.
mortgages and interest drawing
mercantile papers and keep record
of the same. All notes, mortgages
and interest bearing mercantile pa
per not stamped shall be null and
void"
A Square Deal" measure by DAY.
idson of Sedgwick to abolish the
nresent state tax commission and
the creation of state tax commits
sion composed of three members to
be appointed by the governor, to
have authority over the administra-
ton of all tax laws and jurisdiction
over all county assessors.
Mr.. Bird introduced a bill in the
house requiring grocers, druggists
and other retail dealers who handle
gasoline to keep 1t in a red en- or
other receptacle painted red,
Dr. Mayhem offered a bill provid.
ing that the fare for the transporta-
ton of corpse5 shall not exceed two
and one-half cents a mile and that
corpses OF persons who have died Of
contagious diseases shall not be
unless properly en-
balmed and encased in caskets
made especially for such cases.
Senator Baker introduced a bill
which nrovides that old soldiers
shall b. ven preference for ap-
oointive TcS..".ons under the forms
If government in the state and that
heir cge al physical disability
shall not be a lar.
An emergencT measure was intro
luced in the senate by Griffin for
he benefit of the penitentiary. The
Missouri river is encroaching on the
Kansas side and is threatening the
wells which supply the penitentiary
With water The bill provides for
n appropriation for rip-rapping the
ank.
Under the provisions of measure
Introduced by Senator Noftzger,
'idows and orphans of soldiers of
he civil war are to be admitted to
he Mother Bickerdyke home where
hey have no means of support.
The bill, introduced in the senate |
Y Noftzger, provides tlat all tele-
hone lines within the state shall be 8
eclared common carriers and plac-
4 under the juris fiction of the
oard of railroad commissioners, :
nd that where two companies have !
sntrals or exchanges in the same
ty, each must give the other COM n
any connection with its telephones. a
Topeka, Kan. Jan. IL. - OF the
lis introduced today the only one
general importance was present
by Senator Tucker. It Is an adj d
tional antitrust and monopoly U
atute to the present ones of the v
ate. Il
1t provides that every person or n
rroration who shall attempt to 1.
onopolize or combine with any !,
har nprcon or nornoration anv -