Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-28


ject of primary elections pending in
the senate and all were read. They
were made special order of bust
ness for this morning and the fight
began in earnest today. All of the
senators who had prepared speeches
on the subject participated in the
discussion before the vote could be
taken.
The bills were considered in COM
mittee of the. whole, and after the
committee arose late today the first
roll call vote on the proposition to
substitute the Fitzpatrick bill for
the Stubs bill was taken. This
showed the sentiment of the mem
berS on the two measures.
The senators who voted for the
Fitzpatrick bill were:
Benson, Belts, Brewer, Buschow,
Caldwell. Carver, Chapman, Conner,
Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Griffin, Hamme,
Harrison. Hughes, Lower, Martin of
Woodson, Noftzger. Porter, of Craw
ford, Porter of Montgomery, Still
lings, 'Waggener, Wilkerson.
Those opposed to the Fitzpatrick
bill and for the Stubs bill were:
Binker, Dolley, Getty, Gilbert,
Hayden, Hodges, Huffman, Martin
of Bourbon, Miller, Quincy, Robert
son, Simons, Smith, Stannard, Stew
art, Tucker and Young.
The issue during the fight was
the difference between the two bills
in regard to the convention system.
The bills differ in other respects,
but this feature formed the basis
around which the arguments were
constructed.
Representative Davis. of Bourbon
county, has introduced a resolution
in the house calling for an ihvesti-
CATION of some of the examinations
of insurance companies made under
the administration of Charles H.
Luling, insurance commissioner.
The resolution was introduced I'M
der the provisions of the resolution
1 adopted by both branches to the
effect that no new business should
be begun after noon today. 1t calls
| for 4 further investigation of 2. G.
Hopkins. Topeka newspaper man.
who was on the, pay roll in the office
of the state treasurer. and also asks
that the legitimacy Of an examina-
ton of an insurance company made
by Mr.. Hopkins last year.
The resolution also sets forth the
fact that two other newspaper men
]. S. Leach, then of the Kansas
City Star. and D. o. McCray exam
ined the insurance companies. Nc
Cray is charged with using passes
and collecting car fare and in the
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set forth that he collected $40 fol-
railroad fare to Hartford, Conn. and
return in 1904. Several other news
paper men and well known attor
neys made insurance examinations
under the Luling resolution, bui
only the men now working on news
papers in Kansas are called to ac
count in the resolution. EX-Super
intendent Luling called on Davis
this afternoon and expressed re
greet that the resolution was evi
IDENTITY introduced for political eff
feet and too late to result in an III
vestigation and he stated that the
facts as set forth had been printed
in the superintendent report more
than year ago.
The administration bill strength
ening the prohibitory law. prepared
by Coz. Hoch, Ex-Attorney General
Coleman and C. W. Trickett, ui
Kansas City, Kan. was killed to
night by the senate judiciary com
mittee. The action of the commit
tee means that no legislation Of
this character will be enacted by
this legislature. The bill accom-
panied by a special message was
sent to both branches of the legis
lature by Gov. Hoch.
Senator Porter. of Montgomery
county, has introduced a bill In the
senate providing for a popular vote
on candidates for United States
senator at general elections. Tho
bill provides that state conventions
may select two candidates for sena
tor and that the people may have S
chance to choose between the two
at the general election.
The house passed the maximum
freight bill by a vote of 100 to none
against The bill includes maxi
mum freight rate schedules on near
ly every class of freight handled by
Kansas railroads except hardware
and this schedule probably would
have been inserted had it been sug
gested by a railroad regulator" 1
was suggested by Representative
Snyder, of Leavenworth, and thu
regulators would not let it be in
serted The new schedules insert
: ed today were for maximum rate
on the transportation of fruit ant
farm implements. The fruit sch5
dule was inserted by Mr.. Enright
of Wyandotte, and the implemen
! schedule by MIR. Blaine, of Pratt
The bill as finally amended ant
sent to the senate fixes maximum
rates on corn, hay, cattle, hogs
| wheat. oats. cement brick. broom
corn, farm implements and fruit II
carload lots. The rates on each o
these commodities is reduced iron
: Is to 20 per cent from the presen
: rate.
The house committee on fee
: and saralies has introduced tw
r bills raising the salaries and Great
' ing new positions in the Offices @
: the governor and adjutant genera
: The striking feature of one of tn
: bills is the fact that it provides
2 salary of 5000 a year for an assist
: ant secretary to the governor. tn
r ] executive clerk to receive this sa
arv in addition to his present salsr
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