The Globe-republican., 1907-01-17

L-augurated Tor his second term I'M
I'll Monday, January IA.
Great interest centers around the
selection OF successor to Alfred W..
Benson United States senator, whose
term expires ON March 4. Senator
Benson is a candidate for reelection
and there are half dozen other
ayowed candidates. AS the legiSla-
ture Is overwhelmingly Republican a
member OF that party will be elect |.
The message OF Gov. HocL was re- i
late in the day.
| The eenate was organized by the
selection of w. s. Fitzpatrick, of
Sedan, temporary presiding officer;
William 8. Reitsinger, Of Emf oria,
secretary: w. Pitts. assistant 81 re.
tary: Guy Swallow, sergeanl-at
arms; George Mohler, head door
keeper. Rev. Edwin Brown, cha, lain;
Hiss Mabel Hovalter, postmaster.
j. r .Burrow called the house to
order. The members were sworn in
in groun~ Of twenty-five. G. B. Kirt-
land, of Saline county. was made
temporary Chairman. All the Repub-
lican caucus nominees were elected.
The Democratic nominations were
Il. S. Thompson, of Reno, for speak
er, and j. M. Davis, OF Bourbon, for
speaker pro TEN.
Political lines were followed close
ly in the election, resulting: Repub-
licans, a. Democrats, 30. j. M.
Whitehead was elected chaplain over
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! to 25
Stor" of Shawnee, introduced the
first bill. authorizing the increasing
Of salaries Of supreme court judges
to $4,000. On motion the bill was
placed on Its second reading as an
emergency measure and failed.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. aside from
the furry in judges salaries the
only business transacted by the Sen
ate yesterday was the introduction
OF twenty-five bills, the election Of
the minor senate employees, over
which problem the committee on
employees had been perspiring for
ten hours, the appointment OF few
committee clerks and the adoption
OF two or three unimportant resolu-
lions. An attempt was M de to read
the governors message but the SEN
ate bucked, Dolley suggesting that
as everybody had read the message
In the morning pHpers, reading it
again to empty seats was waste Of
time and lung power His motion 10
dispense with 1t encountered no OPP
position.
Two or three important bills We're
introduced. One Of them was Brew
er's measure to reduce passenger
fares to two cents a mile. Both |
Young and Smith introduced freight
rate bills fixing a maximum charge
on certain commodities. Smiths
bill takes only corn andg~heat into
consideration. Young's measure in
cludes about everything the farmer
and small town merchant ships in or
sends out Another really important
measure introduced yesterday was
Huffman's pure food bill. It's title
covers not only foods, but drugs,
medicines and liquors and it is a
long sten in the right direction.
The senate adjourned for the day
shortly after three o'clock. Not a
great deal of business will be trans
acted until the senatorial fight is
over.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. TO- - The bill !
Increasing the salaries of justices Of
the supreme court and district court
judges passed the house today by
one vote and was recommended for
passage by the senate in committee
Of tic whole. 1t has been placed on
third reading In the senate, and
made a special order for tomorrow
at 1890 o'clock. 1t receiv- ..
ed % votes in committee of the
whole this afternoon when it was :
recommended for passage, and the
Indications are that these senators
will vote for it tomorrow. !.
Robert Stone, member of the house !
rom Shawnee county, presented his
anti-pass bill this afternoon, prohib-
ting the issuance of free transporta-
ion by any railroad company to any a
persons except railroad employees or
he members of their immediate
antilles, under penalty Of 500 fine Il
md Imprisonment for the acceptance v
# such transportation. The meas u
ire is advocated by the Squire u
eal" organization. u
One of the bills DESIGNED to bring
he railroads Of the state more thor. D
ugaly under the control of the p
.ansas laws and the Kansas board d.
I railroad commissioners was in e.
reduced in the senate today by d
enator Noftzger, This measure al
royides that the railroads operat. CO
liz in Kansas shall establish proper CT
,.-ninal facilities for passengers pf
nj freight within the state of Kan
rs at such places as the railroad
BARD shall designate. bi
Two resolutions providing for of
nendments to the constitution ed
ranging the terms Of elective off, di
RS were offered in the house to- 1T
~. One, by Representative Ham, st.
ould change the length Of the term
office CT the governor, lieutenant co
vernon, attorney general. auditor m,
state asu:er. superintendent of BIT
hools, tary OF state and in ma
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