Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-03-14
Kansas Legislature
Doings OF the Men In Topeka
Who are M9aking Our Laws

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ate and another from the house, are
now in the hands of a conference
committee. The senate bill pro-
vides for a horizontal reduction of
Is per cent on grain, while the house
bill provides for reduction rate on
various classes of freight by dis
lance schedule, fixing the rate at SO
much per mile.
Topeka, kans., March 5.-Only the
addition of the governors signature
to the bill passed today is needed to
give Kansas an anti-pass law. The
measure is very liberal in its pro-
visions. and does not become effec-
tive until January l, 1908. The SEN
ate this morning took UP the Stone
anti-pass bill by a unanimous vote,
and after striking out everything eX-
cept the enacting clause substituted
the Getty bill, which passed the sen
ate last week. This bill was then
messaged to the house. where 1t was
necessary for the question of con-
curing in the senate amendments to
the house bill to be passed upou.
The vote by which the senate
amendments were accepted was 81
to %. The bill passed bears Repre-
sentative Stones name, but was
prepared in the senate. Senator
Waggener claims the authorship.
Senator Getty also claims to be the
father of the bill, and his claim is
substantiated by the fact that his
name is at the head of the amend
ment.
If the two concurrent resolutions
adopted by the house today meet
with a favorable reception in the
senate the people of the state will
be given an opportunity to vetc en-
two amendments to the constitution
at the next regular election. One of
the amendments provides for the
election of one-half of the state
senators at each biennial election.
and that the members of the house
of representatives be elected every
two years, beginning with the cleo
ton to be held in 1912. The other
amendment provides for the raising
of the salaries of the members of the
legislature. For every regular ses-
sion they are to receive $500 and
500 for every special session.
The senate today passed the ways
and means committee bill appro-
priating sums amounting to $4,000
to be distributed among the various
private charitable institutions of the
state Only such institutions where
charitable wards are maintained for
the care of destitute patients are 20
participate in the appropriation. 1t
provides that in case the board of
control should learn of any person
being rejected by any institution be-
cause of his or her inability to pay
for admission to the same, such in
stitution shall be barred from re-
ceiving any of the appropriation.
The senate has passed the bill ap-
propriating money to pay $4,000
each to F. Dumont Smith, N. H
Loomis and S. S. Ashbaugh, who
represented Kansas in the irriga-
ton suit. Senators Stannard, Cald-'
well and CARVER voted against the
bill.
Topeka, kans., March 8. - By a
NOle III the SShdlc anu u
vote of 12I to in the house, the re-
port of the committee appointed to
investigate three of the Topeka
newspaper men was adopted today.
The report exonerated ]. S. Leach,
D. o. McCray and q. G. Hopkins,
who had been charged with improp-
erly drawing money from the treas
ury, and recommended that the pro-
ceedings under the resolution be ex-
plunged from the public records. The
effect of the report and recommen-
dation is that the records of the leg
islature are to be wiped clean of the
charges.
The house tonight, in committee
of the whole, by vote of AZ to Al,
recommended for passage the Stan
nard bill fixing maximum rates for
the transportation of crude and re-
fined OIL The bill makes rates
whereby it is possible for producers
of crude oil to compete with coal
dealers.
The conference committee ap-
pointed on maximum freight rate
legislation has failed to agree and
the conferees from both houses have
asked to be discharged and new
committee appointed.
The bill providing for the munich
pal ownership of waterworks plants
was passed by the senate today and
will become a law with the govern
or's signature. The bill, which orig
mated from Kansas City, Kan, was
so amended to include all first and
second class cities in the state. I'm
der its provisions board of ap-
praisers consisting of three men,
bers, one to be appointed by the
mayor. one by the district judge and
the third by the company owning
the plant. shall determine the value
of the property. The question of
whether or not the city shall pur-
chase the plant is to be left to
vote of the people.
The senate tonight passed the
Getty bill making it an offense for
a printing plant and start a weekly
paper at Abilene. On his return to
Abilene a reception will be given
him. 1t is likely to be a big event. G
Rugged up Dummy" = Claude
Ray Kohl, prisoner recently
brought to the state prison at Lam
sing for killing w. R. Dilworth, at
Oklahoma City, planned an attempt
to escape by rigging up a straw man,
which he left in his cell. 1t was dis
covered o. w. Downey, guard,
who called the roll of the prisoners
in Kohl's cell house, and failed to
insist on the prisoner arising from
do not want to be married in the pro-
bate judges office, at home, in
church or at the parsonage. The
first marriage was performed there
recently, when Arl Brookshier, of
Waostaff and Misc Alma Hoover of