Barbour County index., 1908-02-12

viding for the creation of an indem- |
30. The Wells bill making it COM
pulsory for state banks to file with
the bank commissioner bond for
deposits in excess of the capital
stock. passed by a vote of Is to %;
and the Hall measure to create in
surance companies got a favorable
vote of 104 to /. Most of the discus
sion centered about the indemnity
fund bill, and the thirty-t To voting
against it thought that it was either
an unsatisfactory measure or not
good Jaw.
Topeka. Jan. 20. - Kansas became
the possessor of full fledged pri-
mary law on this, her natal day. The
house adopted the conference COM
mittee report this morning with lit
tie accompaniment of pyrotechnics.
TIE vote was 103 to 9. The negative
ballots were cast by Craddock, Cur
ran, Flanagan. johnson, Lennen, Nc
Gillivray, Policy, Snyder and Tanna-
hill
Since the senate passed the meas
ure last night by vote of 81 to 2.
and constitutional majority was
therefore given in both houses, the
bill is ready to be engrossed and for
the governors signature. Ten thou
sand copies will probably be printed
for distribution.
The main features of the primary
are these:
/. The delegates to the national
convention for this year will be choS-
en- by state convention but after
this year these delegates will be
chosen in a manner fixed by the state
central committee to conform with
the rules Of the national committee.
2. The state central committee
shall be composed of the chairman Of
the county central committees.
3. The general state primary will
be held on the first Tuesday of Aug
ust and at this time all candidates to
state Offices, congress and United
States senate. county officers, state
senators and representatives. district
judges. township officers and nation
al electors will be nominated. The
city officials of cities of five thousand
population will be nominated on the
first Tuesday in March.
4. The convention will be super
seded by the party council, except
where a state convention may be
necessary to select delegates to the
national convention. This party
council will draw up party platforms
and will be composed of the nomi-
nees for state offices, notiOnal cleo
tors. nominees for the legislature
congressional nominees, national
committeeman. United States sena-
tor. nominated and hold-over and
members of the state committee.
,. The county committees will be
composed of one committeeman from
each voting precinct and will be Sc
lected at the general primary. The
chairman of the county committee
will be left to the selection of the
county committee.
6. The United States senator will
be nominated by the plurality of leg
islative districts. The party nomi
nee for the United States senate will
be the one who carries the larges
primary. All Republicans elected t
the legislature will be pledged to sup
port the nominee His own distric
may have given a plurality to some
other candidate but he is pledged tt
support the candidate carrying th'
largest number of districts.
The senate this morning passeC
the concurrent resolution alread.
adopted by the house that the con
sideration of all original house ant
senate bills cease today, and tha
final adjournment be on Saturda.
noon. February 1.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon, whel
the resolution became effective.
good many measures died that hav
gotten into prominence. Amon
them was the Haldren bill that whe
the gas supply in Kansas become
weak or reduced for any reason, Kar
sas City, st. Joseph and Joplin, Mo
and all other points outside of tn
state be shut Off The bill had bee
favorably reported by the oil and ga
committee, but re-referred to the il
hlCldAN NOlhliiblCNs
unconstitutional, but never made
report.
The legislative apportionment ais
died after it was talked to death b
Its opponents from 2 to 8 o'clock.
had planned to take a representativ
from each Brown, Franklin and Je
ferson counties and to add them
Haskell. Greeley and Seward coul
ties.
Several members of the house hay
already gone home, and after tn
Kansas Day Club banquet is over t
night the ranks will thin rapidl
The expense for the session, adjourl
ing Saturday, as computed by Aud
tor Nation. will be $4,000.
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