The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-31
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bred dollars for such offense.
| "Sec. 5-This act shall take effect
and be in force after its publication
in the official state paper"
| The house killed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 to the state univer-
sity for the purpose Of fighting green
bugs.
| This bill was looked upon with
considerable suspicion. because 1t be-
came known that the State Agricul-
tura1 college was willing to undertake
to fight green bugs with the funds it
has on hand, asking no special ap-
preparation from the legislature.
| S. H. Brandon OF Butler condemn
ed the whole green bug parasite bust
ness. He said that E. H. Shows
chinch bug cure was the greatest
fake ever perpetrated on the people
| of Kansas, and he believed that the
green bug cure was just as bad
The bill received only so votes, and
| was lost, as SO votes are necessary to
pass bill.
ate bill to increase the pay Of the state
| treasurer to $500, and of his assistant
to $500. This is an increase of 81. 100
for the treasurer and of 800 for the
assistant.
Strange to say, there was very little
opposition to the bill. 1t passed by a
vote of Sc to 81. Even the Democratic
members voted and spoke in favor of
it.
The bill does not become effective
until after the close of the present
terms of office.
During the discussion Of this bill,
Cyrus Leland took occasion to defend
the minority and especially to praise
IN Of I'D
member of the primary conference COM
! mittea.
The Democratic members of this
| house." he said. have stood for every
credit from both Republicans and DEM
ocrats. If 1t had not been for that
Democrat Morgan Of Hodgeman coun-
tvii who was on the primary confer
ence committee, this state would never
have had anything but split primary.
All the rest Of the members were lined
up for the split. Morgan stood his
ground and finally won out"
Hitherto the impression has prevail
ed that Ryan of Brown had stood out
valiantly for the straight primary in
the committee, but Ryan was not ten
feet away when Leland made his state
ment, and he made no reply.
A resolution was introduced in the
house by Grass of Rush to provide for
a commission of five to draft a
guarantee deposit law and present it
at the next session of the legislature.
1t was a last effort to save the
guarantee deposit bill
Leland moved to lay the resolution
on the table, and it carried.
After a debate of considerable
length, the house on Thursday after
noon killed the senate bill providing
for the registration fee on mortgages
on real estate. This bill was reported
by the judiciary committee of tse SEN
ate 1t provided fee of SO cents on
each 500 of every mortgage. After
paying this tax to the county the mort
gage is thereby exempted from further
taxation. The house objected to the
bill because there was no provision for
distributing the tax to townships, road
districts or school districts, and the
provision exempting mortgages from
all further taxation. There were not
enough votes to pass the bill and at
ter failing to get together the absen-
tees, the friends of the bill gave it up.
The bill relating to consolidation of
school districts by majority of the
votes cast instead of a majority of the
votes in the district, which was ad-
vocated by the state superintendent Of
education, was also unable to get
constitutional majority of votes in the
house. and died. Many of the mem
bers were absent, and it took almost
unanimous vote OF those present to
pass a bill
The senate reciprocated with the
house in the slaughter of bills by kill
ing the bill providing a penalty for
disobeying the orders Of the railroad
commission. The railroads said they
didn't object to this bill. but the. rail-
road members of the senate evidently
thought otherwise. The bill was in
tended to discourage appeals from or
ders of the railroad commission mere
Iy to gain time. The penalty for dis
obeying orders Of the commission
would not have been effective unless
the order was sustained by the courts.
The senate wrangled over the bank
deposit guarantee bill passed by the
house all of Thursday afternoon. and
the friends of the bill seemed to
have a clean majority. But when it
came to putting the bill on roll call,
1t was necessary to suspend the rules,
and this required a two-thirds vote.
A two-thirds vote could not be Sc
cured The house tried to come to
the rescue with a new concurrent
resolution extending the time to
cease consideration of bills till Fri
day at p. m. 1t was necessary to
get two-thirds vote to suspend the