The Globe-republican., 1908-02-06
KANSAS LEGISLATURE
What is Being Done by our Representatives.
During the Special Session.

be nominated by the plurality Of leg
islative districts. The party nomi-
lnee for the United States senate will
be the one who carries the largest
number of legislative districts at the
primary All Republicans elected to
the legislature will be pledged to sup
port the nominee. His own district
may have given a plurality to some
other candidate but he is pledged to
support the candidate carrying the
largest number of districts.
The senate this morning passed
the concurrent resolution already
adopted by the house that the con.
sideration of all original house and
senate bills cease today, and that
final adjournment be on Saturday
noon, February 1.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon, when
the resolution became effective, a
good many measures died that have
gotten into prominence. Among
them was the Haldren bill that when
the gas supply in Kansas becomes
weak or reduced for any reason, Kan
sas City, st. Joseph and Joplin, Mo-,
and all other points outside Of the
state be shut off. The bill had been
favorably reported by the oil and gas
committee, but re-referred to the ju-
dietary committee, which declared 1t
unconstitutional, but never made a
report.
The legislative apportionment also
died after 1t was talked to death by
its opponents from to o'clock. 1t
had planned to take representative
from each Brown, Franklin and JEFF
ferson counties and to add them to
Haskell, Greeley and Seward coun-
ties.
Several members of the house have
already gone home, and after the
Kansas Day Club banquet is over to-
night the ranks will thin rapidly.
The expense for the session, adjourn
ing Saturday, as computed by Audi
tor Nation, will be $4,000.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 30. = Gov. Hoch
did the same stunt this year in the
special session on the bank deposit
guaranty bill that he did last year
when the primary bill was under con-
sideration. He sent a special mes
sage to the house and senate today
urging the enactment of a complete
guaranty law. Last year he appear
ed in person in both bodies and read
his message. This year he sent the
to both bodies by his private
secretary.
After passing the amendment to
the bill providing for the formation OF
a million dollar company to insure
bank deposits, the house tonight ad-
iourned, practically winding up the
work of the special session. Most of
the members of both houses have
gone home. A few will be present
Saturday to make final adjournment.
OF the five special features mention
ed in the governors message the leg
islature took favorable action on
three. The governor asks for direct
primary bill, a guaranty bank deposit
bill. amendment to tax law, a two
cent fare law and amendments to the
law. A direct primary
bill was passed and the amendments
to the tax and prohibitory laws adopt
ed. No two-cent fare nor guaranty
deposit law was passed. AS a sub
stitute for the latter, abandoned in
surance law was passed, giving the
insurance of deposits wholly at the
option of the bankers.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 31.-Gov. Hoch
may veto the law passed by the
special session authorizing the
of the corporation laws
so that associations can be formed to
insure bank deposits. The governor
feels that the bank guaranty bill was
killed unfairly and, further than that,
thinks that the insurance bill, which
did get through, is simply a subter-
fuge and a dodge to avoid passing
what he believes the people actually
wanted.
q do not feel that we have been
treated fairly in this matter he de-
clared. There is a motive in this bill
that | don't like. More than that, |
don't like the manner in which 1t was
passed at all. We all understood
that the bank guaranty bill and this
insurance company bill were COM
panion measures and were to go hand
In hand. The house, / confidently be-
lieve, passed it with that idea In
mind. But the senate simply killed
deposit legislation. There are some
things in the law I don't like Not
q single limit of any kind is placed
upon the premiums which insured
banks must pay. In fact, the COM
panies can pay what they please.
Little banks may be frozen out. I'm
going to consider 1t carefully and de-
eide what shall do in the matter"
The governor denied all rumors
that he will reconvene the legislature