The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-23


amendments to the guaranty bill and
conference on that bill was request
ed. President Fitzgerald appointed
Senators Cambern and Price as the
senate conferees. The senators were
unanimous in nonconeurring in the
house amendments and there was not
a suggestion of opposition to the SEN
ate's action.
House Committee.
The house passed the senate bill
| comforting the right to cities of the
second class to vote for the commits
sion plan of government and out
| lining the duties and powers of the
city officials under that system in the
| event that it is adopted.
Speaker Dolley today appointed the
following members to the conference
committee with the senate on the
| bank guaranty bill: Mitchell of
Douglas, Hopkins of Finney and Cron
of Butler.
According to a report submitted to
the senate by the railroad committee
today one of the ''promissory notes.
given by the Republican party to the
people has been redeemed since 1907.
This information was contained in the
committees report on Senator Avery S
service commission be authorized to
make a valuation of all the property
OF railroad companies. The committee
recommended that the bill be not
passed for the reason that section 3,
chapter 26S, session laws of 1907, con-
fers the same authority on the state
board of railroad commissioners, which
is sought to be conferred by this bill
The committee finds that the present
law is imperative because sufficient
funds have not been appropriated to
make the valuation contemplated in the
law. 1t was recommended that the
matter of making such appropriation
at this session be referred to the ways
and means committee.
Among the measures passed by the
senate today We're the following:
S. B. No. $50. By committee on as
sessment and Notwithstanding crea-
tion of indebtedness in certain taxing
s. B. No. 410 By committee on tenn
perance and hygiene-Making third
conviction for violation Of prohibitory
laws a felony.
s B. No 529 By stiIIings-Providing
for an asylum for the mentally infirm.
| S. B. No. 116. By Lower-Conferring
right of eminent domain on boards of
education of cities Of the first and sec
S. B. No. 4o5. By Leidy-Requiring
freight trains to carry passengers.
H. B. No. II. By Feder-To prevent
claims of newsr aper circulation.
The senate killed Senator Travis bill,
No. 552 to prevent Determinations in
rates on life insurance Senator Quincy
opposed the passage of this bill on the
grounds that it was legislation in favor
of insurance agents and a species of
class legislation that conferred no bene-
fit on the public. The vote on final
passage of the bill stood II to IA, the
bill lacking votes of a constitutional
majority necessary for passage.
At noon the senate took a recess until
2 p
Disposing of Bills in House.
House committees reported today on
eighteen bills, eleven dying the death
and seven receiving endorsement. The
most important of these bills was the
resolution by White of Ottawa giving
the railroad board additional powers
and prodding its members up to push
action for better through freight rates
for Kansas This resolution has been
read twice and is now ready for con-
sideration by the house. 1t should be
passed this week.
The bill by NewIin of Douglas was
reported favorably. 1t provides that
whenever any agent or other person
shall offer for sale or sell any share of
stock in a private corporation, such
person shall be presumed by law to
have knowledge of the facts concern
ing issue of such stock. and any ma
terial false statement by such person,
either orally OF III WI1IlHS, dS lHleHueu
to effect the sale of such stock shall be
deemed misdemeanor and shall sub
ject such party to a fine of from S1OO
to $500 or Imprisonment in jail for not
less than thirty days, or both fine and
imprisonment
The bill by Guilbert of Logan, re-
curing electric light plants, gas, wa
terworks. pipeline, interurban. tele-
graph telephone and street and steam
railway companies to file annual state
ments and pay an excise tax, was kill
ed by the committee
In regard t. the pure food bill now
before the legislature with that section
referring to additional inspectors for
the department eliminated, it might be
well to note the fact that the Wolff
packing plant of this city requires six
government inspectors, yet the legis-
lature seems to want the board of
health to inspect the entire state of
Kansas with only four men on the job.
The man who inspects the drug stores
of the state has been working now 1or
two years. on the road all the time, and
has not vet inspected them all. In
spection that inspects is the only in
spection that pays. Petty economy is
as costly in the long run as extrava-
gance Efficient food and drug inspec-
tion will save the state hundreds of
thousands of dollars every year. be-
life and health. When the pure food
INSPECTORS made the dealers squeeze
the water out of oysters they saved
the consumers of the state $1,000 per
year
The utilities bill was made a special
order for 2 O'Clock this afternoon
The house spent. the morning on the
long bill providing that cities of the
second class may adopt commission
plan of government