The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05
Claims 1t Is BEING Built in
Violation of Law.
MR.. HOWARD'S PLAN.
Would Consolidate the Boards
of Regents.
Morrison Has Novel Scheme to
Keep Legislators in Line.

The house upon converting this
morning first listened to the reports
of the different committees on bills.
There were fifty-eight bills reported
of which twenty-eight were recon-
\ mended to be not passed. The bills
that suffered the stroke of the COM
mittee knife were many of them local
measures or of a nature that made
| their constitutionality doubtful
The special committee appointed to
| report on Dolley's motion to abolish
the state dairy commission and make
it part of the regular work of the
State Agricultural college reported
the recommendation that the
work of the commission be turned
over to and be under the supervision
| of the secretary of the board of
health this with the full consent of
the management of the Manhattan
school.
The senate concurrent resolution
thanking the students of the agricul-
tural college for their entertainment
of the legislature Wednesday and
opening a contribution fund to be used
to purchase for the college some
memorial or token of the occasion was
| laid over until next Monday morning.
| Several members of the house did not
| think it proper to consider the hospi-
| tality of the students in the light OF
such an obligation on the part of the
| legislature.
Matson's bill to wipe out the ir-
regularity of the calling of the cleo
tion in Wichita this week to vote on
! the adoption of the commission plan
of govern ment was advanced to third
| reading and will be acted upon this
evening or tomorrow.
The house passed the resolution ac-
| cepting from the w. r. G. the memo
rial to be erected by that organiza,-
| ton on the Osawatomie battlefield
The house went into committee of
the whole to consider bills under gem
eral orders and spent the rest of the
| day on this work.
After StiIlings Road
Edwards of Greenwood introduced
a bill to stop the expenditure of
work, money and materials in build
| tween the state. penitentiary al Ian
sing and the city of Leavenworth un-
der the authority of pretended act
of the state legislature. and said pre-
| tended act violates at least three pro-
visions of the state constitution name
| ly: Subject matter not in title of
act Second, no appropriation; that
| state shall never be party to any
| work of internal improvement
One Board for State Schools.
A bill introduced by Mr. Howard,
| of Shawnee county was the subject Of
| a resolution of the society of labor
| and industry, which lately met in
| convention at Topeka
This bill provides for one state
board of education to take the place
of five educational boards now exist
| ing; and would place all strictly edu-
cational institutions under the control
of this board with separate ad
ministrative heads for the several in
stitutions. The resolution also de-
mands that all schools supported by
public taxation should be without
charge or fees to students; thus max
ing system of schools uniform" in
stead of following the System in
vogue at present of driving students,
by compulsory laws, in at one end of
the system, and out at the other by
the imposition of fees and charges"
Morrison of Neosho introduced a bill
which provides that no member of the
Legislature shall be eligible to hold an
office created by act of the Legislature
of which he is a member for a term OF
four years after the passage of the
act.
westcott has a bill which will do
away with the present number of six
high school trustees and provides for
three to perform their labor.
Morrison has launched a brand new
idea in his bill which provides that all
candidates for the legislature shall file
statements of their Intentions with the
secretary of state as follows, using
whichever form of statement they
prefer:
First statement: II hereby state to
the people of Kansas as well as those
of my legislative district that during
my term of Office I will always vote for
the candidate for United States senator
who has received the highest number
of the peoples votes for the place at
the general election preceding the cleo
ton of said United States senator"
Second statement: During my term
of Office I shall consider the vote of the
people for United States senator as
nothing more than a recommendation
which I shall be at liberty to wholly
disregard if the reason for doing so
seems to me sufficient"
Three school bills by Amrine were
recommended for passage and also
couple of bills by Allen affecting KAN
sas City Kan. Mr.. Bucks bill relat-
ing to the granting of franchises by
cities of the second class was favorably
considered.
New Bills i'm House.
The following bills were introduced
in the house today:
III. B. No 632. BY Jewett of Sedg-
wick-An act relating to county de-
Fl. B. No. 6ss. By white-An act in
relation to the inspection, storing,
weighing and grading of grain
H B. No. 634. BY Guilkert-An act
lconcerning taxation.
n B. No. 635. BY Guilbert-An act
authorizing the state printer to pub
lish proceedings and directory of Stock
Breeders association.
II. B. No. SS6. BY Landrey-An act