The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

The bill by Davis of Bourbon Great
ing state fair board and appropriat-
Ing $4,000 for a Kansas fair revolving
fund was reported favorabIy to the
house today by the committee on state
affairs The bill provides for a state
fair board to consist of the secretary of
the board of agriculture. secretary of
state horticultural society, president of
state agricultural college, president of
Improved Stock Breeders association
and one other person, a practical farm
each member of the commission to
serve two years This commission shall
have authority to determine whether or
not state aid shall be extended to cOun-
ty fairs, arrange for premiums for the
same and aid in every way possible
such exhibitions. It shall meet at least
three times a year and the members
shall receive s3 per day for each day of
actual service The $4,000 appropr1a-
tion is to be used as the commission
thinks best in the aid of county fairs
for the year 1903
The house committees reported
th1rty-sfx bills this morning. ten ad-
versely and twenty-six favorably-
Among the bills killed were, the anti
pass bill by Mccormick and the bill by
Cunningham providing for voting ma
chimes for general use over the state
at the next general election Among
the more important bills favorably re-
ported were. the bill by McNair OF
Meade authorizing county commission
erS 70 drill arteSian wells in their re-
spectiye counties at an expenditure of
not to exceed SIC, 900 The bill by Am
rfne of Morris prohibiting the det1le-
ment of running streams by the throw
ing therein of the carcaSes of animals
OF anv refuse or waste injurious to the
water The bill by Snyder or LeaVen-
worth authorizing counties OF 10000 ana
over to provide for payment Of their
outstanding Indebtedness The bill by
af Hnde aDDrODTlaClng
S95 COO for the establishment of state
salt plant at Hutchinson The bill by
Deacon creating state mining poaru
When the house adjourned at noon
today section one of the board OF con-
troll bill was still under consideration;
All the proposed amendments 70 tue OH OH
that We're Of Importance were oeaten
ashcroft, was to make the commission
ers elective instead of appointtve; an
other reduced the salary from SSFoOO 10
s.. 500 per year
Brown of Kingman, Democrat, Is
working for the passage of the Dill he
said today that he had been fighting all
session for the wiping out OF old com
missions and the prevention OF any
10 consolidate the present different
boards of control into one body ana
save the taxpayers of the state many
thousands of dollars a year and ne was
not going to pack up on MS VIEWS Just
because the bill was an administration
measure He talked to the point, did
Brown of Kingnan. and was cheered
by the majority members.
However. 1t is hard to see why the
house leaders with a big majority for
this bill. continue to stand for so much
hot air delay and obstruction meth
DDS in the passing of the measure Al
ter a mem Der has expressed his views
once why is not the previous question
moved and the taIkative one barred
from a half dozen speeches on one sec
ton of the bill?
The bill should have been passed this
morning. yet the fire section is still be
ing debated The majority are firm Tor
the bill Why not put il to vote Most
of the fellows who are delaying
the game will vote for it when it comes
TO a showdown and their names go be-
fore the people on roll call
The names of the members who tax
against and vote for a bill should be
appended to the published roll call or
ali important measures which the peo~
ple are now demanding from the leg
isIature, especially the utilities bill