The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05
State Fair Proposition Causing
Trouble in the House.
Committee ON State Affairs Side
Steps the Issue.
ANOTHER WILL TRY 1T
Ways and Means Will See What
They Can Do.
May Recommend It's Submission
to Vote of State.

The committee on state affairs has
reported on the state fair bills by
Morgan of Reno and Jewett of Sedg-
wick. The committee turns these bills
over to the ways and means commit
tee. II this last named committee re-
ports adversely on the bills, then the
committee on state affairs will recon-
mend that the question of a state fair
be checked up to the people at the
next general election. The committee
report in full is as follows:
Il We consider it inadvisable to re-
port either favorably or adversely on
bills relating to the state fair as it is
of great Importance and affects the
people Of every county in the state. 1t
is asserted by the advocates of a state
i fair that such institutions, once es-
tablished, are self sustaining, and re-
suit in great good as an educational
factor among the people, therefore
We recommend that the two state fair
bills now before this committee be re-
| ferred to the ways and means COM
mittee to consider the matter of ap-
preparation and the offers Of several
| cities as to location.
If the committee on ways and
means find that such an appropria-
| ton is not advisable, we recommend
that the proposition be submitted to
| the electors of Kansas at the next
| general election.
1 The committee on elections has re-
| ported in Caudle-Jackson contest to
the effect that the latter holds his
present seat in the house by default
under the house rules which required
the contestant to put up bond of
$500 as evidence of good faith and
sufficient evidence to warrant con-
| test This Caudle declined to do.
| fIn Md How (NV~Cs- 1fac f1~nY1
| Cheyenne county there will be both
majority and minority report made to
the house within the next day or two.
| In the Broiller-Stout contest the
ment of counsel today before making
final report.
| Buck of Lyon. has introduced a
| lengthy resolution in the house re-
garding the attempt of congress to do
away with the pension agency at To-
peka in which it is resolved that the
| legislature urge upon the Kansas del
egation in washington the need of us
ing all honorable means to defeat the
| bill. ,rY
1t might be stated at this time that
the bill above referred to was killed.
| by the national senate nearly a week
ago after passing the house.
| The 1909 house of representatives
does not believe in the omnibus sys-
All of the Thursday afternoon session
was spent on bills on third reading
and in answering roll call. These
| bills had all been agreed to in COM
mittee of the whole, but the house
wanted to pass them separately even
| if it took all night. Adjournment
was taken at 6:15 and some of the
| members wanted to hold a night ses-
threshed out in committee of the
whole. Among them were the Shide-
Ter bill providing for the conveyance
of pupils to and from school in the
rural districts. The Deacon bill for
the protection of miners. The judi
ciary committee bill relating to fines
and penalties due the state from for
Stone bill concerning child labor. The
Shideler bill relating to the course of
instruction that must be taught in thet
public schools. The Amrine bill
changing the date of school meetings
to the last Thursday in March. The
temperance committee bill directed
against the drug stores.
The Stone child labor bill is of gen
eral interest and reads as follows in
its main provisions:
mo child under IA years of age shall
be at any time employed, permitted or
suffered to work in, or in connection
with, any factory, workshop, theater or
packing house, or operating elevators,
or in or about any mine. 1t shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or cor
poration to employ any child under IA
years of age in any business or service
whatever during the hours in which
the public school is in session in the
district in which said child resides.
"Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for chill
dren under 16 years of age, who are
employed in the several vocations men
toned in this act, or in the distribu-
ton or transmission of merchandise or
messages. to be employed before Z
o'clock a. m. or after o'clock p. m,
and not more than eight hours in any
one calendar day, and not more than
under II years of age shall be employ
ed at any occupation nor at any place
dangerous or injurious to life, limb,
health or morals.
"Sec. 8. All persons. firms or corpor-
atoms employing children under II
years Of age shall be required to first
obtain a certificate of the age of such
children, based upon the school census
the superintendent of schools.
"It shall be the duty of the state fac
tory inspector, state inspector of mines
and their deputies to inspect the GER
examine children employed in factories,
mines and packing houses as to their
age, and to file complaints in any court
of competent jurisdiction to enforce the
provisions of this act, and it shall be
the duty of the county attorney of the
proper county to appear and prosecute
all complaints so filed.
Sec 5. Any person, firm or corpora
ton employing any person or child in
violation of any provision of this act.
| or permitting or conniving at such vio-
lation, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
| shall be fined in sum not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in
| the county Jail not less than thirty days
nor more than ninety days"
Burglars Steal a Dog.
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