Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-02-19

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member, holds meetings three Oh
Tour times a week from 7-3O to
lI:W and sometimes later. We
nave before us at this time tour
bills concerning the reglsTatlor
Zee of mortgages. We have
heard numerous arguments fOi
and against these and Yet we
have not got TO point where
We can make a report because re
quests are still being made for
hearings and it must be concedG,
that every person Interested IN
legislation either one way or the
other, should have his cay IN
court and should have a right to
be heard. The committees are
now winding mp all their various
lines of work and this week will
see a number of important meas
ures passed up.
The wrangle that existed for
about two weeks over the legisla
tive appropriation bill was final
ly settled. The House bill enum
Grating the employees died a nat
ural death because the confer
ence committee could not agree,
A new bill was drafted by the
senate and every one got their
pay and the boarding house
keepers of the city are in glee.
The Senate last week took a
decided stand on the bill con-
cernlng deputy oil inspectors
when it refused to cut off five m
spectOrs and reduce the lnspec-
ton fee five per cent. The bill
was innocent on its face. When
fully investigated, it contained a
Joker which meant good many
thousand dollars saving to the
Standard Oil company should tht
bill have passed. The joker was
discovered and the bill was
knocked sky high.
The two contest eases pending
in the House were disposed of
last week. One of them in which
Mr.. Crosby the Democrat was un
seated was purely a case Of error
on the part OF the voters of his
county in not properly marking
their ballots and if anything else
was needed to show that the bal
lots that we now vote still need
considerable dOctoring before yor
can arrive at the Intention of
the voter, this case certainly
was one. Mr.. Crosby on the frs
of the returns was electd by five
votes. On the recount a num-
ber of ballots We're thrown out,
resulting in a majority OF one
for the contestor Mr.. Finley. The
second case was that of BrOyler
VS.. Stout. In this case the Dem
ocrat Mr.. Stout who happens to
be my seat mate, was permitted
to own his seat because sixteen
ballots cast in one township
were lost, destroyed or stolen,
and the recount could not be com
pleted on that account. In both
cases the majority was divided.
In the first contest case, ten
republicans voted with the Demo.
Gratis, but that was not enough
to seat Mr.. Crosby. In the
second case but twenty-four Re-
publicans voted to unseat Mr.,
Stout. There are two contest
cases pending in the Senate but
at this writing, neither one has
been decided.
Senator Brady Of Douglas be-
heves in naming things and has
introduced a bill which provides
that every farmer upon the pay
ment of a fee of $l.OO to the
County Clerk of the county in
which he owns his farm, have
the name of his farm duly re-
corded in a register, so that no
one else may secure the same
name for his farm. Senator An
derson of Bourbon has introduced
a bill in the Senate, which will II
passed, compel the legislators to
vote for the candidate for Uni
ed States Senator who received
the largest number Of votes al
the original election. This bill
is modelled somewhat after the
Oregon law and is another step
to eliminate any future trouble
in the selection Of United States
Senator, which is now being ex-
perienced by Illinois and has
been experienced by other states.
The so-called two per cent bill
has been re-introduced in the
House and will come up again be
fore the session closes. The OBJ