The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-26
Two More of Jackson's Bills Are
Recommended.
His Act for Regulation OF Drug
Stores Goes Over.
FOR SAN JOSE SCALE.
Only Question Now How Much
Money Shall Be Used.
Rodgers of Sedgwick Introduces
Market House Bill.

The house listened to-a number OF
committee reports at the morning ses-
sion today and passed couple of bills
which had been recommended at Mon
days session in committee of the
whole.
In committee of the whole this
morning two more antitrust bills by
Attorney General Jackson were
Recommended for passage tomorrow
and the temperance bill relating to
drug stores was read and action de
ferred until next meeting in COM
mittee of the whole.
The first order of business for this
afternoon session is consideration in
committee of the whole of the san
Jose scale appropriation Dill: rms
bill has been reported favorably by
the judiciary committee, but the S15,-
600 appropriation was amended to
$1,000. An effort will be made this
afternoon to get the bill passed carry
ing the original appropriation asked
for, and lively fight is anticipated.
Amrine of Morris. today introduced
bill appropriating the sum of $500 for
the purchase of fire escapes, extin-
quishers, etc, Tor the state norman
school at Emporia and the auxiliary
schools at Hayes City and Pittsburg.
Banker of Russell. is a friend of the
children and believes that they should
taught only in kindergartens. His bill
today provides that kindergartens shall
be established in all public schools and
the expense borne by the general fund.
Only children of well-to-do people can
now attend kindergartens as the charge
for same is from So to IS per month.
With this work made part of regular
school work without extra expense to
parents all the children can enjoy the
privilege of learning to make the dainty
and pretty things and thus early form
a taste for the making of useful and
beautiful things in later life.
Rodgers of Sedgwick. introduced a
bill today which provides that in all
cities of 10000 population and over
market place shall be installed in the
business section of such cities to be
used for this purpose exclusively and
that a superintendent of sale shall be
elected by the market gardeners who
place their goods in this market. The
mayor and city council are held liable
for violations of this law and subject in
that event to the fine the law provides
as penalty.
Howard of Shawnee, today intro
duced an elaborate and lengthy good
roads measure.
The committee on education today
reported favorably on Amrine's bill to
abolish the nomination of county SUI
perintendents by any political party
or by primary election, the plan be-
ing for the people to place their
choice of candidates on the official
ballot by petition and the names pc
titioned for shall be placed altogether
under the heading of the Independent
party on the official ballot at the No
vember election. This bill is well call
culated to take the office of county
superintendent out of politics.
This same committee also reported
favorably the Amrine bill to provide
for the appointment of an educational
committee commission which shall be
authorized to rewrite, revise and codi-
fy all the school laws and laws per-
tanning to schools of the state and sub
NIT their report to the legislature of
1911.
Also the Amrine bill providing for
the change of the annual country
school meeting from July to the last
Thursday in March.
Foley of Rice introduced a bill to-