The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-30

the provisions of this act they reach
out with the grim hand of the law and
attempt to destroy their civil liberty.
And that many of our most worthy in
situations would be crippled as they
depend largely upon the generosity and
charity of people who are always will
ing to give in behalf Of such cause:
The bill was defended by Matson or
Sedgwick and my motion was lost.
JAMES MALONE.
There is more or less talk each year
about what a legislature does during
the session of sixty days. The burden
of the wall is that the legislature does
not do very much except to pass
bundle of laws for the next legislature
to repeal or amend. The 1911 session
did not break away from this rule.
Charles Sessions is making up a spe-
cial index to the session laws so that
anyonecan tell what laws are amended
by the newstatutes. In doing this he
found that 1856 laws had been passed
ana signed by the governor. There were
1 700 bills introduced in both houses.
OF this 335 laws 200 were amendments
to present statutes or repealed some
section of the 1909 general statutes and
100 of the bills were appropriation
measures. This left 35 bills which were
passed which are actually new legosia-
ton.
Normal school, is following in the foot
steps of the State Agricultural college
and not the State university and is
pretty we'll satisfied with the appro-
priations given it by the legislature.
The university set up great howl
about having to refuse admission to
some students on account of a lack of
funds. The Agricultural college sail
that they would get along all right and
in fact would be able to make much
progress during the next two years
President Hill was in Topeka yester-
day. II am pleased at the treatment
accorded the Normal school by the leg
islature,' he said. 81 do not remem-
Der a single legislature which did 50
much for the schools of the state as did
the 1911 legislature. We would have
liked to have had more buildings at the
various institutions but we are very
well satisfied because We feel that the
legislature did the very best as the
members were looking at the appro
priations for the good of all the schools
of Kansas, instead of for the good Of
any single institution"
Senator S. M. Brewster, who has
been offered the position of special as
sistant attorney general by John Daw-
son, probably will accept the place.
This is the job given up when Charles
Shukers went to the board of control
senator Brewster was III 1opehd q
short time Wednesday afternoon and
he announced that after the regular
court term in Doniphan county, If he
could secure some one to look after
the details of his private law practice
that he would accept the position Of
fered by the attorney general.
T. T. Kelly, former state treasurer.
came to Topeka yesterday with a big
bundle of papers relating to the bust
ness of the Central Union Fire Insur-
ance company of Kansas City. When
he returned to Kansas City he had a
certificate from the bank commission
er allowing the agents of his company
to solicit the sale of stocks of the COM
pany in Kansas. The Central Union
was given the first certificate of au
thority to sell stocks and bonds under
the new Blue Sky bill. passed by the
legislature to drive out the wildcat oil,
land and mining schemes.