The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-01-27
senate Committee Against school Tax

min to be used in helping the weaker
common schools of the state to reach
the excellence and efficiency Of the
other common schools.
Taxes have reached the top notch,
and we must retrench instead Of in
creasing taxes" declared Senator ].
H. Stavely Of Usage county, chairman
Of the senate committee on assess-
ment and taxation. This expression
of Senator Stavely's sentiment means
that any taxation bill providing for
any increase in taxes will have to
show mighty good cause why 1t should
be passed before the senate committee
on assessment and taxation will rec
ommend it for passage.
Would Tax Real Estate Men.
II a bill introduced in the house by
J. M, Gray OF Phillips county becomes
law, every real estate agent in the
state will be required to have a II.
cense issued by properly constituted
real estate board before he can oper-
ate. At the present time any man who
desires to do a little real estate bust.
ness just jumps in and does 1t, pro-
viding he is successful The real es'
tate men, the professional real estate
men. want It so arranged by the leg
stature that just any fellow who Is
out of job can not jump in and pull
off real estate deals. They want
certain standard fixed
Was a Great Success.
Two years ago the legislature gave
normal courses to certain high schools
in the state and the plan has met with
great success. A bill has been intro.
duced in the house by D. J. Fair Of
Rice county, providing for giving nor
NAL courses to certain accredited col.
leges of the state and for the state aid
to those colleges filling the require
ments. 1t is said that a law of this
kind would obviate the necessity OF
establishing branches of the state nor
NAL school as has been suggested.
War on Dogs.
Z Senator Bending has opened war Oh
the dog population of Kansas in the
interest of sheep raisers. He ihascpre-
pared bill providing for state tax
Of from 81 to 81 annually upon each
canine, the money to so into fund
to be used to reimburse the farmers
whose sheep are killed by dogs. He
says that there are nearly 200. 900 dogs
in Kansas and only 100000 sheep, and
he attributes the condition of the sheep
industry to the great number of dogs.
Wants More Quail.
A quail bill, similar to the one In
troduced in the senate by Senator e.
F. Porter, has been introduced in the
house by A. H. Mccormick of Craw.
ford county. 1t provides for the
Matching of quails at the state fish
hatchery at Pratt and their distribu.
tion over the state in the same man.
ner that fish are now distributed. In
addition to the bill, three or four bills
have been introduced in the house pro-
viding for additional protection.
Mrs. Stubs a Lobbyist.
Mrs w. R. Stubs, wife of Governor
Stubs, registered as lobbyist in the |
office of the secretary of state, declar-
ing herself a Legislative agent" for
the cause of woman suffrage. Mrs. |
William A. Johnston, wife Of Chief Jus
tice Johnston, of the Kansas supreme
court, registered in the same cause. |
"The woman who pays taxes should
have vote in the affairs OF the sta, e"
said Mrs Stubs.
$4,000 for Cholera Serum Plant
The house has passed bills appro
priating $4,000 to pay off the def.
cheney in the sum allotted the state
printing department, so that II can run
through the fiscal year, and $4,000 to
increase the capacity OF the hog chol- |
era serum plant of the Agricultural
college. This last is lin pursuance to
the wishes of Governor Stubs, ex.
pressed in a special message to the
legislature recently.
Initiative and Referendum.
The first initiative and referendum
resolution was offered in the house by
J. f. Cassin Of Crawford county. The
resolution does not differ in any 70
spect from the initiative and referen
dun proposed two years ago or the
plan that has been discussed more or
less since both parties adopted 1t as
plank in their platforms last August
It gives the people authority to INF
tiate legislation and authority to vote
upon its adoption at the election fol
lowing the session Of the legislature.
It is expected that several more such
resolutions will be offered, one or two
from the Republican side of the house.
Mr. Cessin. who offered the resolution,
is aDemocrat.
House Bill Goes Through Senate.
The senate has passed House bill
No. J., introduced by Stone OF Shaw