The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-17
Senate Pushes Anti-Administra.
ton Measures Right Aleng.
Investigation Resolution Moves
on Despite Opposition.
WHERE HE STANDS.
Senator Carey Opposed to Anti
Sunday Ball Agitation.
Measure to Establish State Tu-
bercuIOsis Sanitarium.

The Observation-Disclosures wing of the
senate won the first round of the fight
to investigate the contingent funds OF
state officials when Senator Fred
Robertson, on behalf of the minority
members, moved an immediate consid-
Grafton of the measure and Myers,
Quincy and Brady fought it down to
the regular order. The Robertson res
olution was followed almost immedi-
ate1y by resolution from Travis of
the regular faction, instructing the
Kansas delegation in Washington to
use their influence to secure the Sc
lection of committee on committees
in congress.
The two resolutions did not bring joy
to the administration forces. The
Travis resolution was introduced to
try the sincerity of the insurgent
members on the question of Legislative
bodies naming their own committees.
The first expression on the Sunday
baseball proposition came from Sena-
tor Carey of Reno county, who open
ly opposed the move when he present
ed a copy of a resolution sent him by
his constituents.
81 don't like these petitions de-
clared Carey, land I don't want to
endorse the one have here. MY
constituents have a right to send me
al the p6IluOQS IneN choose. Out l. 90
not think it is necessary for me to put
q stamp of personal approval on every
thing l get. / want to know what to
do about this
President Hopkins suggested that
the gentleman from Hutchinson mark
his petition "by request" which was
done and the Carey anti-Sunday base
ball petition was filed with bunch of
like resolutions.
hi s,,4,-
noon session by Senator Milligan of
Garnet. providing for the establish
Inent of state tuberculosis sanitarium
and the appropriation of $4,000 for
the establishment of a permanent hos
pital grounds ad equipment. Under
the proposed measure the governor
shan appoint the secretary of the state
board of health and four other citi-
Zens, all physicians, an6 one homeo-
pathic physician, as an advisory COM
mission of the institution These shall
hold Office one. two, three, four and
five years, respectively, and one new
member of the board shall be appoint
ed each year, at the expiration of a
regular term. The bin provides that
patients shall be examined and shall
be admitted to the hospital in a man
ner similar in form 20 the present
practice of admitting patients to the
state asylums and hospitals
lation of state wide public utilities
through the board of railroad COM
missioners, was introduced in the SEN
ate. The bill gives the railroad COM
missionerS the power to regulate, SUI
pervise. manage and control all tele-
graph lines. pipe lines and long dis
tance telephone lines operated in the
state, but does not extend the power
of the board to cover the supervision
of local utilities. such as street rail-
ways, telephone and electric light sys-
TENS.
The bill further provides that no
person who owns bonds, stock or
property in any railroad company, or
other common carrier, or public utili-
ty, is interested or under obligations to
any railway or common carriers, shall
be eligible to the office of railroad
commissioner, attorney, secretary or
stenographer for the board. The bill
also provides for the appropriation of
$24,0 for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1912, and appropriating a further
sum of 100000 for the purpose of
making a physical valuation of the
public utilities under control of the
state board of railroad commissioners.
A new county courts bill has been
introduced by Senator Stewart of
SedgWick county. This bill will af-
fest Shawnee and Sedgwick counties,
If It becomes a law. 1t esta blishes a
second division of the district court
In the two counties and creates an
other judgeship in each county. The
court, under the Stewart bill, has coh-
current jurisdiction with the district
court in the trial of all cases and is
created in order to relieve the con-
Eested legal business of the two coun-
ties.
The Sedgwick senator also has a bill
permitting cities of the first class the
right to establish pest houses within
five miles of the corporate limits of
the cities. In Wichita recently it was
almost impossible to find a location for
a pest house outside the regular limits
of the town.
Senator Robertson offered bill
designating October IL as Columbus
day; and Senator Reed presented a
resolution favoring the holding of the
Panama Canal exposition in San Fran
cisco.
House bill No. l was passed in the
senate as an emergency measure II
provides for an appropriation covering
the deficiency in the state printing
plant. The appropriation totalled
$26,40O.
MAY HAVE TO TELL.
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