Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-01-19
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Senate viii Name its Own Commit.
tees While Those of House Are
Appointed by Speaker.

Appointed by Speaker.
Topeka.-The report Of the senats
committee on rules reopened the fight
to take away the power of the presi-
dent of the senate to appoint the
standing committees. The standpat-
tiers won with the assistance of the
five Democrats.
BY the new rules the Democrats are
each allowed a committee chairman
ship with a clerk. This is the first
time such a privilege has been given
to the minority in the senate.
The 80 regular committees were
named. There are five new ones
among them, committees on fish and
game laws, immigration, irrigation
and drainage, municipal indebtedness
and commerce.
Speaker Buchanan of the house OF
representatives will name the COM
mittees Of the house The only re-
striction is that he must give the
Democrats a proportionate member
ship and chairmanships in committee.
By vote of IS to 5S the house de-
cided on this at noon
Senator Stewart of Wichita, intro
duced bill to amend the primary
law so that a candidate for reelection
to congress may at the some time
t. fhn ballot a q q
didate for United States senator.
Senator Hodges introduced joint
resolution calling for the adoption OF
the initiative and referendum. The
resolution requires a two-thirds vote
of the legislature to submit 1t as an
amendment to the constitution.
Senator Cooke, a Democrat, intro
duced joint resolution calling for
the adoption of the recall"
A bill by Senator Myers makes SUI
perintendent of insurance an APP
pointive Office.
A measure was introduced into tho
house by Representative Block OF
Hamilton against moving picture
shows.
Topeka.-The Democrats are get
ting in their platform bills ahead OF
the Republicans They already have
introduced an initiative and referen-
dunn bill, recall bill and public
utilities bill and are rushing work on
a short ballot bill patterned after the
Massachusetts law.
Representative Watson of Allen
county introduced bill providing that
any man who deserts his wife and
minor children, the children being less
than 16 years old, may be sent to Jail
for six months, or compelled to give
bond to insure his caring for his
family.
j. G. Mercer introduced bill to con-
solidate the board Of prison directors,
the board of managers of the indus
trial reformatory with the state board
of control and to place all the penal,
reformatory and charitable institu-
lions under one board of three men,
bers.
The senate committee on commit
tees made its report. Senator Canse
demanded a roll call. The vote was
80 ayes and nays for the adoption
Of the report.
Senator Anderson, who has been
named as chairman Of the senate
roodo oonnitfaa Ia an anfhuaia aff0
good roads man. He hopes for moro
advanced good roads legislation this
session.
Topeka.-D. j. Fair of Rice coun-
ty introduced a bill in the legls-
lature to appropriate $4,000 as an
emergency fund for the hog cholera
serum plant at the agricultural col
lege. With this additional fund to
the serum plant, capacity will be in.
creased to meet the needs OF the
stock growers The bill was made an
emergency measure and sent to the
ways and means committee.
Two bills to change the present in
heritance tax law were ordered killed
by L0e COHUllUlee Oh dbbSbbHleII anu
taxation. The committee will intro
duce a substitute bill taking in the
important features Of both bills side
tracked.
Senator Bender introduced bill
providing for state tax on dogs Of
from 81 to So, the money to go into a
fund to reimburse farmers whose
sheep are killed by dogs.
Senator Hodges introduced reso-
luton to submit the question Of
granting equal suffrage to women.
Senator Quincy has an important
amendment to the bank guaranty law.
1t relates to the rate Of interest that
may be paid to depositors.
Senator Hodges introduced a bill
providing for the adoption Of the
Massachusetts, ballot law in Kansas.
This bill does away with separate
ballot for each party.
E. H. Herr, representative from
Barber county, introduced bills in the
house providing for separate schools
for white and negro children and pro-