The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-03
UTILITIES is A co.
Senate Subcommittee Agree on
Favorable Report.
Only a Few Slight Amend
ments Made to Bill.
BANK BURGLAR BILL.
Rushed Through Senate as
Emergency Measure.
Fixes Penalty of From Ten to
Thirty Years.
BANK BURGLAR BILL.


The subcommittee this afternoon re-
ported the new public utilities bill to
the railroad committees of the two
houses and it will be recommended Tor
passage next week.
In the last hours of consideration,
several important changes were made
in the original plans outlined for the
bill. Important among these is the pro-
vision prohibiting any corporation Iroii
owning stock or bonds in any compeI-
ing company Municipal corporations
are not placed under the direct control
of the utilities commission, except az
this commission acts as an adNlsOiy
board and is empowered to take an IS
sue of rates fixed by such corporations
before the courts for final decision pro
viding the commission feels that the
city commissioners or eouncn nave
granted rights at rates which are ex-
Orbitant or unfair.
The subcommittee reincorporated sew
eraI sections from the present rallroao
laws and also borrowed collecLlon oA
language from laws governing the pow
ers of the interstate commerce co1nmls-
sion This committee has labored with
the measure nearly two weeks ana
whipped the present bulky document
into shape as the result OF numerous
sessions. The new utilities Dill covers
one of the really bulky documents OF
the present session. With the eXcep-
tion of the changes made TO-DAY, the
new bill is in conformity with the out
line printed in last night State Jour-
nal.
The report to the railroad committee
was made shortly after o'clock this
afternoon.
The new bill which is expected to
70, he
sas bank burglars, passed the senate
this morning under an emergency plea
and in a few days will be full Hedged
law. This is measure offered by the
committee on banks and recommended
by the state bank commissioner and
number of Kansas bank officials. The
bill is short but filled with numerous
stingers. 1t is as follows:
.'That any person who with intent
TO commit crime) breaks and en- |
ters. either by day or by night, any
building whether inhabited or not and /
opens or attempts to open any vault |
safe or other place by use OF nitro
glycerine, dynamite, gunpowder, or
any other explosive shall be deemed |
guilty of burglary with explosives.
That any person duly convicted of
burglary with explosives shall be |
sentenced to the penitentiary. in the |
discretion of the court for a period of
not less than ten years and not more
than thirty years
After the red hot fight over the ini- |
tiative and referendum the senate
Travelled slowly this morning and spent /
the morning in the committee of the |
whole. adjourning at noon to allow |
the members to return home and |
catch their breath before the next real
battle on the suffrage question. The |
administration I. and r. was saved the !
humiliation of an immediat defeat, as
the decidedly patched measure was
printed during the night and ready for
distribution and consideration on third |
reading.
While the adjournment saved the |
pet administration bill. the senate at
the same time granted a vacation on |
the Dyche lecture for the preservation |
of the skunk and extended the time
for Kansas boys to hunt tn odorifer-
Gus kittens. Frank Travis affinity bill''
also scored in the morning session and
went to the calendar under the head of
third reading subject to amendment
and debate. Glenn of Greeley also sue
ceeded in advancing his bill empow-
erinS the lieutenant governor to offici- |
ate in the absence of the chief execu-
tive from the state
Final consideration of the l. and r.
bill will probably be held Tuesday and
the Dyche lecture was placed on ice
until Thursday night
At 1915 the senate adjourned until
4:01 Monday afternoon.
In the committee of the whole this
morning. the senate recommended for
passage subject to amendment and de-
bate the Price bill compelling insur-
ance companies against which iude-
ments are secured on policies to paw
to the plaintiff a reasonable attorney
fee. The committee also recommend
ed the Travis bill authorizing cities of
, the second class operating under the
commission form of government to re-
fund their Indebtedness; and a second
bill by Travis relative to the rights of
minor heirs
Senators Quincy and Stavely who
were appointed as members of the con-
ference committee to adjust the
amendments of the house on the
Stavely bill regarding taxation and
deputy county assessors, reported back
to the senate that the bin had been
fixed with minor changes and their
report was adopted.
Immediately following prayer by the
chaplain. the senate this morning went
in committee of the whole for the con-
sideration OF the Milligan bill provid-
ing for a state tuberculosis sanitarium
and appropriating $4,000 for the erec-
tiOn of buildings and two years sup
port of the institution. The bill pro
vides for a board of control composed
of four physicians who are to serve
without pay except actual expenses
while in the discharge of their dutv
Patients to the sanitarium are to be
admitted on the same conditions that
persons are admitted to other state in
stitutions The bill was reported for
passage without argument and few
amendments.
At meeting of the subcommittee on
salaries. held Thursday night. it was
agreed to prepare new fee and salary
bill which will be introduced in both
houses next week. This bill will pro-
vide a straight salary for all county
officials and place the fees in the coun-
ty treasury. The new bill will provide