Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

house committee on judiciary has
began hearings on the Allen en-
pIoyers' liability bill and is expected
to report the bill favorably the last
Of the week. The corporations are
vigorously opposing the bill because
II does not allow defendants to plead
contributory negligence. Railroad
representatives have appeared be-
fore the committee but came away
with the conviction that the commit
tee will make a favorable report on
the Allen measure.
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Topeka slipped one across on
Hutchinson when the capital CITY
state fair bill was introduced asking
the state for an appropriation OF
only SIS, 900 for the fair and Offer
Ing to give the state property IN the
heart Of the city valued at $780,
600 The Hutchinson bill asked for
500, 900 appropriation and the Reno
county people offered to give prop
erty valued at only $4,000. Tnree
state fair bills were before the state
legislature, but none of them even
came up for debate and final pas
sage. They did not get beyond the
committee on state affairs.
Senator J. A. Milligan has intro
duced, by request. a bill to permit
the governor, after hearing and upon
sufficient proof that county attor-
ney or sheriff is not enforcing any
of the criminal laws to summary
remove the official. The bill, 1t Is
understood, was framed by the ad-
ministration as a protest against the
Brewster bill for the removal OF un-
faithful officials which the senate re-
Gently passed.
The MiIligan bill provides that II
affadivit is made to the Attorney
General that any county attorney OF
sheriff In the state is falling to en-
force any Of the criminal laws, the
attorney general shall notify the gov
ernor, who shall call hearing, CIV
inc ten davis notice to the accused
official. At the hearing both sides
shall be heard and II there is suffi'
Gent proof the governor shall sum
marily remove the offending official
and notice of such act shall be print
ed in the official state paper.
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Senator Frank L. Travis OF lois
introduced concurrent resolution In
the senate endorsing the SullowaJ
pension bill now pending before con
gress and criticizing members OF the
house who voted against the Sullo'
way bill. Incidentally the resolution
raped Norman Hapgood, editor OF
Golfers Weekly, for a recent edi-
torial In opposition to the bill. This
feature Of the resolution attracted
considerable attention because OF
Hapgood's presence In Topeka as the
guest Of the Kansas Editorial asso-
citation.
The senate will this afternoon pass
on the administration plan to make
Prof. L. L. Dyche Of the State Uni
yeraity the permanent fish and game
warden Of the state. The plan y
covered In a bill introduced BY 6ena-
tor John D. Myers Of Hoiton. II
provides that the fish and game war
den shall be selected BY the governor
and the regents Of the state univer-
sity for term Of four years and that
he shall be paid an annual salary OF
$4,000, the salary Professor Dyche
il now drawing from the university
although he has been away from
the institution acting as fish and
game warden for more than q year.
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Senator T. A. Milton has intro
dnced a bill which requires that ac-
counts for the collection Of which an
attorney has been engaged shall not
be settled by the debtor and creditor
except in the presence or with the
knowledge Of the attorney who has
been engaged by the creditor. The
lawyer is also given a lien upon the
amount OF the money recovered for
such fee as agreed upon at the time
he may have been engaged. This
bill also provides that no settlement
in suits for collection Of money shall
be made after suit is brought In
court except by the payment Of the
amount agreed upon to the clerk OF
the court, who. is to hold out the
amount Of the court costs which
have accrued This bill insures the
| collection of lawyers and court fees
| in suits to collect money.
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Senator t. p. Murphy introduced
a bill to permit boards Of county