The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-01-27


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 it should
be passed before the senate committee
on assessment and taxation will rec
ommend it for passage.
Would Tax Real Estate Men.
If bill introduced in the house by
]. M. Gray of Phillips county becomes
a law, every real estate agent in the
state will be required to have IL
cense issued by properly constituted
real estate board before he can oper-
ate. At the present time any man who
desires to do little real estate bust
ness just jumps in and it, pro-
viding he is successful. The real es'
tate men, the professional real estate
men, want it SO arranged by the leg
islature that just any fellow who is
out of a 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. ]. 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.
Senator Bending has opened war Oh
the dog population of Kansas in the
interest of sheep raisers. He has pre-
pared bill providing for a state tax
of from 81 to 50 annually upon each
canine, the money to go into a 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 sleep
industry to the great number of dogs.
Wants More Quail.
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
hatching of quails at the state fish
hatchery at Pratt and their distribu
ton 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 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 a vote in the affairs of the state"
said Mrs. Stubs.
$4,000 for Cholera Serum Plant.
The house has passed bills appro'
priatipg $35,O0O to pay off the def.
cheney in the sum allotted the state
printing department, so that it 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 in pursuance to
the wishes of Governor Stubbs, 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. H. Cassin of Crawford county. The
resolution does not differ in any re-
spect from the initiative and referen-
dunn proposed two years ago or the
plan that has been discussed more or
less since both parties adopted it as a
plank in their platforms last August.
It gives the people authority to ini-
tate legislation and authority to vote
upon its adoption at the election fol-
lowing the session of the legislature.
1t is expected that several more such
resolutions will be offered, one or two
from the Republican side of the house.
Mr.. Cassin, who offered the resolution,
is a Democrat.
House Bill Goes Through Senate.
The senate has passed House bill
No. ], introduced by Stone of Shaw
nee, providing an appropriation COW
ering a deficiency for labor and ma
terials for the state printing plant
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
last. The total amount carried by this
bill is S26,4OO. This was the first bill
to pass both houses of the present leg
islature.
To Abolish Fees.
]. viii Kelly of Topeka has intro
duced a bill in the house abolishing