Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-02-15


in strict accord with the administra-
ton policy in fulfillment of the Demo-
cratic platform pledge to take the
courts out of politics. Under the pro-
visions of the Brown measure, all can
didates for district judgeships, for
places on the supreme bench and for
any other judicial election at the
hands of the people shall have their
names printed on a separate ballot
to be used in the August primaries.
All nominees for judgeships shall have
their names printed in the indepen-
dent column in the general November
election. thus being removed entirely
from all party alignments and elect
ed free from all party influence and
prestige.
The house, while working in night
session, passed the Gordon bill, regu-
lating the supply and the mixture for
natural gas in Kansas. The bill re-
quires that the gas must be main
tanned at pressure for four ounces,
water gage test, and all gas must be
not less than SO per cent pure gas.
The public utilities commission is
given authority to inspect. the gas,
make the tests and see that the pres
sure is maintained. If the pressure
is not maintained and the gas does
not keep up to the quality prescribed
by the law, the gas consumers do not
have to pay the gas bills.
The senate has decided to submit
three constitutional amendments to
the voters at the next election, not
including the initiative and referen-
dunn or the recall. The resolutions
adopted were: Providing for the
levying of an income tax and the
classification of property for taxation
Providing for the levying of a fran
chise tax on corporations. the money
to be used for good roads. Providing
for four-year terms for all state Off
cials and prohibiting them from cleo
ton to a second term
Unable to agree on either the House
or the two Senate bills which create
a state board of administration to
look after the affairs of the state edu-
cational institutions, the joint COM
mittee on education has asked the jul
dietary committees of the two Houses
to prepare and present substitute
measure. 1t is probable that when
this measure is drafted that all of the
three administration bills now in the
hands of the committee will be re-
jected.
The house passed the bill prohibit
ing the publication of fake, false or
misleading advertising matter in any
newspaper or in any pamphlet or cir
cular. Under the law the advertise
ment must state the exact truth I'M
der a penalty of $500 fine or year
in iail The law was asked by the
responsible merchants of Kansas who
want to stop the false advertising of
some concerns
The senate has passed the bill pro-
viding for a mortgage recording tax
and exempting mortgages from other
taxation in Kansas. The recording
tax is to be fifty cents for each one
hundred dollars of the debt to be paid
nv the lender when the mortgage is
fled and all mortgages are then to be
entirely exempted from any other tax
alton
The Senate committee on penal res
oh.tions is considering an appropria-
ton for a factory for the manufacture
of collins. Representative Ostlind OF
Mcpherson suggested this in a bill IN
troduced recently in the House Inc
Senate committee believes the bill has
merit and when the trades school IS
built the state will begin the mana-
facture of collins.
The question as to whether the mu-
nicfDalitv on the Kansas side shall
step back a quarter of a century and
take the name of 'sWyandotte again
is before the Kansas Legislature IN
the shane of a bill enabling the city
commissioners to change the name u
a city at WILL
The house has passed the Brown
bill to remove the justices of the SUI
rreme court and the judges of the
district courts from partisan politics.
The bill provides that all the candl-
dates for justices and judges must
be placed on a separate ticket in the
primary and none of the candidates
is to have any party label
Representative Stone of Shawnee
introduced a bill providing for the
state to pay damages to any person
sent to Jail or prison through mis-
carriage of justice