The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
IN SENATE mill"
Grain Inspection Regulations
for Kansas Assured.
Resolutions in Honor of Shelf
field Ingalls,.

The grain inspection regulations in
Kansas were made compulsory by the
senate late Tuesday afternoon when
the house committee on agriculture
bill was passed by a vote of 20 to Z.
Bale Waggener, senator from Atchi-
son, slipped in an amendment. how
ever, that nearly ruined the effect of
the measure as would be applied by
the friends of the bill and the state
inspection department. The Waggener
amendment ruled that the measure
would apply only to state and not in
terstate shipments.
The bill required two hours of hard
and consistent argument on the part
of Shouse of Edwards, Simpson of Nc
Pherson, Howe of Dickinson, King of
Cowley, and Mcmillan of Ottawa be-
fore it was passed. Senator Wolf OF
Franklin led fight against the COM
pulsory inspection on the grounds that
it should be optional with the ship
pers.
Senator Shouse in the course of his
argument branded the Kansas City
Board of Trade as a means of taking
from the Kansas inspection depart
ment the right of local inspection. He
said also that the Kansas City board
was not recognized by it's own state
dealers and that it sent inspectors over
to the kansas side.
The colored employees of the senate
presented to John R. Taylor, sergeant
alarms, an Elk pin set in diamonds
this afternoon. Taylor not only has
courted favor among the members of
the senate as sergeant-at-arms, but he
has been a man popular with the en-
ployees. The following named colored
members of Taylor's force made the
gift: w. A. Belts, Wichita; Rev. G. o.
Smith, Hutchinson; John Baker, Leav-
enworth; T. j. Jordan, wellington; J.
Thomas, Topeka; Paul Jones, Topeka;
P. NJ. Maxwell, Jetmore; Bessie Haynes,
Topeka.
Senator Porter in explaining his
stand against the maximum hour bill
said today: ST am for an eight
day law-I have been for it for IL
years in this body. I don't believe in
nine or ten hours because 1 believe
they will destroy the effect of the
eight-hour regulations which eventual
ly must come to this state"
The senate has adopted resolutions
complimenting Sheffield IngaIs, lieu
tenant governor, for his fair and i'm
partial treatment as president of the
presented today by Senator Mcmillan
of Ottawa county and duplicated ex-
actly the language used in resolutions
adopted many years ago by the United
OldleS SSHdlo III REGARD 10 the WOTh
of John J. ingalls, as an executive of
that body.
The resolutions read: Resolved,
That the thanks of the senate are due
and are hereby rendered to Hon. Shelf
field ingalls,, president of the senate
of the state of Kansas, for the emf
nently courteous dignified, able and
absolutely impartial manner in which
he has presided over the deliberations
and performed the duties of president
of the senate
The senate also presented the lieu
tenant governor with the gavel he has
welded during the session. The lieu
tenant governor disappeared during
the proceedings.
In a fiery speech in which he
charged graft and other diverse and
sundry legislative terms, Senator
Kinds late Tuesday afternoon saved
the state of Kansas $1,000. He fought
the bill appropriating $4,000 for the
of the state historical
park at Pawnee Rock and succeeded
in cutting down the amount to $500 a
year for the next two years. The sem |
ator from Labette couldn't figure out
why it was necessary for the state to |
spend $4,000 to maintain a rock"