Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-01-24

misieaoing, shall be guilty Of q mis-
demeanor."
The penalty is affixed as aboy,
stated. The bill makes II the dut,
Of the attorney general or county at
torney to prosecute such under THU
act.
No More Lobbying
Loooying-meaning the actions O.
men in the lobbies-will be an art O.
the past in Kansas IL the bill BY Da.
Wis OF Bourbon. introduced in the sen.
ate today, passes the legislature
Hereafter it will be a "petitionist"
or an orator who works for and
against bill at issue.
Another lobby measure in the form
OF a resolution by Senator Mcmillan
instructed officers Of state institu.
tons desiring increased appropria.
IONS to stay in their offices and
earn the salaries the state gives
them. The Davis bill places rigid re.
strictions upon the actions OF lobby.
lists, forbidding them to make oral ap
plications to members Of the senate
in behalf of their interest unless pre-.
viously made in writing. The senate
passed the Mcmillan proposition.
The recommendations Of Senator
Davis on the lobby question is the
most direct and the most severe in
the history Of the Kansas legislature.
It requires Lobbyist, in registering,
to state the usual connections and
adds that he must give the amount
Of compensation he receives for his
duties at the state house, in legisla-
tive periods.
Furthermore, Senator Davis would
have the lobbyists submit all of his
propositions in writing to the senate
or to the committee and chairman.
He will not be allowed to make oral
advances to a member of the senate
unless requested to do so by a CON-
mittee or on the floor of the house.
A stern penalty is attached.
Il look at it this way" remarked
Senator Davis in explaining his bill.
I'VE should act as jurors in a case
between the court and the special in.
terests. We should not speak init
mately or accept dinners and cigars
as favorS from either"
About Marrying.
If bill offered in the Kansas Sen
ate this morning passes the legisla-
tive approval the days of Opponents,
premature marriages, secret bonds of
matrimony and surprising wedlock
parties, are past. Senator Malone,
of Rawins county, has introduced an
act making it necessary for all per-
sons contemplating marriage, to pub
lish the fact broadcast three weeks
before the date Of the event. The
proof of this certified publication
must be taken to a probate judge be
fore license will be issued.
The Democratic senator from Raw.
Inns admits the authorship of the bill
and does pot present it upon request.
He says he believes heralding of mat
contemplations will do away
with the troubles of parents in re-
gard to the indiscreet and hastv ac.
tons of young and impassioned
According to the rules of the new
bill, the bridegroom is the person
who must suffer the humiliation of
his domestic plans, in case his fiance
lives in another part of the country.
The announcement to be published irI
the newspapers printed in the county
occupied by the male party.
Speaker Brown Of the house, today
named his committee on banks and
Tulross, of Franklin, a state
banker, won out over the national
banker candidate for chairman, Just
as state banker won the chairman
ship Of the same committee in the
senate in a hot contest. The commit
zee is as follows: Tulross of Frank
in, chairman; Chase, Jackson; Han
lah, Chase; Tannahill, woodson;
Hangen, Sumner; Armstrong, Cloud;
Carney, Wallace; Freeland, Wichita:
Of Jewell.