The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-04

That counties in Kansas may save
money on sheriffs mileage, Senator
introduced a bill giving the officers
authority to give summons over the
telephone or telegraph wires or through
the mails. He believes that the wires
and mails are reliable and should be
depended upon to bring witnesses and
jurors to court.
Senator Huffman, of Cherokee coun-
ty, is posing as the miners prophet in
Kansas. He has offered a myriad of
bills in the senate. for the protection
and comforts of the miners. Monday
he sent in several measures dealing
with the handling of powder and other
explosives.
Senator Overfield, of MONTGOMERY,
heretofore silent in the thrilling SEN
ate offerings, has jumped into the lime
light with bill on marriage. Acting
in behalf of the probate judges of the
state, Senator Overfield has a meas
ure requiring the fathers of young cou-
pies to give their consent before a
license can be issued. 1t is argued
that mothers ofttimes are hasty and
without good judgment in the giving
away of the daughters.
Not a sound was heard in the crowd
ed galleries last night when the SEN
ate passed the bill abolishing the
State Society of Labor and making the
labor department appointive instead of
elective. The delegates to the labor
meeting in Topeka filed every seat and
crowded the lobbies-and when the
vote of 80 to s was taken they filed
out of the state house without a MUIR
muir.
Three anti-railroad bills greeted the
opening of the senate this morning.
One by Senator Kinds of Labette
county, another by Senator Kinkel of
Morris and the third by Senator Lam
bertson of Brown county.
The Kinds measure requires rail-
roads to have all passenger trains stop
at points where the road crosses an
has a branch line terminal. This is
to offer connection advantages to the
passengers in this state. 1t will, rail-
road officers say, delay to a great ex-
tent the California and other fast
limited trains in their rush across
Kansas.
The Lambertson bill, introduced by
request, provides a heavy fine for a
railroad issuing orders to trainment or
employees riding on top of cars out
on the road. This does not include
orders under switching and terminal
rules.
The Kinkel act, also offered by re-
quest, does away with the practice of
railroads in pulling bad order cars
behind cabooses. 1t is claimed that
employees riding in the cabooses are
in danger-especially when the bad
order cars are loaded with poles or
rails. The roads must pull these cars
in the train with chains on both sides.
If bill introduced by Senator Will
son of Washington is enacted into law,
counties in Kansas with only a surplus
of $4,000 can levy a tax for public
buildings. Under the present law a
cannot build a courthouse un-
less $25,0 900 is lying idle in the treas
ury.
The senate calendar has baffled the
members of the upper house and Price
of Greenwood and Porter of Crawford
have been appointed as an investiga-
ton committee to straighten out mat
tiers. Errors in reference and printing
constitute the troubles.
Senator Troutman of Shawnee be-
Iieves that doctors called in on in |
sanity cases before the courts give |
unreliable opinions. He has sent in a |
bill creating commission of physi- |
clans to rule on all cases when a per-
sons sanity is in doubt.
Keep Kansas money in Kansas, bring /
cheap foreign money in the state re- |
chase the tax dodgers-all these fea- |
lures were included in a bill recon- |
mended for passage in the senate COM |
nittee of the whole last night. The |
bill calls for registration fee of 80 |
cents on the hundred dollars. The or
ginal measure under the Bale Wag- |
yener signature called for a one dollar |
fee-but It was reduced to 50 cents /
10 bring harmony.
The evenings oratory was led by
Senator Mahin of Smith, Wilson of |
Stavely of Usage, and |
Waggener of Atchison. Others who
entered the argument were Bowman of |
Anderson, Gray of Osborne, Carey of |
Reno, Porter of Crawford. Meek of |
Semaha and Joseph of Butler.
The vote taken without debate ON