The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-20

order the road. providing that the own
ers OF the benefited land pay all ex-
penseS OF Its establishment. 1t will pre-
vent the saddling on the public Of the
expense OF road opening in new sub
divisions.
With the idea OF obtaining the df-
rect vote OF the people on presidential
candidates. Senator Davis OF Bourbon
S g, my mas prepared measure now
PROVIDES that Quadrennial primary
election shall be held at which the
people Of Kansas shall vote for their
cnolce OF aspirants to office OF prest-
committeeman in the party to which
they belong and for delegates to the
national convention. Provision is
made for the selection of alternates to
the convention. Candidates for the
positions OF committeeman, delegates
or alternates must get on the ticket
by means of petitions bearing the
names OF not less than one per cent
or the voters in their party in each OF
twenty counties in the state. Names
of presidential and vice presidential
candidates shall be certified by the
chafrmen of the various state COM
mlttees. In voting for these, provision
is made for the expression of first
voter.
Senator Loring Trott has prepared
measure for the pensiOning OF re-
tired members of fire departments and
for the creation of a fund for the re-
lief OF disabled firemen and for wild
ows or other dependents of men who
nave lost their lives in the fire fight
ing service. The measure is a broad
gauge one, applicable to all the cities
of the state where fire departments
are maintained. 1t is an extension OF
the present idea of relief for the vic
TINS in this branch of public service
which is now provided for partially by
flreman'S relief fund to which life
insurance companies contribute.
In committee of the whole Monday the
senate laid the axe to the state dog tax
law senator Stavely OF Usage wrote the
original Of the law and, because it was
seriously impaired by certain subtractions
from its first draft, he was the one to
introduce q bill to repeal the measure
The business of approving the repeal bill
gave the senate q pleasant quarter OF an
hour Tuesday afternoon, permitting Sem
ator Nishswonger of Wichita to pay
tribute to the humble dog which had been
elevated from obscurity to q place on the
statute books. But the bill proceeded to
a favorable report and the senate has
mented dog tax.
II the judiciary committee Of the SEN
ate deserves it's melancholy sobriquet Of
graveyard of the senate the prospect
OF Senator Harry Grays bill for the en-
forcement of a day of rest among the
toilers Of the state of Kansas, has a
gloomy outlook That's where the Gray
bill now reposes. having been referred
there by the committee of the whole at
Tuesdays sitting. The Gray bill. which
was endorsed by some of the religious
bodies of the state, provided for the estab-
lishment OF a six day working law from
which deviation could be made only by
special permission Of the board of public
utilities.
PRODUCED by Senator Jouett Shouse of Ed
wards county, provides for the reimburse
ment of the citizens Of Pittsburg who so
promptly came to the rescue of the state
years disastrous fire, by assuming re-
sponsibility for the expense of rebuilding
the damaged portions Of that school. The
Pittsburg people got behind the school
and guaranteed 100000 fund on which to
draw pending the converting OF the
legislature. Their prompt and unhesitat-
ing rescue of the school prevented either
the expense ofa SUICIDAL legislative session
the activities of one of the states most
important, educational institutions.
The senate Monday. in committee Of the
whole. laid its seal Of approval upon SEN
ator Gray's bill for the equalization of the
exemption from taxation on personal
property and FOR the announcement of
homes The object Of the Gray bill is
to extend the practice of exempting $200
OF the personal property of the heads of
families to all persons responsible for the
maintenance OF a home, whether these
persons be fathers of families, or mothers
or whether the family be of near or re-
mote relationship. The fact that the head
Of the family be Householder or home
maker shall entitle him or her to the ex-
emption.