Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-21
HOUSE COMMITTEES ARE BUSY
Speakers Prod Sends Them Into
NiRht Sessions-Niany Balls
Proposed in Both
Houses 81

emit legislature. The senate commit
tee on elections made q favorable
report on the Troutman bills, aboi-
ishing the party council and the
primary nominating petitions, One
bill provides that each political
party hold delegate convention ev-
cry two years in May to draft a
party platform.
The party committees are to Or
ganize and control this convention.
1t has nothing to do with nominat-
ing the candidates. The delegates
make up the platform, as Is now
done by the party council. The par
ty council is composed of the can
didates for each state and district
office and meets after the primary
and drafts the platform.
The new scheme allows each par
ty to select delegates in each coun-
ty who will draft the platform once
before the primary. The candidates
may then indorse the platform II
they esire. The other bill abolishes
the nominating petitions and per-
mits anyone who wants to run for
a lob to file his declaration and
deposit 2 per cent of the salary OF
the Job he wants. The money Is to
be used to pay the states expense
in handling the primary.
Stone Says "GiddaP"
An admonition to the committees
in the lower house of the Kansas
to get down to business
and do It now, was delivered yester-
day afternoon by Robert Stone oil
Shawnee, speaker of the house.
''This legislature can do nothing
until you committeeman settle down
to business and report on the biils
over to YOU" said Speaker
stone, after making some addition
al committee appointments.
Following Stones short talk, half
a dozen committee chairmen an
that their committees would
meet after supper and thresh out
the bills assigned them.
Make "Public" Buildings Public
School buildings, all public build
ings and public property will be
open for public meetings II q Dill
yesterday in the house
by T. M. vanCleave of Wyandotte
Is passed.
Bureau of Child Hygiene
The act to create bureau OF
child hygiene was introduced by Il.
L, Travis of Allen. The bill corre-
spends to the one introduced in the
senate by Senator 1. M. Mahin. The
bill was drawn up by the congress
of mothers, approved by DR.. S. }.
Crumbine, and has the Endorsement
of the Federation of Womens' clubs
and all state organizations of Wo-
men. 1t calls for a $4,000 appro-
priation.
Special Elections for Senators
Machinery for the election OF
United States senator's to fill vacan-
cies in Kansas representation IN
the upper branch of congress Is pro-
vided in a bill introduced yesterday
by Senator James Malone of Raw
Inns. At present the Kansas laws fail
to make any provision for special
elections to fill vacancies in the
states list of United States senator's
Two Full Crew Bills In
The full crew bills made their
expected appearance in the senate
yesterday. They were introduced by
senator T. A. Milton Of Wyandotte
county. One is the full switch crew
bilIs and sthe .other theo fpll freight
train crew measure. The first re-
iQGires switching, crew to number
one engineer, one fireman. one con-
ductor and at least two switchmen.
The full freight train crew bill re-
CURES all freight trains Of more
than thirtysfIVe cars to be operated
WITH crews consisting Of an engiT
neer,t 4 fireman. a conductor. .
tflagman and 1t least two brakemen.
The latter bill virtually requires
three brskemen. as one brakeman
Is used as a tlagman.
These, two bills probably VIII re-
suit in the most bitter contests be-
fore the senate committees between
Representatives, Of the railroads and
Saethe railway brakemen's organiEa-