Senator Titus, chairman Committee on Education and Educational Institutions, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Education and Educational Institutions, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 42, being an act entitled "An act to dissolve school district No. 86, Barton county, Kansas, and attaching the territory thereof to school district No. 29," have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended as follows: In section 2, line 3, strike out words "shall become" and in lieu thereof insert the word "made"; also amend title by adding after words "No. 29" the words "in Barton county, Kansas," and after such amendments have been made that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 202, Being an act entitled "An act to disorganize school district number eight, in Washington county, Kansas, and empowering the county superintendent to attach the same to adjoining districts," have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed, for the reason that a general bill covering the provisions of this special bill is under consideration by said committee. Also, Senate bill No. 41, Being an act entitled "An act giving to the superintendent of Barton county, Kansas, the power to disorganizize partially depopulated districts and attach the same to adjoining districts for school purposes," have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be not passed, for the reason that a general bill covering the provisions of this special bill is under consideration by said committee. A. J. TITUS, Chairman. Senator King, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 101, An act to encourage the construction of ponds and reservoirs for the storage of rain water for irrigation purposes, and creating the office of pond commissioner, and prescribing his duties and emoluments, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. L. P. KING, Chairman. Senator Pritchard, chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Temperance, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 205, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report it back with the recommendation that the same be passed. LEVI PRITCHARD, Chairman. Senator Caldwell, chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Roads and Bridges, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 167, An act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Kansas river between Douglas and Jefferson counties, from a point near the ferry landing at Lecompton, Douglas county, Kansas, to a point at or near the foot of the Leamer road, Kentucky township, Jefferson county, Kansas, and authorizing the board of county commissioners of Douglas county, Kansas, to issue bonds in payment therefor, and also authorizing the board of county commissioners of Jefferson county, Kansas, to issue bonds in part payment therefor, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 20, An act requiring hedge fences, brush and weeds along public highways to be cut and trimmed, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed, with the amendment that it be made optional with the township board. J. N. CALDWELL, Chairman, Senator Benson, chairman of the Committee on Assessment and Taxation, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Assessment and Taxation, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 120, An act to amend section 5191 and 5491 of the general statutes of 1889, in relation to the collection of taxes, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 227, An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the regulation and support of common schools," being chap ter ninety-two (92) of the general statutes of Kansas of 1889, and to repeal sections 28 136 and 178 of said act, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 83, An act authorizing the board of county commissioners of Franklin county, Kansas, to appropriate money to build a certain bridge in said county, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. Also, Senate bill No. 228, An act to amend an act entitled "An act relating to counties and county officers," being chapter 25 of the general statutes of the state of Kansas of 1889, and to repeal section 220 of said act, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. W. F. BENSON, Chairman. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE. Senator Armstrong, chairman of the Committee on Employees, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Employees, to whom was referred the motion of Senator Jumper providing for the election of J. L. Root as journal clerk, has had the same under consideration, and recommend that it be passed. Your committee finds that it is necessary to have a man in the ladies' gallery, and further finds that Senator Field recommends, by motion, the name of A. L. Tuttle for the position. Your committee further finds that it is necessary some person be assigned for the telephone room, and recommends that the sergeantat-arms designate one of the pages for this position. In reference to the janitor work, your committee finds, from the information before it, that the force now employed is sufficient to do the work, and recommends that the sergeant-at-arms be instructed to see that it is done. JOHN ARMSTRONG, Chairman. Senator Jumper moved the report of the Committee on Employees be adopted. The motion prevailed. INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. The resolution was read, and is as follows: Resolved, That members of the state editorial association now convened in this city be tendered, through the courtesy of the Senate, the privilege of the floor of the Senate, their badges to be suffi cient evidence of membership. A vote being taken on the resolution, the resolution was adopted. The Committee on State Affairs made the following request: The Committee on State Affairs asks consent to have Senate bill No. 10 re-referred to said committee. W. B. HELM. G. CAMPBELL. L. D. LEWELLING. JOHN A. FULTON. The request was granted and Senate bill No. 10 was re-referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Senator Zimmer, chairman of the Committee on Cities of the First Class, made the following announcement: MR. PRESIDENT: Members of the Committee on Cities of the First Class will meet in room 7 at 9 A. M. January 26. H. T. ZIMMER, Chairman. CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL. The journal of the ninth day was then read. Before reading the journal of the ninth day was completed the sergeant-at-arms announced a message from the governor by his executive clerk. The governor's executive clerk then submitted a message in writing. Reading the journal of the ninth day was resumed. By unanimous consent, Senator Titus offered Senate resolution No. 44 and moved its adoption. The resolution was read, and is as follows: WHEREAS, There appeared in the Leavenworth Times of date January 17, 1897, and in the St. Louis Republic of date January 16, 1897, an article libeling the Senate, together with the president and Committee on Education and Educational Institutions thereof; and WHEREAS, One D. O. McCray is special correspondent of said papers: therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas, That said D. O. McCray be and is hereby deprived of the privileges of the Sen ate floor and other courtesies of the Senate until proper apology is made for said libelous articles. PROSPECTIVE SCANDAL. [Special to the Republic.] TOPEKA, KAS., January 15.--Although the new populist adminis tration is not a week old, the smoke of a prospective scandal, emanating from the biennial school-book bill, is visible. It is common gossip that the "book combine" actually named three of the five members of the Senate Committee on Education, and that the appointment of the chairman of the committee was manipulated by the man who defeated school-book legislation in the Senate two years ago. It is a fact that the name of the chairman was known to the agents of the "book combine" two weeks before the committee was announced by the lieutenant-governor. [ Editorial in the Leavenworth Times.] AN UGLY RUMOR. A Topeka dispatch says the new administration has a prospective scandal emanating from the biennial school-book bill. The gossip is that the "book combine" actually named three of the five members of the Senate Committee on Education, and that the appointment of the chairman of the committee was manipulated by the man who defeated school-book legislation in the Senate two years ago. It is said that the name of the chairman was known to the agents of the book combine two weeks before the committee was announced by the lieutenant governor. We should be sorry if there was any truth in these statements. Certain it is that the new populist administration can bear no scandal. Anything of the kind will kill its influence and destroy the confidence of the people at once. A vote being taken on the resolution, a roll-call was demanded, and the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 24, nays 12; absent or not voting, 4. Senators voting in favor of the passage of the resolution were: Messrs. Armstrong, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Cooke, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Forney, Hanna, Hart, Helm, Helmick, Householder, Jumper, King, Lewelling, Lupfer, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser, Shaffer, Titus, and Zimmer. Senator voting in the negative was Messrs. Battey, Campbell, Coleman, Fulton, Hessin, Johnson, Lamb, Matthews, Morrow, Sterne, Stocks, and Wallack. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Harris, Ryan, Sheldon, and Young. The resolution was adopted. The president announced the following as a committee. to arrange for the celebration of Kansas Day: Henry McLean, Grant Harrington, R. T. Battey, J. B. Larimer, E. C. Little, Ed. Hackney, Chas. K. Holliday, jr. Senator Crossan moved to adjourn. The motion prevailed. |