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lobby for them. It is my knowledge that he had declared he had received certain information as to who the men on the committee would be and that he could do the company good.

"I learned that Mr. McCray's offer was refused. I have learned also that he then wrote to Henry Wilson, the Kansas City representative of the firm, making a similar proposition. I understood that Mr. Wilson desired to know the information he had. This Mr. MeCray refused to divulge. After this, the newspaper articles came out. I have learned that Mr. McCray visited Kansas City to see Mr. Wilson, but whether or not he did see him I do not know.

"Now, regarding these appointments. The men on that committee were placed there on recommendation of senators. I do not know or have not known of any relations of any member with book trusts. So far as I know the reports in the articles are untrue. When I first named the committee, Senators Titus, Hart, Lupfer, Lamb and Coleman were made members. When the committee on rules made a report it was decided to increase this committee to nine members. I then named Senators Jumper, Hanna, Mosher and Morrow as the four additional members."

The president ruled the amendment out of order in the journal of the tenth day.

A vote being taken on the correction proposed by Senator Hessin, the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 20, nays 18; absent or not voting. 2.

Senators voting in favor of the motion were: Messrs. Battey, Campbell, Coleman, Hanna, Harris, Hart, Helmick. Hessin, Johnson, Lamb, Lewelling, Matthews, Morrow, Reser, Ryan, Shaffer, Sheldon, Sterne, Stocks, and Wallack.

Senators voting in the negative were: Messrs. Armstrong, Benson. Braddock, Caldwell, Cooke. Crossan, Farrelly. Field, Forney, Helm, Householder, King, Lupfer, Mosher. Pritchard, Titus, Young, and Zimmer.

Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Fulton and Jumper.

The motion prevailed.

Senator Titus offered the following:

TOPEKA, KAS., January 26, 1897. To Hon. A. M. Harvey, Lieutenant-Governor, and the Senate of the State of Kansas: My attention has been called to a resolution adopted by the Senate suspending me from the privileges of the floor on account of a telegram concerning your Committee of Education, sent by me to the St. Louis Republic, and an editorial comment on that telegram which appeared in the Leavenworth Times

soon thereafter. Permit me to say that I disclaim any responsibility, directly or indirectly, for the editorial in the Times. I admit that I wrote the telegram in the Republic and sent it as an item of current news. I have an order from that paper for a daily account of legislative news and gossip. The information contained in the telegram which you have condemned came to me as a part of the current news of the day, and I sent it, accepting it as legitimate newspaper matter. Having written and sent it, I dismissed it from my mind, and had not thought of it again until I was informed of your resolution calling me to account. Since you have, in your wisdom, seen fit to take notice of this telegram, I must confess that I am sorry I gave this gossip the notoriety I did by publishing it. It is true, upon reflection, that I acted without due consideration. I should probably have given the matter some investigation. But newspaper correspondents have little time, in the hurry of their work, to verify stories they get, and when I sent the dispatch I did so without that reflection or deliberation which I should have given it.

In conclusion, I repeat that I am profoundly sorry that I have given you offense. I had no intention of reflecting on the honor or integrity of any member of your honorable body. Since the act cannot be recalled my only amend can be an apology, and this I cheerfully offer, and I beg you to accept it and rescind your resolution. Respectfully yours, D. O. MCCRAY.

Senator Forney moved to accept the apology of D. O. McCray.

The motion prevailed.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Senate concurrent resolution No. 10 was laid over. Senate concurrent resolution No. 11 was then read, and is as follows:

Senate concurrent resolution No. 11, Relating to an appropriation to establish one or more state normal schools, was referred to Committee on Education and Educational Institutions.

Senate resolution No. 36 was withdrawn, by consent.
Senate resolution No. 37 was read, and is as follows:

WHEREAS, The governor of Kansas, in his message to the legislature, suggested as a remedy for the existing evils of corporate extortion by railroad companies the building of a railroad to a deepwater harbor on the Gulf of Mexico by the states through which it passes; and

WHEREAS, The people of Oklahoma are deeply interested in said recommendation, and the legislature of Oklahoma, which is now in

session, being desirous of sending a committee to confer with a like committee of the Kansas legislature upon the subject of railroad construction by certain states: therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the state of Kansas, That we extend a request to the legislature of Oklahoma to appoint a committee to meet at any time in the city of Topeka, time and place to be hereinafter designated.

Senator Lewelling moved to amend by including the legislature of Texas.

The amendment was adopted by consent.

Senator Young moved to include the legislature of Nebraska.

The amendment was adopted by consent.

Senator Householder offered the following amendment: add "and to consider" railroad legislation.

Senator Coleman moved to refer to the Committee on State Affairs.

The motion prevailed.

The sergeant-at-arms announced a

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.

MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has adopted Senate concurrent resolution No. 8, Relating to the establishment of free and independent government for the people of Cuba.

The resolution is transmitted herewith.

A. D. GILPIN, Chief Clerk.

By unanimous consent, Senator Zimmer, chairman of the Committee on Cities of the First Class, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Cities of the First Class, to whom was referred the message of the governor appointing members of the police board of the city of Atchison, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the message back to the Senate with the recommendation that the appointments be confirmed. H. T. ZIMMER, Chairman.

Senator Ryan moved the rules be suspended and the confirmation be made now.

The motion prevailed.

The question being on the confirmation of the police. board of the city of Atchison, the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 35, nays 0; absent or not voting, 5.

Senators voting in favor of the confirmation were: Messrs. Armstrong, Battey, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Campbell, Cooke, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Forney, Hanna, Harris, Hart, Helm, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Jumper, King, Lamb, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser, Ryan, Shaffer, Sheldon, Sterne, Stocks, Titus. Young, and Zimmer.

Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Coleman, Fulton, Johnson, Morrow, and Wallack.

By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced, and read the first time:

By Senator Pritchard: Senate bill No. 302, An act to prohibit the providing and accepting of free transportation for the purpose of aiding voters in returning to their precincts to vote at elections and prescribing penalties for the violations of the provisions hereof.

Also, Senate bill No. 303, An act locating on the Fort Hays abandoned military reservation in Ellis county, Kansas, a western branch of the Kansas agricultural college; a western branch of the state normal school, and establishing a public park when the said Fort Hays military reservation or 1,100 acres of the same, inclusive the buildings, is deeded to the state of Kansas, free of cost, and making an appropriation therefor.

By Senator Hessin: Senate bill No. 304, An act to vacate certain parts of town sites in Riley county, state of Kansas.

By Senator Householder: Senate bill No. 305, An act requiring persons, societies or asylums engaged in placing minor children from other states in homes in this state to give bond, and providing penalties for the violations of this act.

By unanimous consent, Senator Jumper, chairman of the Committee on Fees, Salaries and Mileage, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Fees and Salaries, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 107, An act to establish salaries of state officers, their assistants, clerks, judges, officers and employees of the legislature, recommend that section 7, line 3, be amended by striking out $1,200 and inserting $1,000. That section 8, line 4, be

amended by striking out $1,200 and inserting $1,000. That section 10, line 4, be amended by striking out $3,000 and inserting $2,500. That section 11, line 2, be amended by striking out $2,000 and insert ing $1,800. That section 12, line 2, be amended by striking out $2,000 and inserting $1,800. That section 8 be stricken out and the subject matter therein be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, for the reason that it does not fully cover the ground. That section 14, line 4, be amended by striking out doorkeepers and their assistants, line 6 of section 14 be amended by inserting after the word employees and before the word, "the," the words doorkeeper and assistants, and that section 15 be stricken out, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed as amended. Also, Senate bill No. 73, An act regulating certain fees and compensation for county surveyors, and repealing section 11, chapter 89 of the laws of 1891, and amending the same, recommend that the bill be amended by adding after section 3 the following section 2: All acts and part of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. and that section 2 in the original act be numbered section 3, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed as amended.

Also, Senate bill No. 104, An act to amend paragraph 3442 of the general statutes of 1889 relating to mutual insurance companies and repealing said paragraph, 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. 183, An act relating to sheriff's fees, 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.

Also, Senate bill No. 148, An act relating to sheriff's and stenographer's fees and amendatory of section 27, chapter 109, of session laws of 1893, being an act entitled "An act to regulate the sale of real estate under execution, order of sale or other judicial process and providing for the redemption of such real estate from sale and the terms thereof," and repealing said section 27, chapter 129, recommend that section 1 be amended by striking out all after the word "case in the seventh line and such substituting therefor the following: "that a stenographer fee of two dollars shall be taxed in each and every case, as in other cases," have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed as amended.

Also, Senate bill No. 102, An act to amend section 5546 of the general statutes of 1889 and repealing said original section, recommend that, for the reason that the subject matter is covered in another bill already reported for passage, have had the same under

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