The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-20
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
TOPEKA, Feb. II.
More than half of the legislative
session is passed and but three laws
have been passed. These are appro-
priation bills--one for the State Sol
diers home, one for the Beloit school
for girls and the other mileage and
per diem for the legislature and en-
ployes for the first ten days of the
session. Over 600 bills have been in
troduced and many have been favor
ably reported by the committees but
decisive action has been delayed.
The fees and salaries bill affecting
county sofficers has been strangled.
Its opponents gained victory yester-
day in it's reference to o special COM
mittee for amendment. It will prob
ably rest there.
The House Is wrestling with the
fees and salary bill this week. Sal
aries of State officers, assistants and
clerks and fees and salaries of county
officers will be considered. This bill
was advanced on the calendar through
the urgent demand of VIM. Rice, of
Bourbon county, general reduction
is anticipated.
The Elder mortgage bill will pass
the house but there it will die. The
Senate has passed resolution declar-
ing that it will not consider this or
any other measure calculated to bring
ruin to the State or to keep eastern
investors from placing their money in
Kansas securities.
There is great deal of dissatisfac-
ton among the Alliance members of
the House over the manner in which
Elder and a few other leaders side
track their bills and keep them at the
foot of the calendar. These are new
members and are not familiar with
the lick it is done with" Elder, who
has been here before, is a handy man
in manipulating such matters and ev-
cry morning the brethren find his pet
crowded up to the top of the
House calendar and they haven't vet
found out the naOdus opcrdndi of the
A leading member of
the House, Mr.. Kenton by name, said
that there had been enough
foolishness and political discussion in
that body. He was elected by the
Alliance, but he believed it time to
call halt on demagoguery, chicanery,
filibustering and preparing for the
political contest of 1892, and get down |
to business and do something. There |
seems to be general desire to sit
Town on old man Elder very hard. |
He has run the house since the open
ng of the session, but the brethren |
ire getting weary, and Elder knows
t. "There is trouble on the old mans
mind" He will think a Republican
pile driver has struck him when the
Senate gets whack at his mortgage
bill.
There is more demagoguery to the
'quare yard in the House than in any
legislature in the history of the State.
4 little matter leaked out today w hich
stamps the majority of that body with
hypocrisy and demagoguery of the
worst character. The bill regulating
ailroads and reducing freight and
passenger traffic favorahly reported
~ the House Railroad committee
would bankrupt every line operating
n the State. The committee knows
his and not one of them desire its
They know it would not
My bankrupt the companies but
would leave hundreds-yes thousands +
& employees, with their families, with
ut support, for every company would
t once relieve one-half of its present
prce. The Railroad committee of the