Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-04-07

bOunties extended to them in 1000. re
fused, through the republican repre-
sentatives and senators, to assist one
dollar in the relief OF suffering west
ern Kansas
The legislation OF this session has not
resulted in what we desired to accom-
plish, nor in what the people would
have the right to expect from us had
we been in power in all the branches OF
the state government.
BY and with the aid of the senate Az
acts were passed and will become laws
upon our statute books, among the
most important of which are. prohibit
ing alien ownership of lands in Kansas
and providing for the sale OF all lands
owned by aliens acquired after the date
of this act in from three to six years
time, or upon the death of aliens hold
ing previous to the enactment of this
law"
Here follows list of the house bills
concurred in by the senate, that have be
come laws: also the bills that passed
the house and were defeated by the
senate.
The republican senate is declared to
b, responsible for the defeat of the
worlds fair appropriation. The ad
dress further states. THE appropria
ton for the next two years, while
thousands of dollars lower than in the
years past, has been swollen by neces
sary Investigations and by the impeach
ment of one of the republican district
Judges of the state" The people are
then assured that the state will be
greatly benefited by the state house
and Cofeyville Investigations. Mr..
Elders speech made in the house the
day before final adjournment is insert
ed to show that the levy and appropria-
tions made by the peoples party repre-.
sentatives, was less than that proposed
by the republicans and much less than
that made by the legislature OF 1889.
The expense account OF the senate re-
vision committee amounting to $4,000
is inserted as an instance of republican
wastefulness.
The committee adds: ''Not single
measure reported by the committee has
become law except one which was sc
badly mutilated that its authors could
not recognize it. ''As comparison ct
economy between the two houses we
submit the fact that the senate had 1l3
employees on its pay roll, while the
house, with membership of 125, had
only 81, making difference Of 1923 per
day in the cost of running the two
houses"
I'm closing we can safely say in
REPUTATION of the charges made by our
political enemies and given such wide
- hot NJ tap Np
pass a single bill that could in any way
disturb the relation of debtor and
creditor or jeopardize the collection OF
debts or to repudiate an honest obliga-
ton, and with this brief and careful
summary of only few of the important
measures considered and passed by the
peoples house of representatives dur
ing the thirtieth session of the Kansas
legislature with the action taken there
on by the republican senate we know
that we can safely say to every bust
ness man in the state of Kansas that we
have tried to carefully guard and
protect the same in the interest OF the
people of our state, and that they will
not fail to see how unfortunate it was
and in the future it will be, to have a
republican senate whose only business
or object was to obstruct honest legisla-
ton in the interest of the people of the
state, and to checkmate the action OF
the peoples chosen representatives,
and we commend this review to the
honest consideration of the people and a
candid world"
The address is signed by Speaker p.
p. Elder and forty-two chairmen OF
house committees.
The Gold Lunacy.