People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-16
They Killed Them.

The old charge that the Peoples
party was and is trying to injure the
credit of Kansas by interfering with
the mortgage laws is being reiterated
in spite of the fact that the Peoples
party demands of two years ago is in
cOrpOrated in the Republican platform
this year, and in spite of the further
fact that a bill passed by the POpuliSt
house for an equity of redemption law
was killed in the senate. If that kind
Of a law was aimed against Kansas
two years ago, why do Republican pa
pers lie about it.
The general charge is made that
the last house passed legislation to
ruin the state, and that only Repub-
lican senate stood between Kansas
and ruin. Every little whiffet Of the
Hole and Besack stripe of newspapers
reiterate this lie, but not one of them
ever dared to print a list of the bills
which did pass the house and were de-
feated by the senate. There are none
Of them that the Peoples party is
ashamed of, and we wish to here pre-
sent a list of few them:
The house passed the Douglass anti
bribery bill and also his bill prohibit
ing the corrupt use of money at cleo
tiOns and both were left to die in the
senate.
1t passed a bill prohibiting the en-
plOyment Of PinkertOn or other pri-
vate armed detectives in Kansas, and
the senate killed it.
1t passed a bill prohibiting SUBJ
ScriptiOns of stock or bonds in the aid
of railroads, and it was never called
up in the senate.
1t passed a bill regarding the
weight Of coal at mines, and the
senate never did anything with it so
far as the record shows.
1t passed a bill regulating mutual
insurance companies, and it was kill
ed in the senate.
1t passed the Australian ballot law
bill and the senate killed that.
1t passed a bill providing for uni
form assessment OF bonds, mortgages,
etc, and the senate killed that.
1t passed a bill providing for live
stock inspection at Kansas City, Kan,
and the senate killed that.
1t passed bill to regulate interest,
define usury and prescribe penalties
for violation, nearly copy of the
present New York law, and the SEN
ate killed that.
1t passed general act to remove
political disabilities which had the
support of nearly every Republican in
the house and the senate killed that.
1t passed a bill to prevent the waiy-
er of appraisement and restore the
old law to Kansas, and the senate
killed that.
1t passed an act giving school
boards authority to purchase United
States flags for school houses, and the
Undertaking senate killed that.
1t passed the mortgage law provid-
ing for an equity Of redemption, and
the senate killed that.
1t passed bill making drunkenness
sufficient cause tor removal from Of
fee, and the prohibition senate killed
that.
1t passed maximum freight rate
bill and the senate killed that.
1t passed free text book bill and
the senate killed that.
1t also passed a maximum passen-
ger rate railroad bill, which prohib-
ed the use or giving Of free passes,
and the senate killed that.
1t passed a bill abolishing Judge
BOtkin's district, and the senate
killed that.
1t passed bill apprOpriating $50
900 for the Worlds fair and the SEN
ate killed that.
This is by no means all Of the work
done by that house, but we want
some candid Republican who is not
more interested in living for party
purposes than he r in the welfare Of
Kansas to point out one which is
against the good name Of Kansas and
the protection Of its citizens.
Point out one. You know you can't
do il.
Part Of the things done by the
house you demanded in your Republi-
can platform two years ago and you
demand them now.
Your Republican senate refused to
pass them.
Can a Republican legislature be
trusted any better now?
The Peoples house did pass them.
Have you any doubt that a full leg
iSlature will do it again?
Every honest voter in Kansas can
see where his interest lies. and if he
will cast off the incubus of party sla-
very, he will go to the polls this fall
and vote the Peoples ticket.-WdSh.
ingtOn Republican.