The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-25

Let all the people smile
AS they ride on Kansas railroads
| AT two cents mile.
CHAMBER soF DEPUTIES,
| TOPEKA, KAN, Feb. 81, 1893.
! To the Editor OF the Eagle:
I would rather be bald-headed and
| toothless and be man who preserved
his peace, although that piece may be
| enthusiastically small. than to be scalped
in battle or able to bite or cartridges for
Calling gun or chew up governor or
slay speaker with the jawbone of an
ass. l would rather have an exasper-
ated hoodlum hit at me with p-elm
club and miss me than to be hit with a
| sledge-hammer in the hands Of speaker
of the legal and constitutional house of
representatives of the great state OF
Kansas.
But what we are trying to get at is the
introduction of senate bill No. 402,
which now nestles IN the bosom of the
ways and means committee of that hon
orabe body. We want to getit into the
lower house, without the aid of body
guard or q SleuSe hammer.
This bill may have a double or triple
head, but it is not D-formed.
As we have SO many titles of no-ability
and so many representatives of humility
at both ends of our brief career of
Cesarism, that we only give the body of
the bill, and will permit the legal house
to put head on it, which may be as
level as the head of the Trainer Of the bill
and as full of nerve as the arm and hand
that writes the signature that makes
this special act, the greatest act of the
greatest state. of the greatest worlds
fair that ever will be known in the
worlds history.
COPY OF THE SPECIAL ACT.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Kansas:
Section /. That it shall 5e unlawful
for any railway corporation to charge
to exceed 2 (twO) cents per mile passen-
ger fare for carrying any one person, on
any railway line within the limits of the
state of Kansas from and after the open
ing of the worlds fair at Chicago on
May 1, next, until the closing of the
same on Nov. 1, 1898, following.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted that
during the existence of the aforesaid
L zone cent per mile rate
no rebates, cut rates or free
passes be granted over any railway lines
within the limits of said state of Kansas,
and that no free transportation be issued
to any persons during said time except
ing TO regular labor employees of said
railways.
Sec. 3. That an appropriation Of fifty
thousand $50, 00O dollars be made for
the purpose of erecting a tabernacle and
other suitable buildings for the people of
the world, and the people of Kansas in
particular, during the worlds fair, pro-
viding said tabernacle be made portable
and kept under control Of commission
appointed for the purpose with per-
mission to erect the same at some
convenient point granted by the board
of managers of the worlds fair grounds
at Chicago; providing further, that said
tabernacle be and remain the property
of said state of Kansas, subject to re-
moval to said state after the close of
said worlds fair.
Sec. 4. That the governor of Kansas
be authorized to appoint said commits
sion of five persons-three males and
two females-whose duty it shall be to
take charge of all material of said build
ing both before and after its erection and
during its return to the state of Kansas;
also take charge Of all funds
OF said appropriation, drawing on
the state treasurer of Kansas for such
portions Of said fund as fast as needed
and that said commission be composed
of a president at salary of 500,
secretary at salary of 500, treasurer
at a salary of $500 and two other mem
bers at a salary of $500 each.
Sec. 5. And be it further provided that
anyrema aiming funds of said appropria ion
may be expended with the newspapers
of Kansas, pro rata, for publishing rail
way time cards and other advertising
matter relating to the railways
of the state of Kansas and
the worlds far, in lieu of advertis-
ing contracts with said Kansas railway
lines and whose contracts may have
been annulled by section and 2 of this
act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted that
all citizens of Kansas be permitted to
contribute any suitable material that
may be offered for the construction of
said tabernacle and that said material
NAV be passed upon and allowed for by
said commission who are by this act
legally authorized to provide for and
oversee the construction of said and adj
iacent buildings.
Sec. Z. This special act for appropria-
ton will be in force Immediately after
the appointment and organization of
said commission and its publication in
the official state papers and those sec
tons relating TO railway passenger rates
shall be in force on and after May 1sr
and its publication in all papers in the
state of Kansas.
This is not the verdict of high sher-
if.
1t is not the verdict of low court.
1t is not the verdict of Jack-of-all-
trades and master Of none; but it is
near the. end of the session and the
game, that will be won by representa-
tive Of the greatest people on earth.
Neither is il the verdict of jack-leg-
lawyer.
Bat il is the verdict Of one Of the peo-
pie who is sworn to support the govern
ment, the state. the constitution and the
law made-''forn- not-''in''- case
of emergency.
And TO this we viii add, ''Vox Populi.
vox Del" before our signature: Julius.
One of the Caesars.
But we feel it necessary TO explain to
YOUR readers that tins Chamber 81
Deputies" is the remains of the house OF
misrepresentation and founded on the
ruins o. the same. This IS The house