People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-10
VOL. iii.
FRO1 THE CAPITOL.

Ed. VOICE:-AnOther week has
passed since / wrote you before and
yet the disposition Of the two houses
is unchanged. The railroad repre-
sentation" is still holding out, but
what they expect to make by this
style of procedure is beyond our guess
ing powers. They will get Santa Fe
money as they have been doing and
that will be all. They have sent
out a ''cry Of financial distress" to
the people in general, asking that
funds be sent them that they may
continue to hold out. 1t would seem
from that they bid too cheap to the
Santa Fe. The job is longer one
than they bargained for, or else it is
a scheme to beat the people out OF
more money. The vouchers issued
from the Republican railroad assem-
bly, are being paid by the Topeka
bank and it would be foolish move
for the people to send them money.
| believe in them getting their pay
from the Santa Fe. They are work
ing in the interest Of that corporation
and not in the interest of the people
who sent them there.
Work will probably commence in
earnest Monday. The POpuliSt house
appointed all its committees last
week and the committees have been
hard at work ever since.
Bills have been introduced in the
house to the number of 1913 and the
senate 237. Several have passed the
senate.
Senator Jumper, from the 10Th dis
trict, turned loose on the Republican
members of the Senate Friday and
proved to be too big jumper for the
60, p. to handle, and in a few min
uteS wOrsted them all.
The Republican members of the
senate have to confess that they are
Out-generalled by a few hayseeds,
who came of their farms to change
the laws from the railroads to laws
sf, by and for the people. Mark one
score for the hayseeds Of Kansas.
The Republican house claims sixty
four members, seven Of whom are hold
ing their seats illegally, while they
claim the Populist house has fifty.
eight members, two of whom are il.
legal. This is their ground for hold
ing out that they are the legal house
Let US look into the matter on the
same line, but a little farther.
Suppose we take out the seven IL
legal members; that would leave then
ffty-seyen members and the two
from the Populist side would make
them dfty-nine. The Populist house
after the two illegal members are
taken out would have nfty-siI ant
we will give them the seven tsker
from the Republican house, which
gives them si1ty-three. Which il
the legal house, ffty-nine or sixty
three?
The senate has passed a very strin'
gent gambling bill, and in all proba
bility 1t will become a law. It pro.
hiblts lotteries, pool selling, book
making, and in fact, gambling Of any
kind, making it punishable by i'm
prisOnment, not less than one year OF
more than five on each and every
count. Black-legs, take warning.
A substitute for the appropriation
bill will be passed some time thi.
week, which will probably throw thi!
Patter into the courts and the legal
lty of the house be settled. In tn,
meantime, the Republicans had bet
ter take MurdOck's advice and q
home. By taking his advice, they
would save their credit, if the G. 0. D
has any of that article on hand.
The employees of the senate are look
ing forward to the passage of the ap
preparation bill. They are about al
"brOke" and money is necessary in al
classes. Some of us have been broke
for 10, these many days and the pas
sage of the appropriation bill. tn,
settlement Of the house and some nay
will make several people happy in anC
about the state house. When | write
again l hope the difficulty will hav,
been settled.
More Bulldozing.
TOPEKA. Feb. & 'Q3