People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-17

pounds OF such grain or seed, as stated
by the person or persons delivering
such grain or hay TO such railway
company, and the amount so stated
shall be conclusive and binding upon
such railway company, as provided in
section 9 OF this act; PrOvived, how
ever, That the person 50 delivering
such grain or seed to such railway
company shall, if required by the
railway cOmplny, make an affidavit
that the amount OF grain or hay as
stated by him is true and correct.
Sec. 8. Any railway company neg
lectlng for SIX (6) months after the
taking effect of this act to put in the
car scales. heretofore provided for,
shall be liable to penalty of one
hundred dollars $4,000 per day for
each station at which such neglect Oc-
ours, until the same is put in, as
herein provided.
Sec.l0. Any railway company neglec-
ting or ref"slng tO give any person en-
titled thereto d bill Of lading as reQuir-
ed by either sections & or s Of this act.
shall be liable to a fine of one hun
dred dollars for each and every such
refusal, to be recovered by an action
brought in the name of the state, in
any court Of competent Jurisdiction,
and shall also be Liable to the party
injured by such refusal for all dam
ages sustained thereby, together with
reasonable attorneys fee, to be recOv-
cred by an action IN any court of COM
petent Jurisdiction; and in ali cases
IN which judgment shall be rendered
against railroad company for loss or
shortage on grain shipped, the magis-
trate or cOu. t shall also render judg-
ment for a reasonable attorneys fee
for the plaintiffs attorney: Provided.
That such attorneys fee shall not be
allowed unless written denim be
made upon the agent of the station at
which the grain was shipped for pay
ment of such loss or shortage thirty
(3O) days before the beginning of such
suit.
Sec. IL. That this act shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its publication in the official state
paper,
The Senator had hard fight to get
the school bond bill through, but he
stuck to it until his labOrS were re-
warded by its passage. He was also
the leading element in the passage of
the ''Salary bill" and the school text
book bill. Taking all in all, Senator
FOrney was one of the best workers
ever sent to the senate by t1e
people Of our county.
The Senator introduced several
other important measures, which
passed the senate, but were killed in
the house. He has labOred hard,
early and late, in the interest of his
constituents. and the bills herein
spoken of will we'll repay his constit-
uentS for placing their interests in
his hands. Had the sup 'eme court
not have given a partisan decision.
thereby killing entirely good many
bills, the people would hive been sur
priSed at the amount of solid and i'm
pOrtant work this term of the legiSla-
ture would have given the people of
Kansas. There is no use in crying
over spilled milk but two years from
now we will elect our own men to the
house and if a Republican gets in, it
will he as visitor.
The people got a good look at them
this time when their mask was off.
Douglass and Horton unmasked and
did their dirty work in open day in
defiance to the people and their laws
md the people will not tolerate such
proceedings at the hands of any party
and next election will turn them down
and give their places to men like A.
G. FOrney and ]. NJ. Doubleday.
As for Representative Doubleday
he was a ceaseleSs, tireless worker
and although Frustrated with the
grippe fOrSeveral days, did more work
perhaps, than any one of his COL
leagues. Senator John Martin is cred
tied with saying to a Sumner county
man in conversation that Doubleday
was the ''brains of the house." He
was chairman of the Judiciary COM
mittee in the DunSmOre house, which
shows in what manner his merits
were esteemed by his cO-wOrkerS.
1t would be a good idea for our re-
form papers to get the bills that were
killed by the illegitimate house and
publish their full text, so the people
can see beyond dispute who and what
are their friends, so they can support
them and not their enemies through
mistake. The measures the people
demanded were in sight, but the Su-
preme court turned them aside and
another election will have to be held
before they will be brought up again.
What will the people do in the mat
ter? WILL J. MCKINLEY.
TOPEKA, March II, 1893.
EDITOR VOICE:-The legislature ad-
jOurned sine die last night at $50
o'clock, but Chief Clerk Brown of the
Douglass house is still holding the
fort and ie noun bucV- ;ssu;n.r ,-ouobo -.