The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-22
THEY WANT IT OVER
RESUBNISsIoNIsTS ROLL Up A
MONSTER PETITION.

Colonel veale Holds IL Aloft With Doth
Hands and it Contains the. Names OF
Fifty Thousand People Who Desire An
other Chance to Vote on the Question of
Neutrality-suspicious. In Detail by
Characterization Bill in the House
and Senate-Judicisl Apportionmert--
PIumh's Portrait.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 2l.-{Special D.
After prayer by the chaplain at the
opening Of the morning session. Colonel
Veale Of Shawnee county arose and
raising an immense roll OF paper above
his head said: "Mr Chairman, I hold
in my hand a petition signed by fifty
thousand people asking for the result
mission Of the prohibitory amendment
20 the constitution. l hereby offer it
and ask that the statement attached
thereto be read
The statement was signed by Mr.
Bischoff. secretary Of the Resubmiss;on
league Of Kansas, and its contents SIM
ply recited the desire OF thepeople to be
given an opportunity to again vote up
on the question of prohibition. Some
body moved to refer the petition to the
committee on irrigat ton but the speak
er needed it not and the document was
referred to the COMMITTEE on temper
ance.
The petition by counties is as fol-
lows: Allen 672, Anderson $50, Atchison
l2s. Barber 16S. Barton 1S&. Bourbon
1.l20. Brown pa. Butler $50, Chase 500.
~, 90,
enne liz, Clay 5o4. Cloud $50. Cowley
1.0S4. Crawford 504, Decatur $50, Doni-
phan 40. Douglas $50. Elk $50. Ellis
$50, Ellsworth 672, Ford 3S6, Gray, $50,
Grove Sc, Graham Sc, Greeley Sc, Green
wood 3S6, Hamilton Sc, Harper 112. Har-
vey $50, Jackson Sc. Jefferson ESQ, jew
ell 1SS. Johnson 224. Kearney IS, King
man $50. Labette 224. Leavenworth $3.50.
Lincoln SIG, Marion 5oi. Linn 1853, Lyon
S72. Mcpherson GIG. Marshall 1,064.
Montgomery 5o4, Nemaha SO. Neosho
1885, Usage 72S. Osborn ESQ., Pawnee liz,
Phillips 1886, Pottawatomie GIG, Pratt So,
Rawiins 1872. Reno 504. Republic 16s,
Riley So. Russell 1856, Saline ], 344, Sedg-
wick 1852, Seward IS. Shawnee 2,e12,
Sheridan Sc, Smith S92. Sumner 112,
Thomas 112, Waubunsee 672, Wash
ington $40, Wilson 224, WoodsOn liz,
Wyandotte 72s.
NOT A FAIR TEST.
The petition shows the greatest re-
submission sentiment to be in Shawnee
county, the Gibraltar Of prohibition.
Sedgwick comes next and Saline third.
The petition shows, however, that il is
by no means a proper test of the senti-
ment of the various counties In the
state. For instance the petitioners from
Leavenworth county, where resubmis-
sion is unanimous, only number 1886:
1t would be no exaggeration TO say that
there are fully 1000 resubmission voters
| in Leavenworth county. Wyandotte
county has 1000 resubmission voters
and there are only 728 petitioners from
there.
Immediately after the introduction
of the resubmission petition, Speaker
! Lobdell presented remonstrances from
$4,000 persons. a great majority OF
them being ladies. That. too. was re-
ferred to the committee on temperance.
IRRIGATION BILLS.
The irrigation bills Of the house and
senate passed each other in Pneumonia
| hall, the great unsheltered rotunda of
the capital. The house bill was going
| to the senate and the senate bill was
going to the house.
Irrigation is one Of the great prob
lens to be solved in Kansas and II is
perhaps the greatest subject before the
legislature. There is some doubt, how
ever, whether any great amount OF
practical good can be accomplished in
this legislature as both houses are wide
apart on the measure OF its importance.
The senate. il seems, thinks that $4,000
will test the practicability Of irrigation
on the arid high plains OF the western
counties; the house was decided in Its
opinion that $50, 600 is necessary. Wheth
er they can both succeed IN meeting
each other with this $4,000 span be-
tween them is hard TO predict IT was
encouraging, however. TO observe that
both houses were practically unani-
nous on the proposition that expert
ments should be made. The house
treated the subject very cleveriy and
the members thereof seemed 10 have
better understanding of the importance
of irrigation than the senate.
BROWN OF PRATT.
To be sure. Brown Of Pratt. one OF the
Populist leaders of the house denounced
irrigation as a fraud and in doing so
compared it with the sugar producing
movement a few years ago. His argu-
ment had no weight. The house DILL
was championed by thoroughly posted
men who were true friends OF the cause
Hon bob" Hopkins OF Finney county,
did splendid work for the bill. He has
a practical knowledge OF irrigation ana
knows its magic effects when applied
western Kansas. He also had fund OF
data complied from state reports which
made an unanswerable argument 70
combat the claims OF the economists
Of eastern Kansas. who were not Irieho-
Iy to the bill on the theory that "estrih
Kansas did not contribute enough 10
the support OF the state TO entire ~ 10
any large appropriation Ior HiIs a1tuii
He showed that in his county alone
over 100000 had been paid INTO the
state on school lands that afterwards
reverted to the state and that tfals sum
Uas more than double the apporuon-
ment asked for experimental irrigation.
And this was only one or the twenty
six counties of the district 20 De covered
by the 900 asked FOR IN the approPii-
alton
Nv made his maiden speech In favor OF
the bill. He never before ASKED TIE IN
dulgence OF the house 20 speak on any
question and on this occasion ne Wa
not only given full latitude nut was
encouraged BY the most reSpectful at
,a,tton He Is an honest, sincere and
nonular representative and as irrise-
lion is the subject dear 10 his heaTt All
,be members in tie house seemed HS-
siroiis OF helping him out IN ever. nas
they could. MI. Grimes MADE touch
ing appeal in favor OF the settisis "l
western Kansas and one tnal nc =
POWERFUL effect Representative cara
Well Of Douglass county, the universe
~ member. also made forcioie speecn
in favor Of irrigation for the west -
did Mr.. CubbisOn OF Wyandotie-
The house bill puts the expefinl en "a,
work in the hands OF tnree pIaS. -.
,,an ~ rorr, a commission The scheme
is 70 sink tWenty wells in different plse,
- throughout the ssmi-arid region arc
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