The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-26


Second Chance - How Harmony Doe
Not Prevail Among the Pops
Topeka. Kan, Feb 25.-(Spec!aL)-
The house put in the entire forenoon dis
cussing in committee of the whole. sen
ate bill No. Sc. by Senator Harris. in re-
lation tot the collection Of delinquent tax
es on real estate bid off by counties al
tax sales and providing for a sale OF
such real estate. This bill provides tina:
in all cases in which real estate has
heen or shall be sold and bid in by any
country at any delinquent tax sale, and
shall remain or shall have remained I'M
redeemed and the certificate of sale I'M
assigned for the period of four years af-
te% such sale and the amount due shall
soners Of such county may cause to be
filed a petition containing list of such
real estate In the Office of the clerk of
the district court, describing the lands
on which such taxes are due and the
amount and the several levies thereon,
giving owners name, together with q
prayer for sale Of same at judicial sale.
II at the first sale the property does not
bring the amount due for tax costs il
must be sold the second time. The sec
ond sale will be final if il brings two
thirds the amount If not, 1t must be sold
the third time, which sale is final, under
any consideration, and from this sale
there is no redemption.
Fitzgerald of Ford says if it is past it
will bankrupt half the counties in the
state, as it will furnish more opportuni-
ty for jobbery and corruption than any
other half dozen bills ever passed in the
STATE. and Will be piece of gross injus-
tice to the poorer class of people
Fairchild Of Kingman made strong
fight against il and was ably assisted by
Merrill of Sedgwlclx. who sent the fol-
lowing communication TO the speakers
desk:
Wichita, Kan, Feb. II.
Hon. H. I. Merrill, Topeka, Kan.
Dear Sir:-I see the senate has pass
ed bill &C. If it goes to the house and
is passed ii will rob many a man of the
chance of redeeming his property Sen
ator Harris called it land shark bill
and introduced it by request, but said
there was no danger of its passing. 1t
seems he is mistaken. There are thou
sands in Kansas with a few prosperous
years would redeem all their property.
IL this bill becomes law there is no
hope for them. II certainly would be
most unfortunate just now. Yours
truly, JOHN EXTON."
HARRIS RAILROAD BILL.
The senate passed yesterday afternoon
Senator Harris's railroad bill, without
the maximum schedule provision, by a
unanimous vote. This means that in all
probability there will be no railroad
legislation this session. The house and
senate are remarkably facile in disagree
Ing. Tuesday night the senate in eau
Gus unraveled the house bill 10 repeal
the metropolitan police law, which ac-
ton got the house into a stew, and yes
terday afternoon the lower house body
struck back by killing Senator House.
holders civil service charities bill. Mr..
Householder's bill had been in the house
for some three weeks unnoticed. but 1.
was hauled to the sacrifice in short or
der when the senate's action on the DO
lice bill became known.
Now Householder is mad and Forney
has been that way ever since his first
twenty-eight bills were stif1ed by the
house. Senator Young has been in
pout for more than two weeks because
his pet printing bill was left out till 1t
froze TO death. and this action on the
freight rate bill is notification by the
senate upon the tallow-boot and overall
aggregation at the other end Of the hall
THAI monkey business is a game of tag
and wag" in which every reformer on the
io5 can go off on a fools errand.
BROWN OF PRATT KICKS.
Brown of Pratt says the senate bill is
A piece OF tomfoolery and has given out
the edIct that his bill is the bill, and
the fac: that Brown cuts more ice than
any other single member of the legisla-
ture lends a color of interest TO the situs-
ton. Senator Harris is unalterably op-
posed to any maximum rate provision,
and row since the Usage kicker, Jumper,
has metamorphosed into a horse of an
other color, there seems to be little prob
ability of getting any such bill past the
upper house. Colonel Jsquins of VIM
field says the maximum rate bill has got
10 go Though and his Pop friend Walters
from Lahette, says nit" all of which
makes it probable that grim-visaged war
will soon come nosing around with mis- |
wrinkled front. and if he does the afore- |
said front is liable TO be handy pune |
tured.
pUNSMORE BUZZES.
John Dunsmore is up in his wrath be- |
cause the senate has broken faith with |
the promises of reform. and his little bald |
head has been quivering for two days |
after the fashion OF a crock of plum /
jelly. He says he left the Republican /
party fourteen years ago on this very /
came proposition and has been urging it |
necessarily since. "Why. it's what we
came into power on he said, and now
1t looks as If cur own party intends 10
dish up nothing but crow But they
may fork up black meat just as long as
they please: l won't any of it. I'll be |
here n the next campaign and I'll take !,
the stump and denounce every man that
goes back on this maximum rate bill
IL go to the state convention and begin
my work. Every son-of-a-gun who
votes against this measure 10 restrict the
Blasted rSilroads-his name shall be
boomers. Why. just think of il,
What's the Use of wasting all this time?
Why not add a little section 10 the old
law and let it so al thar? That's all
we've done when We pass this bill with
on. maximum schedule. Lock what IN
enormous power IL puts into the hands
OF the railroad commissioners. Every
mothers son OF them could be immense
ly rich IN little or no time il ne wanted !
-. It's a perfect outrage shame a
miserable farce-hypocrisy-a cowardly