The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-04
LAST MIGHTY EFFORT
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charges of bribery that were made in
the senate yesterday.
Fairchild OF Kingma1 said:
"Mr. Speakex-When We came here
the august body in the other end of this
building assumed TO take charge of this
| house and said they would see that our
| wild-eyed notions OF justice were tenn
| pered and our unsophisticated in
nocency was guarded. Last night we
heheld the piteous. spectacle of that
gorgeous body Furnishing poor old
anti-diluvian with the accusation Of cor
rupting their royal tegas.'
He then went on with a quotation
from Shakespeare on the irony of fate
| moved as an act OF mercy that the in
| vestigation be allowed.
He was answered by Lot Ravenscraft,
| who also fired hot quotation from the
Stratford-on-Avon bard. till it began 10
look as if the house had transformed
into board OF literary censors and
were passing on Elizabethan drama
COMMITTEE TO TEXAS.
| This was finally adopted and followed
1 by concurrent resolution TO send a
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| committee OF the same number 10 Gal
weston, Tex, 20 confer with committees
from that state and from Oklahoma, re-
| Sarding action to secure lower freight
| rates 10 the Gulf. After an hours de-
bate this was also adopted by a vote Of
81 TO is and an appropriation OF $500
| recommended to pay the expenses of the
commission.
| ANTI-OLEO BILL PETITIONERS.
| Some eight or ten petitioners to call
| up the anti-oleo bill were submitted and
on motion of Truehlood the matter was
taken up again. This discussed TO death,
and by a motion of Cubbison was
tabled by a vote OF IS TO IS, which IS
| the last time the anti-oleo measure will
! be heard from. 1t was reported in the
| house this morning by members in ex-
planning their votes tina. Senator Hanna.
| who got up the measure and sent it
through the senate, was willing to let
it die in the house.
NOMINATION HELD UP.
An attempt is being made to hold up
the confirmation of Governor Leedys
appointment Of ". L. Johnson of Kan
sas City. Kan, to be labor commission
er, on the ground that he is a goldbug
Republican. Lobbists on both sides OF
the proposition are hear and are clapper-
ciawing in interesting style.
SOME HOUSE BILLS.
The house jumped in yesterday and
passed about lis bills. Most Of them are
local measures. Below are some that
have not appeared in these dispatches:
Senate bill No. 1874, an act authorizing
the city of Hutchinson to vote and issue
bonds to the Hutchinson and Southwest
EN- Improvement company TO aid in Sc
curing of union and other terminals in
said city, and to connect the various
lines Of road at or near the said city,
and to aid in the construction.
Senate bill No. 40l, an act authorizing
the board of county commissioners of
Sedgwick county TO have control Of va
cant lots and lands held by the county
for delinquent taxes for the purposes
named in this bil.-Lewelling.
This is Senator dwellings Pingree
bill, TO buy seeds and plant in garden
truck the vacant lots in Wichita.
House bill No. 741, ar act to provide
for the health and safety Of persons en-
ployed in mines. and supplementary to
and amendatory Of chapter 66a. general
statutes OF 1889. and repeating chapter
III, session laws Of 1895, and providing
for violation thereof.-McGrath
Substitute for house bill No. 30. an
act to amend chapter 1s7, section ], ses-
sion laws of 1893, being AN act provid-
ing for the weekly payment of wages in
the lawful money OF the United States
by certain corporations and providing
penalty for the violation thereof. by pro-
viiinG for the monthly payment of
wages by railway companies.
THE PRIZE FREAK BILL.
Representative Walters OF Labette
yesterday carried off the palm for freak
bills by introducing a measure to en-
act the ten commandments into law. The
matter was written up by some newspa-
per boys and Walters introduced it for
a story and he got his picture in the
papers.
1t is preaInbled as follows:
"Whereas. The men OF the present
generation have become doubters and
scoffers; and,
Whereas. They have strayed from
the religion of the fathers; and.
Whereas. They no longer live in the
fear Of God; and.
Whereas. Having no fear OF punish
ment beyond the grave, they wantonly
violate the law given TO the world from
Mount Sinai; therefore.
BE it enacted by the legislature OF
the state of Kansas
After this each item of the decaiogue
follows as a section Of the bill.
THE STOCK YARDS BILL.
The stock yards bill as amended by
the senate came back 10 the house and
was concurred in Immediately This
measure ana the Harris railroad bill are
now ready for the governors signature
When the roll was called the following
protest against the railroad bill was Of
fered:
Mr.. Speaker-We. the undersigned,
members OF the legislature, beg leave 70
file this, our protest. against the Harris
senate railroad bill 524.
'First-We protest against this bill be-
cause il il not the measure we have
promised the people.
'Second-Bacause this measure has
me; with the full approval OF the rail- !
road lobby. and because We believe Il 7
was drawn a. the suggestion OF the rail- /
road attorneys OF this state, and despite I
the fact that this bill has met the sane |
ton and approval OF men high in the I
councils OF our party. we feel that IL Is |
a makeshift and an evasion, a compro- |
mise. and we are convinced OF the fact 1
tina, compromise Is nothing more nor
less than a defeat.
Yet. feeling that we have done all we
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