The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-25
Leedy and LeweIlinp.

police law, by vote OF to L. The SEN
ate committee on revision of the calendar
placed it at the bottom and when the
report was made Senator Farrelly offered
motion to place this bill at the head OF
the calendar. It was voted down. Mr..
Farrelly then asked to have it placed at
the head on next revision. At this junct
ure Senator Lewellng moved to indefinite
ly postpone consideration of the bill. which
motion carried, as follows:
Yeas-Young Ryan, Reser, Stocks. Shell
don. ing. Jumper, Johnson. Householder,
Hart, Honna, Helm, Hart, Forney, Lup-
fer. Lewelling Matthews. and Mosher.
Nays-Armstrong, Battey, Benson. Brad
dock. Caldwell, Farrely. Harris. Morrow.
Sterne, Titus. thinner.
This means that the metropolitan police
and all other Offices will be retained and
that reform will never reform if reform
ers must sacrifice.
The bill killed was known as the Hack
| busch bill 1t originated in the house and
passed by a good sized majority. Almost
all the Populists voted for 1t. When 1t
| came over 70 the senate. the committee on
| first-class cities favorable reported 1T and
| for the past week it has been at the head
of the calendar on general orders The
administration always commended that it
would not attempt to dictate to the legis-
| lature concerning legislation on this line,
but at the time this assertion was made
| it did not look as If there ware any chance
| for the bill to pass. The action of the
| house in passing the bill and the prompt
action of the senate committee in recon-
mending its passage caused Governor Lee
| dy and his push to change front.
1.-The bill would have passed the senate
| by a big majority" said Senator Z;mmer
| today. had the governor not taken a
| hand. There are too many senators here
| trying to get their friends into Official po-
sitions to ignore the request of the COVER
| nor
| The governor spent several hours on the
| floor during the past week lobbying for
| the defeat of the BILL and it is asserted
| that he made several promises of places
| in exchange for votes against the measure.
He won his first victory when he got the
presiding officer to appoint calendar re-
vision committee that he could handle.
Lewelling, as Leedy's lieutenant, did the
| rest.
The senate passed Harris railroad bill
| without the maximum schedule, by unan
| imous vote.
The senate caucus last night decided that
| a maximum rate provision in Harris rail-
road bill was not wanted. The remainder
of the bill stood inspection and will be
recommended for passage. 1t will be now
| jest as Senator Harris prepared Ii, with
probably one unimportant change. II es-
| tablishes a minimum below which the state
| cannot go in fixing rates and gives rail-
road commissioners power to vary them at
pleasure. The section stricken out last
night was the one against which Senator
Harris made such a hard fight, and is as
follows:
That each Of the railroads in the state
Of Kansas shall charge for the transpor-
tation of freight from any point in this
state to any other point therein no high
er or greater rate than is by this act fixed
as the reasonable maximum rate for the
| distance hauled; and the reasonable maxi
mum rates for the transportation of
freight from any point in the stae of Kan
sas to any other point therein are de-
clared and esta blished to be as herein
after in this section fixed for the distance
named; and any higher or greater rate
for the distance hauled, than that herein
fixed and established, is prohibited and
declared to be unlawful; and the reasona-
BILE maximum rate herein fixed and es-
tablished shall be known as the Kansas
schedule of reasonable maximum rates"
The strange part of the proceeding is
that Jumper was In favor OF striking out
this section and doing away with any max
imum limitations whatever and In view of
the fact that he was tie loudest man with
his mouth for sticking the railroad corpo-
rations the query arises, What influence
is tanning the Usage GROWER? Harris, In
his efforts against the section. was sup
Ported by Young, thinner, Lewelling. Shat
fer, Armstrong and Farrelly. Householder,
II MI and ~ ,,iD
Gates.
The report Of the calendar revision COM
mittee Of the senate, as adopted, places
the bills on the calendar in the following
order:
To appropriate money for the current
expenses of the State normal school
To appropriate money for the current ex-
penses of the institution for the educa-
ton of the deaf and dumb.
To appropriate money for the current ex-
penses Of the State university.
To appropriate money for the current ex-
5penses of the State orphans home.
To appropriate money for the erection
OF chemistry building at the State uni
versity.
To appropriate money for an electric light
plant at the State reform school
To appropriate money for the executive
ana judiciary departments.
To appropriate the interest received from
the State Agricultural college permanent
fund.
To provide for the payment OF $4,000 |
state indebtedness due July ], 1897. and
July /. 1885
To provide for the refunding Of certain |
state bonds.
To appropriate money for the current ex- |
penses of the State blind institution
To appropriate money for the current ex- |
penses of the State insane asylum at To- |
peka.
To appropriate money for the construct |
ion Of an electric light plant at the State |
insane asylum at Topeka.
To appropriate money for the state pen
itentiary.
To appropriate money for the improve
nlent of the Orphans home.
To appropriate money TO pay for convey
ing prisoners 10 prison.
To appropriate money for bust Of ex-
Governor Charles Robinson.
To appropriate money for the completion
Of the State university geological sur
vey.
To appropriate money for the current ex-
penses OF the State soldiers home.
To appropriate money for q deficiency in
the salaries OF the district judges.
To turn the reunion grounds ct Ellsworth
ever 10 the Woman's Relief Corps.
To define and regulate the stock yards.
To prohibit the Issuance OF railroad pass
es
To amend the anti-trus! law.
To place the stock yards under the con-
troll OF the state board CT railroad commits
sioners.
To prohibit the preparstio, OF Insurance
rates for the benefit OF insurance comre-