The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-05
IRWIN HAS PLANS
OUTLINE OF THE WORK HE PRO-
POSES TO DO AT TOPEKA.
Among Other Things He Says He Will Wage
Deadly War ON Prohibitiou-If He
Can't Get Resubmission He Will Seek to
Make the Law Practically imperative
He Will Also Push a Bill Providing for
the Borrowing of Money on Trust Deeds
Some Proposed Legislation for Trans
far of City Property.

Charles NJ Irwin, representative-eIect
viii go TO Topeka Friday or Saturday
to take his seat in the lower house of the
legislature. He is going early to avoid
the rush after nice places to board
which shows that he is very sensible in
that respect Besides, he wants to be
at the capital early in order that he may
get 10 know the others, one by one, as
they get in from the various districts
Mr.. Irwin says that he does not intend
TO contest eternal fame with Cicero as
an orator, and that he will be satisfied
with few speeches on few subjects.
He will, of course, watch the progress
OF legislation generally. but will give
espe cial attention to four items of work,
as follows:
First, the passage of bill resubmitting
the pIchibitory law to a vote of the peo-
pie.
Second, the passage Of bill for the
purchase Of Garfield university for
State Normal school,
Third, the passage of a bill securing
money on artrust deed.
Fourth, the passage of a bill regulating
the transfer Of unplatted property out
side the corporate limits of city
Speaking about the matter with re-
porter for the Eagle, yesterday he said:
Il viii do everything in my power 10
cause the prohibitory iaw TO be submit
ted to the people Failing in that | will
use my best efforts to repeal all the pro-
h:bitcry legislation on the statute book,
or. al least, to modify it to a great eX-
tent.
Il cannot yet say what line of policy
/ will pursue in securing State Normal
for Wichita. l will have a consultation
with my colleagues and the friends of
the normal generally as TO the best meth
cd TO pursue.
= will devote my best effort to secur-
Ing the passage of a bill by which money
can be borrowed on a trust deed. My
bill Will be something in the line of sue
cessful Missouri legislation along that
line. The idea of my bill is this: Sup
posing you are a farmer and want to
borrow $1,000 on your land, all you
would have to do is TO make a deed to
your farm to the borrower and place it
in trust as security. If at the end of the
specified life of the loan you did not
pay, then the property would become
his without the costs of foreclosure.
That would relieve you from any fur
Their obligation to the man and there
would be no judgments against you. In
other words. want the deed of the prop
erty to go as full payment of the loan.
In addition my idea is to give you one
year TO redeem the property back, al
though it had left your possession, and
the borrower collected the rents from
it, to which, under my bill. he viii be
entitled to do and hold them. This, Z
believe, would make money loaning in
Kansas absolutely safe, 1t will bring
money into the state, and I am satisfied
It will enable men to loan money at a
lower rate of interest. Such a law ex-
lists in Texas also and it is a pronounced
success The main objects are TO make
money easy to borrow, to protect the
lender and to avoid litigation.
With reference to my proposed bill
governing the transfer of property out
side the city limits, l will say that my
idea is that property cannot be set out
side the city limits unless it is to be used
permanently for agricultural purposes,
and then only when it Is in tracts or
five acres or more"