The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-05
Resubmissionists and Ants.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. Especial 1.-THE
| question of resubmission Is continually on
the god. Some days 1t appears TO have a
sweeping majority in the house and other
days you would think that every mothers 5
| son of them was a straight-jacket Prohi-
bitionist. Monday a dozen men in repre-
sentative hall who have the reputation OF
being more than ordinarily shrewd on a
guess said there was no doubt Of the over
| whelmng sentiment for resubmission- II
| was no objection 20 have Seaton's resolu-
| ton. unfavorabIy reported by the temper
ance committee put on the calendar under
| general order, for discussion by committee
of the whole. 1t has practically no opposi-
| ton. Yesterday afternoon Seaton asked
| to have the resolution made special order
| for Tuesday afternoon, or any other gwen
| time TO suit the convenience of the house
and he was Kissed off the floor. One who
| had not seen the demonstration OF Mon
| day would have said Immediately that there
| is no sentiment for resubmission in the
house at ALL The steering committee has
| not given out any orders in regard 10 the
| matter as yet and hence the difficulty in
defining the situation.
| A petition against resubnission signed
| by 12.25s men and women from every cor
sented at this mornings session OF the
house by Mr.. Larimer Of Shawnee 1t was
| in big bundle consisting of seven rolls,
each containing an the names received
| from one congressional district and bound
by a white ribbon, the official badge Of the
w. c. T. L. This is the largest petition
submitted as yet and if there is anything z
in quantity it ought to have some weight.
Speaker Street takes up great deal of
time yelling for order and asking the SER
geant-at-arms to clear the lobby. He has
been directed by the steefing committee to
keep the men on the majority side from
under the influence Of the communicating
touch of railroad, scnool book and other
lobbyists. and, of course, he ought TO do
It The speaker is right. but he has very
little of the qualification necessary for a
speaker of the house of representatives. He
acts just as he did fifteen or twenty years
ago when he taught school About every
twenty minutes he jumps up. goes through
very annoying performance with his
gavel, "sicks the bald hornet" on the lob
byists and sits down without having ac
complished anything more than to lose the
time, for the sergeant-at-arms only bobs
up from mis- desk, looks vicious and sits
down again, while the lobby continues 10
get in its work.
The bill introduced by Senator Lupfer OF
Larned to abolish Judge Vanderot's dis
trict has passed the senate by vote Of IS
to 6. 1t now goes over to the house and will
be passed there by a little more than
party vote.
The senate and house committees on
banks and banking in joint conference
Ao, la- Iz1 L. ~
state bank commissioner alone, both term
and salary. The change contemplated was
TO reduce the term to two years and the
salary to $780, but BriedenthaL the pres
ent commissioner, and a defeated candi-
date for something better. went before the
committee and offered some strong and
pointed argument in the negative, as chair
man of the Populist state central commit
tee. And the committees on banks and
banking. anticipating some good for the
party, very gracefully slid backward. The
committee is wise and the party safer.
The Senate ways and means committee
has reported favorably Senator Lewell-
ing's bill to distribute s1f. 40 now in the
hands of the state superintendent of insur-
ance to the fire companies of the state
having an apparatus valued a Sl.00. This
money is collected from the New York fire
insurance companies and will be divided
the different fire companies in pro-
portion to the years of continuous service.
Wichita will come in for about the fifth
or sixth largest amount.
E. T. Hackney of Wellington wants to
get rid of boarding any employees who work
at the penitentiary or charitable institu-
tions and has introduced bill looking 10
such arrangement. 1t is claimed that the
OF employees at these institutions affords
opportunities for shady deals in
provisions and supplies by the managers |
and also extends the field for Doodle. The |
bill proposed by Hackney VIII not permit |
any purchase at the expense of the state |!
for more than necessary supplies for in /
mates. Hackney is logical. He has anoth- |
er and subsequent bill to repeal the law au-
committees to investigate the |
OF these boards of managers /
and directors. He believes in cleaning up |
as you go. and acts upon the very natural |
that If you remove all oppor-
tunity for a Populist to DOODLE ne is rea-
zonably certain TO reform from doing so, 1
hence the attempted repeal Of authority for /
investigating committees.
On resolution of Forney an inquiry was |
sent to Attorney General Boyle as to
whether in his opinion. the alien land law
of 1891 was legally enacted. Mr.. Boyle this /
morning submitted the following:
The question as to whether the alien
and law was ever properly passed by tho /
legislature of 1891 is not free from doubt.
The matter has been presented to one DIS
irict court for determination, and IL was
here held that the law did not properly |
pass. There was no appeal taken, and this
s the only adjudication in any court upon
the question. After a somewhat careful
/ am forced to the conclu-
sion that the law did not properly pass.
and that il your honorable body desire an
alien land law. il Will require further action
oy this legislature"
AUSTIN E. NEAL.