Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-11
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ANOTHER PoPULIsT ISM GONE.
Kansas House Votes Down Initiative
and Observation-Disclosures
ans Opposed IL.

Topeka. Kas., March lO-fSpecialD The
last remaining cardinal principle of tho
Populst party faded away to-day like Pop
uiists before a railway lobby. Initiative
and referendum went down All In 4 heap
II tpok eighty-tive votes 10 carry 81. And
all the Populists could muster were sei,-
enty-six. i - "a
When the resolution was called up or
special order, Weilep, of Cherokee. moved
TO substitute the senate resolution. which
hal already passed the upper body. for the
house resolution, and the motion prevailed.
The resolution vas; then taken! up, FOR
consideration by sections ana only minor
amendments were made. Cubbson, Re
publican. OF Nyandotte, wanted TO strike
out section g. which embodied. the initta-
tive principle. He said be was in faypr
OF referendum, but opposed TO initiative. He
claimed that initiative wiped out the state
constitution, the necessity of a legislature.
and wiped out the very safeguards TO a
stable government. He was in fas-or of
referring all laws passed by the Legislature
back TO the people for approval if the lat
ter desired, but he did not want it ar
ranged so that the people could so ahead
wEilc some craze is sweeping over the
state and override the constitution and
enact some law that might prove vicious.
Are you in favor OF the people ruling, "
asked McGrath, Populist.
Il am" was the reply.
Then favor initiative responded Nc
Grath. If you don't, 1t shows you are
afraid of the people"
That is not true, replied Cubbison,
and. further. 1 want to say that you lad
dressing McGrathl are in favor of Wiping
ont the constitution: you want 20 go il
blind and let anarchy and riot reign.
That's what you favor"
Crbbison's motion to strike out the sec
tion lost.
No other amendments were offered and
W,h,If-
with the exception OF Tapscott, of Ham
iIton. voted for the resolution. and the Re
puhlicans, with the exception OF Hackbusch
and NogelgeSang. voted against it There
were a number of Republicans who would
have voted for the resolution had Cubbi-
sons motion prevailed, but they would no:
take IL without that section being stricken
out. even il ii had made resubmission easy.
In explaining his vote. Tapscott said:
My people are against this Populist
whisky measure. l think il is wrong. II
favors the bum element of our state and is
contrary TO democratic principles L vote
no..
Keefer. of Leavenworth, explained his
vote in the following language: My great
est desire in coming TO this legislature was
TO discover whether IL WAS possible for the
people to find relief in such delegated as
There are only two ways to eYnancipate
mankind and restore liberty-one through
direct legislation, via initiative and -efer-
endum; the other by revolution. The
former means a peaceful solution; the other
chaos. We shall have one or the other
soon. / vote aye.
Judge Botkin. of Reno. said that the Re
publicans would have gladly supported a
measure drawn up with the referendum
idea but that they would not he driven TO
push through so radical a Populist scheme
as this This is case" said he where
you have 10 have the consent of the victims
before you can run the band wagon over
them. You need some of our votes. II
you had used your brains instead of your
jaws so much you would have been better
of in this case
When the roll call was completed, the
vote was announced as follows: Ayes, 75;
nays, Il; absentees, s.