The advocate., 1897-03-10

court n0l8eS Waa paBSoU' OoA1Ve DaAA
367, authorizing AtchlSOn county to
issue interest t-bearing warrants TO COM
plete the court house, was passed.
Senate bills 447, 5l2, SS6, 5O4, SSS, sos
and 55S were passed. The following
House bills were also passed: Nos.
6lS, s77, 65l, 4S7, 6S4, 2l9, 556, 557, 55S,
79s, 6O2, 81, 446, $40, 65S, 1853, 1853, 79l,
OOS, 6l5, 574, 500, 7O4, 756, $50, 654, 6OS,
69S, GIL, 464, 68l, 7lO, 765, 800, SSS, 7SS,
2SO, Gil, 7S6, AsS, $40, 525, 84l, 2Sl, 7O9,
66s, sos, 49s. 607, 676, S5l, 7s5, 6l7, s7l,
S66, S5S, 867, 67l, S54, 668 and 58S.
These were all bills authorizing build.
ing Of bridges, vacating townsites, dis.
organizing school districts, legaliZing
officers acts, etc., and 90 they are Of
interest to no one but Q small number
Of people who are directly affected,
more extended reference to them is
omitted.
House bill SS2, diaorganizing a Ford
and Edwards county joint school dis.
tElct, was passed. House bill 74S, to
enable Marion county to issue bonds
for prospecting purposes, was passed
by q vote Of "a to %. Seventeen Of the
25 voting no were elected by Populist
votes.
The anti.trust bill, being Senate bill
4S9, was passed, the vote being "a to
20. Not a single man elected by Pop
ullst votes voted against IL.
Senate bill 524, being the railroad
bill, was then put on third reading. It
was passed by q vote Of 12l yeas to l
nay. The man who voted against the
bill was OutCalt (POp.) Of COfEey. He
took the position that it was not such
q measure as his people favored and
that he could not see his way clear to
compromise In che matter, and he
therefore voted no.
The following protest was then Ale6
by members of the POpullst side:
Mr.. sPEAKRR--We, the undersigned, Nom.
bOrs OF che Legislature, beg leave to ile this,
eur protest, against the Harris Senate railroad
bill 694
First-We protest against this bill because
It is not the measure we have promised che
! people.
SeCond-BecauS0 this measure has met with
che full approval Of the railroad lobby, and
because we believe It was drawn OF the sug.
gestOn Of the railroad attorneys OF this State,
and despite the fact shat this bill has met the
sanction and approval Of men high in the
councils Of our party, we feel that IL 10 make
shift and an evasion, q compromise, and we
are convinced Of the fact that compromise
10 nothing more nor less than defeat
Yet feeling that we have done oil we could
to redeem our pledges and inspired by the
hope thAt our worst fears may not be realized,
and that some good may result from the pas
sSg0 Of this measure we are constrained 10
vote aye.
Lot Ravenscraft, Z. c. Weilsp, T. G. Davis, e.
II. EppersOn, J. L. Feighner, W. +. Brown, F. +.
Carr, J. Crosby, J. g. Richards, Frank I. Pat
ten, r. J. Wallack, George I. McGrAth, J. ].
MuenzenmSyer,W. G. Jameson, James Csssen,
J f. LOomis, ]. #. Malin, G. @. StOner, H. w. Din.
gus, Paul Russell, J. w. Gray, W. D. Street, D.
N. BaPkIey, W. P. TFuebleOd, william Lewis,
J.B. Ward, J. s. Bean, J. J. Marty, ISom Wright,
U.s.. Farrell, John Wshrle, J. D. Stevens, A. NJ.
KelsOn, J. II. Hlbner, /. B. Fulton, w. NJ. Metz
ler, y. o Mott, John ]. Lambert Of Lincoln,
silas Rutledge, B. #. Singleton, W. Il. Ingle, D.
NJ. ROthwsileE, A G. Foley, J. W. CLARK v
The following explanations Of votes
Were given:
81 desire to explain my vote upon