The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12
POLITICAL MATTERS.

i Gov. Leedy has vetoed the railroad
bill, and he gives some very emphatic
reasons for doing so. In the opinion
of the governor the paragraphs which
are most stringent have no provisions
for enforcement. nor penalties for vio.
lation, while the paragraphs which
have penalties attached are rendered
Unconstitutional by providing for pay
ment into other than school funds.
He has many other strong reasons, but
the greatest of all is that the bill is a
makesh'ft and not at all what the pop
ulists have promised the people of this
state. The railroad bill was not the
Harris bill at all, though there seems
| a general attempt all along the line to
fasten odium upon the senator for the
act The Harris bill was defeated in
passed was an ola podl1da Of ideas and
opinions. There are plenty of people
who believe that the bill would have
resulted in great benefit to the ship
pers of Kansas, taking the ground
that it provides for the making of a
tariff sheet by the railroad commission
ers which could rot be successfully at
principal topic of discussion here, and
it will be until the end of the session.
An attempt may be made to railroad
another bill through before The legls-
lature goes home, but such move
will meet many obstacles. The gen
eral impression is that ALI extra session
WILL be called.
The republicans have again met the
populist buzz-saw in the house and are
sweating under the collar. Monday
the banking bill came up and the mi
noyity was loaded with speeches and
amendments, bit the previous ques-
tion cut them off, and the bill was
passed hy Il vote of 93 to s in jnst ff-
teen minutes. 1t has received the
governor signature and is Eow 4 law.
Tie house minority is finding lots
of trouble of this kind, especially
when Ed. Weilep is in the chair.
The banking law is practically the
one recommended by Commissioner
Briedenthal, and it will give the bank
ing department power to enforce rules
AMI regulations against banks which
seem loath TO do business in straight
forward manner. Bridentl,al has been
re-appointeri commissioner.
The legislature Is within week of
the end of the session, ard it has az
complished much more than it las
been gwen credit for. The explosion
of the stock yards mine under the feet
of the boodlers set the boys to work,
and the new law regulating the yards
will save the people enough annually
to pay for two or three legislatures.
extravagant and foolish as they may
be Grain inspection has been taken
from the boards of trade, and the pre-
| ceeds Will go into the state treasury
instead of into i.the hands of grain
gamblers; the school book trust has
got black eye, and the price of school
books will be reduced fully one th,rd;
a stringent antitrust law has been
passed, and half hundred other good
measures, which will make a good
record for the first populist leglslatule e
Kansas has ever had.
The republicans have rounded up
this session and fought every anti
monopoly measure that came before
them. In spite of the fact that the
republicans voted solidly against all
the measures passed except the rail-
road bill. they arrogate to them much
of the honor for having done so much
to protect the honor Of Kansas. Wher-
ever there has been a suggestion of
boOdle charges (and there has been
plenty of them) the republican vote
has been on the side of Doodle. If any
one doubts tins statement, let him
study the record.
There Is going to be very little
money appropriated for building this
winter, and the total appropriations
will he very low in spite of the fact
that the Legislature of two years ago
left several Institutions in a crippled
condition.
A regular republican piece Of fool
ishness was perpetrated at Olathe, i'm
the building of water works. Tue
appropriation was not sufficient, so the
contractor was permitted to lay sewer
tile instead of iron water pipe, and
the result is useless plant which
will cost $4,000 to put in shape for
use. This legislature will have to pro-
vide the funds, of course, and then
listen to republican howls about sx-
travagaDce.
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