The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-25
How He Worked the Vestibule
Bill Through.
INTERESTING STORY.
Senator Jumper, Who Didn't
Have a Streetcar Man
In His District to Remember
Him, Boosted the Bill.


Wheeler of the state board of charities
boarded the car at the asylum grounds.
The three other Populistic brethren
went inside the car and sat down, but
Senator Jumper dug up cigar out Of
one of his vest pockets, and lighting it
took a position in a corner of the VeSti-
bule. He was in a lOQuaclOuS MOOD,
and between puffS of smoke discussed
the prospects for good wheat crop and
prosperity in Kansas under POpulSt
rule with the conductor Later, Justice
Allen of the supreme court got on the
car, and Senator Jumper greeted him
heartily. Soon after Justice Allen took
a seat in the car the conductor started
to collect fares.
Before he entered the car the Kansas
statesman pulled a quarter from his
pocket and told him to take out for Pill
cher, Shane, Wheeler and himself.
Come to think of it, said he to the
conductor as he removed the half
smoked cigar from his mouth, you fell
lows ought to pretty near let me ride
free"
The conductor looked at the represen-
tative of Usage county in an inQuiring
manner and remarked, 'HOWS that?'
why don't you know me? Why
I'm the man what got you fellers these
vestibules."
You are" said the conductor slowly
as his eyes opened wide at the discovery
of a benefactOr. rs that so! How q
you do it?"
Just buclzled down and did it," re-
piled the senator with chuckIe. MY
names Jumper,-represent Usage coun-
ty in the senate-been there since '92-
you've heard of me of course. Well,
I'll tell you just how it happened. The
fellers that were pushin' the thing
But right here the senator's remarks
were cut short by the plant suddenly
shutting down and stopping the car so
unexpectedly that the Kansas states
man inVOluntarily left his corner and
laid his face against the glass window
of the car for a moment. recovering
his equilibrium, he smiled and nodded
to his friends in the car, and then open
ing the door called out:
You fellers better get out here and
go to pushin.''
You're on the rear platform, retort-
ed Justice Allen, get out and push
yourself
"Oh, never was much good in
push,' replied the senator, 4 make
better jumper than a pusher."
Just then the plant came to rights
and the car started again, and the SEN
ator from Usage once more leaned back
in his corner. Presently he remarked to
the conductor;
Say. that pun wasn't bad for a Pop
ulist, was it? But you learn how to do
them things when you're in the senate
three sessions.
But as 1 was going to tell you about
this vestibule business he continued.
There was a Teller in the house who
was elected on the promise that he
would get the bill through, but after
was pretty near over he found that he
didn't have much chance of getting it
passed. Well, the street car men that
were tryin' to lobby the thing through
came to me and says:
g See here, Jumper, we want to get
this bill through this session, and if
some energetic man don't get hold of it
pretty soon it's gone, that's all. Now,
you're just the man to see the thing
along, will you take it,?
Well 1 says, the seasons pretty
the senate would mean that it would
have to be pushed along under suspen-
sion of the rules, and 1 don't hardly
like to do that
the support of every street car man in
your district
Yes says I, I'm pretty sure the
street car men would stick by me, but
we don't have street cars in Usage
county, and there's not a street car
man in my district
Then I joshed them a while about
having to come to man from coun-
try district to get a street car bill pass
ed. but finally I consented to introduce
the bill in the senate and push it along.
Well, I did it, and got it through the
committee and under suspension of
rules, got it advanced on the calendar,
and when it came up for third reading
1 made a speech in favor of it, and 1t
passed.
And want to say that thevote that
vote although, of course, some Of the
Republicans voted for it. When it
went over to the house I kept an eye on
it and used my influence to see that it
got through. And that's why you fell
Iers are riding behind glass windows
now"
When Senator Jumper finished there
was a pause of several minutes while
the statesman puffed his cigar and the
conductor eyed him in sort OF a
worshipful way. The conductor was
Young man. and he felt that he hardly
had the experience to discuss legiSla-
tive questions with so great man as
Senator Jumper, and by way of getting
the conversation on q common place
plane he remarked. looking through the
car door at DR.. Pitcher:
THAT big fat fellow IS pretty Jolly,
isn't he?'
"Joiliest kind of a man. replied the
senator but all the same one of the
best superintendents We've got"
Now he doesn't look much like a su-
perintendent, does he?"
'Oh. L don't know. Hes sUperin-
+endent down here at Winfeld-Dr. Pill
cber-vou've heard of Dr. Pitcher Ev-
ervbody knows him because the papers
Jumped onto him two or three years
90 and again last year. But he's just
one of those kind of fellows that don't
OK. and as kind as a kitten when you
once get to know him, and
kansas avenue? Yes, here's where
T want to get off. Well. so long; re-
member T5a5ae that vestibule business and
kind of tell the fellers about it, and
with this the Usage county statesman
dropped off the car and started down
the avenue
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