The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29

the aid of Chairman FairchiId, the bill
was speedily railroaded along.
Keefer of Leavenworth moved an
amendment to the section providing for
an investigation of freight rates, in or
der to determine the reaSonabIenesS of
such rates, by making it read, freight
and passenger rates" Barkley of Elk,
objected and the motion was lost.
As the vote on the motion for adop-
tion of each section was put it was
answered by loud AYE" from the
Populist side, and at first the Republi-
cans were as loud in their mo- as their.
numbers would permit, but gradually
they grew tired and as the reading pro-
gressed only a weak reply went up to
each POpuIist yell from that part of the
house
At u o'clock Jackson of Harvey, NOV
ed that the committee of the whole rise
to meet at 2 o'clock, stating that the
Republicans were growing hungry. His
motion was quickly voted down and the
railrOading of the bill continued. At
that time % sections had been read and
adopted.
After the reading of the thirty-second
section, Larimer Of Shawnee moved
that the committee of the whole report
the bill back to the house on the rec
ommendatiOn that the enacting clause
be stricken out. The Populists laughed
as they voted the motion down.
Pass Legislation Voted Down.
When the 39th section of the bill was
reached, Brown of Cowley, PopuIist, Of
fered an amendment making the sec
ton provide that railroads furnish to
the judges and offices of the court an
nual free transportation. The motion
was lost as soon as put.
The gentleman from Cowley again
captured the attention of the chair. II
will now make an amendment, giving
you the other side,' he said as he sent a
second slip of paper to the desk.
The second amendment provided that
no state, county or municipal official
%r,4Tg
met the same fate as the former
amendment.
At the conclusion of the reading of
And section, Eli Williams, POpulist, of
Mcpherson, moved to strike out the en-
tire section This is the section refer
ring to strikes. A division vote on the
motion was called for and it was lost
by a vote of 6S to 80.
The last section was read at 25 min
utes past u o'clock. Brown of Pratt a {
once moved to amend the title of the
bill by striking out the dummy title
and substituting therefor the title of
the caucus bill. The amendment carried
with a POpulist yell.
BarkIey of Elk then moved that the
committee report the bill back with the
recommendation that it be passed. The
motion was carried and the committee
rose.
on Speaker Street taking the chair,
Representative Fairchild made the re-
port of the committee and moved its
adoption. The roll was called on the
motion and the report was adopted by
a vote of 68 to 81.
The Vote on Adoption.
The vote stood as follows:
Gentlemen voting in the affirmative
were:
Messrs. Armstrong, BarkIey, Bas-
gall, Bean. Brown of Pratt, Carr, Cas-
sin, Clark, Conger, Dalton, Davis,
Dingus, Doyle, EppersOn, Ernst, r'air-
child, Farrell. Feighner, Fell, Foley.
Fulton, Gillespie, GoOdno, Graves, Gray,
Hackney, Harbaugh, Harvey, Hibner,
Ingle, Jameson, JaqUins, Johnson of
Chase, Johnson of Labette, Jones, KEEL
son, Lambert, Lawson, Lewis, Loomis,
Malin, Marks, Marty, McGrath, Mer-
rill, Metzler, Mott, Montgomery, Muen-
zenmayer Outcalt Ravenscraft, Rich
ards. RothwieIer. Russell, RUtIedge.
Simmons, Singleton, Stevens, Stoner,
Tapscott, Taylor, Trueblood, Turner,
Wallace, Ward, Wehrle, Weilep, Wright,
and Mr.. Speaker Street.
Gentlemen voting in the negative
were:
Messrs. Bacon, Barker, Brooke, Brown
of Cowley, Brown of Greeley, Buell.,
BurkhOlder, Burtis, Byers, Dewitt,
Filson, F'outs, Geiss1er. Grimes, Hack
busch, Haywood, Heminger, Henley,
Irwin, Jackson of COmanche, Jackson
of Harvey, Johnson of Nemaha, Lari-
mer, LOngley, Mccarthy, McKeeVer,
Nillar, Moore, Poison, SeatOn, Seaver,
Shouse, Smith of Brown, Stuart, Ury,
VOgelgesang, Williams.
Messrs. Al1er, Armstrong, Botkin,
Bennett, Bradley. Crosby, Cubbison,
Finney, Fitzgerald, Gates, Harris, Hol-
lembeak, Keddie, Keefer, Palenske,
Perry Reed, Smith of Sherman.
AS soon as the vote was announced
Hackney of Sumner moved that the bill
be considered, engrOssed and read the
third time. The motion carried on
the bill was commenced at 15 minutes
before 1 o'clock.
OratOry Torn to Tatters.
AS the roll was called on the final
vote a number of the Republican mem
bers explained their votes and vigorous
ly attacked the measure. The attack
was led off by Barker of Douglas, who
declared that the whole proceedings of
calling the special session was uncOn-
stitutiOnal and that the bill would be
declared unconstitutional when it reach
ed the supreme court He was followed
by Brooke, BurkhOlder, Brown of Cow
ley, Finney, Grimes, Haywood, Irwin,
Johnson of Harvey, Johnson of Nemaha,
Keddie, Larimer, McKeever, Seaton,
Seaver and ShOuse.
Many of the Republican members
sent formal protests against the pass
a ge of the bill to the desk the measure
Larimer of Shawnee who declared that
the last session of the Legislature proved
that the POpulist Legislators were a
party of bOOdlerSi MCKeeVer of Shaw
nee followed Larimer's lead and attack
ed both the party and the measure.
Every attack of the Republicans was
greeted with loud laughter from the
POpuhst side and the more vigorous the
attack the louder were the screams of
Doyle, Free Silver Republican of Re
public county, was loudly applauded by
the POpulists when he made a speech
in favor of the bill and voted ''aye "
Two years ago he voted with the Re
publicans
Eli Williams. the doubtful Populist. who
had voted against his party on the propo-
sition to report the bill back with the
that it be passed, sur