The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-05
Ravenscraft's Amendment Carries.

carrying an amendment to the stock
yards law, was passed in the senate
and now awaits the signature of the
governor. Pending the decision of the
courts upon the validity of this law, the
stock yards company has arranged to
continue the old scale of charges, and
if the law is sustained, rebate to
patrons the differences arising through
the reductions in the new law. Mr..
Ravenscraft's bill provides that the re-
bates on feed shall be made upon a
yards companies had arranged to re-
bate according to retail prices. This
will return to the patrons largely in
creased sums of money.
At 10 o'clock the senate proceeded with
the consideration of the supplemental
corporation bill which provoked such
lengthy debate in the house yesterday.
This measure was a special order for
this hour.
A demand for the previous question
shut off debate on Senator Farrelly's
motion to strike out section 4, and the
motion was lost.
Section 4 provides that until other
wise provided by law, the schedules of
rates and charges of all kinds in use
by the several railroad companies with
in the state on the first day of Decem-
ber 1898, shall be the maximum rates
to be by them charged for like service.
Where lower rate was allowed to any
shipper at said time by special con-
tract, such lower rate shall be the max
imum rate to all shippers. In determ-
any case rebates allowed shall be de-
Quoted from the rate paid in the first
instance. But any court having juris-
dictiOn to determine what are reason
able rates, may declare special rates SO
allowed unreasonably low
Senators Farrelly and thinner OPP
posed this section because it is in effect
a maximum rate provision.
The friends of this supplemental bill
claim that this section could be held
unconstitutional, and the remainder of
1sar l.
Independent, that the law would be a
complete law if it were struck out I'm
der such circumstances, both our su-
preme court and the y. S. supreme
court in fact all courts, hold part can
be struck out and the law be upheld.
The Bill is Killed.
The bill was killed at 11:3O The vote
was a tie, IS to Is. Those voting against
the bill were:
Andrews. Anderson, Battey Farrelly,
Fulton, Hanna, Helm, Hessin, Johnson
Lamb. Matthews, Morrow, Ryan, Shat
fer, Stocks. Stone, Ward, thinner
Those voting in favor of the bill were:
Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Camp
bell, Cooke, Crossan, Field, Forney,
Hart, Helmick, Householder, Jumper
King. Lewelling, Lupfer. Pritchard, Tt
Senators absent and not voting were:
Armstrong, Coleman, Reser and Shell
don.
Twenty-one votes are necessary for
the passage of a bill. The anti-strike
provision had much to do with the
death of the measure.
Senators Farrelly, thinner and Ryan
opposed the bill because of the strike
provision which it contains. Senator
Ryan, in speaking upon the subject,
said:
This provision deprives the laboring
people of the state of the only remedies
which they now have. There never has
been a time in the history of these or
CARNATIONS, or in the history of or
ganiZed labor, when a remedy for ex-
listing evils was found in anything else
than organizations. This provision gives