The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-08
Republican House MOrtally Of
Tended the Farmers
On the OIeOmargarine Bill and
Now
1T HAS DRIVEN OFF
The Miners by Crushing the
Bill
Recommended by Them in Their
Convention Yesterday.

The house killed Fog1e's mining bill,
the one whose passage was asked for
by the miners convention yesterday,
just after II O'Clock today
The bill came up for consideration in
committee of the whole today for the
fourth time. Each time previous it has
been postponed. Last night it was con-
sidered in the Republican caucus, and
while no instructions were given, it was
understood that the steering commit
tee were against the bill
When the bill came up Mr.. Fogle pre-
scented the resolution passed by the
miners convention asking for it's pas
sage. 1t was then read through and no
objections were offered to it, and it ap-
peared as though it would pass without
opposition, but just as the house was
ready to vote on it Mr.. Dawes moved
that it be reported back to the house
with the recommendation that it be not
passed.
Mr.. Fogle made a long speech for the
bill, after which Mr.. McKeever moved a
recess and that the bill be made a spec
1al order for o'clock this afternoon,
but the chair ruled him out of order,
and a vote was forced on the bill. A
rising vote was taken, and the motion
to recommend that the bill be not pass
ed was carried. Among the Republic
cans who bolted the instructions of the
steering committee were Gregory, Me-
dill and McKeever.
A roll call was demanded on the mo-
ton to adopt the report of the commit
tee of the whole, and several Republi-
cans left the hall to escape voting. The
roll call showed 81 votes for the report
and SO against it, but Marks, Populist,
changed his vote from to aye in or
der to move to a reconsideration. Mr..
Grattan, member of the steering COM
mittee, voted with the Populists, did
also Medill, McKeever and Rees of An
derson. Gregory had gone out.
Gentlemen voting in the 3ffirma tive
We're:
Messrs Abrams Alderman, Adams of
Butler, Adams of Sedgwick, Anderson of
Greenwood, Bailey, Beezley. Benefiel,
Bigham, Bogenrief, Bradbury, Brooke,
Burkholder, Campbell, Carrie, Conrad.
Coulson, Coy, Dawes, Edwards, Elwood,
Finley, Ford, Godshalk., Grosser, Hal
lett, Harris, Hayden, Heeney, Irving,
Keifer, Longley, Marks, Mendenhall,
Moore, Nichols, Osborn of Douglas,
Oursler, Poison, Rees of Ottawa. Reid,
Remington, Reser, Richardson, Rhine
hart, Scott of Wichita, Starr, Stephen
son, Tenny, Tulloss, Ward, WEIGH, Wi
ley. Wise, Woodward, and Speaker Os-
born.
Gentlemen voting in the negative
Were:
Messrs Anderson of Sedgwick, Babb,
Bowman, DeBard, Edmonds, Elder,
Fairchild, Fogle, Gabriel, Gillespie,
Lawson, Loomis, Martin, Medill, Nc
Keever, Newmon, Prather, Reeder, Rees
of Anderson, Rodgers, Smith of Rocks,
Shoup, Spurlock, Swinehart. Wheeler,
Wright of Lyon, Wright of Morton.
Gentlemen absent or not voting were:
Messrs. Alderman, Baker. Biddle,
Crosby, F'lannelly, Francis, Fuller Gies-
sler, Gregory, Harper, Hefiey, Henley,
Hoag, Hogue, Jaquins, Johnston, King,
Kutz. Lawrence, Millar, McClaren,
. Pogue, Ravenscraft, Scott of Elk, Sea-
ton, Seaver, Shelley, Shoemaker, Short,
Smith of Brown. Snyder, Stanley. Sweet,
Thorp, Wheatley, Wilcox, Willis,
Wright of Barton.
The bill was like the law passed by
the special session, except that it chang
state society of mines. The Republicans
based their opposition to the bill on the
claim that it was a Populist measure
and the Populists would have to take
the blame for it if it turned out to be a
/ had law