The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-04
A BUSY NIGHT.
The House Rushed Bills For
ward Last Night
Acting in Committee OF the
Whole.
RAILROADS SPARED.
The Bill to Reduce Passenger
Rates is Killed.
The Bill Regulating Output OF
State Coal
FIRST SLAUGHTERED
And Then Reeonsidered and May
Yet Pass.
Bill to Prevent Garnisheeing
Wages FaTorabIy Acted On.
The Bill Regulating Output OF
State Coal
SLAUGHTERED
And Then Reconsidered and May
Yet Pass.
Bill to Prevent Garnisheelng
Wages Favorably Acted On.

The house went into a committee OF
the whole upoE convening last Night
with Barley Of Elk IN the chair, and
took up the bills under the neao q
general orders. The first Dill on the
calendar was the one introduced by the
house judiciary committee placing
press companies doing business n the
state under the supervision of the court
OF visitation the same as railroad com
panies With practically 10 opposition
IL was recommended for passage-
The bill introduced by Johnson or
Nemaha providing for the election or
city attorney and city assessor N cites
Of the second class, received the same
recommendation
A second bill by Johnson Of Nenaha,
following Immediately on the calendar.
providing for determining tie elections
bv lot in cities of the second class, was
also recommended for passag6
Would Not Cut Passenger Rates.
The Harbauzh bill reducing the pas
Eeuger rate to cents per mile vas not
accorded the same fate as the preceding
bills When the bill was read &eIlep
OF Cherokee secured the floor and said:
7 am not in favor Of this Dill
think We have IegisIated enough against
the railroads think the ra11roaeS
ought to get in sufficient to pay the en-
pIoyes. and think this IS going Just 4
little too far I move that the Commit
tee report this bill back to TIE house
with the recommendation that the
euacting clause be stricken out
The majority of the house chIn1ed IN
with the sentiments Of the speaker pro
ten. and the motion was adopted It's
adoption killing the bill
State Coal Mine Bill Killed
The Cassfn bill limiting the output Of
the peuftentiary mines to state and
charitable institutions, which was left
In the air by the committee Monday,
followed in consideration No sooner
was it taken up and the reading started
by the clerk than keefer Of Leaven-
worth moved to strike out the enacting
clause That's right" yelled Brown OF
Pratt, and in Difference to the viii Of
the leader. the POpuliSt side turned into
line and before Uncle Jimmie Cassin
could say anything in defense of his
measure, the enaCtiug clause had been
stricken out and the Dill killed
Law OF Garuishmen1-
The following bill on the calendar was
also by CassU- an amendment 70 the
present garniShuent law making it IN
lawful 10 garnishee any employer for
the wages Of an employe, who is the
head of 4 family, and when Hackney
Of Sumner moved to strike out the
euaeting clause as the clerk commenced
the reading Uncle Jimmie jumped to
his feet and shaking his finger in 4
threatening manner at the acting
speaker shouted for recognition He
secured it, and turning to his PopuIist
associates, with his finger still shaking
In the same threatening manner said
You have just broken one OF your
party pledges by killing my bill limiting
the coal output of the penitentfary, and
now you ara about TO break another
party pledge by killing this bin in re-
gard 10 the EaruiShUent of employees.
II there is ole thing the Iaboriug men
Of this state is Interested in it is the
garuishment of wages. You promised
IN your Abilene platform To look after
the interests of the working men. and
now you ara attempting To turn down q
measure that IS Of vital interest to
them
Cubbison Of WyandOtte came to the
support OF CaSSIu. and at least saved
the life Of the bill temporarily. He said
that the greatest hardship the Iaboring
men or Kansas had now to contend
with was the system of garuishueut
which was practiced from one end Of
the state to the other. He called upOu
the POpuIists to be loyal to the priu-
C1pleS promulgated at the Abilene con-
ventiOn- and ended by moving as an
amendment to Hackney's motion that
the bill be referred back TO the judiciary
committee with Instructions TO prepare
& measure which would protect Iaboriuz
men absolutely from garuishment up to
$50 per month
Speaker Street said he wanted to see
the bill go through as it was 7 an
IN favor Of the adjustment Of all laws
Tor the payment Of debts" he said
Weuep Of Cherokee moved to refer
the Dill back To the house with the
recommendation that it be placed on
third reading subject to amendment and
oeoare- The motion was made as a sub
Sutute for the motion and Amendment
pending and carried
Filming the Express Companies.
AT this point Fitzgerald OF Ford. the