The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-03
FIRST TO Die.
Here is the First Bill to Mys-
teri0usly Expire
AS PrOphesied in the Journal
Few Days Ago.
OLEOMARGARINE BILL
Unanimously Asked For by the
Kansas Farming Interests
Killed by the House Committee
Today.
NOW, WHY DID 1T DIE {?
Gentlemen of the Agricultural
Committee,
You Are Asked to Explain Why
This Bill
Is Introduced, FlOurishes, and
Gentlemen Of the Agricultural
Committee,
You Are Asked to Explain Why
This Bill
Is introduced, FlOurishes, and
Then Suddenly
GIVES UP THE GHOST.
At Every Session of the Kansas
Legislature.

Representative Grosser's anti-oleo-
margarine bill, which was probably of
as much direct Importance to the farm
erS of Kansas as any of the $40 blIlS
which have been introduced into the
house, the bill which, with the possible
exception of protests against resubmis-
sion, has been the subject of more peti-
tions than any other measure before
the legislature and all of them asking
for it's passage, was killed outright to-
day by the committee on agriculture.
This was among the first batch of
bills introduced into the house. 1t has
been in the hands of the committee for
the past ten days, but the committee
has refused to report on it until COM
PEELED to do so. Yesterday Mr.. GrosSer,
the hacker of the bill, who represents
the principal dairy county in the state,
Dickinson, became worried over the re-
fuSa1 of the committee to report, and
last evening he pushed resolution
through the house to compel the COM
mittee to report on the bill today.
The report was made just before
noon 1t recommended that the bill be
not passed. Mr.. GTosser, realizing that
| if this report was accepted it meant the
end of all anti-oleOmargarine legislation
at this session, instantly moved that
the bill be printed and placed on the
calendar under general orders, regard
less of the report of the committee. The
point was raised that the bill had to go
over one day, as reported adversely by
the committee, before a motion could
be made to place it under general or
ders, but Speaker Osborn ruled the
point out of order, and vote was taken
on Mr.. Grosser's motion, with the result
that it was voted down.
THESE ARE THE MEN.
The committee on agriculture is COM
posed of the following members of the
house:
j. S, Edwards, Wyandottee' county. real
estate agent. , -.-,
G. F. johnston Kearny, physician.
F. y; Woodward. Republic, farmer.
F. E: Gregory, Usage, lawyer.
Ed Jaquins. Cowiey, stockman
The Kansas ms City packing kin ,afa houses were ere
anti ti-oieomargarine bill, and also the
stockyards as tributaries to the packing
It is said that two of the Republican
OF the the state one OF t Whom 9be IS foc
yards lobby two years ago, passed among
port came in this morning and urged them
to vote for the report of the committee;
said to have promised the friends of the
bill to support it when it came to the
the committee by making that promise,
was one of the bitterst opponents of the
''Two years ago. said Mr.. Grosser, this
morning. after the bill had been turned
they would not object to reasonable legis-
lation but objected to being shut out of
the state altogether. In accordance with
that suggestion the creamery men decid
ed on this bill. which does not prohibit
them from selling .oleomargarine, but
simply says they shall not color. it in imi-
tation of butter. This measure is of great
Importance to the farmers and creamery
men of the state and L am sure if It once
comes before the house it will pass
Every creamery man in the state has
been working for the passage of the bill.
and earlier in the session the legislature
was flooded with petitions every day ask
ing for it's passage.
Mr.. Grosser will tomorrow renew his
motion to have it placed on the calendar
under general orders.
A pertinent question to ask Speaker Os-
born is why he appointed four stockmen
on the committee and only one farmer
exclusively. This scarcely fair di-