The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-01
HOT WORDS
PASSED IN
THE HOUSE
Representatives SeeIey and
Jones Lock Horns.
JONES ACCUSED SEELEY
Of Being a PopuIist Candidate
in Missouri.
JONES ACCUSED SEELEY
DENIED IT WITH VlGOR
House Took Considerable
Interest in the Trouble.

Guthrie, 0. T., Jan. SL-During the dis
cussion Of the committee of wilkins bill
providing for a return TO the TOWNSHIP
assessor system Of assessing property 70
taxation, Representatives seeley an,
Jones were the chief actors in a coined.
that caused the members to shout witt
delight and even the authors were obnge,
to join in the merriment at their expense
The ban was opened by Representative
Seeey attacking an amendment to tht
bill which had been prepared by the com
mittee on ways and means constituting
the board Of county commissioners q
board Of equalization with the authority
to raise or lower the valuation Of lands
or lots on which in their judgment have
been returned above or below their real
value
Representative seeley objected to the
amendment chiefly on the ground Of the
alleged expense it would entail Represen-
tative Jones in reply took occasion to
roast the member from Logan county in
his stiffness in jumping from one party
to another on questions arising in the
house, but was glad to note that ne had
gotten back into the Republican party
once more. The litter which this sar-
casm elected became a hearty guffaw
when Representative Seeley retorted: Il
remember when the gentleman from
Oklahoma City wasn't as good a Republ-
can as he appears to be today. remem-
Der when he joined hands with the Popu-
&c hal - w.
ing the Populists control. can say that
I never Joined the Democrats or that I
never Joined the Populists."
This alusion to the first legislative as
sembly produced q roar of laughter which
caused the member from Oklahoma City
to grow red in the face and he retorted:
Wei, never ran on the Populist
ticket in Missouri"
THAT statement is as false as hellw
shouted the member from Logan. excited
~, but the seriousness of the charge and
counter charge was entirely lost in the
general laughter. in which even Seeley
and Jones joined
The incident was dropped after Repre-
sentative Jones had made an absolute and
unqualified denial Of the charge that he
had assisted the Populists to organize
the house in the first legislature.
The action of the committee on jul
dietary in reporting favorabIy on Alex
ander's bill fixing the compensation OF
witnesses and jurors. and in rejecting a
dozen other bills relating to the same
subject, indicates that determined ef-
fort VIII be made to enact d satisfactory
law fixing a per diem for witnesses and
jurors.
other bills reported favorably this
morning we're:
House Bill No. q, by Oliphant, chang
ing the boundary lines between Noble AMI
Payne counties.
House Bill No. SO. by Brewer, providing
for the time and manner Of county com
mlssioners holding sessions
House Bill No. 81, amending the session
laws Of 1899.
Bills were introduced in the house this
as follows:
House Bill No 49, Y seeley. providing
the qualifications Of jurors and prescrib- /
ing manner OF selecting grand jurors, and
how organized and the manner that the /
business shall be conducted.
House Bill No JAG, by Van Kirk. amend |
ng the statutes Of 1893. providing for the !
time and manner Of letting contracts for
The constr elton and erection Of court /
houses and iaUs.
House Bin No, 147. repeating sections /
z, "a and %, chapter 50, session laws OF (
SOS
House BIZ No. 14s. by Decker. amend
ne section IS article 10 chapter 70. /
statutes 1893, relating to revenue.
House Bill No. li9 authorizing the park
BOARD Of Rock Island township. Grant +
,ounty. to purchase additional lands.
House Bill 40 $50. by Decker. author
zing Rock Island township. Grant coun-
y, to construct and maintain a college
Il or near the town of Jefferson.
House Bill No. ISL. by Jones. an act
.edaing crimes and prescribing punish
nents therefor. The bin provides an en-
rely new criminal code fer the territory
nd repeats the present code.
"Details orthe Councii.
Guthrie. o. T., Jan. N.-The rejection
81 the council this morning Of House Bin
50 81. which was certified up by the
hef clerk as having passed the house
las caused the two branches of the legis-
allure 70 lock horns ever the question OF
.rooadura.
- o,,.s+tor 80 - - 49, -. --ze.-ss
8 The messenger from the house trans
hitting House Bll 30 L The chief
Jerk read the bin by rtle and Senator
ni en- who had remained standing during
w.. 49, ~ 49, '.--. e,,,
Thirteen votes fer and nine against
be passage 81 the bill.~ the clerk read