The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-01
WITH A RUSH.
Pestana Elections Bill Goes
Through the Senate.
Senator Leidy COmpelIs Repub-
Iicans TO Heed.
HIS TWO AMENDMENTS.
Chairman Albaugh Approves
Them and Are Accepted.
Mr.: Mcmillan Makes q Vain
Appeal.
HIS TWO AMENDMENTS.

The Pestana bill passed the senate
as a committee of the whole exactly at
noon today. This is the third day the
senate has considered the bill.
The bills is strictly party measure
and lis calculated to do away with fusion.
as it provides that a name cannot ap-
pear in more than one place on the ticket.
and also provides that but two words,
one of the words being the word party,
can appear at the head of a column in
the ballot. It also prevents the use of
hyphenated words at the head of the
column.
When the senate went into a commit
tee of the whole Senator Leidy got in
I his work on the Pestana election bill
>and succeeded in getting an amendment
passed The amendment provided that
when a mark was made in the circle at
the head OF the ticket and then every
name on the ticket was correctly marked
that it would not invalidate the ticket.
This amendment was agreed to last
night by Senator Pestana. and Morton
Albaugh and when it was presented this
morning Senator Pestana said he had
no objections to the amendment and 1t
went through
Senator Mcmillan offered an amend
ment and then began a speech in favor
of it, but before he got to the defenSe
of his amendment he called attention.
to the fact that a senator had called
down Senator Leidy because he dared
10 speak ms nl1nQ contrary 10 the QiC-
tates Of the party BOSSES He then spoke
of his amendment which was that two
judges should be given to the party poll
ing the largest vote for governor He
then said that under the present ar
rangement of the bill which prevented
the Democrats and Populists from get
ting a majority of the judges it also pre-
vented the PrOhibitioniStS from having
a judge. TT may seem strange that
Democrat would speak for the Prohibi-
tion party, but am now doing it., said
the senator Il knew my amendment
will not be passed for i know the party
lash has been applied and the Republi-
can senators inclined to be fair have
been whipped into line.
Senator Carpenter replied: Il desire
to say for Information of the senator
from Ottawa when he speaks Of party
lash that we have not yet arrived at
the time when we look at the clock and
adjourn to the lieutenant governors
Office for Is minutes and then return and
apply the party lash. We have never
made such an exhibition Of ourselves
as his party did. We have tried to be
fair and I think we have been"
Senator Pestana said: I want to ex-
press my surprise and pleasure at hear
ing a Democrat on the floor Of the SEN
ate say word in favor of the Prohibit
tion party
Senator Noftzger defended the bin by
saying: Il am with the senator from
Ottawa I want the bill to remain as
it is so that the PrOhibitionists may
have the third judge when they elect a
mayor or trustee who, according to
the bill can appoint the third judge. In
my district I have never heard of a
Prohibitionist being the election
board, and I think they should have a
chance"
McMillan's amendment was voted
down by a strictly party vote.
Senator Leidy again got in amend
ment on the bill providing that the
cross mark opposite any name when
there Was cross mark in the circle,
would not invalidate the ballot.
Senator Mcmillan, after the bill had
been read through and general amend
ments were called for, offered an amend
ment for that section of the bill which
provides that only two words can ap-
pear at the head of the ticket and one
of the words shall be party He
called attention of the senators of the
great parties which had made history
the following parties: Anti Federal,
Know Nothing, Liberal Republican,
American National, National Liberal,
National Greenback, Independent Demo-
crat, and Social Democrat.
II want to say to my Republican
friends" he said, 'that by this section
they win knock cut their allies the Gold
Democrats and Social Democrats
Il want to tell the senator that he
neglected to mention the Farmers Alli-
ance party said Senator Allen.
AIcMillan's amendment was voted
down.
The Republicans seemed to resent the
charge of Senator Mcmillan that they
had been whipped into line, and fully a
duced and adopted. Senator Leidy made
the majority of them
The bill was passed exactly at noon,
by a. viva. voce vote.