The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-28
NO WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.
Senator Smiths Bill Is Killed
Today.

With Miss Helen Kimber looking ii
steadily in the eyes and the cohorts of
the Kansas Woman's Suffrage associa-
ton camping around, the senate this
morning assassinated the Womans suf-
frage bill. the bill charging the fran
chise of women in this state by allowing
them 10 vote for presidential electors.
For considering bills under general or
der the senate went into the committee
of the whole. and on motion took up the
Woman's suffrage measure. This had
been reported upon favorably- Senator
Smith. Who wrote the bill didn't want
it to be taken up because some of its
friends We're not present. He was voted
down and Senator NOftzger moved that
the bin be rejected.
Noftzger is personally in favor of wo-
mans suffrage. Mrs. Noftzger isn't and
she recently announced that her nus
band would not be for the pending
measure. Mrs NOftzger proved to be
correct as wives usually do When the
senate received the report from the
committee Of the whole recommending
that the bill be killed the vote on the
adoption of the recommendation was as
Ayes-Branine. Buschow. Carpenter,
Clancy Conrad Crum, F'indlay. Fitz-
patrick, Fulton Henley. Hurrel, Ne
knight. Mcmillan. Miller, Morrow
Noftzger. Pestana. Peterson, SDonable,
Tapp, Vincent and Ward.
Nays-Caldweu, Codding, Gabriel
Householder, King, Leidy, AorehOuse,
Simous. Smith Stewart, White, Wright
and Wulfekuhler-
Fred DumOnt Smith wants the state
to make and use its own voting ma
chimes In q bill introduced into the
senate by him is a provision appropriate
ing ten thousand dollars for the pur-
chase of the right to manufacture some
satisfactory voting machine and to es-
tablish factory for them Smiths idea
f is to maintain state factory which
shall furnish voting machines TO each
township and voting precinct in the
state a. actual cost.
Senator Porter wants a state normal
school for instructing teachers of man
ual training to be established at Pitts
burg Kan AT present skilled manual
training instructors have to be imported
from Kansas City. Porter would grant
free tuition to all prospective teachers
but would charge a small fee for those
not intending to teach.
Another innocent looking but import
I ant bill was that introduced by Senator
White this morning. 1t is a bill to re-
peal the existing law requiring the fill
ing OF statements of campaign expenses
by political candidates
The Republican senate caucus will
probably meet Friday night to consider
the new tax bill which is to be made a
party measure 1t is the idea TO put the
bill through the caucus and to have it
passed by both houses without amend
ment
Other bills were introduced as follows:
BY Hurrel-Making criminal opera
tons punishable the same as man
slaughter
BY Codding-A bin providing for a
uniformity in the requirements for ad-
mission to the Kansas bar. The supreme
court shall formulate rules for examin-
ing applicants
By Chaney-Granting to the Topeka
commercial club the right to dam the
NaW. A similar bin has been intro
duced into the house
BY kennady-For drainage of certain
lands In COfey county
BY Porter-Granting to cities of sec
ond class the right to abate nuisances
TO the public health
BY Smjth-In school districts having
building valued at more than S400 the
location shall not be changed except on
vote of two-thirds Of taxpayers. Where
value is less it shall not be moved ex-
cept BY vote Of One-half the taxpayers
By Nincent-Providing for holding
state fair; it calls for the appointment OF
three fair commissioners and fixes the
selection of location so that It would
not fall at Topeka.
by Pestana-Providing for paying So
per day to nonresident witnesses
brought into court in behalf of the
plalntiH in criminal cases
, Ky notwithstanding Hodgemar
county 10 drill for gas and so forth.
BY Findlay-E Empowering executive
1 council to contract with surety company
! 70 furnish official bonds.