The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-17
PAROLE BILL PASSES.
1t Gives the Power of Release
to Judges.

Senator Aliens parole bill, putting the
parole power in the hands OF judges o.
the district court has passed the senate
after a long. hard fight. This bill has
not seen the last Of its troubles. because
the fight on it is likely to be more severe
in the house than it has been in the
upper branch. Under the provisions OF
the bill is furnished d very convenient
loophole for persons convicted of viola
lions of the prohibitory liquor law and
also for persons under conviction of the
statutory offense-
This fact was not played up strong
ly in connection with the discussion of
the bill It's friends were not anxious
to have this feature Of the bill appear
in strong light, and the other side
missed the point almost entirely. 1t
was touched upon by Senator FitzDat-
rick during the balloting, when he gave
his objection to this feature of the bill
as his reason for voting against it. The
vote on the bill was as follows.
Ayes-Allen, Clancy, Codding, Con-
rad, Findlay. Fulton, Gabriel. House
holder. Hurrel, Kennedy. Leidy, Nor
row, Noftzger, Pestana. Simons, Smith,
Stewart, TaDp. Ward. White. Wright
Carpenter. Crum, Fitzpatrick Henley
King, Mcknight, Miller, Morehouse
Peterson, Wulfekuhler.
There was a determined effort to cut
down the age limit set in the first sec
ton of the bill from 25 to 81. 1t was de
feated by a close vote. Section l of the
bin SAYS:
When any person under the age of %
years has plead guilty or has been
found guilty by the court or jury OF
q criminal Offense, except treason. muir
der. arson. robbery, in anN district
court or court of common pleas of this
state. such court may. before judgment
parole such person and permit him to
go at large, if satisfied that he viii
thereafter conduct himself as a peace
full and aw-abiding citizen and that
the public viii not suffer thereby, upon
such terms and conditions as the court
to those specially imposed by this act;
provided. that no person shall be so pa
rolled who has been previously convicted
of any criminal Offense against the laws
of this state"
The Allen bill was the most import
ant one and the one which received the
biggest part of the time of the senate
al this mornings session. There were
others. the biggest of which was one of
Senator Carpenters providing for the
protection of persons employed in fac
tories. 1t was one in which the labor
unions were much interested. There
were several new bills of minor import
ance introduced and read for the first
time. One of these would be of con-
siderable Importance if there We're any
probability that it would ever become
a law. It is Senator Caldwell's anti
trust law. 1t prohibits the consolida-
ton of capital under any except very
narrow restrictions. 1t prohibits mo-
nOpohes and everything else pertaining
properly to the octopus family. Peter
son introduced a bin fixing the time for
the election of county high school trus-
tees to conform with the biennial cleo
ton law Senator White handed in a
bill providing for the publication Of
copies of the Kansas supreme court re-
ports and cutting their price to $L25
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