The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-24
SUBSTITUTE
FLAG BILL
WENT UNDER
Interesting Debate Held on the
Proposed Bill.
MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS
Recommended Distribution Of
Unexpended Lot Money.


hours OF the warmest series of speeche:
that have yet been made in the Seventh
legislative asemoiy, the substitute fas
bill, which in the morning was reported
favorabiy by the committee on educa
ton, was on motion reported on unfav'
orably at O'Clock this afternoon. The
trouble arose over the recommendation oi
the educational committee that the plac
ing OF the flag be made compulsory. Il
was a battle between a may" and q
shall The situation became so inter
esting that Speaker Bowles left the chair
and delivered thrI.ins speech for the
| rights of the American citizen and those
of the municipal corporation.
Every member of the house took par,
in the discussion of the flag and agreed
| at o'clock that it was a day wasted
The next most important thing done to-
| DAY was the passage by both houses OF
the memorial to congress. recommending
a distribution of the unexpended 10.
| money still in Secretary Hitchcock
| hands.
Twice the discussion over the flag meas
| ure and its amendments assumed SER
| ious aspect and the pleasantly at first
displayed was lost sight of. One of these
| times was a tilt between Joseph K Tut
| tie of Comanche county and Jhilson P.
| Cummins of Kingfsher. After it was all
over they We're as good friends as ever
| however
| Mr.. Tuttle had taken a stand against
/ making the provision compulsory and
said:
Down in the school districts of the
new country frcm where I come. l have
| in my minds eye one in which they can
only hold school for three months and
can pay the teacher only $40 a month.
II is not right to force this extra expense
| on them. love the flag as we'll as any
one in this house and vet I am not In
| favor of doing this injustice"
| Mr.. Cunmins in part. said then: "The
gentleman from Comanche county is mis-
| taken in what he says. l know that he
means to be truthful, but he is mistaken.
He cannot love the old flag as we'll as
| we do who followed il in the field of bat
| tie. And I want to make statement
right here which may seem too radical
| but which is nevertheless so. The militia
boy. who has followed the flag or defend
| ed it even in a sham battle. loves il bet
| ter than the observer He does not die,
! but he acts the part and the actor is the
| one who loves the thing he does and not
| the observer. ] am for providing that
| flag shall be placed on every school
house. The gentlemen are mistaken as to
the cost Moreover every dollar spent
this way ia well spent
Mr.. Tuttle then retorted:
icl,
| kingfisher. There may not be silken hairs
of gray in my head as in his. but 1 want
him to understand that 1 followed that
flag and tht l love that flag as well as
he does. I have followed that flag while
the wreaths of smoke broke over my
head, while We marched up the Hill to
victory in the late Spanish-American war
Gentlemen, he does not know whereof he
speaks when he makes the statement. He
cannot back them UP and he does great
injury when he says the new country is
not patriotic
Mr. Cummins arose following this and
said that he had not stated that the peo-
pie of the new country were unpatriotic
Speaker Bowles speech was good in that
the great difference between his and VIII
liam ]. Bryan's idea of government is
very noticeable. He declared that the gov
ernment was stronger today than IL ever
was before. He was for spending the
money proposed to be used for flags in
buying free text books for the children
of Oklahoma. and not for choking down
the throats of the American people of Ok
lahma somthing they didn't want"
A measure was introduced by Edgar
Jones this morning. which Is very import
ant owing to the actions in which the rail-
roads have been doing business in ths
territory Of late The bill follows:
Section /. That it shall be unlawful for
any railroad company connecting with an
other railroad company in Oklahoma, 20
refuse and receive and forward any
freight from such connecting railroad
company.
Section . That whenever any freight Is
delivered to any railroad company owTl-
ing and controlling a line OF railroad oper-
ated within the Territory. of Oklahoma. IL
shall be the duty of such railroad COM
pany so receiving such freight. TO forward
the same to the nearest point on any con-
Meeting railroad, to the consignee Of such
freight. and II shall he tire duty of any
raflroaC company at Sutli punt
10 Immediately receive and forward such
freight TO its destination.
Section 3. That any railroad refusing
10 receive such freight from connecting
railroads or failing 20 forward the same
10 IT'S destination within two DAYS after u
shall be delivered To II at any connecting
Point shall be liable to a penalty Of 81
for each day that such railroad shall fati
To forward freicht 50 received through
srch intersectfng poirft. ore-ha,f of which
shah go to the Territorial school fund.
and ons-haIf TO the informer who brings
the suit
Section T. That suit fo- such penalty
may BE- brousht by any person. and on
recovery oue-hnif Of such penalty shall be
paId 10 the Territorial school fund ard
one-half shan he re.sinei by tire Riasasi1
70 such action That this act shall be in
force from and after its passage and ap-
Tro~al
All members IN the house reporteL foT
roll cali this morning. and business was
disnatcheS with mere crs=iit 70 the speak
er than he's heretofore ben due him Re
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