The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-06

nlinistration The bill provides that the
| flash test shall be 10 degrees Fahrenheit,
and the specific gravity test is Y degrees,
being tested at 50 degrees Fahrenheit
The inspector is required TO give bond,
| and the compensation for inspection is
stated, with penalties If OIL is sold without
| inspection or after IL has been inspected.
The provisions of the bill cover the de-
fects in the present law, for which pur-
pose it was introduced and will be pushed
A bill identically the same as Champ
Inns bill was introduced in the house this
morning by Harrisop.
Mathews quarantine measure, as
| amended by the house in the committee
of the whole, was struck by cyclone
this morning when called up for third
reading and final passage, the vote being
| Is against and II for the bill. This was
| one of the surprises of the legislative
session, for it was generally supposed
that the bill would pass the lower house.
but that the more deliberate body, the
council, would do things to it. Speaker
Bowles at all times has been for the bill
and whenever possible has forced it along.
In a caucus. the Democratic members of
| the house had agreed to stay by the bill.
! thus giving majority for the measure
/ whenever it should come up for its final
! passage.
The original intent of thee quarantine
! bill was to provide ''stone WALL around
| the territory, but when amended. cattle
could be shipped into the territory by
| inspection between October / and Febru-
airy 10, to be placed in feed. yards. The
| bill included the Indian reservations, as
well as other parts of Oklahoma, making
it practically impossible under the pro-
visions of the measure TO ship Texas
cattle into the reservations for pasturage,
as is the case at the present time. This
alone would deprive several of the coun-
ties of many thousands of dollars collect
ed every year from the cattlemen.
Wagner, one of the leaders of the
house Republicans. submitted the amend
ment making it possible for cattle to be
shipped into the territory by inspection
for feeding purposes. This amendment
was accepted by Bowles and Mathews.
and had the effect of breaking the caucus
agreement of the Democrats, and when
the vote was taken for the adoption of
favorable report from the committee of
the whole, five Democrats voted against
such a report.
Last night an attempt was made to ]
line the Democrats up for the bill. and for
a time it seemed that the attempt would
be successful. Speaker Bowles had a lit
tie discussion with Ballew relative to the
measure, and at that time Howles defied
Ballew to defeat the bill if he could, and
Ballew accepted the challenge working
against it.
The men voting for the measure when it
came up for a final vote this morning
were Ballinger. Bowles. Francis, Harri-
son, James, Jester, Mathews, Maxwell,
McTaggart. Robinson, Will1in.
Those voting against the bill were:
3allew, Braidwood, Cummins, Decker,
Jones, of Dewey; jones, of Logan; Major.
Merrick. Murphy, Sproat, Threadgill, Tut
tie, Wagner, Williams.
At the afternoon session of the house.
Jones, of Logan, who voted against the
bill, moved to reconsider the measure
which carried. The bill was placed on
aits second reading and all attempts to get
it into the committee of the whole failed.
Almost every man had an amendment to
offer, and the discussion waxed warm. An |
effort was made to secure an adjourn |
ment, but the motion was voted down.
Jones, of Logan, moved to strike out |
the amendment made to section c, and |
this brought out splendid speech from
Wagner, asking that Lincoln county |
have privilege under the law to ship
cattle into the feeding yards. 1t was |
o'clock when Ballew moved to adjourn.
Robinson was in the chair, Speaker |
Bowles having taken a place on the floor, |
rising to speak when Ballew was recog- |
nized by Robinson. a roll call was called |
for, and the clerk announcing a ma |
jority of one for adjournment, the chair |
man stated that the house was adjourn
ed until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
Speaker BowleS challenged the count
but the decision of the chair had been |
made.
James stated that they were in the COM
mittee OF the whole. which created a
laugh, owing to the fact that all efforts
to get the bill into the committee OF the
whole had failed.
Mathews, after the adjournment. called
a meeting of the Democratic members for
7:30 tonight.
The person desirous of studying the
various phases of political life Will OBJ
serve many interesting things in and
around the Oklahoma legislature. There !
are men here who have been in politics
for years and who are not content to give
up politics. regardless of the fact that
they are forced TO take minor positions.
when they were once higher up on the po-
litical ladder
There is one man holding a committee
clerkship. who two years ago was a
member OF the territorial council and
later on was a formidable candidate for
a congressional nomination in oklahoma
He is In politics and simply cannot give
up the idea that politics would be poll
tics unless he had a hand in the proceed
mss. What the future political career Of
such person viii be is problematical
but there Is undoubtedly the hope in his
mind that he may again catch on and
control a machine that will do business
with the other fellows
Ii is said that there is one member Of I
the house who boasts that his actual ex-
pensos FOR board and lodging only amount
70 ffty-five cents each 6ay Men who
claim to be well acquainted with thlS
particular member state that they believe
that the assertion Is correct. In a way
he IS sometime of serfus. yet not
spell binder by any means II has been
mentioned = number Of times that he Is