The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
OIL BILL PASSES.
State Refinery Measure Goes
Through the House.
Every Amendment Proposed Is
Voted Down.
HACKNEY IN THE FRONT
Winfield Man Continues His
Fight in Opposition.
Judge Benson Attacks the Bill
Savagely.
ROLL CALL is LONG.
Many of the Members Explain
Their Votes.
Galleries and Lobby Packed With
Spectators.
Winfield Man Continues His
Fight in Opposition.
Judge Benson Attacks the Bill
Savagely.
ROLL CALL is LONG.
Many Of the Members Explain
Their Votes.
Galleries and Lobby Packed With
Spectators.

For the state refinery. .....9l
Against the state refinery. -...2 %
@Ss~Ai1 $500 80. !
In the above decisive manner the
house of representatives on Wednes-
day afternoon passed the state oil re-
Anery bill. and it is now up to Gov
ernor Hoch to sign the bill and make
a. effective as law. 1t is practically
eertain that Governor Hoch will sign.
Speaker Stubs voted against the
refinery. and went down with the
ship. He made no fight against the
passage Of the bin. took no part in the
debate, and only raised his voice in
protest when he was called upon to
vote Then he said:
Il am opposed to this measure.
endorse every word and sentence of
what Judge Benson has said. That i
state legislature should after two or
weeks hasty consideration overturn
one Of the foundation principles of
our state and nation seems to me
most astonishing thing. For party
reasons I hate to see this bill become
law The Populists and Democrats
In this house have given voice to a
sentiment which you viii hear many
times during the coming campaign.
1t is not the fight on the Standard
Oil company to which 1 object; it is
the method of making war. The men
IN the senate who proposed this
measure were opposed to it when they
came to Topeka. 1t is really alarming
TO me to see such action taken after
only two weeks deliberation'
What IS said by some who have
kept close track of the legislature for
many years to have been the greatest
speech ever made on the floor of the
frn 1oR,r H 4
OF the anti-refinery side of the case by
Judge A W. Benson of Ottawa,
Franklin county Judge Benson's
speech was not only brilliant. witty
based on solid law and logic. Even
the strongest friends of the refinery
bill were obliged to admit the irrefut-
able character of many of Judge Ben
sons arguments. Judge Benson s
brilliant oratory is giving him the
nickname Of The Cannon Of the Kan
sas house" Benson is about Can
mons age, and resembles him slightly
IN personal appearance
1t was a day for the old time
Pops to even up old scores. They
mad all kinds of fun with the Repub-
leans A H. Lupfer, of Pawnee. said
IN explaining his vote:
represent the remains of the
PopuliSt party which were decenfI1y
inferred some time ago / am a voice
from the grave But it seems that the
day Of our resurrection is here. At
any rate we have witnessed today, a
resurrection of the principles for
which the Populist party fought its
battle. I now want to extend to the
Republicans Of this house the hand of
@etcome- We are glad you have de-
eloec 10 come over with US If you
don't come into our fold, I think we
Will have to pack up and come into
Epurs.''
Theo. Ossweiler. of sedgv,c1, +ta
other Populist in the house. extended
g similar greeting to the Republican
party. and welcomed them into the
F9 e. vs.. Paptgi Of 1.tr.r.o-, Vote,
against the bill, but lost his nerve
when the roll call was finished and
changed his vote
J. W. Creech, chairman of the
ways and means committee, said that
ne left one party ten years ago be-
cause it advocated the kind of things
which are proposed in the state re-
4nery bill, and he voted No.
~. D West, of Edwards. made a
very Tunny speech in explaining his
vote. He said his constituents wanted
him to vote for the bill and concluded
by saying Like my blessed Savior of
the cross I will say in casting nv
vote for this bill. Thy will, Oh God.
not mine, be done "
G. II. Tannehill, elected as Demo-
crat Of Phillips county, said that if
the Republicans would keep on with
Their present ssn good work, he would
He said he didn't think he was a very
good Democrat anyway
Robert Stone, W. A s Bird and
John HOwerton of Shawnee. all voted
IN favor of the refinery bill. though
stone and Bird said they had some
doubts
There were. altogether. % members
who rose to explain their vote in the
course OF the roll call. Most of these
explanations We're very tedious. and
dragged the roll call out to unseemlv
lengths. III rol! call was started about
4:46 al u did not finish until GLE
The members voted on the bin as fol-
lows:
For state oil refnery-Adair. Adams
Bans. Beekman, Beeson Rerrvnnar
Bird, Boggs, Briefly Brown of Sher
man. Burke, Clark of Rice. Cones. Cow
an, Croker, Crumly, Curran, Dali. Dav-
ser, Fisher, Fraser, Glasscock Goebel
Grass. Guyer. Hall. Ham, Hamersiy,
Harrison, Hildreth, Holden, Holdren.
HoWerton. Hussey. Jeffries, Jones of
Norton, Jones of Trego Josserand.
Kerns. Kinnisson, Kirkland, Lacy. Lam
der. Landergin. Leland. Lupfer, Mat
thews, Mcbride, Mead. Miley MOntee
Morgan. Myers, Nelson. Orr. Oshant,
Osweiler. Pawling. Peter. Pomeroy,
Flummers Potts. Plumb. Roger, Richards.
Rochester. RObinett, Ransom. Schmidt
Seaver, Simmons. Skinner, SOurbeer,
Stannard. SteckeI Sticker, Stoker,
stone. Tannehill. Thompson, Tredway,
Trigg. Turner. West, White. Wyckon-
Against state oil refnery-AIlaman
Archer. Barnes. Benson. Brady, Bran
don, Brown Of Brown, Clark of Jeffer-
son. Creeeh, Hackney, Hackins, Hullett,
Humphrey, Husey, h1eagher, Mueller,
Murphy, OHdhausen, Perdue, Phenecie,
Polly. Rhodes. Pringle. Roush. Scher-