The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-02
NO PRICE RAID.
Senate RepudIateS Favorable
Action of Wednesday.
Compulsory Vaccination Bill Is
Passed This Morning.

The senate sat up and took notice
at the beginning of the session this
morning when Senator Peck offered
a motion to recall Senator Waggener's
Price raid resolution and it was sec
Onded by Senator Dolley.
At the session of the senate Wednes-
day afternoon the senate was in a go
easy mood and Senator Waggener's
resolution was adopted. Only eight
senators voted on the resolution and
it now seems that they did not know
what they were voting for
Senator Waggener's resolution pro-
vided that as the legislature two years
ago had passed a law providing for a
commissioner to audit the Price raid
claims, with the assistance of the gov
ernor and secretary of state, and to
submit a report to the governor
which report should be submitted TO
the legislature at the next session,
that the governor, having failed to
submit this report, should send it to
the senate and house.
The resolution also provided that
the ways and means committees of
both the senate and house should
embody in their appropriation report
an amount sufficient to pay the Price
raid claims. This was the provision
that the senators failed to notice when
the eight members voted for the reso-
luton. The resolution was duly
passed by the senate and messaged
over to the house.
Speaking against Senator Peck
motion to recall the resolution from
the house Senator Waggener said:
both these senators, who made this
motion and seconded it, voted in favor
of the Price raid commission bill in
the legislature two years ago. There
is no reason for recalling the resolu-
ton. The last legislature provided
n
claims and this was done at great ex-
pense. 1 understand the reason for
suppressing this resolution and to
avoid making this appropriation for
the payment of these claims is in or
der to make a large appropriation to
the state university"
4 do not think that this legislature
should be responsible for what the
last legislature did" said Senator
Peck
rs not most of this money in the
treasury" asked Senator Waggener.
Il have been acquainted with this
Price raid legislation for a quarter of a
century, said Senator Benedict
There have been seven commissioners
appointed on this subject that I re-
member l know that members of the
ways and means and OF oil and gas
committees were not present when the
resolution was passed.
There were but eight senators pres
ent and but four voted for it when II
came up" said Senator Young
The statement has been made that
this resolution will take out of the
state treasury $26S,000" said Senator
Getty. i understand that the United
States government paid to Kansas
some years ago $4,000 in payment of
these claims. If Kansas has the mon
ey to pay this why not pay it? Why
shall every legislature repudiate what
previous legislatures have dOne2''
Senator Peck's motion to recall the
resolution was adopted and Is minutes
later the Price raid script resolution
was back to the senate.
The senate this morning passed Rep
resentative Hackney's house bill enti-
tied: An act comforting upon and con
ceding to the mayor and councilmen of
the cities of the second and third class
full, ample and complete jurisdiction
and control over the streets. alleys.
public parks and grounds therein. and
authorizing such municipal authorities
to grant unto persons, firms or corpor-
ations the right to use such for the
purpose or purposes named. and pre-
scribing a punishment for any person
firm or corporation invading the rights