The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-18

corporations.
COncurred in Senate Amendments.
The house concurred in the amend
ments to the bill for the establish ment
OF separate high schools for negroes
and whites at Kansas City. This bill
had been passed by the house as
general bill. and the senate made a
local measure out of it, affecting only
Kansas City, Kan
The following handful was circu-
lated through both houses of the leg
1slature Friday afternoon by the ne
groes who were fighting the passage
DON'T BE DUPED.
ITO the Members of Both Branches of
the Kansas Legislature:
The colored people of this great
state look to you to stand by the prin-
ciples of Lincoln, Brown, Sumner,
Douglass and Roosevelt. Do not suf-
fer any laws to be placed upon the
statute books that will disgrace the
names of these illustrious men. One
law with equal opportunity for ALL
Is what President Roosevelt said at the
Lincoln day exercises in New York
last Monday evening, and If you be-
lieve in the principles of Republican
ism as enunciated by these men. you
will not abridge the rights of we, who
voted to place you where you can en-
act one law for all.
DO not give credence to such a mob
of rebels who are doing all they can
to impede the negroes progress in secur-
ing an education The schools are free
and say to those who do not want to
take advantage of them-keep out and
don't interfere with those who wish to
do so. We know the members of the
present legislature are men of strong
minds and we have watched you daily
since here you have been. Now, don't
press down this struggling race who
has labored for centuries for this same
rebellious Kansas City gang without a
penny. They are no better than the
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Pittsburg and hundreds of other Kan
sas towns who are not clamoring for
such fool laws
Fools always make trouble for wise !
men to adjust, and we have an abiding |
faith in the present legislature setting |
this Kansas City gang right.
They ask for $40, 900 to build a high |
school and manual training school. 1t |
will take $15000o to equip and buy the |
land for the said school
''W. H. HUDSON. Atehison, Kan, |
President Colored State Republican
League. -
Kansas City, Kan,
President of Baptist State Convention" |
Fixing Up a Big Dance
There is to be a legislative ball next |
Wednesday night. The ball will be |
sort of a subscription affair, and the
lists are being circulated by members |
of the house and senate. It is prob |
able that the ball will be held at Stein
berg's, and the thing will be done up
on a grand scale.
The committee on oil and gas has
reported unfavorably on the bill al
lowing all cities to vote bonds for the
purpose of drilling gas wells. This bill |
was greatly desired by the city of /
Independence, and that town had a
lobby here to fight for the bill.
Birds red can" bill was favorably
reported. This bill requires grocers
to sell gasoline only in red cans.
Hussey's bill requiring a 100 degree
test for kerosene instead of a 10 de-
gree test was recommended for pas
sage.
W. Y. Morgan's bill providing for
a valuation and taxation of the prop
ferred to the committee on assessment
and taxation.
Steckel's bill authorizing Barton
county to vote s., 900 bonds to prospect
for gas and oil was favorably reported;
also Nelson's bill authorizing NeOsho
county to issue county warrants for the
same purpose
Youngs bill providing for double cas-
ings on gas pipes along railroad tracks
to prevent explosions was recommend
ed for passage. This is said to be a
bill to interfere with the use of rail-
road right of ways by gas companies.
1t would be expensive for them to put
double castings on all their mains.
Through error it was reported that
c. L. Banks of Montgomery voted no
on the bill prohibiting the use of pumps
on gas pipe lines. This was an error.
porters of the bill, and voted for it.