The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-05

sas delegation IN congress to work for
the adoption Of tie Bill Introduced By
Congressman LfrfIefeId Of Maine and
which provides that when liquor Il
transported into d prohibition state, IN
Iersr2Ee regUla tfoES viii cease to govern
TIE moment It crosses the lire and that
the laws Of the state IN relation to II
snail prevail This BILL II 1t became a
law, would permit Kansas to pass a law
eonnscatfng al liquor shipped into the
Senator Hodges called up the resoIu-
ton Introduced in the house by Mr.
Davis and passed there which requests
congress 70 take such steps 50 that the
FEDERAL constitution may be amended by
providing for the election Of United
States senator's by direct vote
There was no debate On the reSolu-
tIoE Out when the vote was called for q
lot OF senator's voted No Lieutenant
Governor Fitzgerald was about to de-
clare the resolution defeated when Sen
ater Dolley called for a division A
count or noses showed Il senator's for
It and 10 against IT, It was therefore
declared passed and the ma iority OF the
members Of the Kansas legislature have
gone on record as favoriug the election
Of United States senator's by a direct
vote Of the peopfe=
Nearly an hours time Of the session
was taken Up with a discussion in the
cozmiCtae Of the whole over the bill
fathered by Senator Young which as
originally introduced provided for an
annual state levy Of tive mills on the
taXabl property In the state for the
benefit and support Of the common
schools OF the state A similar bill
passed the senate two years ago but
was killed by the house
II was one Of the first bills taken up
when the committee of the whole had
been organized with Senator George
Hayden. IN the chair. Senator Young
INN ediateIy moved that it be amended
by reducing the levy from two mills
to a half a mill Senator Getty want
ed a provision inserted which would
exclude Wyandatte from the provi-
S4Ons Of the measure Senator Young
said be might Just as well strike out
the enacting clause, as such an amend
ment would emascuIate the bill Seua-
tor Getty said he would Just as soou
strike out the eEaefing clause and
moved that this be done Then he
made d kong speech against the bill.
but he seemed to. have got OF on the
wrong track, fer It was explained that
the bill not do what he thought It
did in many respects He then with
drew his sugg estions
Senator smith said that he was in
favor Of the bill If for 10 other reason
than 1t would Levy 4 small tax on the
property Of corporations 20 make them
share the burden OF education Of the
children in the COMMON school Of the
state He said That corporations had
no children but that was no reason
why they should not help support the
common schools.
Senator Getty called Senator Smiths
attention to the fact that a good many
persons in the state were Just as minus
Of children as were the corporations
and wondered II they should be spe-
ciaIIy taxed for the support of the
common schools.
1T is not the fault of the corpora
tons, said Senator Smith, that they
have NJ children. but It IS probably
the fault OF the other persons referred
to that they have none" This sally
was greeted with r0ars of Laughter
OpposftfoTE to the bill came from
Senator Fitzpatrick but after con-
siderable debate the committee OF the
whole recommended the bill TO the
senate for passage by an almost
unanimous vote
Senator Miller introduced a concurrent
resolution providing that steps be taken
to have the IeEisIa lures Of Kansas and
Missouri get together On some Uniform
law for the regulation Of the stock Yards
on the Observation-Disclosures line The reSolI-
ton is brief and merely provides that the
both branches OF the legigIa tIIre OF Mis-
latare Is wiling, 70 do its snare towards
holding a conference with the Missouri
ans on uniform legislation OF this sort
The resolution went over under the rules.
Senator Noftzger Introduced two bills
which have been endorsed and recon-
commissioner on Uniform state laws
These bills are vOI1u1tIo1S- One relates
70 the regulation Of the sale of goods and
the ether relates TO warehouse receipts.
At the approach OF the noon hour. the
senator's who were then IN committee Of
the whole ard had Sev5n1y-dvs or eighty
bills FOR considerations under this order OF
business. decided it was time TO quit work
for the time being. The committee Of the
whole was dissolved and then adjourn
uaeut was taken until 80 o clock this af
teruoou The adjournment taken
until this hour out Of respect for the mem
Orv OF Representative Mckinnie, whose
funeral took place at BeToit at two o'clock
this afternoon