The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-31


that he was acting in bad faith.
.'I dislike to see" he said, .'any gen
tleman give an intimation of what we
shall do. And / want to say to the
gentleman from Douglas that 1 con-
slider it an insult for him to charge me
or any one else with duplicity in this
matter. We are all here for the pur-
pose of legislating for the best inter
far 1 am concerned I do not see
anything wrong in the railroads Civ
ing their employees of all sorts passes.
1t will be hard for US to give up our
passes. but let US be martyrs to the
cause" Mr.. ingalls, favored the Mon
tee amendment with a few changes.
Mr.. Stubbs replied in that cutting
way of his that his remarks had no
pass legislation. but that it did not
look good to him to see people chang
ing their minds over night. 81 don't
propose" he said, N'to vote for any
favor of any law that has poison
through the middle of it and is sugar
coated on both ends. If this amend
ment is adopted and the law is passed
permitting immigration agents to
travel on passes, why the railroads
will issue passes to whom they please
and the whole antipass proposition
will be destroyed.
Mr.. Ingalls, had a suggestion that
bona f1de railroad attorneys be permit
ted to ride on passes but that the inn
migration agents be excluded from the
privilege. A long discussion on the gen
eral proposition of anti-pass legislation
followed and not much was said on the
pertinancy of the amendment.
The amendment was finally voted
down and the third section of the bill
was passed upon favorably as it or
iginally stood. But this was not before
Mr.. Enright of Wyandotte had his say.
had never received fair treatment in
the newspapers of Kansas and never ex-
pected to. Because of this statement it
is perhaps just as well not to attempt
to quote him at length. He had an
amendment to offer which sought to
prevent railroad employees from using
passes to political conventions.
'Our primary election law will re-
lieve that situation" suggested Mr..
Stubbs.
II make a prediction said Mr. En-
pect is the passage of the primary bill
Mr.. Enright insisted that employees of
railroads should not be permitted to
ride on passes except when on business
for the company. But his amendment
to this effect was voted down.
Section four of the bill designated
the word family of an employe to
whom passes could be issued as to in
clude the employe, his wife and minor
children and to exclude all others. Mr..
ingalls, moved that this section be
amended so as to make the word fam
lily mean the members of the immediate
household of the employe and those
dependent on him for support. Mr.. W.
A. S. Bird moved as substitute that
the entire section be stricken out as
the courts had determined what a
family was and that even under the
amendment proposed a person depend
ent on an employe who might not live
with the latter could not travel on a
pass. Mr.. Birds substitute was de-
feated and the amendment proposed
bV Air IDVal1S was adOnt00
During the consideration of section
five, which section p4sl1es certain ex-I
emptions as to wnotn passes or trans
portation may be given, including mail
clerks, news agents, conductors and
porters of sleeping cars and the like
when in the performance of their duties
Mr.. J. D. Brown moved that local ply
sicians and surgeons of the railroad
companies be permitted to travel on
passes for the purpose of visiting en-
ployes who might be sick. Some MEM
bers thought that it also should include |
the right of physicians to visit families |
of employees who might be i'll. Mr. |
thought that the word |
''professionaP' in relation to these visits !
should be Incorporated in the amend !
ment Mr.. Helmick had another sug-
gestion along similar lines.
But by this time the hour of twelve |
o'clock had passed and motion pre- |
vailed that the committee rise and re- |
port progress on the consideration of |
the bill for the purpose of giving all |
a chance to get together on |
an amendment along this line