The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17
TO TRY 1T over.
Blunder i'm Anti Sunday Base
ball Report.
Bill Sent Back to the Com
mittec Today.
SPEECHES ARE MADE.
Both Sides Well Represented on
the Floor.
Cyrus Leland Resigns Chairman
ship of Committee.
SPEECHES ARE MADE.

| sunday baseball bill this morning and
developed the fact that the house judic-
iary committee didn't know exactly
what 1t was about when it reported the
bill back a few days ago. recommend
| ing it's passage.
As a result of the first encounter, the
bill was sent back to the judiciary COM
| mittee for the purpose of Strengthening
| out the tangle into which the commit
| tee had fallen. The friends of the bill
| tried to ignore the judiciary commit
| tee, and put the bill on test vote before
the committee of the whole. The mo-
| ton to send the bill back to the COM
mittee judiciary, passed. however, by
a decisive vote.
The house went into committee of the
whole at IL o'clock for the considera-
tlon Of No. %, the anti-Sunday base
ball bill.
Robert Stone opened up the debate
for the bill. He said that he believed
people should stick closer to the pre-
cepts of the New England Puritans, and
not run the risk of accepting the Con
tinental Sunday
w. w. Gordon, of Wyandotte, oppos-
ed the bill. He referred to the thou
are unable to attend baseball games
except on Sunday. Il am opposed to
horseracing. cock.,fighting and such
I am in favor of giving the laboring
men chance to attend baseball games
on Sunday"
c. F. Foley of Rice. E. J. Fisher of
Chautauqua and w. H. Grasse of Rush
all spoke for the bill. Sheffield Ingalls,
spoke against 1t. S F. Ryan. chair
man of the committee on judiciary,
declared that the report of the
judiciary committee had been mis-
printed on the bill The committee
amendment as printed was that the
words which tend to disturb public
peace and quiet be stricken out.
Ryan said that the intention was that
only the words tends to- were inted-
ed to be stricken out. With the
amendment as corrected by Ryan, the
bill would not be very much different
from the law at present.
A. 2. Mitchell of Douglas. another
member of the judiciary committee.
declared that Ryan was mistaken;
that the amendment as printed was
correct. E. A. Enright of Wyandotte
moved that as there seemed to be a
disagreement in the judiciary COM
mittee, that the bill be recommitted
to the judiciary committee for further
consideration.
Robert Stone challenged the sin
cerity of the proposed motion. He
said he suspected that it was done
merely to get the bill back in the COM
mittee and kill 1t.
Mr.. Enright expressed himself as
much panied and grieved that Mr.
stone should question his motives.
Archer of Brown said that Mr.. Ryan
and other members of the judiciary
committee We're willing that the COM
mittee of the whole should thrash the
thing out and settle it on the floor
Then the vote was taken and En-
rights motion carried by a decisive
majority.
Cy Leland Resigns
Cyrus Leland arose in his place in
the house today and said:
"I desire to resign my appointment
as chairman of the federal relations
committee
That was all there was to it, but it
fc-e- \ y, .
is trouble between Leland and Speaker
Simmons. The committee on federal |
relations is one of the most minor of
all the minor committees. 1t never |
was known to do anything Leland is |
said to have felt sighted at having |
been put on such a committee !
When asked this morning why he |
resigned the craftsmanship, Mr.. Leland |
said:
simply because I didn't want the
place."
Speaker Simmons said: Il don't
know why Leland quit, and L don't |
know that he knows himself. 1 may
have some ideas as to why he quit |
but l know nothing about his reasons" |
Mr.. Simmons said that he had not |
selected anyone for Mr.. Leland's place |
j. w Creech is second member on the I
committee. but Creech is already /
chairman of committee, and so Will /
not be promoted. Some other states |
man will be given this very important
post
Cut sleeping Car Rates.
w A. S. Bird of Shawnee intro |
duced a bill in the house this morning |
fixing the schedule for sleeping car /
rates in Kansas as follows: Lower /
berth not exceeding $50 miles. 75 /
cents; $50 to 500 miles. SIPS; 800 to /
400 miles. $1.50. Upper berth rates |
must not exceed two-thirds of the rate |
for lower berths The same rate shall |
apply whether the berth is occupied |
by one or two persons The rate for
a seat in a Pullman in the day time is i
as follows:
Not exceeding 100 miles, 25 cents;
100 to 200 miles, so cents; 200 to 400 !
miles, T5 cents.
Shut Out Boy TeIegraphers.
The Kansas legislature Followed the
lead of Nebraska today when NJ. c.
Policy of Republic county introduced
a bill providing that no person shall
act as a railway telegrapner who is }
less than 81 years of age, of good
moral cha aracter and whose qualifica-
tions are approved by a board of ex-
aminers appointed by the governor.
TO be reputable and competent rail-
way telegraphers No railway COM
pany may employ a telegrapher who
is not registered by this board
Davis Anti Railroad Bill.
J. NJ. Davis of Bourbon county. whe,
returned his annual pass to the Katy
yesterday. introduced in the house to-
day q bill which will be unpopular
with the railroad companies. 1t re-
Quires every company to install tel
ephone at every depot in the state
connecting the depot with the central
office of the nearest city or town. The