The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-06

pea in regard to testtfying about their
affairs
lust before the adjournment Of the
senate this noon Senator Belts of
Sha wuee- county called up the resolu-
ton he introduced yesterday providing
that Spencer Fort, Hatch Etherly and
sill Marrow, three coIored men OF To-
peka, who failed TO land places on the
senate pay roll. be paid for ten days
work which they are supposed to have
done around the senate chamber while
the committee on employees was fixing
I'D its slate which was disastrous To
them The senator's did not seem dis
posed to generally favor this sort of
graft which has been prevalent in
years past At one time they Killed
the resolution but reconsidered it
afterwards and sent it to the commit
tee on employees There ara several
claims of the same sort pending be-
fore the ways and means committee
and if Senator Miller, the chairman of
this committee, has his way they will
stay there
Mr. Belts admitted in response to q
question that It was his authority
which invited these col0red men to
work around the senate chamber at
the beginning of the session while
they were waiting TO see If their ap-
pIfcatfons for appointments to senate
Jobs would bear fruit He said that
they ought TO be paid for this work
and added. Z never knew a time be
fore when we turned the coIored men
out in this fashion"
Senator Miller thought it was a bad
precedent 70 establish to pass such a
resolution without it going to 4 COM
u1fttee- He thought It ought to go to
the com T1ittee on employees and so
moved BY a vote of IS to II the
resolution was so referred
As the result Of the meeting held by
the railroad committee yesterday after
noon Senator Tucker. its chairman. re-
ported favorably to the senate the bill
introduced by Senator N0ftzgeF which
seeks to compel the railroad com
panies TO establish freight terminal
facilities in or near Kansas City. Kan
Il such facilities are established ship
nents of grain and live stock and
everything else for that matter. from
points in Kansas may be billed to
Kansas City. Kan, where as a matter
OF fact they are now unIoaded or
transferred But most Of the railroads
Insist on billing such shipments to
Kansas City. Mo. and this makes the
shipments interstate traffic
On becoming 4 law this bill would
give the state board OF railroad COM
nissioners jurisdiction over many i'm
portaut freight rates, which they do
not now enjoy. on the plea of the rail-
roads that the rates in question are
interstate ones
The com mittee. through Senator
Tucker. also reported favOrabIy coal
vides that when a railroad com pany
couhscates coal or any other merchan-
disc in transit it shall be compelled to
nav double the iuvoiced value Of the
same
ders calendar
senator Quincy introduced a bill to
Grange the location Of the state fiscal
ai-auCv from New York city TO Topeka
aT5 which provides that after the bill
BECOMES q law all bonds issued by the
state CT any county. township. NUM-
ci1aiftv or schccI district Of the state
snail be made payable at the state
fiscal agency in TOPEKA
There was q good sized third read
ing calendar TO demand the senator's
attr1tfon and bills we're passed as fol
low.
BY Senator TouuG-Providing for
y mill annual levy and assassin ent
upon all the taxable property in the
state for the beusEt and support Of the
common schools
BY Senator T1cker-Providingt that
summons for corporations on COM
v7Iafr1t= or indictments shall be SeryaS7