The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-15
Fred s. Bullene the Victim of
Senator's Wrath.
DIDN'T LIKE ARTICLES
Claimed That Their Position
Was Misrepresented.
Resolution for Expulsion In
troduced by f. DumOnt Smith.

privileges of the floor or the Senate De-
cause of articles which have appeared
in the newspapers that the senators
have thought misrepresented the
facts in connection with their actions
on measures.
This rather uncommon proceeding
was taken today when by vote of "a
to IS a resolution introduced by Sen
ator F. Dumont Smith and passed
whereby the senators decided to deny
the Kansas City Star and Times the
further courtesy of representative
on the floor of the senate and direct
ing the sergeant-at-arms to exclude
from the senate chamber or galleries
any person representing the Star ana
Times or writing therefor.
Mr.. Fred 8. Bullene is the Topeka
correspondent of the Kansas City Star
and Times and has been reporting
adoption of the resolution he left the
senate chamber and two or three SEN
ators gave him cordial handshakes or
his way out.
ing was article written by Mr..
Bullene in reference to the action
taken by the senate yesterday after
noon in advancing to a third reading
the bill of Senator Waggener creating
a state tax commission. In taking
this action the senator acted unfavor-
ably on the tax commission bill which
passed the house and is known as the
The article was headed ''The Rail-
way Side Won" and it intimated that
the Waggener bill had been favored
by the senators because of its feature
leaving the state board of railroad as
SCISSORS In existence and that this was
in the interests of the railroads. I'm
der the house bill for which the Wag-
gener bill was substituted the board of
railroad assessors is abolished and all
their powers vested in the tax commits
sion it proposed to create.
Almost as soon as the senate con-
vened this morning Senator Smith
presented his resolution which read as
follows:
Whereas, the Kansas City Star and
Times have from the beginning of this
session persistently ana continuously
misrepresented the action and pro-
ceedings of the senate, and published
false, and malicious statements regard |
ing the senate as a body and the in
dividual members. thereof, andT
Whereas, its issue this morning |
contained the following pretended ac-
count of the tax bill on yesterday, to-
wit: (F4ere follows the article-)
And whereas such report and |
heading are untrue, false and mali |
cious.
Therefore be it resolved by the |
senate. that the Star and Times be de-
MED the further courtesy of a repre-
sentative on the floor of this senate, |
and that the sergeant at arms is here |
by ordered to exclude from the senate |
chamber or galleries any person repre- |
senting the said Star and Times or
writing therefor"
There was no debate on the resolu- /
ton. 1t passed by the following vote:
For it Senators Belts, Brewer, Bus /
show, Caldwell, Carver. Chapman, /
Conner, Fitzpatrick. Fulton, Griffin, |
Hamme, Harrison, Haskell, Huffman, !
Hughes. Lower Martin of Woodson. /
Noftzger, Porter of Crawford, Porter /
of Montgomery, Smith, StilIings, Wag-
gener and Wilkerson. Against it
Senators Benson, Baker, Dolley, Gill
bert, Hayden, Martin of Bourbon, Mil
Ter, Quincy, Simons, Stannard, Ste
wart Tucker and Young.
On three other occasions cores |
pondents have been excluded from the
]. G. Pangburn, Kansas City Times
correspondent in 1873; Fred Vande-
grift, Kansas City Star correspondent
in 1895 and d. o. McCray, correspon-
1897. Within a short time after this
rather drastic action was taken by the |
senate today, the Waggener tax bill
which was discussed for the entire day
sideration and eventually passed.
In its original form the bill ex-
empted notes and mortgages from
taxation. This provision was stricken
out. On taking the matter up for con-
a motion was made by
Senator Noftzger to substitute the
Waggener bill for the house bill. This
was a formal motion to straighten out |
the records, Eleven senators voted
against this motion as follows:
Buschow, Dolley, Getty, Hodges, Mill
er, Quincy, Simons, Stannard, Stewart,
Tucker and Young. sae
Senator Getty took occasion to ex-
plain his vote on this motion. He de-
clared that he was against the senate
bill because of it's feature providing
for the taxation of railroads. He re-
GREETED that the senate had seen fit to
exclude a newspaper man from the
floor of the senate and had he been
present he would have voted against
it. He did not desire, however, to i'm
pugn the motives of any senator who
favored the Waggener bill.
Some amendments, not affecting the
material purposes of the measure
was made and the bill was passed by a
vote of 33 to 6, Senators Getty. Gill
bert, Hodges Quincy Stewart and
Young voting against it.
This measure now goes to the house
and it is likely that there will have to
be conferences on the measure be-
tween committees of both branches of
the legislature as the house took a
strong stand on the Square DEAF tax
commission bill for which the senate
the Waggener bill.
Concurrence was given by the SEN
ate in the amendments made by the
house to the bill presented by Senator
boards of education in cities of the
first class to levy a 20 mill tax for
general school purposes. The bill was
amended so as to permit a levy of II
additional levy of mills for new
school buildings and repairs to build
ings- After the amendments We're con-
Cured in the bill was passed by an
unanimous vote. 1t now goes to the
governor and will become a law with
his signature.