Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-01-25
RAILROAD
Various Antl.PaSS and square DEAL
Bills in the Hopper.
The OUTCOME IS UNCERTAIN

The FIRST of the important
Square Deal" measures to come
before the legislature will be the
anti-pass bill. Several suti-pass
bills have been introduced in the
House and Senate, and the rail-
road committees of both bodies
have held meetings to talk over
the proposed measures, and decide
what should be done.
Senator George Tucker of Green.
wood county, is chairman of the
committee on railroads of the Sen.
ate, and is a fair-minded and
honest young man, of good educa
ton, but with no Acquaintance
with railroad affairs. Tucker is
lined up with the Curtis crowd.
which is the only objection which
can be urged to him. The Senate
committee is not as likely to be
hostile to anti railroad measures
as was the railroad comm ittee at
the last session.
W. Y. Morgan of the House,
who heads the House railroads
committee, is believed to be
friendly to reasonable regulation
of railroads. Mr.. Morgan said
today; Il want this House com
mittee to get the reputation for
fairness. | don't want the rail
roads to feel that we are or
ganizcd for the purpose of sock
my the knife into them, nor do |
want the people of the state to
think that We are going to let the
corporations run US. This com
mttees under the gum and il
must do its duty"
Three are several good anti'pass
bills before the house, but the last
one introduced is said to be the
proposition of the railroad COM
panies, offered in the hope of
baking the desire for a general
anti-paSs law. This railroad
measure was introduced in the
Senate by Bale Waggener, the
attorney for the Missouri Pacific
railroad, and in the House by
William Kif, also of Atchison,
one of Waggener's close friends.
In order that it may be seen the
sort of an arrangement the rail
roads would like, the bill as intro
duced by Waggener and Kiff is
herewith printed in full.
Section l. That it shall be IN.
lawful for any railroad company,
incorporated under the laws of,
or doing business in this state,
desirectly or indirectly, to give
or issue any free pass or free
transportation of any kind or
nature, to any shipper Of ary kind
of freight, Except those in
charge of livestock being shipped)
or which may directly or indirect,
ly influence or control the routing
of freight over its line of road
from any point in the State to
any other point in the State.
Section 2. II shall be unlaw ful
for any railroad company, incor.
porated under the laws Of. or do.
ing business in the state, to issue
or give any free pass or free
transportation Of any kind to any
delegate to any convention. called
on to convene for the purpose Of
nominating candidates or any
Office under the laws and Constitu
ton of the State of Kansas or o.
the United States.
Sections. 1t shall be lawful
and il is hereby made she duty o.
every railroad company incor-
porated under the laws of. or do
ing business in this state, on az
plication.of the Secretary of. State
there for. to issue annual passes
to all state officers, including the
Judges of the various, courts
members Of the Board of Railroad
Commissioners, and their clerks,
members Of the House of Repre-.