The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-07

Lower. Martin. Miller, Porter of Craw-
ford, Porter of Montgomery, Robert
son. Tucker, Wilkerson--1S.
The only way this vote can be ex-
planned is that senators had been mis-
led as to the value of the bill
Senator Hodges said: Two days af-
ter this bill was introduced in the
senate and house, representatives OF
the Paint Grinders association OF chi
cago were here to defend the bill They
asked that we delay action on the bill
for a week, so that they might be
heard. Their paid lobbyists were all
/ busy fighting similar laws in dozen
different states. Finally these paid
! lobbyists arrived, and there have been
/ three of them here since working to
/ defeat the bill. They enlisted the sup
port of certain prominent Republican
| lobbyists and politicians who are IA
miliar figures on the floor of the sem
ate, and through their efforts. the bill
was killed some days ago in the house.
L rather thought that the bill would
| pass the. senate, though I did not ex-
pect it to pass the house this session.
We have started the campaign, how
ever, and two years from now / be-
| lieve the bill will become a law.
know something about paint, because
buy paint in carload lots for my lum-
Der yards. The authorizations which
are practiced are simply outrageous.
Honest manufacturers and dealers
have nothing to fear from this law.
1t is simply the pure food law applied
to paint, oil, lead and turpentine, and
requires manufa cturers to paste a la
bel on their goods stating the con-
tents"
Senator Quincy's bill creating a state
fiscal agency IN Topeka was passed
Wednesday by the senate, after the
author of the bill had drafted a new
measure. calculated to satisfy the op-
position which developed to the bill as
first drawn.
The bill as passed authorizes the state
treasurer to act as state fiscal agent,
of 1 per cent on all moneys handled.
This is less than the rate paid to tie
fiscal agent in New York, the usual
charge being u of 1 per cent.
Another effect of the bill will be to
place in the state treasury eventually
about " million dollars which usually
lies in the state fiscal agency in New
York.
The bill is as follows:
1.-The treasurer of the state of Kan
sas. is hereby made and designated the
fiscal agent of the state of Kansas, |
provided, however, the governor, sec
are authorized to retain a subagency
in the city of New York, to the ex-
tent that same may be necessary to |
provide for prompt payment of all
tofore made payable, by their terms at |
the fiscal agency in the city of New |
York.
From and after the taking effect of
this act, all bonds issued by the state, |
or any county, township, municipality, |
or school district, and the interest |
coupons thereon, shall be made pay |
a BILE at the office of the state treasurer /
in the city of Topeka, in the. state of |
Kansas.
The state treasurer shall deposit all
funds coming into his hands on ac- !
count of such agency in the state treas
S11l1i hi Or6e 1feT-c 1afil
by the auditor OF state, and shall be |
liable on bis official bond as state treas
urer for all such funds so deposited.
1.-The state treasurer, for his services |
in receiving and disbursing such funds,
shall be allowed a commission of not
exceeding Is of per cent together with
all postage and expressaSe, which shall |
be a charge against the state, county, |
township, school district or munich
pality, on account of which such COM
mission accrued, or such expenses were
incurred ytt'a aTs ress
A concurrent resolution was passed.
by the senate on Wednesday providing
that the proceedings and testimony of
the Hopkips-Leach-M cCray fnvestiga
ton should not be printed in the Off
cial state paper. The proceedings. are
very long, and would have taken sew
eral pages of newspaper space, and
involved a large expense. The COM
mittee has gone even further and ex-
pugned all trace of the Investigations
from the records of the house and SEN
ate. This is the way the legislature
does a good. thorough job of white
washing.
Had it not been for the unfortunate
discovery by Senator c. S. Huffman of
Cherokee county, Kansas might have
been left two years without any power
to levy assessments or collect taxes
Senator Huffman reported that the
new tax bill passed few days ago
would repeal all the existing tax laws,
as soon as published in the official
state paper. while the provisions of the
new law did not become effective until
1909.
This matter has been called to my
attention by the senator from Chero-
kee," said Senator Waggener. land
believe we are in a very serious pre-
iicament. 1 understand that the bill
has been signed by the governor
what can we do to fix it?" asked
several senators.
Senator Waggener shrugged his
shoulders and said nothing.
A messenger was sent to the Office
IF the governor where it was found
that the bill had not been signed by
he governor and was not beyond re-
:all.
The house and senate will now put
1 Saving clause" into the taxation bill,
20 that the government can get hold
Of a little money for running expenses
during the ensuing two years. Had
the mistake not been found in time 1t
would undoubtedly have been neces-
sary to hold a special session of the
legislature to correct the bill and au-
thorize the collection of taxes. The
lawyers of the senate are Disguised
hat the mistake in the bill should
have been found by a doctor. Huff