The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-28
T ON OTHER SIDE.
W. Il. Smith Has Few Peti-
tiOns of His Own.
Twenty Thousand People OPP
pose Stone Bill.
NOT YET IN THE FILES.
VIII Be Presented When Con-
test Really Opens.
Author of Anti-Pass Measure
Willing to Make Concessions.

! eral offices is big bundle of petitions,
| said to contain 10000 names, asking the
| legislature to kill the anti pass law.
| These names have been collected by
| the Santa Fe officials from railway
| employees, and it is claimed that the
| names were secured on the representa-
ton that the proposed Stone anti-pass
law prohibits the issuance of passes
to railway employees.
It is expected that the railway COM
pany will introduce it's petitions against
the anti-pass bill on Wednesday morn
ing, just before the house takes up the
discussion of the anti-pass laws. 1t is
expected this will brace up the rail-
road crowd and encourage them to vote
against the Stone bill.
AS a matter of fact the Stone bill does
not prohibit the giving of free trans
portation to employees. Section 1 of the
bill says:
After the first day of March, 1907, it
shall be unlawful for any railroad COM
pany to issue, give or offer to issue or
give any free pass, ticket or transpor-
tatfon in any form to passengers for
use upon its lines within this state, ex-
cept to it's employees and their fam
lies
Section of the bill limits the term
family to the employees wife and minor
children but Mr.. Stone Is willing 20
broaden the scope of this definition TO
include all members of the family
dependent" upon the employe of the
ro1d.
Mr. Stone said this morning: Il have
no objection to an amendment of the
bill which I introduced which will al
.lo-7 the railroad company the right to
issue free transportation to any bona
ficle member of an employees family. If
an employe has a mother, sister or
nff ar nI i've raa 11xy dannTdanf
that employe, I think the company
should have the right to issue a pass
to such a dependent relative if it sees
fit"
Mr. Stone stated that he had heard of
the petitions from railroad employees
against his bill and that the sigma
lures on that petition had been secured
by the representation that his bill pro-
hibited the issuance of passes to all
employees.
Hard to Get a Quorum.
The house put in most of its time this
morning trying to get quorum. When
the house convened there were only
about so members present and the roll
call was dispensed with. After getting
good start on the business of the day.
safe to be doing business without
quorum, and the house adjourned until
IL o'clock, by which time enough mem
bers had drifted in to make up the
quorum.
Then the house went into committee
of the whole, with w. NJ. Kinnison of
Finney county in the chair
The following bills were recommended
for passage:
By Montee-Authorizing cities of the
second and third classes to combine the
offices of street commissioner and city
marshal
BY Gordon-An act providing for the
plating of lands for assessment pur-
poses.
BY Westcott-To permit certain stock
to run at large in the territory east of
Spring river, Cherokee county.
By Taylor-Authorizing the county of
Osborne to build a court house.
The senate bill on pure food will
come before the committee this after
noon. This is the board of health bill
and is simply a state version of the ma.
tional pure food law.
Hit the Yukon Exposition.
The resolution introduced Saturday by
Robert Stone of Shawnee, endorsing the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition to be
held in Seattle in 1909 and asking con-
gress to help the exposition was killed
this, morning. When the resolution came
up in it's regular order Mr.. Stone moved
its adoption. Cyrus Leland moved that
the resolution be laid on the table as
he was opposed to having the Kansas
legislature act as an advertising agent
for any exposition which were becom-
ing so common that he asserted they
were little more than gratis" arranged
the proposed exposition is to be held.
The motion to lay the resolution on the
table was carried, Mr.. Stone being the
only member to vote against the mo-
ton.
Guyer Will Try Again.
J. F. Guyer whose anti-bucket shop
bill was killed by the judiciary COM
mittee some time ago. has reintroduced
the bill under a new title The bill pro-
vides for the absolute prohibition of
bucket shops in the state of Kansas. Mr..
Guyer says:
My first bill was killed by the COM
mittee, 1 am informed, because they
thought the state law was already am
pie on that subject. The state does
have some laws on the subject, but they
don't seem to stop the bucket shops.
This bill of mine will put a stop to
bucket shop gambling.
Attorney to Inspect Bills.
S. H. Brandon of Butler introduced a
in counties which do not have any
county auditor. the county attorney
shall pass upon all claims and bills
against the county, and see that they |
are in legal form. The county COM
missioners are forbidden to allow any !
bill which does not bear the word |
Legal written there by the county |
attorney.
Mr. Brandon also has bill which au- |
thorizes the county attorney TO bring a |
suit against any county official who |
refuses to pay over to the counties fees |
due to the county.
Hutcheson Has a BILL
A bill prohibiting the killing. wound |
ing or manning of any domestic animal |
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