The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-29

| ra1ity to some other candidate but he is
pledged to support the candidate carry
ing the largest number Of districts
The reading of the committee re-
| port proceeded slowly and was uninteI-
| ligible to the average spectator, but it
was followed closely by the senators,
who compared the changes agreed
upon with the printed bill and correct
! ed the latter as the amendments were
| announced. When Senator Fitzpat-
rick had concluded, the roll was called
| on the adoption of the report and the
| bill was passed by a vote of 81 in the
affirmative to in the negative. Sena-
| tor Caldwell whose bill for split pri-
mary was originally passed by the SEN
i ate, refrained from voting. This ac-
ton of the senate practically disposes
of the primary question for the pres
ent. The bill as adopted in the report
of the committee is the Stubs bill,
with one vita! amendment-it does not
provide for a split primary.
Senators Noftzser, Porter of Mont
geometry, Quincy. Waggener and
| Getty explained their votes as their
| names were reached on roll call, tn Ell
| explanations generally embodying the
! views expressed by the senators during
the consideration of the Caldwell direct
| primary bill when that measure was
under consideration in the senate.
The promptness with which the SEN
proving the action of the committee of
| the whole recommending the passage
| of the Quincy guaranty deposit bill
"railroaded' the measure introduced
by Getty providing for fencing and en-
| larging a graveyard not too far from
Topeka, was significant when taken
! in connection with senatorial prophe-
| cies as to the fate of a bill that was
storm tossed from the beginning.
The whole thing is a joke now
e-ofI n-JIo ~, tI4+ -
disagree with the entire report of the
committee of the whole. 1T will all
have to be thrashed over again.
It move that the committee rise, re-
port 'retrogression' and ask leave to
sit again. was the proposition of Sen
ator Tucker.
Il hope the senator will withdraw
his motion and let the execution pro-
ceed,' said Getty, who, later. suggest
ed to the senator from Atchison as an
additional amendment to those with
which this Chinese puzzle was al
ready weighted down that when bank
| fails under certain circumstances to
execute its president, cashier and other
officers, it be taken in hand at once
| by the bank commissioner.
These expressions sufficiently indf-
| cate the sentiment Of a large number
| if not the majority, of the senators at
| the close of a long days struggle to
| beat the measure into passable form
| But the senator from Atchison began
| his assaults on the bill early and as the
| day advanced the firing grew steadily
heavier, until toward the last the ram
| Of amendments was like a volley of
| shot and canister The most disas-
trous blow to the hopes of it's sup
| porters was the adoption of Waggen-
| er's amendment requiring stockholders
| in banks to waive the limitations of
| their liability under the law. and guar
antee and assume the liability of the
| bank, thus making the smallest stock
| holder liable for every dollar of the in
| debtedness of the institution, so far as
| his holdings would go. When this was
accomplished Porter of Crawford de-
| clared the bill was rendered worthless
| and moved to strike out the enacting
clause.
Il think the senator has properly sta
ted the case" said Quincy, but I
| would rather strike out the amend
| ment.'
Hodges insisted that the amendment
would make the bill imperative, as any
| man would be foolish to go into bank
ing enterprise with a law like this. 'I
| certainly wouldn't stake all l had to
help out a bank by an investment of
| SloO or $500 in it's stock" he said. land
/ II L owned stock 1 should Immediate
| ~ take steps to dispose of it. The
| people of Kansas want a banking law
| they want a depository law, otherwise
| the governor wouldn't have called this
| extraordinary session; and we violate
| our word to the governor given before
| the call was issued. if we incorporate a
vicious amendment into bill designed
| to be for the benefit of the depositors
| of the state"
| Senator Miller read a letter that was
| sent out to the bankers of Kansas to
defeat this bill, which characterized il
| as dangerous and impracticable" vet
he said, few weeks ago the bankers
| wanted Just such a bill. with this
sentiment prevailing in this chamber
and among the bankers of the state I
am sorry to say 1 fear for the passage
of a guaranty deposit bill at this SEES
| sion"
The motion to strike out the enact
| ing clause was lost by a vote of IL
to 20.
Getty made an effort to have his
vote on the Waggener amendment
making stockh olders liable for ths