The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-18
TWO CENT FARE
Bill Goes Through Senate With
q Rush.
Only Five Senators Vote Against
Measure.
RATHER LIVELY TINE.
.ATHER LIVELY TIME.
Bale Waggener Calls Atten-
tiOn to His Forecast.
Panic Due to AntagOnistic Rail-
road Legislation.

The Brewer two cent fare bill was
passed by the senate at 12:45 p. m. to-
day. 1t now goes to the house, by
which body it was adopted a year ago.
The vote in the senate was 80 for, to
against the bill, as follows:
Ayes - Baker, Brewer, Buschow,
Caldwell. Carver, Chapman, Dolley,
Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Getty, Griffin,
Hamme. Haskell, Hayden, Hodges,
Huffman, Hughes, Lower, Martin of
Bourbon. Martin Of woodson, Miller,
Porter of Crawford, Porter of Mont
Eomery. Quincy. Robertson. Simons,
Smith, Stannard. Stewart, Stillings
Tucker, Young-32.
Nays-Benson, Belts, Conner, MOTIF
ger, Waggener-5.
Senator Waggener expressed it as his
opinion that the passage of the bill
would result in the restoration within
30 days of the three cent rate. whereas
otherwise the people of the state would
enjoy the advantage of the two cent
rate until the courts had acted upon
the whole question, in all probability
for a twelvemonth to come at least.
Senator Brewers bill was the first
important measure to come up in the
senate today for active discussion. This
is senate bill No 8, Officially designated
as an act concerning railroads, amend
ing and repeating section 1 of chapter
272 of the session laws of 1907, and orig
inally read in full as follows:
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Kansas:
Sec. THAT section 1, chapter
27z of the session laws Of 1907 be
amended to read as follows: Section
/. No railroad company shall charge
or receive a rate in excess of two
cents per mile for the transportation
OF any passenger who is over twelve
years of age upon any railroad in this
state, nor in excess of half that sum
per mile for the transportation of
any passenger between the ages of
six and twelve years. Each passen-
ger over twelve years of age paying
fare shall be entitled to have trans
ported, without additional charge, bag
gage not exceeding one hundred and
fifty pounds in weight, and each pas
senger of twelve years of age or I'M
der, paying fare, shall be entitled to
have transported, without additional
charge. baggage not exceeding sew
enty-f1ve pounds in weight.
Sec. 2.-Section 1 of chapter 272
of the session laws of 1907 is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3.-This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the official state paper
This bill was reported back by the
committee on railroads. which recon-
mended its passage and an emergency
being declared it was placed on third
reading. subject to amendment.
Senator Waggener submitted an
amendment providing for the collec-
ton of excess fare where the pas
senger failed to purchase a ticket
before boarding the train, which was
to be graduated according to mile
age.
This proposition met with prompt
and quite general opposition and sew
eral amendments to the bill were sub
mitted and thrashed over, these being
accepted by the senator from Atchison
as soon as made. The final shape of
this portion of the bill was in effect
that the conductors might collect an
excess fare of not to exceed 10 cents
from a passenger boarding a train
without ticket, such sum to be re-
funded by any agent of the company
collecting such fare, upon presenta-
ton of the receipt therefor.
An amendment submitted by Sena-
tor Waggener making it the duty of
of the state board of railroad COM
of this act was lost.
The amended bill being declared
subject to debate. Senator Waggener
proceeded to discuss It's provisions
and possible effect in detail. He de-
clared that the passage of the bill
would be an absolute violation, and
breach of good faith on the part of