The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
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sion in the history of Kansas, and the
records prove it. Surley you know this
you have been through them. The
committees troubles were few in the
house, but many in the senate. For
instance, the house passed the miners
escape shaft bill. and the senate kill
ed it; then the, house passed the child
labor bill without a hitch and the SEN
ate defeated it; then the senators got
cold feet, backed up and passed the
bill.
w. r. Stubs has AN unwritten
record. and if he were a cunning poll
tician it would have been written long
ago, for labor legislation in that ses-
sion was such that any man could feel
proud OF.
Here are some of the things he
did: The legislative committee from
the Society of Labor, of which / was
chairman, submitted to Speaker
Stubs two lists of names of house
members Gall favorable to our cause)
and requested him to appoint them on
the house committees on labor and on
mines and mining, and Speaker Stubs
complied entirely, even to naming the
man for chairman in both cases that
we wanted. Nearly all labor bills are
referred to these two committees,
therefore, the Importance. With COM
mittees against labor legislation, or
even divided you could hardly expect
| to get a bill through. Your entire
charge against Stubs. summed up, is
the crime of omission. Who is not
guilty of the same crime? Are you
not?
You howl about w. r. Stubs record
| of omission On the government laws.
Here are the facts. In the 1905 legis-
! lative session the labor legislative
committee was instrumental in killing
| four garnishment bills and they were
| all killed by the house judiciary COM
4 Nj hot +, &C.
/ ed the senate and there were Sc gro
cerymen there headed by the secretary
| of the State Grocery association lobby
| ing for the bill, and the judiciary COM
/ mittee killed the bill for us. W. r.
\ Stubs appointed this committee
| You say that organized labor is fol
! Just and equitable garnishment law
/ That statement stamps you as Ignorant
/ of. and not in touch with the desires
| of organized labor nor any other labor
/ ing men. There is no such thing as
| a Just and equitable garnishment law
| The creditor class will naturally take
4 advantage of any conceivable garnfsh-
| ment law and the tricky dealers vii
/ pad their accounts before bringing ac-
| ton to collect, therefore, no working
man that knows of the numerous
| abuses practice is for such law. You
| had as well assume that the kansas
| home owners are in favor OF repeating
the homestead exemption law.
You state that w. r. Stubs was
| absent and not voting on the barber
| bill, and you call on him to produce
| one piece of legislation in labor's in
| terest. In the 1905 session Stubs voted
| against the repeal of the barber aw.
| Had Speaker Stubs been presiding
! that day the barber law would moi
have been repealed as the records show
that the speaker pro tenn by highland
ed rulings carried the bill through thai
repealed the law.
Now, Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte. Burge
YOU -,rate about the cost to working mel
| of maintaining the workers legislativ.
committee Are you guilty of any sin:
of omission? Have you or any organ
ization that you are a member of contrib
uted one cent to this cost? If so, show
me the records. Haven't your connec
tions been entirely as a salary taker ant
an office seeker at the hands of organized
labor? That is the only knowledge hav'
of you Why do you use the name of or
! ganized labor to drive your dagger int
the back of an opponent and thereby be
smirch worthy cause? Your namesake
the noted Corsican. Napoleon Bonaparte
never struck from behind. His commans
was forward. Forward! through his en-