The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-29
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HAD A CLOSE CALL
mouse Nearly Repeats the Anti
pass Law.
FRYING to Fix Up the Tax Com
mission Regulation.
HAVE TO PAY FARE.
MOI Included in Pass Law Ex-
captions.
mr.. simmons. Tells What He
lave TO PAY FARE.
mr.. Simmons Tells What He
Might Have Done.

Mr. Simmons Tells What He
Might Have Done.
"Ithout knowing what it was doing,
| the mouse of representatives almost re-
pealeo the antipass law Tuesday after
iiooh- AL least that is what some law
!erS say would have been the effect of
the passage of house bill 126, proposed
Dy the committee on assessment and
| taxation.
ms Dill provided that any member
oi the state tax commission shall have
the right at all times to be carried
Tree or charge. over the railroads of the
state, and that anybody else that the
TAX commission wants to take along
When engaged in assessing railroads
shaii also be carried free of charge.
Then followed the provision that all
acts and parts of acts in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, and it
was this section which it was held
would carry down the antipass law, for
the antipass law distinctly prohibits
the giving of free transportation. except
to certain excepted classes, and the
tax commission. its agents and assist
ants are not excepted.
The result is that the tax commits
sioners will have to continue to pay
their fare when out on official business
tinue to pay for them.
The following is the way the bill was
proposed to read:
ANY member of the tax commission,
while acting in the performance of his
official duties. together with the Secre-
tary clerk, Stenographer, accountants,
experts or other agent whose services
said com mission may deem to be I'M
portant in the discharge OF their duties
while engaged in the work of investi-
railroad nrOD0rtV.
shall have the right, at all times, TO
be carried over all the railroads and
railroad trains, and parts Thereon, IN
this state free of charge, and 1t snail
be lawful for all railroads to so carry
said officials" s...-
After passing the bank deposit
guarantee bill Tuesday afternoon by
a vote of IS to 81. as announced in
Tuesdays State Journal, the house OF
representatives went aneao anu passeo
the bank deposit insurance Dill by
vote of 1O4 to 1, and the Wells bill for
the insurance of bank deposits by
means of a surety bond by vote OF
76 to 21.
The idea of the; house is that bank
ers shall be allowed to take their
choice of these three measures.
The vote of the house on the
straight deposit guarantee bill which
bill the bankers of the house violently
opposed, after trying to amend 1t TO
death, was as follows:
Ayes-Adams, Beeson, Bird, Blaine,
Roges. BOYLE, Brferley, Cole, CowaH
era id ck, Cunningham, Curran, pa
Wis Dennis. Elstun, Enright, Finley.
Flanagan Foley, Fraser, Giants, COR.
don, Ham, Hart, Helmick Holden OF
Wichita Holdren of Montsomery'
Kinnison Kirkland, Lehman. Leland,
Lennen. McGillivray, Martin, Mercer,
Miller. Milligan, Mitchell, Morgan Of
Reno. Myers. Neihart, Oshant, Pad
gett. Peter, Plumb, Pohlman, Pome-
roy. Price, Rail, Ransom, REWARD,
Rich, Richardson, Richmond; Roush'
Stannard, stockton, stone, Stubbs.
Sweeny. swope, Tannahill, Taylor,
THOMPSON. Tredway, Umholtz, Wheel
er, white. Wilson. Simmons-7s.
Nays-Archer. Bergman, Brandon,
Davidson, Dawson. Edwards, Gesner
Grass. Guyer. Johnson, Kiff, Lander,
I,evdig. Mayhem, Montee, Murphy,
O'Connor. Patterson, Policy, Potts.
Rhodes, Rockefeller, Shepard, Sherer,
Snyder Wells. Westcott, Wood
house-32.
The Miller legislative reapportion-
ment bill had a narrow escape in the
house Tuesday afternoon. When IL
came up in committee or the wno!e,
Mitchell of Douglas moved to strike
out the enacting clause. The friends
of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT measure made
a hard fight and finally succeeded in
sidetracking the Mitchell motion and
getting the bill laid over. to retain its
place on the calendar.
The house yesterday afternoon in
committee of the whole recommended
for passage the bill introduced by w.
R. Stubs providing for the election
instead of appointment of members OF
the state tax commission and county
assessors There were some arguments
as to the merits of this bill and they
ran close UP to the supper hour, but
when the members began to get hum
ery they willingly voted to recommend
the bill for passage subject to amend
ment and debate. The bill as 1t stands
will not affect the tax commission dur
ing the present terms of Its members.
J. T Moore of Pittsburg. chairman
of the Republican state central COM
mittee, said today in speaking OF the
effect of the new primary bill on the
Republican state convention:
1--WE don't know yet just what effect
the law will have because we haven't
studied it. 1t looks as though the con-
vention would meet and elect four
delegates to the national convention
The convention of course can nominate
no state officials, nor would it be de-
sirable to adopt a platform, but we
may adopt resolutions. The same IS
true of the various congressional con-
ventions. Where primary elections
have been called in congressional dis
tricts the committee will have to de-
eide what they will do"
Speaker ]. S. Simmons of the house,
now that it is all over says that under
no consideration would he have yield
ed to the request of the house petition
for the aHEHantment of Mitchell, Kirt-
land and Foley on O oecond primary
confereesec committee, IN case one had
been necessary
81 had my speech all ready says
Mr.. Simmons, land would have told
this house faur things had 1t tried