The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-09

mer on the ground that he had not
| had time to investigate the Dill and
the latter becauseNhe believed the new
| rates are in the interest of a single
| city in the state, discriminatory against
the other cities and unfair to the ce-
| ment and brick industries of south
| eastern Kansas.
| Senator Porter voted for the bill,
4 but he did it under protest, stating
| that he is opposed to making a rate
sheet out of the statute books and be-
| lieves the railroad commission should
have supreme power to make the
rates between the railroads and the
| people.
Another railroad bill was passed by
the senate last night This was the
! judiciary committees substitute for
H. B. No. 511, limiting the issuance of
stocks and bonds by railroad com
panies and other common carriers
This bill was passed with bare con-
stitutional majority, FL to Z.
The ruling of the chair Monday af-
ternoon sustaining Senator Travis
freight rate bill threatened to prevent
the passage of all bills early in the
night session. This ruling. in brief
was that a single senator's objection
was sufficient to prevent the third
reading and passage of any bill that
had been advanced to third reading
the same day. AS all the bills were ad-
vanced during the afternoon, all were
SUBJECT TO the same rule.
Senator Lower objected to the read
ing of H. B. No. 773 by Gray, which
occupied a place toward the head of
the calendar. This bill required
itinerant peddlers to take out licenses.
President Pro. Tenn. Porter ruled that
the objection prevented considera-
tion of the bill and he called in Prest-
dent Fitzgerald to uphold his ruling
Senator Brady asked permission ''to
make a few remarks out of order"
'All right, go ahead, the chair will
try you out" remarked the president.
Senator Brady said: "I don't think
that in the closing session it is fair or
manly for one man to jump up and
stop legislation for the whole people
of the state.''
rules work all right through the Ses-
sion up to the closing day, when it is
always the case that the rules inter-
fere with some ones interests.
Senators Cambern, Hodges. Eager
berg and several other senator's made
remraks "out of order Then Sen
ator Lower took the floor and said:
II could have objected and killed
this bill this afternoon; the senator
from Fowler did object, but for some
reason he withdrew his objection. 1
still object to the bill and I am going
to stand on that objection, so you
might as well go on with what you
are going to do"
President Fitzgerald stood by his
former ruling, but he conseled the
senators to permit the bills to pc
read and if they were Objectionable
to defeat them on roll call.
The clerk proceeded to read other
bills, but Senator Fagerburg, who was
strongly in favor of the peddler bill,
lodged objections to their considera-
ton. After a period of relaxation.
during which the senators strolled
about the chamber, Senator Lower
was induced to withdraw his objection
1t was read and put to a vote and
on roll call was killed by a vote of
19 to IL.
The senate then settled down in
good humor to consider the other bills
on the calendar. yer
Senator Quincy introduced a reso-
luton which was unanimously adopt
ed directing the president of the sem
ate to cast the unanimous vote of the
senate for Senator Huffman as the
senate's representative on the Me-
mortal and Historical Building COM
mission, to have charge of the erec-
ton Of historical building in To-
peka.
Senator Huffman was much sur
prised at this motion. He blushed
modestly at the honor thrust upon
him and protested that he had decided
to nominate Senator Potter for that
position. He therefore moved to sub
stitute Senator Potter's name for his
own. But the senators declined to
listen to his proposition. Senator
Myers withdrew Senator Huffman's
man was elected and required to make
a speech, a requirement which he full |
filed with perfect satisfaction.
The selection of Senator Huffman
as the senates representative on the
memorial building commission was a
colleagues of the chairman Of the
ways and means committee.
A resolution, offered by Senator |
Stavely.- was adopted providing that
all employees of the senate be released |
on March 8, 1909, except the secretary, |
journal clerk, q. d. Moore), Miss Nell
Tutcher, stenographer; Miss House, |
docket clerk; sergeant -at-arms, Fred |
Lewis; chief doorkeeper, Geo. Mohler; |
postmaster, A G. Hanback,; Miss In
gels, clerk of the judiciary committee; |
and all of the enrolling clerks and the |
lieutenant governors clerk, and that |
these be released on Friday. March II, |
1909.
On motion of Senator Brewster the |
senate decided to nonconcur in the |
house amendments to the bill making |
appropriation to pay the claims of
various parties and to pay employees for |
quested on the bill
At 1914 a. m. the senators learned |
that the house was not passing any or |
the senate bills so the senate went on
a strike and refused to pass any more
house bills. Senator Quincy fled a |
standing objection to all house bills |
being considered and the senators took
a rest.
The senate by vote of "a to adopted
the conference report on the Coburn |
salary bill. AS finally passed the bill
increases Secretary Coburns salary |
from $2 500 to $500 and left Assistant |
Secretary Mohler's salary at $1,000. All
the increases for assistants in state OF