The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02
Are Killed in Ways and Means
Committee.
To Be Fought Out Now on the
Floor of the House.
is Tagging BEHIND
The Great Agricultural State
of Kansas
Humiliated by Other States
Fair Friends Must Rally.

All the state fair bills before the
house introduced in the house were kill
ed today in the ways and means COM
mittee and also the seed wheat bill.
1t is expected that there will be a
minority report on the Wichita-T Topeka
state fair bill and that that measure
will be fought out on the floor of the
house. Jewett of Sedgwick is expected
to make a minority report.
Hutchinson had a state fair bill pro-
viding for state aid for a fair in that
city.
Wichita and Topeka had a bill pro-
viding for a state fair first and the To-
cation to be decided afterwards.
The committee seems to have millions
for other purpose but not one dollar
for great state fair. which could
make this state known country-wide
and worldwide as the greatest agricul-
tural state she is. Now is the time for
the real friends of the fair in and out
of the legislature to make their final
appeals.
The house spent the morning on
bills on third reading. When the
noon adjournment was taken the SEN
ate bill providing for the assessment
consideration. The house amended
the measure to exempt inheritances
up to 100000 to direct kindred.
The home rule utilities bill as amend
cd Dy morgan OF Keno came DeIOTG In9
house this afternoon at o'clock and Is
on third reading subject to amendment
and debate and was discussed during
the afternoon.
Work Goes Ahead Slowly.
When the 1907 session had reached
this stage of the proceedings. which is
to say. on the afternoon of March 2,
1907, there had been POI bills reached
the governor for signature and en-
actment into law.
Inc hills GOT a
! far as the governor. The present ses-
sion of the legislature is running be-
| hind the 1907 session four to one and
yet it became necessary to call spec
F, ial session to finish up, the work OF
BY comparison the 1sos session
| will have to hold over until the
Fourth of July in order to come up
to specifications. But then COM
parisons are odious.
After Whites Alleged Bill.
William Allen White of Lyon county
has no kick coming on Davis of Kiowe
even If the last named gentleman did
make the great speech of the session
against Whites utilities bill, for dur
ing this mornings session of the house
Davis voted for the Buck bill to di-
vide Lyon county into three commits
sioner districts and thus give the
county printing to the famous Empor-
ia editor.
Davis may have differed with White
on what was best for the state but he
stood with William Allen on what was
best for the latter's personal interests
However, the house defeated the
White county printing bill by larger
majority than it did the White utilities
bill. On roll call vote on the Buck bill
there were 73 nays to only ten yeas.
Carpenter of Lyon delivered his maiden
speech in opposition to the bill by his col
league. 1t was too bad that Carpenter.
who was making his first speech of the
session. should have been called upon to
EI,1 E2xyar1 nj w
made three hundred speeches this session,
but this is a cold world.
The railroad committee today reported
favorably on a bill drawn by Attorney
General Jackson to reduce the Steering
car rates in this state one-third. The bill
will likely pass the house and possibly the
senate before the session adjourns.