The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-01
Will Be Decided in House Tues
day Night.
Two Bills to Be Considered in
Committee of Whole.
HAS HARD SHEDDING.
Initiative and Referendum Still
in the Committee.
Unable to Reach an Agreement
on Details.

The house today set Tuesday night
February T. at 7:30, as the time for con-
sideration of the woman's suffrage bills
in committee of the whole. There are
two bills now before the house, one
providing for their suffrage in state
elections and the other allowing them
to vote for presidential electors. The
first resolution received a black eye
when it came for consideration some
days ago and was laid over. One of
the chief handicaps for the equal suf-
frage amendment to the constitution is
the fact that only three amendments
can be referred to the voters at this
time and some of the members prefer
to submit the campaign promises first.
But the suffrage amendment has many
supporters in the house and the debate
on the resolution will be one of the
events of the session.
The initiative and referendum resol-
ution is having rough time in the
house judiciary committee. 1t was
decided by the committee after an all
day session Tuesday to report it to
the house without accommodation as
to it's passage. 1t was also amended so
as to provide for a petition of twenty
five per cent of the voters. This action
was reconsidered today and the COM
mittee spent the morning on the reso-
luton, without reaching an agreement.
1t is under consideration by the COM
mittee this afternoon.
All the lawyers were out of the
house this morning in attendance at
the session of the Judiciary commit
tee and the laymen among the house
members unburdened themselves on
matters they had on their minds. The
opportunity was not lost, but on the
contrary was taken full advantage of
by many of the members who speak
but seldom on the floor of the house.
Some of these quiet members make a
good speech when they get stirred up
on some bill.
The house this morning went on rec
ord against a high protective tariff
when the resolution by Wheeler of
Seward, asking congress to increase
the tariff on broom corn was defeated
by vote Of SO to 81.
The Kansas house is Republican by
1S majority but it believes that tile
schedules Of the Payne law are already
too high and opposes the hosting Of
the schedules even in the interest of a
Kansas industry. In other words, a
majority of the Kansas house members
are consistent in their opposition to
Ligh tariff, and do not believe it is q
clare against higher schedules when
Kansas is affected on the wrong side
of the ledger thereby.
The broom corn industry is one of
the important and profitable occupa-
tions of certain western KANSAS coun-
ties. Still the majority of the Kansas
house members thought that the price
of brooms is already too high and they
did not want to be accessories after
the fact in the attempt to make the
prio- still higher.
Veatch Republican, of Washington,
in explaining his vote against the reso-
luton, said that in his opinion this
tariff business has been overdone.
have studied the present tariff bill and
I believe it is an iniquitous measure"
Stone of Shawnee said he was a Re-
publican and believed in the doctrine
of protection. He thought that high
er tariff on broom corn was in the fu-
terest Of the protection of a great in
dustry of western Kansas.
Many of the Democrats, in explain
ing their votes declared that they were
in favor of a tariff for revenue only.
Olinger of Shawnee introduced a bill
in the house today providing that the
judge of the city court of Topeka shall
receive a salary of 81 800 per year, and
the clerk of the court $1,000 per year.
The marshaPs salary is fixed at $1,000
per year and his deputy at 5000.
The moving picture snow Dill Dy
Black of Hamilton was amended by
Kerr Of Montgomery in such fashion
that the picture shows the most popu-
lar form of amusement in the country
at this time, will not be put out of
business entirely. Some of the western
Kansas representatives seem to have
crouch against picture shows and
would regulate them clear out of busi-
ness.
Orr of Atchison introduced bill to-
day that prohibits the state bank COM
missioner or any employee in his Of
flee from owning stock in any bank or
concern over which his office has juris-
diction This bill, if passed, would af-
feet J. N. Dolley, the present bank
commissioner as he is interested IN
more than one bank. The bill goes on
to provide for the forfeiture of the Of
flee by any commissioner who violates
its provisions.