The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-07
House Democrats Agree to Sup
port Suffrage.
Will Give Amendment Necessary
TWO-Thirds.
act ON OTHERS ALSO.
Initiative and Referendum and
Recall First.
First Night Session to Consider
Amendments.

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The Democrats held caucus this
morning and decided that they would
support the constitutional amendment
resolutions that come up in the house
tonight, in the following order: First
THE initiative and referendum as Of
fered by Cassin. Second-The recall
by Davis of Bourbon. Third-The
equal suffrage offered by Block of
Hamilton. Fourth-The classification
| of property for taxation offered by the
| committee On taxation. Fifth-The
four year term for state officers by Da-
Wis of Kiowa. Sixth-The three
fourths vote of jury for a verdict by
Keene of Bourbon.
Only three of these resolutions can
be offered in the form of constitution
al amendments at this session.
This action of the minority in plac-
| ing woman's suffrage third on the list,
| if carried out by their solid voting
strength of g members, may pass the
suffrage resolution through the house
with necessary two-thirds majority.
The house worked on bills in COM
mittee of the whole all day, but will
| hold the first night session tonight at
which time the consideration of the
six constitutional amendments will be
begun. The night session will be call
ed at 1880 and as the suffrage resolu-
ton comes first on the calendar, it
may be expected that the house floor
and galleries will be jammed with suf-
fragettes.
The flood of bills in the house
reached the one thousand mark today.
| the last day for the introduction of
bills except those making appropria
tions Bill No. 1901 was the last one
on the list. Mulroy being the last man
to bat.
The bill introduced today by Mulroy
| of Ellis, provides for the payment of
fees to counsel appointed by the court
to defend destitute persons in GRIM
! inal cases.
The bill by Wayman of Lyons pro-
from attending school.
The bill by Haslet of Sumner allows
probate judges to destroy all liquor
affidavits more than two years old.
Thus is marked the passing of the
/ sworn statements of certain and many
thirsty persons who went to Kansas
drug stores in the past and made oath
! that they had stomach or heart trou-
/ ble or headache or episootic, or CLAN
| ders or rheumatism or the gout, or
sore throat or sprung joints, and re-
| quired liquor or beer to heal their
hurts and cure them of their inf1rma-
| ties. Nothing else would do. The skill
of the surgeon had failed and the lore
| of the physician had failed of its pur-
pose. Only old red liquor could reach
the spot, they sWore; only the brew
of Pabst or Muellebach could save
human life And now comes Haslet
with a bill that provides that this rec
ord against otherwise truthful and up
right men shall be wiped out and re-
membered against them no more.
Gray of Phillips has a bill as long
as the civil code in relation to automo-
bileS He would have all auto owners
register their machines with the Sec
retary of state, paying fee of IS for
the privilege. All chauffeurs must al
so register with the state and pay
/ $1.5O for a little metal badge. The
ordinances of the cities regulating the
driving of cars apply in a general way
to the state wide regulation and all
county and city regulations and fees
are done away with. The state regis
tration shall be supplied to the va
rious counties and cities and that
shall suffice The bill provides that
I drivers of cars must stop when they
meet a reStiVe horse in the highway
and then proceed ahead slowly. That
a vehicle meeting an auto must give
tional expense falling on the secretary
of states office has been paid for, the
balance of the money received from
registration fees shall be applied by
counties for dragging and improving
the roads The fees provided for in
this bill will probably exceed 100000
per year.
The committee on banks and bank
ing introduced a bill today appropriat-
ing Sic, 900 from the general fund to
be used by the bank commissioner
the next two years in offering such re-
wards as in his Judgment are neces-
sary for the capture of bank robbers.
However, the bank commissioner is
restricted to the offering of a reward
not to exceed $1,000 in any single rob-
: berry. This bill is the result of the let
ter suggesting such plan written by
]. N. Dolley to the committee of the
two houses.
The house committee on contests
decided today that ates of Lane shall
keep his seat. o. J. Jewette, Demo-
crat, was the contestee.
The railroad committee of the house
today reported adversely the bill pro-
viding for the erection of railroad
scales at small stations. About 500
of these were required under the pro-
visions of the bill and they would
have cost the railroad companies of
the state about a million and a quar-
ter of dollars.
Turner of Neosho would have new
deal on school boards in cities OF
over 5000 inhabitants. His bill, in
troduced in the house today, provides
that the school boards in cities of this
size shall be composed of only six
members, elected from the city al
large, two for one year terms, two fol
two years and two for three years.
) After 1904 bills had been intro
: duced in the house and the hour OF
; noon had struck today which marked
the end for the flood of bills. Stone o1
| Sha1srrana CANA forward with annfhe1