The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-20

any city of the first or second class
within this state, an amount greater
than per cent of the compensation
provided by law as salary for one year
Of the office for which such person Is
a candidate Provided, however, that
it shall not be unlawful for any candi-
date for any office mentioned In TINS
section for which office no salary is
provided by law, to expend a sum not
to exceed fifty dollars for political ad-
vertising.
1t shall be unlawful for any person,
company, corporation or association
or the agents or employees Of any per-
son, company, association or corpora
ton, engaged in the publication or CIR
culation of any newspaper within the
state of Kansas to solicit political ad-
vertising within this state
Any person violating any OF the pro-
visions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and punished
by a fine of not less than one hundreo
dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars. And any person who shall
have been candidate for any OF the
offices provided for in this act VINO
shall have violated any OF the pro
visions of this act while candidate Tor
such office shall be disqualified from
holding such office and shall, If elected
to such office in addition to the pun
ishment heretofore prescribed forfeit
the office to which he was elected.
The committee on taxation reported
for adoption the Fagerberg bill COM
pelling the payment of a monthly tax
by all persons engaged in the sale and
vending of certain wares from wagons,
or making house canvass. 1t provides
that no peddler shall do business with
out a peddler's license which shall be
secured from the county clerk In the
county in which the person is doing
business.
If peddler travels with one 9 OF
more horses, the bill provides license
of S25 a month. If he travels in
cart buggy or wagon, he shall pay a
license of $50 q month. If the ped
dler travels by boat or other vessel, ne
shall pay license OF S15 montn-
All sums received by counties for ped
dler's licenses shall be appropriated to
the good roads fund.-
In its report the senate employees
committee said there were at present
but IA persons employed in addition
to senate clerks and recommended
that the list should not be reduced at
this time. The report said there were
several employees on the list who
were not recommended by the COM
mittee It recommended that Daniel
Webster be transferred from mes
senger to senate janitor, but did not
ployees list. The report was adopted.
The committee on elections report
ed favorab1y on the minority bill CIV
ing to women equal suffrage and rec
commended that the measure be placed
on third reading subject to amend
ment and debate and that a date set
for discussion of the bill.
AS an emergency the Reed corpora
| ton bill was placed on second reading.
The bill amends the old corporation
| law declared unconstitutional by the
| United States supreme court and VIII
! be considered next week in the COM
nittee of the whole. -
Eight suffragettes stood in the en-
trance of the senate chamber late
Thursday afternoon and discussed the
| things that had happened to their res
| olutions in the house. This action on
the part of the members Of the lower
| house was evidently a shock to the wo-
men who proclaim equal rights-and to
| think that Speaker Buckman had al
| lowed them to name their own COM
mittee.
"No. we are not a bit discouraged. -
| declared Mrs. Wallace, who came from
| Kansas City to lead the movement
''we are really quite accustomed to
such things. But, say and the wom-
ans voice dropped to a whisper, you
| lust watch u.s. Why, we will win yet.
Certainly we will. We just won't stop
until we do"
Seven heads collected around that of
the speaker, wagged profound approval
of the statement. There were more de-
clarations from the new members. Each
of them was absolutely certain of sue
| cess.
Would Governor Stubbs. veto the
| bill? Would the voters of Kansas
write the new amendment into the
constitution by their vote in the 1917
election? Do women really want TO
vote?" These were some of the ques-
| tions hurled in rapid fire manner at
| the women who are spending their time
working for the suffrage resolution.
Eyes, yes, why certainly. Certainly.
The very idea" exclaimed a surag-
cite, as she stamped on an imaginary
something near Senator Brewster S
ture, we will win in the election. The
governor is for US. We just know he
Is The people want suffrage and the
only thing that has held us back has
been these horrid legislatures. But they
| have been very kind this time. We have
| been asked to attend a meeting Of the
senate elections committee and we
| think both houses will vote for the res
olution."
Then the eight women marched to
the elevator, went to the rooms of the
elections committee and again retold
their story AS the last of the crowd
left the senate, she turned to a by
stander and said:
I'VE are Just real sure the nouse
didn't mean anything by its action this
afternoon The members just didn't
want to establish a precedent-that' s
ALL
Senator Myers bill to reapportion the
judicial districts of Kansas is evident
ly having considerable trouble in the
committee room This morning it was
stated that a report on the bill would
be withheld for several days-probabl1
a week or more. The principal difficult
ty with the Myers measure seems to bt
that it affects too many districts. AL
ready the committee has received re
quests from outlying districts, statint
a desire to speak against the measure
Representatives from these district
and judges who would be dethronet
under the terms of the bill, will be Civ
| en- an opportunity next week to ap
| near hefore the judicial apportionnen