The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-17

greatest expounder of the constitution,
that under the American system or
government, while the people are the
source of all political power, the gov
ernmental powers will be exercised py
the representatives of the people and
not by the people themselves.
This experiment in; government
does not come from the cool blooded
Anglo-Saxon race. Its first appearance
in modern times was in the French
constitution promulgated Immediately
following the terrible French revolu-
ton. 1t was a favorite doctrine OF
the agitators and demagogues who
deluged France with blood, and it is
well to remember that Robespierre
and Danton went to the same gu1llo-
tine that they had sent the unfortun-
ate Marie Antoinette.
$50 the agitators and demagogueS
of our own time would Dull down the
pillars Of the temple of liberty upon
their own heads and ruin and destroy
a structure which it has taken more
than century of careful and sane
statescraft to build
The Don Carlos Speech.
Speaking against the motion to sub
stftute the Cassin bill for his own
measure. Don Carlos, of Douglas. said:
"The Republican party is the party
that has been looked to and depended
upon by the people to keep its prom
ises-
1T is an encouraging sign to see
the opposition year after year more
nearly approaching what the Republi-
cans stand for. A striking illustration
is the prohibitory law. For years and
years the Democrats were in favor of
resubmission, but by the gradual alb
sorption of Republican principles, the
Democrats have reached a stage where
they appear to be- and perhaps are, as
strongly in favor of prohibition as are
the Republicans.
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of Democrats on this floor over previ-
GUS sessions can be accounted for by
the fact that they have more nearly
the Republican platform than in former
years.
II favor the Don Carlos resolution in
preference to the Cassin resolution, not
altogether on account of it's author
shin nor on account of it's being a, Re
publican resolution, but because I be-
lieve it is the better resolution of the
two. 1t follows the Oregon law very
closely and 1 am informed that the
Oregon law has ceased to be an ex-
pertinent and that it is giving general
satisfaction to the people of that state.
The only change l would make in the
Don Carlos resolution would be to not
adopt the report of the committee rec
ommending that the propositions to be
voted upon by the people be limited.
After about twelve Intellectual ef-
forts covering q period of two days,
Professor King, Frederick King of
New York, specialist on the I. and R.,
was allowed to address the house on
this question. The motion to hear the
Hon. King was voted down time and
again, but his partisans were persist
ent, and finally slipped through the
motion when the house was not pay
ing much attention, only few mem
| bers voting. Mr.. King, so it Is said, is
paid a salary and expenses for preach
! ing the doctrine of the I. and r. be-
| fore state legislatures, yet he wanted
SeventyShve Sfmoleons as extra pay
! for enlightening the Kansas house on
this question. The house thought that
! was too much for enlightenme ent.
| Wednesday he came down on the
| price to Is cents per head for a ten
| minute talk. Even this bargain day
price was turned down two or three
times, but it finally got through as
along the same old lines that have
| been handed out since the discussion
| of this doctrine started in Kansas a
| year ago. He had a tilt with Davis of
Kiowa before he got through and did
not loom up very strong in that de-
| bate.
With six weeks of the session gone
by and only dozen working days
| left for the consideration of some fff-
teen hundred bills. the legislature has
sent just twenty bills to the governors
office for his signature. This is the
record for a Kansas legislature. F'if-
teen hundred bills poured into the
hopper and twenty ground out after
six weeks. Two weeks more to work
Twelve working days. The statute
book for the 1911 laws will not need to
| be a very large volume 1t would seem,
from a review of the progress of the
| session
| The moving picture show people de-
I in Sf
| their shows is passed by the legislature
it will put them out of business. The
| Block bill passed the house and is now
| up to the senate. The picture show
| men have issued the following circular
| in regard to this bill:
I'VE hand you herewith a copy of
house bill No. Is, introduced into the
Kansas state legislature by a member
| of the legislature named Block This
| bill has already passed the house and
| is now before a senate committee for
| consideration
| you can readily understand that If
| this bill should pass the senate and be-
! come a law, it would be the means of
legislating out of business practically
every picture show in the state of
Kansas. This bill has evidently been
prepared and introduced at the request
of interests unfavorable to moving pic
ture shows. We are led to believe
| from information at hand that the au-
| thor of the bill, Mr.. Block, introduced
the same at the request of, or acting in
conjunction with. other parties un-
friendly to the picture show business
I'VE assume you do not care to lose
your business as result of this unfair
legislation. In an effort to defeat this
bill, we have engaged the services OF
competent attorneys to represent us
and oppose this legislation before the
senate committee, in whose hands the
bill is now pending
The services of these attorneys and
the expenses incident to this matter
| will have to be met, and inasmuch as
your interests are identical with ours
we ask you to remit SIS or SO to the
Exchange State bank of Kansas City
Kan, to be held by them and disbursed
by our committee in payment of these
expenses.