Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-01-12

year or 50 confidence games and
gold brick schemes Of all kinds have
been worked In Kansas TO the great
loss OF innocent investors many Of
whom were widowA.
A law may be passed providing for
the election of all state Officers for
period Of four years and for one
term. II this is doue tho recall pro-
vision will become part Of the law
and also a clause doing away With
reelection, excepting In the cases Of
supreme judges. This law may be ex-
tended so that 1t also applies to all
county offices.
The primary law will also be
amended in a number of instances,
one demand being that the delegates
to the national convention be named
at a general election and that the
names OF the president and vice
president appear on the ballot. Like
wise an attempt will be made to
pass law requiring that United
States senators be elected by a direct
vote of the peop,e, following closely
the law now in effect In oregon.
A bill will be presented which II
adopted will instruct the Kansas
members of congress to vote for
constitutional provision looking to
the taxing of incomes and the pres
ent state law will be either amended
or repealed. The administration
members are planning to present a
bin providing for the appointment OF
a commission to inquire into the
lpractieability of wokingman's COM
pensation law to meet the demands OF
labor in Kansas. There Is q possible
lily that this commission report will
be received early enough in the ses-
sion to make the passage of such q
law possible.
A number OF employers liability
laws have been planned and are ready
flor introduction during the early days
of the session. The Democratic mem
bers will introduce law modelled az
tier the Massachusetts law having for
its purpose the elimination of all
party emblems.
The sentiment which has prevailed
. against the corporations, especially
the railroad interests In Kansas for
years seems to have abated to some
extent and it is not probable that
there will be any attempt to pass any
rigid measures this winter relating to
them.
The big fight Of the session Will
come up over the passage of the In
, itiative and referendum measure. The
session however, promises to be i'm
Pmune from freak bills that have
come up in years past. A deadlock
blocking legitimate legislation may
. result In SO called freaks.
If the Democrats and the standpat
members of the Republican party
combine they can effectively block
legislation of any kind. On the
other hand II the Democrats combine
with their insurgent brothers they
will be able to pass any kind of a
measure bearing the proper label.
Many of the Democrats are classed
as Insurgents and II an attempt Is
made to line the party representa-
tives up with the standpatters, many
boilers will be found as a number OF
them were elected on progressive
Democratic platforms.
Governor Stubs as well as his
supporters are confident that tire
pledges made by the Insurgent WING
Of the Republican party. in their
platform will be carried out. They
pin their faith to the heavy vote
which the Democrats will have in the
house and to their claim that num-
Der Of standpat senators have seen
the Handwriting on the wall"