The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-24

form.
Who wrote that PLATFORM asked
Davis.
William Allen White" replied Orr of
Atch1son before Carney had chance
to answer.
Then Davis EXPRESSED himself en-
pnat1cally on what he called, some Of
the crazy notions" in that platform. He
thought that there had been a lot of
talk about pledges that had been forced
Gown the Threats of the many by the
rev. He declared that the representa-
tlVes at the party council had no voice
IN the affairs of that meeting and he
old not think that the people generally
neld the 1sIns adopted there as binding
IN regard to platform measure, Davis
OF sh1oWa said he was a party man, and
oe!ieVeo IN Republican principles. He
SAID that party platform declaration,
Ialriy and deliberately made, should be
carried out. But" he declared, "the
platform drafted at the last party
council was not fairly made and does
NOT represent the deliberate judgment
or the Republicans of Kansas
1t was Case of Dickinson who made
the motion to strike out the enacting
cause from the Hyer bill, and NOT
Davis of Kiowa-
Ihen Carney tried to get the floor in
oroer to read the Republican party
IL
ney Is Democrat. The confusion at
TINS point became a small sized riot
ana the presiding officer raped in
vain Tor order. Not since this session
cegun has there been such an uproar
on Inc floor of the house. Carney fin
noise.
AS for the Hyer bill relating to the
recall in cities of the second class, it
was passed by the house.
me house session Thursday after
noon sounded like a senate debate.
over in the senate some ole is nearly
Always reading plank from the party
platform for the enlightenment of the
members and the general public.
Whlle Carney of Cloud was selecting
OF Donlphan was reading another
plank from the same paper to his COL
leagues in the senate.
The house kept on grinding today
on special orders relating to party
pledges and roads and highway bills.
All of the more important pledges
nave received consideration at the
hands of the house and been disposed
OF one way or another. Four bills,
one of them the drainage law revision
Dill by Orr of Atchison. have been set
for third reading subject to amend
ment and debate. The other three
nave to do with roads and highways.
One of these is bill by Gray of Phil
lips regulating motor and other
vehicles.
Thursday was another dull day in the
mouse, up to the time Of the outbreak
over the Hyer BILL most of the day
being spent on drainage bills and meas
ures relating to cities of the first and
second class. These bills, of which
there are some so, were passed at a
great rate, there being little debate
over these bills or opposition to their
passage. Twenty-Five bills were rec
commended for passage during the az
ternoon. Some of these measures make
important changes in the law affecting
the cities. For instance, the bill by
Buchanan of Cowley confers on women
the right to vote in city library cleo
lions. The bill by Newlin of Douglas
provides for the apportionment Of
special tax levied upon lot in cities
Of the second class. The bill by Mr..
Elder forbids cities of the second class
under the commission form of govern
ment from creating any indebtedness
in excess of the money in the treas
ury.
The bill by Reeder of Dc-.~han con-
fers upon cities of tho second class the
right full power to purchase gas. light,
or WaterWorks plants or to drill for
oil or gas and build and operate pipe
lines.
Another bill by Elder amends the
law relating to the procedure for Sc
curing paving in cities of the second
class. The law is simpliffed and
therefore improved by the amend
ment-
The bill by committee on cities of
the second class provides that the
governing body of such cities having
population of 10000 or more shall in
addition to the powers now conferred
by law, have power to provide for the
establishment and extension of one or
more storm water sewer systems.
Elder of Franklin had still an
other bill relating to cities of the first
and second class in which the present
law in regard to plumbers is amended
to read as follows: THAT any person
engaged in working at the plumbing
business either as master plumber or
employing plumber or journeyman
plumber, shall first receive certificate
thereof in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act" These certificates
are to be issued by a board of ex-
aminers appointed by the mayor.