The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-03


voice had not been heard in the capitol
halls for many days, spoke for the bill,
| and, like the orators earlier in the day
/ when the normal divorce bill was on
| tap, referred to Patrick Henry Pat IS
| getting popular ali of a sudden in the
| Kansas legislature, an oracle, SO to
| speak. Ewing of Pawnee and Ellis of
Labette both spoke against the BILL
/ the former answering Williams plea
| that the farmers wives were demand
ing it by declaring that, the women in
| this hall tonight lobbying for the bill
work in the garden and bring eggs to
| town to sell"
| Don Carlos read a classic from suf-
| fragette literature in support of the
| bill.
The roll call was very close. so to 4s,
as follows:
! Yeas = Alexander, Barrett, Block,
| Brown of Linn. Brown of Butler. Cas-
| sin. Cones, Cron, Davis of Bourbon,
! Davis of Sedgwick, Davis of Gray, Don
Herr. Jackson, Keene, Kyle, Lacey.
! Laidlaw, Lambertson, Mahurin, Maloy,
MacDannald, McGregor, Mcmillan,
Moore, Newlin, Olinger, Ostlind, Rear
don, Reeder, Schafer, Schlichter,
Sheare-, Shuey. Stone of Shawnee,
Veatch. Watson, Wayman, Wettack,
Williams, Wilson of Marshal, Worley,
/ Wray, Yoxall. Total, As.
| Nays-Abrams, Allen. Barrier, Bent
| ley, Boyd, Brown of Kingman, Burge,
Bunger. Carnahan, Carney, Daley,
Davis of Ottawa, Davis of Kiowa. De-
Camp. Ellis, Ewing, Frey, Graham,
Zines, Holden, Hyer, Johnson, Kerr.
Lang, Lawson. Malone, Manchester,
Morton. Matson, Meek, Mercer. Millec,
Mulroy, Napier. Noble, O'Conner, Orr.
Parker, Schaumburg, Sharpless, Shields.
Stone of Sherman, Thomas, Turner.
Tyler, WeSterman. Wheeler, Wilson of
Greeley, Wolfert, Woodbury.. Total. so.
Olinger's bill fixing the salaries of
the officials of the city court of Topeka
has passed the house and senate. 1t
provides that the judge shall receive a
compensation of $1,000 per year. AMI
the clerk 81 200. The marshal will re-
ceive $1,000 and the deputy $780,
The Stone bill providing for the
election of delegates to national con-
ventions was killed again in commit
tee of the whole of the house. Davis
of Kiowa led the fight on the measure
and stone led the defense of his bill.
After the standing vote to strike out
the enacting clause had prevailed as
to 40, Stone served notice that he
would try to resurrect the bill on roll
call when the committee arose. He
tried but failed of enough votes and
Kansas will pick her delegates to the
next national convention in the same
old way.
Wettack of Montgomery presided
during committee of the whole Thurs
day afternoon while the house consid-
cred bills under special orders. The
man from Montgomery steered the
house through the long session with
dignity and success
The fish and game bill providing for
the payment of the salary of the war
den and the setting aside of the fees
paid by hunters for this fund was
passed by the house. This fund may
be used by the warden in a sum up to
$500 for improvem ent of the hatchery
at Pratt, but he shall not expend more
than that amount except he have the
approval of the regents of the univer-
sity. The last session made no provi-
sions for the maintenance of this de-
partment and the governor was COM
PEELED the past two years to keep the
department going from his contingent
fund.
A bill of considerable Importance TO
railroad men by Emerson of Wyan-
dotte was recommended for passage
by the house Thursday afternoon. The
measure is designed to promote the
safety of travellers and protect the
lives of railroad trainmen. The bill
provides that it shall be unlawful for
a common carrier or steam railroad
to operate in this state a passenger
train composed of three cars or less
exclusive of the engine not equipped
with a crew consisting of at least one
engineer, one fireman, one conductor
and one fiagman. For q train larger
than this an extra crew is required.
A freight train of twenty cars
must have at least one brakeman and
Co.,
brakemen. Any locomotive employed
for switching services in the yards
must have in addition to the engineer
and firemen yard conductor and two
brakemen.
The Wayman bill recommended for
passage by the house Wednesday gives
a justice of the peace in cities of the
second class the power in certain cases
to parole persons convicted of a mis-
demeanor.
The house put the kibosh sign on
the bill by Stone of Shawnee empow-
ering mayor and council of any city
of the third class to appropriate
money from the city treasury to sup
port a musical organization common
ly known as band, providing that not
more than $500 is appropriated in one
year. This blow at the town band was
opposed by nearly half of the house.
A report was circulated through the
house Thursday afternoon to the eff
feet that Alex. Mitchell, congressman
elect of Lawrence was dead. A ma
jority of the members know Mr..
Mitchell personally and there was grief
and CONSERVATION until telephone
message to Lawrence denied the ru-
NOR. Mr.. Mitchell has been confined
to his room for several days, but is not
even dangerously i'll.
Doc Moore, editor of the Pittsburg
Headlight, Senator Porter and other
friends of the divorce bill, all exonerate
Mr.. Stone from having had any agree
ment to vote for their bill. They said
they had not expected Mr.. Stones sup
port. These gentlemen all went to Stone
after the fracaS Thursday to assure
him that thew den10red tho ond