The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-08
REP. BOYD AGAIN
This Time Legislator Is After
Street Car Companies.
He Had to Stand on Car When
He Rode Home.

, BelleviI1e member of the house is look
(, ing for the angora of the street railway
companies. He would compel them to
furnish seats or free rides in a bill in
troduced today in the house.
Up in Republic county there are no
street car lines. So Boyd would legis-
late a bit for the corporations in To-
peka, Wichita, Kansas City and other
towns with an electric line. The other
night Boyd went to his rooming house
late He told the members today that
he was compelled to stand up and to
hold to a strap with one hand and to
a woman's hand with the other. be
cause of this indignity on the part OF
! the heartless corporations 6oyo
wanted an emergency declared and the
bill advanced on the calendar But
Boyd's plan was blocked with fiood
of objections So the bill must take
it's course.
The Republic county law maker
would provide that between the nouFs
of and a. m. and 11:45 a. m ana l:1o
D. m. and and p. m, except sun
days and holidays, that the street. rali-
way companies furnish suf1lclent cars
to give every passenger seat, OF re,
linquish their right to collect hlchei
ductor should overlook the Boyd law
he would be subject to a fine of $loo.
Twice this session Boyd has broken
into the newspaper headlines IVY
weeks ago he testified on the floor OF
the house that Topeka was the wettest
town in the state and that it contained
scores of well regulated joints whose
owners feared not the provisions OF the
law and had absolute assurance OF Po-
lice protection. Now the first Boyo III
stance has been almost forgotten hasl
night Boyd was insulted by being COM
nelIed to stand up on street car Anu
the indignities, insults and hunlndllohs
heaped upon the head of law maker
in Topeka are more than ne can sldllo'
1,r;o,s fo, persons who have spent
On wears in the service of cities WIFI
a population of more than 4O,VoU' Is au
vocated today in bill introduces ~
the house by Robert stone, OF oha~
nee county. Stones bill woulo proNlue
a pension not to exceed $50 a montlI
for every person who has spent ~ years
continuous service in any department
of the city government 49,. ~
The bill will affect only the cities OF
Topeka, Wichita and Kansas CitS'
Kan No city with less than 4v,ooo ~
habitants will be affected by the pas
SAGE of the measure. For TINS reason
+be shawnee county member DeneNeS
that the larger cities can wen diLoiu
TO Dension their faithfuls ana 10 sno"
appreciation of long pupllc service.
,,nfier- the classification defined in ms
hill. will be determined by the Guy
commission, but in no instance snah
the pension be in excess OF $50 d nollh'
Keene. of Bourbon county, today in
+ro1ucad bill to create a bureau OF
inomigration for Kansas and to make
an anpropriation of 100000 with Whlcn
TO launch the new "come to Kansas
movement The Keene bill PROVIDES
that the governor, secretary Oh slaIe
and secretary of the board or agrlcul- :
ture shall compose the board. 1t pro- /
I,;das for a president of the board VINO
shall receive IS a day ana expenses
a secretary who shall receive Sz'ooo d
wear and a stenographer at SOU a year. !
rrba hill proyides for the boosting OF !
Kansas resources and appropriates $lo,-
coo a wear for both 1894 with when +
TO hoost the state among prospective !
immigrants.
Two new railroad bills were offered
IN the bouse today Bay would legislate
AGAINST railroad trains running back
ward for a distance of more than hVe
miles except in case OF wreck or
washout Armstrong, of Cloud, woulo
PASS a law to compel all railroads OPP
Grating in Kansas to PROVIDE daily
freight and passenger service.
Representative Woodbury. took a slap
at the country newspapers today when
he introduced bill providing that any
nublisher of a newspaper or magazine
who sent his publication to a subscrib-
az after the date for which the sub
scription was paid, would not be al
lowed to collect the subscription price !
Orr. of Atchison county, today pre-
scented a bill providing for the creation
of state BARRIERS commission and
providing that all hair cut and shave
artists shall pay an annual license for
the privilege of following their trade
in this state.
The maximum wage bill and the bill
providing a minimum wage for wom-
en-. have been made q special order in
the house for O'Clock Thursday af- /
ternoon.
While the members of the senate
are at home visiting with their
constituents, the members of the
house are working overtime Friday
night the house worked until 10 O'Clock.
Today they are holding all day ses-
sion and will work all day Monday,
thus gaining a full two days on the
senate in the effort to clean up the
heavily loaded calendar.
About IS members of the Meriden
high school visited the house yesterday
afternoon. They also visited Washburn
college, the historical society and the
senate Representative Meyer. of JEFF
ferson county and Assistant Sergeant
at Arms Abraham Moser secured seats
for the Meriden crowd in the house and
the jefferson county visitors filled the
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