The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-15
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At least five of the Democratic plat
form policies were under consideration
! in the house this week. They were:
Minimum wage for women.
Fee and salary bill.
Board of correction bill.
Massachusetts ballot law.
| Maximum hour for women bill.
| In addition to these measures, sew
| eral bills close to the hearts of the
| administration leaders were consider
| ed. They were:
| Waggener's corporation tax bill.
Miller's bill abelishing deputy oil
inspectors.
County courts bill.
ON the minimum wage for women
Dill and its companion, the maximum
hour bill, the house made good and
redeemed another pledge. Both bills
were passed. The house showed its
good nature and willing to go bit
out of the way to fulfil promise
when it accepted the senate amend
ment regarding educational qualifica
tons which the senate had injected
| into the Massachusetts ballot law.
| When that bill came back from the
nendation that it be passed with the
senate amendment attached, the
house voted to pass the bill in that
| form. Their vote took the very breath
promptly backed up and rejected the
bill with its own amendments, then
reconsidered and passed the bill. So
Kansas is next year to try a brand
new ballot law.
Defeat County Courts Bill.
But the county courts bill was more
than the house could swallow. 1t
wanted to be good natured and give
its friends boost, but when the bill
creating a county court and compell-
copy of blackstone from the four
teenth edition of an unabridged die
tionary, it called a halt and refused
to pass such a law.
The oil bill met with better success
Miller of Ottawa, offered a measure
which killed off a whole army of
deputy oil inspectors and saved the
state 100000 year. So the house
smiled and put the bill across by a
Passed Corporation Tax.
There was doubt and fear as to the
things which would happen to the
corporation tax bill in the house. That
fear and trembling was without cause
or justification. Even Jensen of Lyon,
who is interested in corporations,
thought it was a good thing since ii e
administration wanted it. And he
voted with the other Democrats to put
the law in the books.
Then there was another platform
measure that went through the
house without trouble. 1t was the
Howe bill to create a board of cor
rection to supervise the penal in5ti-
tutions. The measure, which calls
for the creation of a board of three
members appointed by the governor,
was opposed by but two of the house
members on final roll CALL
After working for several weeks on
the fee and salary bill, the house
finally passed the measure late Friday
night That was another Democratic
platform pledge and with its passage
another of the promises to be taken
care of in the legislature was can
celled.
Governor Hodges is still smiling He
declares that he is proud of the weeks
session and has no fault to find with
the last two weeks work of either
branch of the legislature.
The house has worked overtime and
for the first time in many sessions is
really ahead of the senate. Speaker
Brown has engendered new hope and
a determined fighting spirit in his
Democratic followers and this week
arms to fulfill a party promise.
What of I. and r. and Recall?
OF course the initiative and referen-
dunn and the recall are still hanging
fire, They went to conference com
mittee a week ago and because the
Democrats cannot swing the necessary
two-thirds vote in order to put across
a constitutional amendment, it may be
some udyS pelOT0 lney are passed, IL
they are passed at all. The house has
refused the senate I. and r., but it is
rumored that the house Democrats
will accept the bill with the senate
amendments rather than go home with
that portion of their platform work
unfinished.
The school textbook bill went to
conference this week. So also did the
white slave bill. But it is claimed that
an agreement will be reached on both
of these measures and that they will
be written into law before the close of
the coming week.
At the close of business Friday
night SO bills had been introduced in
the house, 210 had been reported ad-
versely and of the bills recommended
for passage, IS had been passed. The
work of the present week shows 1S9
bills introduced and 80 bills passed
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