The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-26
IN SENATE mill"
Mutual Telephone Companies
Lose First Senate Fight.
Refused Protection From
Clutches of Big Firms.
WAGGEhER Is THE Sponsor.
Has Suggested All Busts i'm
Statuary Hall.
StaFely Dog Tax Measure
Passes Upper House.
WAGGENER is THE Sponsor.

The frenzied attacks of Senators
WagSener and Mahin were too much
Tor the holding company ano mutual
telephone paragraphs of the Mcmillan
cooperative plan bill late Tuesday af-
ternoon, and these parts of the bill were
stricken out The stubborn fight put
up by the author. Senator Mcmillan
and Joseph and Davis saved the re-
naming sections of the measure and
passed it On third reading.
The Mcmillan bill authorizes the in
corporation of cooperative associations.
companies, exchanges. societies or
unions in this state. 1t provides that
any number of persons not less than
twenty can form a cooperative asso-
citation for the purpose of conducting
any dairy, agricultural, mercantile,
mining manufacturing or mechanical
business on the new plan.
Waggener and Maflin in behalf of the
independent telephone companies of the
state fought down the clause giving
special privilege to the mutual COM
panies. It means that hereafter the
mutual companies will have to comply
with the public utilities laws as all
under the provisions of the cooperative
act are prohibited from buying stock
in other companies.
Mahin and Waggener fought for the
Independent companies claiming that
this cooperative law would put them
out of business Mcmillan in protect
ing his measure said that it was
guard built up by the mutual companies
to keep them out of the clutches of the
Bell Telephone company.
The Gray bill providing for the
counting of the votes of non-resi1ents
in each county passed the senate late
Tuesday afternoon. In order to avoid
q miXup in counting nonresident and
resident votes. Senator Gray, Of Os-
borne county has drawn up and sup
ported this measure It separates COM
pletely the votes OF the home and for
eign electors and requires ii written
reason for the inability of the voter to
vote at home.
Standing pat on his ideas concerning
the adoption of a minimum wage law
in Kansas. Senator Meek, of Nemaha
county, chairman of the labor commit
tee of the senate, is the only mem
her of his committee who has retained
his decision on the previous recon-
mendations. The labor committee has
recommended the minimum wage bill
for passage and il will appear on the
calendar SOON
Senators Porter and Joseph changed
their minds after the bill was referred
back to the committee for the third
time Heretofore the labor committee
has recommended that the bill be killed.
Senators King, Huffman, Porter and
Joseph all voted it out last night end
the lone ballot of Chairman Meek had
no effect.
Bale Waggener. senator from Atch-
ison. is the sponsor of the Kansas rep
resentation in Statuary Hail, WASH
ington, D. c. Ten years ago while in
the senate Bale Waggener wrote and
pushed through the resolution that
placed John J. ingalls, marble figure
in tire hall of fame at the national
capitol. Now Senator Waggener has
fathered q resolution placing the
statue of Ex-Governor Click alongside
the bust of ingalls, at Washington.
And that isn't all Bale Waggener has
done. Not only has he been RESPONSE
BILE for the choice and the placing of
these statues but he has honored two
AtchiSon men for this coveted reward
Some day Kansas should try and
procure one more location in Statuary
Hall and in this position place bust
of Bale p Waggener-statesman
lawyer and friend.
The senate has adopted the resolu-
ton of ]. NJ. Davis of Bourbon adj
monishing the Kansas delegation in
congress to keep out of the pork bar
rel'' and log rolling methods prac-
ticed by some members of that ma
tional body.
When the resolution was brought
ND for consideration, senator StaVeIy
of Usage county suggested that the
resolution be referred to Senators
Carey and Troutman. The senate
laughed this state fair combination
down and Price of Clark thought it
would be a good plan to send it to the
judiciary committee. 1t passed finally,
however.
Despite the fun poked at his dog
tax measure, Senator Stavely succeed
ed last night in supporting to final
massage his bill providing for a state
fee on dogs. The tax will be So for
females and 81 for males. The money
will be placed in a county dog fund"
which will be used to reimburse sheep
owners for their losses. This bill has
been introduced in the senate many
times but was successful for the first
time last evening.
The Price of Greenwood alien vote
bill has passed the senate. This
measure requires foreign voters to
register with the county clerk giving
their name, the date of their natural
ization papers and the place they re-
ceived their right to vote. This reg
istration gives election officers a
chance to look up the records of the
foreigners and see if they swore false
" to their voting rights.
The bill barely passed the senate
II has been fought by Mcmillan and
Mahin since its introduction. Twenty
one votes favored the measure, twelve
against and seven not voting.
Honors for Crane, the Actor.