The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-20
IN SENATE "MlLL'
Senator Davis Sees Dlssensloh
i'm the Party
rrIaSS Democrats Vote Tor
Judge w. I'll. Thompson.
BUILD BRIDGES IN Topeka
Troutman Bill to Allow new
City Tax Levy.
Act Against "Snitch" Lawyers
i'm Kansas.


Tn statenent this afternoon Seha-
tor T. M. Davis of Bourbon couhtS' as
sails the Democrats of the leglslatuio
for even harboring the thought VI
,,dia+ing the election OF '"
T,.o,onson for United States senator
senator Davis states tnal
rIr,.oronson was elected by the people
oIac+ad in a manner that mas peeh
s,7nnorted and advocated py lhe
ocratic party for many years. u -
erroore the Bourbon senator says Tic
the failure to approve lne Stetas
of w. H. Thompson for Onlteo .a,eg o.eoo1
senator will create dlsseHsl4h, th,s state
the leaders of the party IN inns So
ct don't think my oath as t AlIo
hor IF the legislature would preNehl
nv voting for Judge Thompson tod
Tinted states senator, Tor tne Tnited
states constitution and the Ohlteu ttsa
StateS senate itself fix and judge tne
crnaIification and eligibility OF Inen m III
hers of the United States SENATE
planned Senator DAVIS. oo,.o re
ssE7or twenty years the DemocI dts
have been declaring for popular elec-
tion of senator's. Now that we Ia
il for the first time are we golhs ~
reDudiate our platforms, poth <aas. e.aas
and national and violate our pleuses
- +ba neonIe lust when we have been
mt on trial as to our truStWorLnlness
at hone not and believe not L pc
1ia1ya GOOD counsel and sound Juos
mont will prevail and whatever 0ur
personal opinion towards JuusS
Tbcmnson NAV be, we will go on ana
I1naninous1y elect him United states
senator from Kansas, thus GYMS
proof that the Democratic pa ~
aoops +o keep faith with the people.
ne. o+ber course will be ruinous to
nv, candid Judgment.
s.1 +hink the failure to elect Judge
THOMPSON will create discord ana ols-
sension in the party ana Will odillh
tn+o POLITICAL obloquy.' anyone that az
1t1,.ls birnself or his name to be con-
nected with a movement that mas TOT
i+s end the making of a hand picked
TTnited States senator from Kansas.
THAT is political perf1dy, treachery' ano
corruption all combined and no pretext
of eligibility can in the least mitigate
the depths of it's degradation.
The railroads running through Kan
sas might as well begin hunting good
contracts on grain scales. The more
they can buy in a job lot the better
hecause Bale Waggener, state senator
from Atchison county, is pushing
hill through the senate requiring rail-
roads to place scales at every poin
where 100 or more cars are loaded an
nually. The railroads have one thing
to be thankful for, however. The own
ers of elevators at these points must
nav half the cost of installing these
scales. a deputy grain inspector will
be one of the fixtures that goes with
the scales An inspector who acts as
weighmaster will be stationed at every
100-car point along the railroad.
II a man makes a derogatory state
rnent about a bank in Kansas he is
liable to fine of $500 and one year in
Jail. That is, of course, If a bill re-
Gently submitted by Senator Malone
passes the senate and house.
Senator Troutman of Shawnee has
q plan that will mean the reconstruc-
tion of bridges in cities of the first
class in Kansas. Cities of this size
in the Troutman bill will be allowed
to levy a tax of not to exceed one-half
mill on the dollar for the cost of
building and rebuilding bridges. In
Topeka. for instance, this would
bring $4,000 annually and in a few
years would place all the bridges in
first class condition.
Lawyers in Kansas who have been
drumming up" lawsuits even though
their clients have no chance to win
in other words. blackmailers, and
hoe if bill to be introduced soon by
Senator Joseph of Butler county
passes both houses. The Butler SEN
ator would create through his bill, a
court of investigation in each county
of the state, this board composed by
missioners are to determine if there is
real cause for the case.
TIE bill requiring candidates for the
office of city commissioners under the
commission form of government to
specify the office for which thew in
tend To run has been offered in the
senat by Senator Troutman of Shaw
nee. This is one of the recommends
tions of the Kansas Municipal league
and has little or no antagonism
throughout the cities in Kansas under
the commission form