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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1897
Page
5
Kansas Legislature notes report the Hog Dockage Bill passing the House by a narrow margin after a call of the house. Debate centers on a Ditk bill and trust measures, with vote changes and names of lawmakers cited amid partisan friction and calls for future telegraph rate action.
Rank and file Populists in Kansas vent dissatisfaction over the party leadership failing to redeem promises. A journal excerpt notes Representative Walters' telegraph and telephone bill resolution and supportive letters urging action. A Salina letter urges passage of a telegraph charge reform bill backed by telegraph companies' rates and state delivery terms, tying this to broader demands for railroad legislation and school book laws.
Prof. L. J. Dyche spoke to a large audience of legislators in Representative hall last night on Greenland. The lecture used nearly 200 lantern slides to illustrate the topic and he briefly touched Alaska, mentioning a lecture on that subject in the city Friday night. The talk was well received and described as an agreeable entertainment.
A Kansas Populist-led movement urges the legislature to petition Congress to amend the constitution for an income tax. The petition, backed by Chief Justice Custer and other reforms leaders, warns of vast inequality and proposes a graduated tax starting at 1 percent on possessions over 1.9 million, rising to 8 percent at 10 million, with funds first funding pensions and debt, then state projects and employment for all workers at a dollar a day.
A Topeka Daily Democrat letter argues against state uniformity of school books as polluting economy, raising costs for families and risking inferior replacements. It cites district control and criticizes the idea of a centralized school book commission, urging no backward step and defending district ownership.
House judiciary committee recommends passage of the Anti-Trust Law to ban contracts and trusts aimed at suppressing competition in state commerce and production. It would empower forfeiture of charters, bar foreign firms, and require action by county attorneys and the attorney general to enforce penalties.
Kansas University and smaller schools unite to oppose life certificates for graduates of the state normal school. The bill Larimer's School Bill proposes would repeal the life certificate provision, prompting a united front against the normal school.
At a mid session in Berlin authorities and creditors clashed over Greece’s debt. Haron Mara and Vol Eieberstein cited 200,000,000 muurke of Greek securities held in Germany and said the German government would continue pursuing the creditors’ claims, then the Mutter was dropped. A Kaiserin Augusta telegraph from Canes reported the ship fired the first shot in bombardment.
In Washington on February 23 the battle committee on Pacific railways derides moves to establish a government debt commission. The committee signals opposition in the House and hints the measure may die without support from Senate opponents.
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