The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-28
HOUSE..

TOPEKA. Kan, Feb. 27-An appropria-
tion of 5000 for the expenses of the dele
gates to the Commercial congress passed
the house
The sugar bounty question came up
again this morning. The house refused
10 concur in the senate amendment to the
house bill appropriating $4,000 to pay he
state bounty on sugar and repeating the
clause which provides for bounty in the
future. The senate cut out the section in
the bill repeating the sugar bounty. The
house asked for a conference COMMITTEES,
and took the position that unless the
bounty clause was repealed it would not
agree to the appropriation. The vote
stood Sc against and 4S for.
The report of the Botkin investigation
committee was then taken up as special
order. Their report said that the reports
against Theodosius Botkin were truthful
and recommended that the house institute
proceedings against him and preserve un-
sullied the Judicial ermine.
hittington moved that the report be
adopted, and called for the ayes and noes.
Reeder thought that this WAS unfair, to
call for the ayes and noes on this resolu-
tion. He didn't want to go on record. He
said if the man was guilty, he wanted to
vote guilty; if he was not guilty, not
guilty. But he did not want to brand "A
man against whom he had heard no tt sti-
mOny. No man ip the house should want
to brand Botkin by voting aye or nay until
he had heard the testimony. Hecould not
cast his vote aye or nay unless lie had
heard the testimony.
Whttington wanted the house to nnder-
stand the conditions. H. said that no wit
nesses in favor of the defendant were sum
moned, but it was not the fault of the com
mittee He said the defendant would not
summon any witnesses at all unless he
could have the full number of 3O4. If he
couldn' have the whole uumb Der. he would
summon none at all. The committee did
not think that large number was necessary
TO refute the testimony, and refused to go
to the expense. H- said he did not insist
on an aye and nay vote. II it was consti-
tutional, he was willing for a standing
vote on the adoption of the report.
The report of the committee was adopt
cd. The articles OF impeachment against
botkiu, and providing for board of five
from the house to prosecute the case, in
company with the attorney general, and
employing n stenographer, were adopted
The senate acts as a jury.
A resolution notifying the senate of the
articles of Impeachment was adopted. The
trial will begin Immediately after the adj |
JournmeDt OF the senate. 1t will be the !
first state impeachment since the famous |
Robinson affair in 1862. There is a rumor |
that Botkiu VIII tender his resignation.
Elders gold and silver legal tender bill, (
gold contracts. was read a sec
ond time. The Old man made a few re-
marks on it. He asked that it be referred /
to the committee of the whole, at the head /
of the calendar.
Rice, OF Bourbon. objected to putting it I
at the head of the calendar.
Gable said that he had had bin at the 1
head of the calendar for the last three /
weeks, and somebody WAS always jumping /
their bills ahead of it. He thought that |
it was unfair.
Heber said that the house had allowed 1
Elder in every instance to run his bills 20
the fore.
They voted down Elders motion with
loud roar. This is the trick that Elder
has been playing all along, and the Al
lance men have finally got il through
their thick skulls that it was keeping
their bills hack and killing them, while
Mr.. Elder has been getting the cooky. The
awakening comes too late, as Elder has
a ready succeeded in giving all bat one OF
his bills the preference.
The house puts number Of bills on /
third reading every day and the cIarSs
-ead them at noon wEile the members
have gone TO dinner Tbs ara bunch d
together IN the afternoon and passed El-
Ter, or some one, else has 10 remain in the
chair during the reading.