The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-07
LAST BILL PASSED.
The Legislature Concludes It's
Work This Morning.
BOTH SIDES CONCEDE SOMETHING

nu the miscellaneous Appropriation
Rts1-The Board of Public Works As
Knocked Out and the Dodge City
Soldiers Home Knocked In.
The last bill of this legislature has
been passed The long contest between
the senate and the house over the appro-
priation bills, ended at half-past twelve
o'clock this morning, when the report OF
the second conference committee on the
miscellaneous bill was adopted by both
houses.
In the general result the victory lies
with the senate, for the board OF PUBIC
works was left without any appropriation
and the board of health was given the
appropriation made for it by the senate
amendment to the house executive ap-
preparation bill.
Yesterday afternoon conference COM
mittees on the Beloit, Winfield and Osa-
watomie bills agreed, the senate amend
ments taking the expenditure of the
money for new buildings from under
the direction of the board of public
works and giving it to the board OF char
tiles being acceded to by the house.
The conference committee on the exc
cutive appropriation bill also agreed by
reinstating the appropriation for the
board of health and striking out all APP
preparations for the board of public
works This was a decided victory for
the senate and the conferrees of the
house were reproached by some mem
bers for acceding. but they replied they
did the best they could and compelled
the senate to give in on all other points
of difference in the bill
This left only one bill, the miscellan-
eous appropriation, to be agreed upon,
Er,f hSa The
sition by the house was conferred upon
the senate amendments giving Ben Rich
$3.50 for extra work in the legislature of
1898 and the one striking out the appro-
priation of $4,000 for furnishing the new
cottages at the Soldiers Home at Dodge
City. The latter item was in the house
but called for $4,000. Other items OF
disagreement were $4,000 for the agri-
cultural department to publish and dis
tribute literature upon the subjects of
alfalfa and irrigation, and $1,000 to the
Advocate for printing the election re-
turns. The senate struck out the agri-
culture board item. The Advocate
printing item was a senate amendment
The first conference committee com
promised on the Dodge City Soldier:
Home appropriation by making it 81, 200
When the report came before the house
it was not agreed to and second confer
ence was asked.
The question of inconvenience in the
first report gave rise to a long and gen
eraI debate. The fight was made princi
palIy on the Dodge City appropriation
Mr.. Beekman spoke earnestly and plead
ingly for the old soldiers and appealed
to that sentiment to rally members to the
support of the house item.
Who are the men for whom this ap-
preparation is desired he asked, anG
then said:
They are the men who saved thi
Union and have given to US this grea
country of IS millions of people amons
whom there is not heard the clankine
of the chains of single slave; these are
the men who thirty years ago slept il
the swamps amid the bayous OF the Mis-
sissippi valley, where the seeds of dis
ease were planted in their system whicl
has chung to them during the interven
ing years; they are old now, broken il
health, rheumatic and infrm Their gar
ments are already brushing the dev
from the banks of the river death, an
in their feeble old age they are aske
to enter those cottages sparsely and par
simoniously furnished by a great an,
magnificent state.
"Concerning the reflections offered b
some gentlemen upon the other side o
the house with reference to the legisls
ton which has been enacted during thi
session l have this to say: In my judg
ment the body at the other end of thi
house has become domineering and die
tatorial to this house, and Mr.. Speake
and gentlemen of the house, if it is tn
purpose of that august body and of til
members on the other sike of the hous
to neglect and slight the old soldiers,
want to say to you that you will hea
from them and their children in tn
next campaign.
''As to whether this legislature tw
years hence will be Republican or POI
ulist, let me say, gentlemen, you negleC
and despise the old soldiers interest, an
the youngest baby now born will neve
live to be old enough to see anothe
Populist senate"
Mr.. Hopkins spoke in the same vein 6
kr. Beekman.
Mr.. Brown of Pratt spoke against th
$4,000 appropriation.
Others spoke for and against until
was deemed necessary to ask for an O.
tension of time necessary for the consit
GRAFTON Of bills to 10 o'clock today.
When the senate received this resoI
ton the members were vexed They d,
clared the house fuss about the Soldier
home appropriation was all buncom b.
that it must get down to work. 1t ",
therefore voted TO extend the time to
o'clock this morning, and not = minus
longer.
The second conference committee ",
appointed soon after, its report adopte
and the bill passed.
The house won on the Soldiers HON
Item, the 5000 being mt hack. the e5f