The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
MUST GET TO WORK.
A Record of Dilly-Dallying Made
by the House,
WHICH MAKES THE POPS REJOICE.

The session Half GsRe and Pract1e~i-
IxNothfna. Done by the Lower House
which Adfouras Tive Days Gus OF
the six weekly Working Days
There is an imminent possibility that the
present house of representatives VIII
earn an unquestionable right to the IlsAe
of the 4do nothing house." The session
Is over half done now and only four blils
of a general nature have been passed
The time has been spent for the Ihoss
part in wrangling over the question VI
the number of enrolling clerks OF no"
they shall be paid, and in passing resoIu-
tions to make EbeneZer smith or ANNA
dab Jones janitors OF the house oolhe
of the Republicans the other oay pro-
tested against the buncombe resolutions
introduced by the Populists in regard 70
national affairs and Campbell of Stafford,
the old leader of the Populists was heard
to say: &As long as thsy are foollng
away time fighting about employees, we
might lust as well have our share OF the
fun. Just as soon as those on the RepuD-
Hcan side show disposition to get down
to business, I'll do my part to sit down on
foolishness from this side of the cham
ber'
A number of Populists were gathered
in the house yesterday afternoon, good
naturedly talking over the legislative
outlook and cracking jokes at one anoth-
er about the Leavenworth banquet. A
JOURNAL reporter was present and one of
the mem bers said, 81 have a good story
but | guess I'll save it for the next cam
paign."
$50 ahead and tell it," said Mr.. Camp
bell, ''this house is piling up so much
campaign matter that you won't need it.
81 never saw such doings in any house
I've been in" he continued. "Here 1t Is
past the middle of the session and hard
~ thing has been done. They have
been wrangIing over the enrolling clerk
business from the very beginning and it
isn't settled yet. They make lots of fun
of the Pops, at their greenness and all
that, and l will admit that the Pops have
made fools Of themselves a great many
times, but they never frittered away time
in this manner during their worst spells.
Two years ago they settled the enrolling
clerk business in caucus in twenty min
utes and then by one resolution in the
house which took about five minutes.
"Here it ia as [ have said, with the ses-
sion half gone, and how many bills have
been passed of a general nature? Only
four, and they were rushed through IN
had a chance to know what was in them.
l say that because they weren't printed,
and it Is absolutely impossible to know
what bill is by hearing it read. The
misplacing of a punctuation mark made
thousands of dollars difference in the tar
if BILL and how could you tell about such
a thing by having it read? We voted for
it of course. l don't care how the Re-
pubiicans do They are here to redeem
Kansas and by gracious Pm going to
help them"
SIN regard to these lottery bills" said
Mr.. McKinnie. of Mitchell, Il don't be-
lieve in unfairness. It isn't right" said
he, with laugh, "to purify Wyandotte
county, and not let these fellows plav
cards. and permit us western fellows to
bet on horse races"
These laws will be a good thing for
US Populists," interjected Represents
tive street, 'for they will drive half the
Republicans over into Missouri and send
the other half to the penitentiary, and
then We'll have things our own way"
"The worst aspect of the condition of
things in the house." continued Mr..
Campbell, 'fs that there isn't any pros
pect of it getting any better. 1t would
take week to get bill through the
house right now. Besides the bills that
have already been introduced are not in
shape to be presented to the house."
Some one here said something about
the journal That's another thing" said
Mr. Campbell, with an ejaculation of dis
gust. SIT ought to be read. There is
no chance at all to correct errors. Some
Of you fellows will find out about next
campaign that you are put down as vot-
ing on the wrong side, and you can't help
yourselves"
"Oh, we'll say the Republicans had a
majority, and when we wanted it read
they voted it down, That is another of
the beauties of being in the minority"
"Yes, but we will have to saw we made
howl about It. answered Campbell.
No need of making a howl ;, sold
Representative Dan Hart who ~
whiskers long and luxuriant enough 70
be a Populist senator. 1--WE have record
on that, you know"
The general impression amono tbaso
membe was that from Populist stand
point the republicans in the house were
doing fine work and they were in 0rost
good humor over il.