The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-09

are the cause OF all the trouble ABOUT
this matter.
If Mr. BalIinger's bill becomes law it
will not only straighten out the assistant
enrolling clerk matter, but will have a
wholesome influence on some of the
members who are looking for committee
clerkships for women who shouldn't be
there.
HOUSE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
The Members Select Their Seats for the
Session by Lot.
The house assem- bled after recess at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The secre-
tary of the senate was introduced and
read the resolution of the senate inform
iEg the house that it had organized and
was ready for business.
Mr.. Warner of Cherokee moved
Iequisition be made upon the secretary
of state for necessary stationery and sup
plies 1t was carried
Mr.. Cole of Barton moved that the
house proceed to the selection of seats
by counties.
Seaton of Atchison offered the amend
ment that those who were disabled or in
any way laboring under physical disa-
bilities, be allowed to select seats fl rst.
The amendment was accepted by Mr..
Cole, the maker of the motion.
Col. Warner of Cherokee then moved
bers be allowed to select their seats TO-
gether on the north side of the hall.
Mr.. Benedict of Woodson, moved as an
amendment to the amendment that the
chief clerk put the names of the coun-
ties in hat and shake them well. The
members then to select seats in the order
in whicn the counties were drawn. 81
This amendment would cut off the
courtesies to the disabled members and
net with a great deal of opposition. The
amendment to the amendment was lost
carried.
Rohrbaugh of Sedgwick, offered as an
amendment to the original motion an
amendment that the seats be assigned by
writing the names of counties on slips of
paper and the members selecting seats
as their counties are drawn.
After an amendment to select in
alphabetical order was lost, the
amendment of Mr. Rohrbaugh
amended was carried. This had the eff
feet of allowing the Populists to select
| their seats together, on the north side o.
the house, the disabled members to
choose their seats, and finally the rest of
the house to find theirs by the counties
being shaken up in a hat and drawn.
The speaker pro TEN, Mr.. Cubbson,
on mOLlOn was allOW0Q TO S010Cl MS uESG
as matter of courtesy.
Then the lame and halt and blind and
all those suffering from any ills Of the
| flesh whatsoever, chose their seats. About
twenty members claimed the special
privilege on the grounds of defective
heaEing, until it locked like thsz shstl5i
house would need a special appropria
ton for ear troubles
Mr.. Forsythe of Usage was the only
member of the house to claim the cour-
tesy of a desira BILE seat on account of a
lame ankle. No one however had the
temerity to ask the privilege
because he was lame in his
head, while all those who ought to have
had advantageous seats on account of
cracked and strident voices were either
too modest or too conscientious to claim
! the houses courtesy.
Shawnee was one of the last counties
called, and Col. Veale, after looking
around a great deal. said, "Well. [ guess
| will go over with the Pops. They are
pretty good people"
After the seats had ali been assigned
the house adjourned till 2 o'clock today.
THE HOUSE.
Introduction of Bills Begun in That Body
This Afternoon.
At o'clock p. m. Speaker Lobdell
called the house to order.
MIR. CubbIson of Wyandotte introduced
house bill No. prohibiting lotteries and
gambling schemes
Mr. Ballinger of Coffey offered house
bill No. prohibiting gambling and lot
teries in public houses and repeating
sec. 239, chap. 81, statutes of 1868.
House bills 3 and in relation to
gambling were also introduced.
Mr. Cubbison moved that the rules be
suspended and house bills numbers 1
and be read the second time and re-
ferred to the committee of the whole
house. Carried
House bill No. 5, by Mr.. Ballinger of
Coffey, providing for the amendment OF
sections 6.074, 6,085 of the statutes of
1889, the establishment of a scale OF
prices. etc, it was read for the first time.
Hopkins of Finney moved that the
rules be suspended and bill No. 5. re-
lating to state printer, be read the second
time. Benedict of Wilson, White of
Atchison, spoke against the motion.
Forsythe of Usage, Populist, also
spoke against haste and the rushing of
bills along in the reading.
Mr.. Baliinger explained that the bill
carried ma appropriation, but was only
to change the law, and its advancement
could do no harm and would not cut OF
debate.
Mr.. Hopkins motion was lost.
At this point Fred Close. the private
secretary of the governor, was announced
and delivered the governors message.
Seaton of Atchison introduced d bill
providing for buildings sewerage and
other improvements at the Soldiers Or
phans' home at Atchison.
Mr. Sherman of Shawnee introduced q
number of bills, among them being one
for the uniformity of textbooks in the
public schools and to regulate telegraph
tolls in the state Kansas.
Mr. Veale of Shawnee offered bill fol
the relief of Furman Baker and W. Il
Barnes.
Mr. Gardenhire introduced house bill
No. 90, an act to provide for the building
of a dam across the Kaw.
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