The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-31
MIR. ECKsrEIN's COUP.
He illustrates Some Peculiar Committee
Work on State NOrmaIs.

He illustrates Some Peculiar Committee
Work State NOrmaIs.
Some very quick and peculiar COM
mittee work was brought to the atten-
ton of the house yesterday afternoon
and protested against vigorously and
warmly by Mr.. Eckstein of Sedgwick
county. The house sustained the pro-
test and the Great Bend normal school
bill, which had received the benefit of
the work referred to, was given a SER
ious backset The bill provides for the
purchase of the normal school located at
Great Bend by the state for use as state
normal school. It called for an appro-
priation of $4,000 or such part of it as
an appraising committee should name.
It was referred to the committee on edu-
cational institutions of which Mr.. Cole,
the introducer of the bill is chairman.
There are about seven other bills of the
same kind before the committee for To-
eating state normal schools at Fit Scott,
Lacrosse, Concordia, Wichita, Ness City.
Salina and other places.
Yesterday morning the committee
through Mr.. Bone of Clark, made a ia =
vorable report on the Great Bend bill
alone. The whole proceeding came out
when MIR. Eckstein moved that the bill
be recommitted. Mr. Eckstein ex-
planned that this single bill had
been reported without giving other
towns that wanted state normal schools a
chance to be heard and without ever
giving some of the mem ers of the COM
mlttee notice that a meeting was to be
held he said he only wanted every
place to be treated fairly and the ad-
vancement of this bill in this way was
taking advantage of the rest
Mr.. Cole replied holly and disclaimed
any intention of uni ust methods and re-
sented the imputation made upon his
conduct in the way the business had
been done Mr.. Bone asserted that the
work had been done regularly but the
discussion brought out the fact that the
favorable report has been made on the
bill by Mr.. Cole himself and Mr.. Bone of
Clark, neighboring county to Barton.
cational institutions are Cole, Bone. Eek
stein, Hunt, Frazer, Lupfer and Moss.
Messrs. Moss and Lupfer declared on the
noor OF the house that they had been
notified but were not present at the
meeting. Messrs. Eckstein and Frazer
declared they had not been notified of
the meeting and knew nothing of it Mr..
Hunt didn't say anything but other mem
bers OF the committee declare he was not
present This, OF course, as previously
stated, left only Messrs Cole and Bone tn
act on the bill, it being one too in
which Mr.. Cole was personally interested
in seeing pushed. It was commended by
Mr.. Bone that other bills might also be
favorably reported, but the members on
the other side knew it was the bill which
Is reported first that gets there and, Sc
they stirred up the rumpua
All those mem ers who were notified
OF the committee meeting were from the
western part of the state, while those
Ielt unnotified were from the central and
eastern part. '---
Cole, Bone and Lupfer were for the
Dill: but this lacked one OF a majority.
ar. Moss stated on the floor that he
had told NE Cole if he had a maiorit1
for the bill he (Moss) Wouldn't kick bn,
ne didn't have majority, and Mr.. MOS,
didn't say he would hel p to make no
majority.
The members whose state normal bill,
were left unconsidered, while this bill
was pushed, aver that the proceeding
saVoreo OF sharp practice, and the hons.
SO Iar concurred In the opinion that il or
dered the bill back to this comnoj++a. = %