The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-13
THE HOUSE.
The aged and Infrm" in a Large
Majority.

| Promptly at o'clock this afternoon
Speaker Street called the third session
of the house of representatives to order.
! The usual resolutions were adopted
| electing the remainder of the house
employees, authorizing the memoirs to
secure $40 worth of postage stamps,
giving the aged and infirm and the Re
publican members the right to first Sc
lect their seats.
Seaton, (Rep.,) of Atchison, offered
a resolution providing for the employ
ment of c. F. A. Clark, an expert, to
ton of the hall.
Lewis of Rawlins said the house had
all the employees it needed and opposed
the resolution.
Brown of Pratt-It costs this house
500 an hour to transact business and
we do not propose to wrangle over these
matters on the floor. The last house
fooled away half it's time doing that
sort of thing. This should be voted
down The health and comfort of the
members will be provided for.
BOtkin of Reno-The health and COM
fort of the house is an important mat
ter and should look after it I am
surprised at the attitude of Mr.. Brown,
and regard him as too broad minded to
subject in caucus of the majority of
this house. The minority is as much
interested in the health of the members
as the majority.
The resolution, however, was post
poned Indefinitely.
At 2:3O the drawing of seats began.
When Speaker Street called upon the
| 'old and inhrm to Occupy the seats of
| their choice, there was such a rush to
| the front that the speaker exclaimed:
4 hope we are not all crippIes in this
| house,
| About 20 members, among them John
| SeatOn, H. G. f. Hackbusch and Judge
Botkin, claimed front seats under the
| provisions of the resolution
At 3 o'clock the house adjourned I'm
| til O'Clock tomorrow afternoon to per-
! NIT the speaker to make up his COM
mittees. none of which have been an
| nOunced.
| HOUSE-TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Having accomplished only the cleo
! ton of speaker at the first session yes
! terday afternoon, upon reasSem bling
! the members of the house transacted
| business more rapidly Immediately
| after the speaker raped for order at
| o'clock.
The PODulist majority resumed the
! programme arranged in their. caucus
| Weilep of Cherokee was made speaker
pro TEN, the Republicans compliment
| ing Cubbison of Wyandotte.
The first diversion was offered when
| Charles S Martin, Republican. SaIina
! was invited to assist in the roll call
| When Martins clear, strong voice pen
| etrated the innermOSt rscesses of the
hall and went ringing to the roof. the
members cheered. 1t was q SpOntan-
| eous outburst of applause, and a tribute
to one of the best reading clerks in the
country.
The reading yesterday by the reg
| ular employees at the desk was weak"
] and members in the rear of the hall re-
! peatedly shouted Louder" Last night
! however, the candidates for reading
| clerk went before the house caucus and
| gave exhibitions of their powers in that
| line.
When Charley Martin was reading
yesterday, A. H. Burtis said: Sounds
like old times to hear Martin, doesn't
| it?"
| Mckenzie of Morris was elected as
sistant chief clerk and he made an eff
| fort to read Governor Leedy's message,
| but Martin finished it.
A. @. Jordan of Lyons, Sergeant-a
arms of the last legislature, was COM
! plimented by the Republican members
In appointing a committee to notify
| the governor of the organization of the
| house. Speaker Street recognized the
| Populists silver Republicans and Re
! publicanS by selecting Jones of NeOSho,
! Boyle of Republic and LObdell of Lane.
| Speaker Street named Jackson of
| Harvey. Smith of Sherman and Sim
| mons of Franklin to notify the senate
| of the organization of the house, after
| receiving through Secretary NJ Wat
] son similar notice from the senate.
| The remaining house employees were
| elected upon one motion. Immediately
| after this vote was taken, Edward c.
| Little, the governors secretary, was
| received, bearing the message from the
| governor, which was then read.
At $50 the message was concluded.
! Resolutions were adopted providing for
| the printing of 500 copies of the mess
age, repairing the clock in the hall, Civ
| ing to representatives of the daily pa
| peTs the exclusive use of the press ia
! bic and authorizing the sergeant-at
| arms to secure supplies
| The house then adjourned to 2 O'Clock
| this afternoon to give the speaker time
| to make up his committees.
Ward-Lindb1Gd Case.
In the Ward-Lindblad case in the dis