The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
LOCK HORNS.
The House and Senate in a
Deadlock
Over the Stuart-FallOon Con-
test Appropriation.
BOTH ARE STUBBORN.
The Senate Says the House
Must Put Through
The $4,000 Appropriation OR
1t Will Force
A SPECIAL SESSION.
Governor Stanley Says He Will
Place His Veto
On the Appropriation Even if
1t Should Be Passed.
The Senate Says the House
Must Put Through
The $4,000 Appropriation or
1t Will Force
SPECIAL SESSION.
Governor Stanley Says He Will
Place His Veto
On the Appropriation Even if
1t Should Be Passed.

After postponing its death three times
the Kansas legislature has finally con-
cluded to go out of business at noon to-
morrow. The last time the postpone
Inent was made it was necessary to stop
the clock to do it, because the hour for
the consideration of business had pass
ed.
1t is doubtful if the legislature has
passed through a time of more sup
pressed excitement since Nthe day of the
legislative war than it did during what
were supposed to be the closing hours
of the session Saturday night AS fore
told in Saturdays State Journal the
two houses locked horns over the ap-
preparation for hearing the Stuart
Falcon contest. The senate has set
March 21 as the date on which it will
meet to continue hearing the contest,
and it wants SIS, 900 appropriated to pay
Its expenses. The house declared that it
would never. never appropriate one cent
for the contest, and it stuck to it's resO-
luton for once.
The house might have given in had it
not been for the fact that Stuart,
whose election as judge of the district
composed of Doniphan, Nemaha and
Brown counties is contested, is Cy Le-
lands pet, and Mr.Leland stood in Rep
resentative hall all Saturday afternoon
and until midnight. directing the move
ments of the house.
According to the first resolution the
time for the consideration of all bills
expired Friday night, but when it be-
came evident that the appropriations
could not be finished in that time it was
extended until 6 o'clock Saturday after
noon- AS soon as the house saw the
senate's game to tack the contest ap-
priation on to the judfcia1 and executive
appropriation bill 1T began to get excl
ted. The senate seemed to be in no
hurry about sending the bill over to the
house as long as the house had it's mis-
cellaneOus appropriation bill to consid-
er. As 6 o'clock drew near and still the
bill had not been received by the house,
it began to get worried. 1t was not sure
just what kind of card the senate was
playing.
Then a resolution came over from the
senate extending the time for the con-
Slderat1on of appropriation bills to 10
o'clock. Mr. Brooke jumped up and
said that the senate had been debating
to the house during the entire session,
and it was time for the house to take
the initiative and go into the dictation
business itself, or words to that effect.
He moved that the resolution be amend
ed to extend the time until o'clock
Monday. The motion carried and the
resolution was sent back to the senate
uteS 1t came back to the house with the
news that the senate would not accede
to the house amendment. 1t was then
seven minutes till o'clock, at which
time business must cease.
I guess there is nothing for us to do
but to back down. remarked one OF
the members who had been in favor of
debating to the senate, and back down
the house did and meeBly concurred in
the original senate resolution.
Then both houses took a recess for
supper and the Republican leaders went
into consultation with Leland regarding
the situation. A committee also waited
on Governor Stanley, who was sick in