The Topeka state journal., 1899-02-01
DABB1ED IN THE BIBLE.
Senators Show Familiarity With the
Texts of the Gospel

cussing the resolution by Mr.. Jumper in
yond the realm of politics. took up the
Bible and adopted several sections OF the
astonishing lack of acquaintance mani
festeo Dy some OF me Hn rifv irg
The resolutions presented by Mr.. Jum-
per were as follows:
Whereas, A short time ago the chief
law officer of the state (so-called), the at
torney general, filed his opinion with the
auditor of state, holding the recent special
session of the legislature unconstitutional
sion void. and directed the said auditor tor
pS5 to a0dt 01 of sad spei eHaon nd
Whereas, At said special session an act
private corporations, section 1 reading as
follows: There is hereby created char
general, the secretary of state and the
state bank commissioners The attorney
retary of state the secretary OF said
Whereas, After the rendering of the
opinion to the auditor as above, set forth,
the said attorney general in the further
said private corporations act proceeded
in conjunction with the secretary of state
charter board, as prescribed in section
Of said act, the said attorney general pre-
Whereas. To persons. not, versed in the
law, this double attitude of said attorney
order that this senate may not be misled
or deceived in the premises; therefore
Resolved. BY the senate, that the attor-
ney general present to this senate his opin-
and when wrong, so that the senate may
Mr.. King then offered the following
amendment from the eleventh chapter of
46. And he said. woe unto you also, ye
lawyers! for ,ye lade men, with burdens
touch not the burdens with one of your
-
chers Of the prophets, and your fathers
81 woe unto you, 1awyersl for ye have
taken away the key of knowledge; We en-
tered not in yourselves, and them that
Mr. HeSSin then offered this amend
ment: He that uttereth slander is a
fool; but he that refraineth his lips is
wise"
The senators looked from one to an
other when Hessin offered this amend
ment and some of them seemed to fear
that he was about to arraign the sem
ate for indulging in this sort of sac
rilege. Then Mr.. Lewelling, referring
to Mr.. Kings amendments which men
toned lawyers, applied the following to
Mr.. HeSSin:
For behold the day cometh that shall
burn as an oven and all the proud; yea
and all that do wickedly shall be stub
Bile; and, the day cometh that shall
burn them up saith the Lord of Hosts
that it shall leave them neither root nor
branch
MIR. Jumper SAID: AS 1t IS not my
amendment that is amended I can not
say anything concerning the acceptance
of those proposed by the senators from
Riley and Sedgwick.''
Il cannot accept the amendments"
said Mr.. King, because I object to
coupling the saying of our Lord and
Master with those of a mortal man."
Here the senate burst into laughter as
Senator HeSsin said: 1.-The senator from
Cowley is mistaken; the quotation I
used is from the Proverbs of Solomon
and not from a mortal man. There is
nothing in the Bible which is not in
spired."
Some one called for the reading of the
resolutions which progressed until the
| second verse of Mr.. Kings amendment.
This begins with the word ''woe." Just
as the reading clerk reached this word
Mr.. Jumper arose and started to ad-
dress the chair. He had gotten the
word ''Mr Pres" out of his mouth
when Sol Long, who had not heard him,
reached the word woe" which rang out
as a man would yell to team.
The galleries and the senate echoed
with laughter at Mr.. Jumpers expense.
After quiet had been restored he said:
Mr.. President, 1 do not understand
why the reading clerk should interrupt
me that way
President Richter: 1.-The reading clerk
I understand did not yell woe to the
senator from Usage"
The LeweIling and Hessin amend
| ments were then dropped and the reso-
lutions as amended by Mr.. King were
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