The Advocate and news., 1899-01-25


that all clerks and employees of the
senate should be entitled to pay from
and including the first day of the ses-
sion.
An announcement was made Of the ap-
pointment Of Van Prather as clerk Of the
committee on cities Of the first class, and
Frank Benson as clerk Of the committee
on assessment and taxation.
Tuesday.
An attempt was made to dispense with
a bookkeeper for the senate, which
would discharge Charlie Taylor from his
position The plea was made that the
Office was not needed, but the effort was
shut off by Senator Lewelling, who
threatened to carry the movement far
ther and abolish the clerkships to which
each senator Is now entitled. Senator
Lewelling said: "The position Is no
more useless than many others that we
have here, and II you are going to abol-
ish Il on the plea that 1t Is not needed
intend to find out how many useless pO-
sitions we have" This threat prevailed
and Senator Lewellings motion to post
pone the matter indefinitely was carried.
/. Wednesday.
Twenty-three new bills were intro
duced at the morning session OF the sem
ate Wednesday, making 1923 proposed in
the senate up to that time.
Senator Jumper brought up the Ques-
tion of Attorney General Godard's Opin-
ion as to the uncOnstitutlOnality Of the
special session, by the introduction of
the following resolution:
Whereas, In the year of our Lord, A.
D. 1895, the present attorney general OF
this State was occupying the position of
assistant attorney general, and
Whereas, In said year above men.
toned, the Hon. e. N. Morrill,, then gov
ernOr Of the State Of Kansas, was cOnsid-
ering the advisability of cOnvening the
legislature in special session for the pur-
pose Of apportioning the State into SEN
atorial and representative districts, and
not being fully advised in the premises
decided to call upon the attorney gen.
eral for his views as to the right OF the
chief executive to convene the legisla-
ture for the extraordinary session"
above mentioned and
Whereas, The opinion then rendered
by the attorney general, through his as
sistant, the present boss" in said Office,
is in words and figures as follows:
1T will be noticed that the section
provides that the governor may con-
vene the legislature on extraordinary
occasions The only power to judge as
to what extraordinary occasion requires
the converting Of the legislature is the
governor himself. He is the sole judge
of such emergency, and 1t Is for him
and for him alone to determine when an
extraordinary session shall be held" and
Whereas, A change has taken place
in the Office Of attorney general OF this
State and the change Of views Is as sud-
den and radical as that OF Saul in an
clent times; therefore be II
Resolved That committee OF three
be appointed by the senate to proceed |
in their own way and find out what Is
the opinion of the former assistant at
torney general and the present attorney
general as to the legality Of the present |
session Of the legislature, in order that
this session may proceed according to |
the latest revised rules and holdings Of
said department.
Senator Lamb moved the substitution |
Of attorney general" for boss" In the |
resolution, and this motion prevailed. !
Senator Lewelling then offered an |
the third verse Of the first
chapter Of Habakkuk
Therefore the law is slackened and