The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
his room. and he urged the house not to


give in.
Even if you should pass that appro-
priatlon for the contest would veto the
bill carrying it," the governor said.
When it reassembled at 1880 the house
was still determined to resist the senate,
although no plan had yet been devised
how to do it successfully. Every little
While a bunch of leaders would get to-
gether with Mr.. Leland in one corner
of the hall and discuss the situation
Not a move was taken without Leland'S
approval
At o'clock a plan was hit upon. Two
typewriters were set to work copying
a judicial and executive appropriation
bill from an old copy of the session
laws. While they were doing it the
house concurred in the senate's amend
ment to the Quindaro appropriation bill,
listened to a speech from Prof. Vernon
and took recesses. At 9:15, forty-five
in which to consider the appropriation
bills, the typewriters concluded their
labors. Mr.. Henley, chairman of the
ways and means committee, was not
present at the time, and Mr.. Geissler
hurriedly introduced the bill in order to
rush it through. The scheme was to
rush it over to the senate just before
time for adjournment and throw the
responsibility for not passing it on the
senate.
AS the reading clerk read the BILL
members of the house noticed that it
did not conform to present laws. 1t
did not take into consideration the court
of visitation nor the change in the min
ing and labor departments. Amend
ments were made in the bill as the roll
was being called on it's passage, and a
few more were sent up after the result
was announced. The bill passed by a
vote of 90 to 0, even the few Populsts
in the hall voting for it.
Meanwhile the senate had been en-
joying itself 1t had argued that if the
house would not make the appropria-
tion it asked there would be no appro-
priation at all for running the state
government and Governor Stanley
would be compelled to call a special ses-
sion of the legislature to pass a judicial
and executive appropriation bill. Gov
ernOr Stanley, however, declared he
would do nothing of the kind. He said
he would borrow the money first, or, if
he couldn't do that, he would run the
state on faith for a couple of years. He
sent his private secretary, Henry Allen,
over to the house to urge the mem
bers to stand firm, and the house, with
Leland as it's guiding star, said it would
do so.
When the senate heard that the house
was passing judicial and executive
appropriation bill in order to throw
the blame onto the senate, that body
smiled and went into a caucus 1t re-
convened again at $3.50, at which time
the bill came over from the house Its
first move was to extend the time for
the consideration of the bill to IL 80.
The house could do nothing else but
accede. Then the senate tackled it's con-
test appropriation on to the house bill
as a rider and calmly went on consider
ing it.
While this was going on in the senate,
Mr.. FairchiId introduced a resolution
in the house asking for a conference
committee to consider the matter of eX-
tending the time for the consideration
of appropriation bills till o'clock today.
The resolution carried and the senate
concurred in it.
Senators King, Householder and Titus
were appointed as the senate part of the
committee, and Remington. Flannelly,
Benefiel and Fairchild were appointed
from the house. While the committee
was in session the house turned its
clock back and took recess. 1t was
40 by exact time when the committee
recommended that the time for the con-
sideration of bills be extended to
o'clock tonight and final adjournment
taken at noon tomorrow.
Both houses then adjourned till today
to renew the fight.
The Republicans claim that the senate
just wants to have another pull at the
state treasury and they don't propose
to sanction any such raid.
On the other hand the POpuliStS say
that if they go ahead with the Stuart
Falcon contest it will reveal such cleo
tion frauds up at Troy, Cy Lelands
home, perpetrated by him, that it will
forever destroy his power. They say
that the house is trying to head off the
investigation in order to save Lelands
pet, Stuart, and also to keep the facts
in the case from coming to light.
The outcome of it will be that the sem
ate will try the contest whether it gets
the appropriation or not and that Mr..
Stuart will be ousted from the judge
ship ANYWAY.