The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-23
The Municipal League in Ses-
sion at Wichita.
First and Second Glass Cities
Well Represented.
CROWD FROM TOPEKA.
Wichita Mayor Makes an Adj
dress of Welcome.
Wis itOrs Given a Trolley Ride
and q Banquet.

Wichita, Jan. 23.-The annual session
of the Municipal League opened in this
city Wednesday morning in the council
chambers of the city hall A large num-
Der of delegates are in the city. At the
city hall, the council chamber and the
mayors office were thrown open for the
visitors and many of them spent the
morning visiting the different offices
and renewing old acquaintance with
members of the league.
The Topeka municipal officers came
in full force and several other cities
were represented. A central figure
among the crowd of delegates that as
sembled in the council rooms was May
or Parker of Topeka, who is distin-
guished because of his winning the long
contested honor for the position OF may
or of tie capital city. Mr.. Parker only
last week finally received the decision
from the supreme court sustaining his
claim to the Office of mayor and he has
now taken charge of the city affairs
AS there was not a sufficient number
of officials present in the morning, the
meeting adjourned until the afternoon
at 2 O'clock. When the announcement
was made the representatives did not
leave the building but sat in small par
ties in the council room and discussed
municipal affairs over the state. TO
peka," as one representative expressed
himself, comes to Wichita as dry as
fish,
Another feature of the party that
came down from Topeka was that
mum was the word in regard to the
future administration of that city.
A register was placed in the office of
the mayor and the representatives all
signed their names. Those who
er, mayor; w. S. Bergundthal, D. S.
Myers Joseph Griley, NJ. Snattinger.
Geo. Neil, w. S. CLANCY, j. S. Warner
and H. S. Nichols. councilmen; Chas: S.
Spencer, city attorney; w. A. S. Bird.
ex-city attorney; j. +. McCabe. city
engineer; ]. H. Squires, city clerk; Hale
Ritchey, ex-councilman.
Great Bend: w. p FEEDER, city clerk.
CoffeyVille: F. C. Frazier mayor.
Larned: ]. w. Russell.
Arkansas City: VIM. ]. Pollock,
mayor; A. D. Prescott and w. r. Ward,
councilmen.
Winfield: Harry A Cation, mayor.
The object of the association is to
urge upon the legislature the passage of
beneficial laws for the government of
Kansas in cities, and it is probable that
several proposed laws will be discussed
at today's meeting. The questions
that have been discussed most among
the Topeka delegates are in relation to
the care of the poor and the auditing
of the city accounts.
1t is probable that a resolution will be
introduced asking the legislature to
pass a law enabling cities of the first
class to levy poor tax of their own
and saving the city property owners
the necessity of paying part of the
county poor tax.
Some of the councilmen of the Topeka
delegation also want an act passed en-
abling large cities to have an auditor,
who shall audit all the accounts thus
saving the council committee on ac-
counts that work.
At the session in the afternoon the
business taken up was new. The ad-
dress of welcome to the city was made
by Mayor Mclean of Wichita, after
which the business of the meeting be-
gan. This consisted of the discussion
and appointment of some committees
and a discussion of the bylaws. The
session this afternoon was not a long
one. After the meeting the visitors
were entertained in various ways, some
of them riding over the city sight see
ing. Today the regular business of the
meeting will begin and in the afternoon
the entire number of visitors will enjoy
a trolley ride over the city. The ban
nuet tonight will close the session.