The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-06
REINFORCEMENT
BILL Is KILLED
Administration Forces Lined
Up Against It.
GREAT CHANGE OCCURRED
New Bill Will be introduced
and Killed.

Topeka, Kan, March 5.-When the
Bailey as the driver, and Leland, Wag-
gener and Albaugh as the horses, gets in
motion in the house, it runs over every
thing that is in front of it and leaves in
its trail the mangled remains of the oppo-
sition. The vehicle got started this morn
ing on the congressional apportionment
bill. and when it stopped it took several
ambuIances to haul off the dead and
wounded. The opposition made deter
mined stand, but they were overwhelmed
in numbers and in generalship. In get
ting the minority report on the Hale con-
gressional apportionment bill before the
house yesterday for consideration, Bran
don, of Butler, rather surprised the adj
ministration forces. 1t was so sudden
that many of them voted with Brandon.
The Brandon motion got seventy-one
votes or eight more than enough to pass
the bill had ii been up for passage. But
it was different this morning.
When Governor abbey got up his mes
sage, he was red hot for reapportionment.
a sevidenced by the clause reprinted this
morning Since then there has been
change. The administration is just the
least bit alarmed lest the creation of an
Eighth district might interfere with its
plans to control the Kansas delegation
to the national convention two years
hence. After the affray yesterday il
was heralded as a defeat for the admin
istration and a sign that the house mem
beers We're breaking away from the ma
chine. While the victors We're growing,
the administration crowd went to work.
The governor detailed Albaugh to take
hold of the situation. Albaugh sent for
Leland and Waggener and the three map
ped out plan for campaign. Leland and
Albaugh rounded up all the Republican
members of the house who stood for the
administration in the election of a
speaker. senator and state printer. Wag-
gener was detailed to round up as many
Democrats as he could get. The three
worked until after midnight. By that
time they had safe majority.
As soon as the opportunity presented
itself this morning Hayden of Eemaha.
the home of Governor Bailey. moved to
send the Hale bill back to the committee
He declared that it was folly to take I'D
an apportionment bill so late in the ses-
sion He said that the tax bill and other
more important measures should be given
the right of way.
Barnd, of Ness, followed in a vigorous
speech against the motion.
AS an amendment Barnd moved to con-
slider the bill lnow.
Brandon. of Butler, said Hayden's mo-
ton was simply a scheme to kill the BILL
The chairman of the committee will sim
ply pigeonhole it and that will be the last
of it, said he 1T is moral cOwardice to
people of the state demand legislation
along this line. AS member Of the COM
mittee l do not desire TO take the respon-
sibility, and the only way to do il is to
get roll call on the bill or on a motion
to kill it,
After a brief parliamentary tangle over
few minor amendments that were pre-
scented. the chair ruled that the vote
would be on the amendment of Barnd
to consider the bill at this time roll
call was demanded. Re developed that
every administration member had been
lined up against apportionment The
vote on the Barnd amendment stood:
Yeas. 43: nays, 20. The committee was
instructed to present new bill, which will
probably be killed.