The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-25
Found That the Legislature
Can't Adjourn Now.
Must Wait to Have Bills En-
crossed and Signed.
WAS READY TO QUIT.
Both Houses Are Practically
Through.
No General Legislation in Meas
ures Adopted.
THEY WILL BE PAID.
Bill ApprOpriating SI2 900 to
Pay Session Expenses Passes.
Little Opposition to the Bill
Develops.
No General Legislation in Meas
ures Adopted.
THEY Will BE PAID
Bill A ApprOpriatimg $4,000 to
Pay Session Expenses Passes.
Little Opposition to the Bill
Develops.

The hoHse was ready to adjourn sine I
die at noon except for the fact that a
number of bills messaged from the
house TO the senate were hung up in
that body The conference committee
from the senate and house untangled
the duplicate bills passed by the two
bodies. Then the house cleared UP all
that was on hand and was ready to
adjourn In the senate the morning
session was lively up to the recess for
dinner but in the house after 10.30
o'clock the members sang songs. smoked
and waited on the senate.
Rumors that The senate would start a
lively time by making a fight on Le-
land bill, which passed the house. to
reduce the interest ON state warrants I
and the senatc's fight on Francis bin
for the per diem and mileage of the
members of the legislature was all that
was left for the members of the house
10 gossip about.
It was Repre- sentative Waggener who
killed the three flood relief bills by
Belts. Hale and Harris in the ways and
means committee by declaring them un-
constitutional The bills were sum
marily killed Some members called at
tention TO appropriations of a similar
nature that have been but the preced-
euts were not held to be good.
The representatives from the food
districts who saw before the session was
half day old that all hope of the
leeisla ture apploprating money for re-
lief Qf the food sufferers was out of the
question, pinned a little faith TO Repre-
-eNla I'VE Wa6Behel plA lot the stale
20 "uill ei,VVVVVo Woftn OF pflQseS anu
thus relieve the Individual counties Of
The burden But even that went by the
poa7o Wnen NOT nan read. The Dill
rrasfa
with FUNDS ON hand. which otherWlse
ht be used for bridges, and would
heip the flood sufferers i'm the counties
indirectly by relieving the tax payers of
the county of much of the burden of
rebuilding The bridges
Than there was a slight agitation
among the members of the house when
it was heard that Francis bill to APP
propiiate $4,000 for the pay of the leg
islature had been raised to $4,000 The
agitation ceased when il was found thar
1N mistak ke Francis bill for $4,000 was
1oi tu. QaSe alone ana that Ss.VuO more
was necessary 20 pay the senate
The extra session will probably not
AlJpnfu sine one today. as was expected
The constitution was sprung on the
lvi le hltis can not pc en-
l'lei ana 7elh 20 Lhe governor Tor hlS
Sisn3tu ture today Ihls Will take at
least dntil Friday The following was
cil.n io the mebers.
0rr l52 or the constitution of the
state of Kansas; If amy bin shall NOT
be- returned within three days Sundays
excepted after it shall have been pre-
seltfd % the governor IL shall become
law in like manner as if he had
Aisn-a IT. unless the legislature by its
allqufn fnment prevented its return. in
"nlch case N shall not become a law,
Should the legislature adjourn before
the governor signs the bills they would.
according To the constitution. be void
and would not become laws The legis-
latai VIII probably take a recess today
anu an put a lew members VIII go home