The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-05
EIGHT DISTRICTS
WILL Be MADE
House Members Have Broken
Away From Bosses
REINFORCEMENT BILL
Will be Endorsed by Senate
When House Acts.

Topeka. March 4-There is every indi-
cation now that Kansas will be reaper
toned into eight congressional districts
before the present session of the legis-
| lature ends. The house broke away yes
| terday and ran over Cyrus Leland. \
minority report signed by four members
of the house apportionment committee
Brandon, Hale, Bowman and Keith-re-
commencing the bill for passage, was
adopted The bill was then made a
special order for o'clock yesterday
afternoon and only the adjournment Of
the house at noon out of respect to
Speaker Pringle. whose mother died yes
terday morning, prevented the passage
of the bill yesterday. 1t will come up
again this morning and its supporters
hone 10 be able to push it through.
The trouble yesterday started upon the
reading of the report of the house ap-
portionment committee, signed by jerks
of Franklin as chairman, recommending
that the bill be not passed. Hale, the
author of the bill, was nowhere in
sight having taken to the tall timber
at the first sign of a row, and it looked
as though the majority report might be
adopted without opposition.
Brandon of Butler, jumped to his feet
and demanded the reading of the minor
ity report recommending the bill for
passage. When this was done he moved
the adoption of the minority report. Mead
of Mitchell, seconded the motion, and
then Wagsener proposed as a substitute
that both reports and the bin be referred
TO the committee on elections.
This brought Mead to his feet again.
Waggener's motion. he declared was but
aft rflraf m Crnn no q
1T is the duty of this legislature" he
said ito reapportion the state. No mat
ter if the politicians do object we can't
go home without trying to DO something.
The motion Of the gentleman from Aatch-
ison is simply scheme to smother the
bill. We oughtn't to be towards. Let's
do something. We came here to do two
things-revise the tax laws and to re-
apportion the state. 1t looks as though
we We're going to do neither"
IF we are going to kill the reappor-
tionment BILL said Griffin. who followed
Mead. lets give it decent death Let's
shoot il full of holes if need be, on the
floor of the house. but don't give it into
the hands of a committee to be strangled.
We ought to meet the issue squarely and
not go home with the imputation that
we were afraid to reapportion."
Barned of Hess. made a hot speech. He
DanQeQ IL TO the leaders OF the HOuSS-
Waggener explained that his reason
for moving to refer the reports TO the
election committee was to enable the bill
to be gotten into shape. The apportion-
ment committee. ne said. was divided on
the question and the election committee
probably would be able to prepare sat
isfactory bill.
A roll call was then demanded by Dol
ley on Waggeners motion to refer both
reports and the bill to the elections COM
mittee. The motion was defeated by
vote of Il to 81.
The minority report was then adopted
without opposition Shortly afterwards
Brandon moved that the Hale bill be
made q special order for o'clock yes
terday afternoon After a little fight the
motion was carried. Imediately after
wards Speaker Pro TEN Jones. of Nor
ton. announced the death of Speaker
Pringles mother, and the house adj
journed until 10 o'clock this morning, out
of respect.