The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-03
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nay Be MADE
Sentiment Growing in Favor
of Such Action.
NAT TIGER HAS A SCHEME
Which Will Put Sedgwick
County Out of Seventh.

! Topeka, Kan, March at is beginning
to look as though the opposition to re-
apportionment of the state into congress
sional districts will be compelled to re-
! cede from its position. There is a grow
! ing sentiment among the members Of
the house that the popular demand ought
to be complied with and a new Eighth
district created.
Realizing that unless the committee re-
ports some sort of an equitable reappor-
tionment dill the members may kick over
the traces and do business on their own
hook the house leaders have arranged, it
is reported. that the congressional ap
portionment committee shall get together
and formulate a compromise measure.
The scheme is TO make a new district
by taking Cowley from the Third and
Mcpherson. Harvey, Sedgwick and Sum-
nerfrom the Seventh. Noftzger intro
duced such bill in the senate yesterday
II is believed il can be passed.
\ correspondent in Kansas wants to
know the exact facts with respect to the
number OF employees at work in the Kan
sas house of representatives. The chief
clerk OF the house reports 263 names on
the payroll, or more than two TO each
member. It was decided by a vote in
the house on Thursday to cut 103 of these
off on and after March g. OF the 263, at
least 200 are practically useless. The leg
islature of ten years ago, and of exactly
the same size. had seventy-three en-
ployees.
II was hoped that by delaying the SUBJ
mission of the report several days. enough
members would be lined up to secure the
adoption of the minority report. but mis-
sionary work in this district, it is assert
ed. has been a failure The sentiment in
favor of redistricting has been growing
stronger from day today Seeing that
some sort Of a bill lis sure to be passed
the leaders have determined it is under
stood. TO get UP a compromise measure
and recommend it for passage instead
of the Hale bill.
The vote in the committee on the Hale
bill was a tie and jerks OF Franklin,
chairman of the committee, cast the de-
Gliding vote against the body. 1t is said
that he did this on account of Henry j.
Allen. chairman of the state board Of
charities. Allen wants to be a candidate
for congress in the Second district in
1904 He figures, il is claimed. that il
would be better for him not to have the
gresman-at-large, Charles +. ScottETA
state reappoftioned. If it is he and Con-
gressman-at-large Charles f. Scott will
be thrown together in the Second dis
trict with Bowersock. Scott is a popular
fellow, a good politician. and Allen
doesn't fancy a fight with him. He
thinks his chances of nomination will be
much better if the state is not reap
portioned. Scott is allowed to continue
as congresman-at-large and ne makes
his fight solely against Bowersock.
The trouble over the bill appropriating
S30O0 for fire protection at the Dodge City
Soldiers home has been ironed out by
the conference committee appointed to
take up the matter and it will be printed
in the official state paper. instead of the
statute book as provided by the house
amendment inserted in accordance with
Mr.. Leland's plan to prevent publication
in the official state paper whenever pos
sibe.
The money is needed at once and would
not have been available for use at all IL
the bill was printed in the statute book
as it is provided that the appropriation
shall llapse if not used by June 80. The
house has been put to a lot of trouble
by the amendment. The saving which
would have been affected by having the
bill printed in the statute book instead
of the official paper would have been in
significant, as the cost of printing in
the bill in the official state paper Is but
ninety cents.
That there should be a squabbIe over
an amount like this when hundreds OF
dollars are paid out daily to useless en-
ployes in the house, has aroused a lot
Of unfavorable comment
The house leaders have been having
no end of trouble heading off the bill in
troduced by Hale. of Rush. one of the
minority. making a new district out of
Cowiey from the Third and Sumner
Harper Kingman. Sedgwick. Harvey and
Mcpherson from the Sevenln.
Last Friday the Hale hill was taken up
in the house committee on apportionment
and bv a vote Of six to FIVE II was de-
cided to adversely report it. Hale, how
ever got up a minority report recon-
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