The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-04


with it. If it were the Sixth district
which were TO be decided / know /
should insist that the Sixth district
should have a whole lot to say about it.
Not a single man in the counties affect
ed by this bill has raised his voice in
support of it"
Gale of Mcpherson: Il am from one
Of the counties which are included in
this bill, and therefore / am in favor of
sending it back to the committee to see
If it cannot fix up d satisfactory appor-
tionment bill
Watkins of Renos Z said yesterday
that I was not in favor of this bill, but
I was in favor of reapportionment.
and voted for the consideration Of this
bill. If the chairman Of the apportion-
ment committee viii promise to call the
which may be more satisfactory I will
be in favor of re-referring this bill to
the committee" "
Tucker of Greenwood. 4 believe the
taxpayers of this state are entitled to
a little legislation that they have a
right to expect. but it looks as though
they We're doomed TO disappointment.
The people have expected this legisla-
ture to pass q taxation law and to re-
apportiOn the state The senate has
passed the tax bill nearly as it came
from the commission. but the house
has loaded it up With amendments un-
til it is practically killed The senate
has passed an apportionment bill, but
the house has not even considered
one
Mead of Mitchell: referring to the
remark of the gentleman from Frank
lin that this bill comes from a Dem
ocratic source, don't know that that
makes any particular difference. Be
Sides it appears to me to be a little
late in the game to be getting away
from Democratic influence"
This shot at Bale Waggener's infiu-
ence in the house caused a general
laugh.
Hugos of Republic announced that
he had changed from the seventy-one
of Tuesday to the opposite side
StuDbs Of Douglas: 4 am not quite
in favor of this bill, but I think It is
Inauestionably the duty Of this legis-
lature to rea99ortion the state It IS
quite natural that some of the counties
that will be taken cut Of old assoc1a-
tions and put in new ones viii object.
and I think we ought to &c ahead ami
try to remedy this bill little"
Lockwood Of Cheyennes 1t seems to
be the unanimous opinion of this house
that the state Should be reapportioned-
We m32l1t as we'll do it now as any
time, because we can't please everybody.
Somebody's toes viii be tramped on, and
I am in favor Of considering this bill
At this time Stavely moved the pre-
vious question, and The roll was called
on Rarnd's motion to consider the bill
a t once.
Those voting in the affirmative were.
Ballard, Barker Barnd. Belts, Billings.
Brandon. Brown Of Brown. Buckhn,
Chandler Croker. Doliey, F'ocAe. F'riar,
Griffin. Hale. Hallenbeck. Hennell. Hun
ter Jensen, johnson OF Decatur. Jones
of Cove, Keith. Langfeld Law Lock
wood. Lynn, Mckee of Clay, McIsaugh-
lin, Mead. Perkins. of Ieavenwortn.
Robbins, Roughton. Schmidt, StaVely.
StHbhs TannahiIi. Tatum, Upton
Tucker. Williams Of Shawnee. Williams
of stanton, Wilsol, Wyclxoff-42
Those voting in the negative were
Adair. Adams Of Butler Adams of Sedg-
wick. Baird. Beesou4 Eevingtop, Broad
bent Brown Of Label rs asurlze Camp
bell of Bourbon. Campbell of Meade
Dougherty. Dunn, Finsel, Esuamons En-
right, Evans, FaTris,, Finley Fisher
Francis. Gale. Godschalk, Goebel, Har-
Tis. Hawkins Hayden, Heusel Hill, HUI
gos. Hutcheson. Husey. Jeffries jerks
johnson of Sheridan. Jones OF Norton,
Jones of Trego, King of Ottawa Kin
kel, Kinnison, Kirkpatrick. Kirkland.
kost, Kramer Laughiin, Leland, Lewis.
Linton, Martin Of Morton. Mcintyre, Nc
Kee of Marshall, Miller, Murdoch. Mus
toe, Nation, Nixon, O'DOnneH Parish
SCHUYLER, Sharpe. Sims. Smith, Speer,
Stars, Taylor, Won Trebra. Waggener5
Watkins. Weldon, Whistler-70.
Stubbs then tried to get in an
amendment that the committee should
be required to report bill reapportion-
ing the state within twenty-four hours
but this was ruled out of order, and
the motion to recommit the bill car
ried.
Afterwards Barker got through a
port a bill within thirty-six hours.
which carried, although there was
some objection to it.
Chairman jerks called a meeting of
the committee for 7:30 tonight to frame
the bill.