The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-09
BURLINGTON NOT HERE.
One Senator Too Sick to Attend
Session.

During the past week Of the legisla-
tive session there has been one empty
chair in the senate chamber. that of
Senator George III. Burlington Of Idana,
Clay county. For more than a year Sen
ator FullingtOn has been very i'll and abb
solutely unable to attend to the duties
of his office. His name does not appear
upon the records of the last session eX-
cept where his fellow senators adopted
resolutions OF regret at his indisposi-
ton
Fuilington and Senator Louis p. King
of CoWley, are the only senators who
distinguished themselves by not intro
ducing q BILL Fullington, of course.
could not. but with King the record was
made only through self restraint. In the
old days when POpuliSm reigned King
was a big man in the senate. He was
president pro TEN once or twice and held.
all sorts of good chairmanships. He was
leader of the ma Ority side and intro
duced an the bills he wanted to. Now
he cheerfully stands back for the Re
pubHcans. BY the time he has served
his second 20 years he figures. he win
have an opportunity to lead the process
sion some more and by that time he viii
know lot more about it.
BY all odds Z. Dumont Smith is themost
prolific bin maker i'm the legislature. He
only introduced II this session but that
was because his time was taken up with
work uu0n the tax bill. Noftzger who
handed i'm % bills came next in number
ed with Smith Most Of the other sena-
tors daWdled along with five or ten but
all of them, save King, had something
Tt VIII be interesting, at the end of
the session to see how many of each
senator's bills have become laws.
For two days the senate has alter
uately worked hard and ]ndustriOusly
wasted time Friday night it read and
passed "a number of small general bills
and really cleaned up considerable BUSH
ness Saturday morning 1T had a special
order of the Linton house bill amending
the eletion law so that where the words
No nomination" appear upon the ball
lot there shall be no square to mark
and that persons voting shall use rub
Der stamp unsteady or lead pencil 10
mark their ballots. 1T worked all the
morning upon the one bill which was
finally adopted.
Most of the senators wanted to go
home over Sunday while some were Will
Ing TO stay Saturday afternoon and work.
This division caused considerable argu-
ment over the motion to adjourn when
IL was made Smith argued in favor Of
adlourning al noon until Monday morn
Ing and his motion finally carried.
Senator Morehouse wishes to be re-
corded as in favor of the Caldwell stock
yards bill which passed the senate last
Thursday. MOrehouse was not given
credit a t the time of the report of the
discussion for the stand he took upon
AJAX AiiNtAoAAFf ltidtAll4H a Htl1ii5 speech III
its favor The Journal unintentionally
put him down as voting against the
passage of the bill which cuts the
charges upon the stock yards accOmmo-
dau0ns and is in the interest of the
stock man.
The plumbers examination bill has
passed the house and is now ready for
the governors signature It was intro
duced i'm the senate by Senator Gabriel
and passed that body first Tt applies to
cities having population of 1000 OF
over. Bale Waggener's anti-lynching
bin has passed the senate, and that too
win become a law as soon as Governor
Bailey signs it.