Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-25
LEGISLATIVE OBSERVATIONS.


The republicans who are now run.
ming tie LIQUOR lobby, which is very
busy at the legislature fighting the
proposed amendments to the prohiDi-
tory law, are circulating the report that
1T is democratic institution. It is
we'll known fact that the republican,
state committee received several hun
dred dollars from different brewers dur
Ing the campaign, and that the demo
cratic committee did not ask a cent
from the brewers, and did not receive
cent. The liquor lobby and the lobby
that favoTs base ball on Sunday are
both republican. 1t is an old republi-
can trick to lay something questiona-
BILE to the democrats.
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The republicans have become so
ashamed oyer the fact that during the
last legislature they gave Speaker Prln.
gle chair land cot" that when he re-
turned to the present legislature he was
requested to return them. This is
grand stand play, aud is intended to
make the people believe that the pres
ent Legislature will be perfectly hon.
est one.
1t might be well for people to keep an
eye on railroad legislation. Bill Hack.
ney has introduced railroad bill. 1t
appears TO be good bill, but watch it
when it leaves the RAILROAD committee.
1t will be surprising to the people of
the state TO learn that w. r. Stubbs,
the republican speaker of the house, is
not bossing tie job as he said he would.
Mr.. Stubs has been interviewed many
times by the republican press regarding
the manner in which he intended put
ting business through with rush. The
rush part Oft was made evident recent
ly when the members left and rush
ed home for a vacation of three days.
This action on the part Of the legisla-
ture is being criticised severely by some
OF the republicans. Mr.. Stubbs seems
10 have had the opinion that he could
boss the members of the legislature just
as he bosses the men who work for him
on railroad contracts. The members
are showing that they have as much
right to sit IN the house as MIR. Stubbs
Before Mr.. Stubs has been speaker
very long he will find out other mistakes
that he made in his predictions.
The necessary adjournment of the
Legislature for three days after a ses
sion of but four days, makes it evident
hat the boosted reform legislature is
just like all preceding republican legis
Iatures. The state is paying the mem
| bers to do business, and the members
prefer to go home, draw mileage, and
also draw their salary for doing moth
ing. 1t is true that so far not as many
clerks have been employed by the mem
Ders as during the session two years
ago, but the fact that the legislature
adjourns when there is plenty of work
to do, and draw their salary and mile
age when they 90 bone on VACATIONS.
means that the total cost of the legisla
ure will run almost as high as it did
two years ago.
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Gov. Hoch has ceased to talk about
having short term of the legislature
he was very busy.telling how the leg
lslature could handle all of the business
to come before it when he was making
the campaign. Now he is as Silent as
clam. Gov. Hoch may have meant
what he said, but 1t is apparent that
The other reformers thought he was
Joking or simply making a campaign
bluff.
j. w. Creech, of Dickinson county,
has been appointed as chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee in. the
house. This is the best plum that the
speaker had to give out. Mr.. Creech is
personal friend of the speaker, and
was In business with him. Mr.. Creech,
like Mr.. Stubbs,. made his money
money in railroad contracting This
has caused comment, because it looks
as though the railroad people were get
ting a little too much In the way of
big offices In the legislature.
1t may be remarked tina. Mr.. STUDIOS,
Mr. Creech and that noble republican
senator, j. r. Burton, were associated
together in the Jerusalem exhibit at
the Worlds fair. There is some talk
about things not being right with the
Jerusalem show, and a suit is now
pending against the association. MIR
Creech is president of the exhibit.
OF course it may be that the relations
between Stubs and Creech are all
right, but the chairman of the most
important committee might have been
chosen from among men who were not
so friendly with Senator Burton in
business way.