The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
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How the House Passed the Ap-
preparation Bill.
Simmons of Lane and Brown of
Sherman the Men.
WERE BADLY NEEDED
Brandon Calls Attention to
Crafts in the Bill.
Was Stubbs Who Insisted on
Paying Kelly's Lawyers.

Thanks to the telephone, the house
of representatives managed to get
enough votes about 5 o'clock this morn
ing to pass the miscellaneous appropri-
alton bill and the executive and judicial
appropriation bill after the conference
committee had made its report about
o'clock in the morning.
! Two members, whose votes were need
ed to give the bill a constitutional ma
jority. were allowed to cast their votes
by phone at shortly after 5 O'Clock, and
then the house adjourned,
! Over in the senate there were not
enough members left when the confer
ncereport came in to give it the neces-
sary majority, and the senate fixed it
in a very simple manner; those who
were present answered aye for the
absentees. The senate is not as partic-
ular about such things as the house has
| been this session. One of the senators
confessed that he had answered AYE
for five different men.
! The two members of the house who
were allowed to vote by phone were
Simmons flame and Brown of Sherman
There was a good deal of doubt as to
whether not this would invaHdate
the two appropriation bills. Some of
/ Liz 4Cc1O1AeS AlCAl1DSiS O4 LIl0 HOUSE Lalk-
ed the thing over, and the opinion SEEM
ed to be that it would hold water''
The chief clerk was therefore instructed
to take the vote of the two absentees
over the phone. The house had then
been tied up for about an hour by a
call of the house, with the doors locked
| 1t was getting tired waiting for the
sergeants at arms to bring in more
members.
Steve Brandon. in speaking about the
/ CRAFTS in the miscellaneous appropria-
tion bill, said to the house last night:
I understand that these little covers
for bills which were distributed to US
cost the state SO cents apiece. That is
an outrage. They are not worth more
/ than 15 cents. am also astonished at
/ the size of some OF the other bills
w. Y. Morgan called attention to the
Tact that the bill allowed about $4,000
| for stationery, etc. used during the leg
/ islature- That" said Mr.. Morgan,
| would be about S26 worth of stuff
/ apiece. I want to register my kick I
| did not get my share. I want to know
who's got my share
! / w. Crumly of Thomas, kicked on
4 the idea of the state paying Tom KEEL
| ly's attorney fees in the grocery case.
! In the discussion of the matter. Mr.
| Creech. chairman Of the ways and
means committee, disclosed the fact
| that Speaker Stubbs has been back of
| Creech said:
IN explanation of this BILL want to
say that Mr.. Speaker Stubbs came to
me one day and said that kelly's attor-
neys had agreed to take $500 for their
services in the case, and he thought
that this had better be allowed. I see
that the bill carried only $500. sup
pose this was some sort of compro-
mise"
It was about 9 O'Clock before either
of the big appropriation bills was
ready to be reported back from the
house ways and means committee. The
executive and judicial bill first
taken up. The house made few
amendments. The stenographer of
the Shawnee county district court was
given a salary of $1,000 Heretofore
he has been paid by the county The
provision for an $1sS0O rate clerk for
the board of railroad commissioners
for 1906 and $4,000 for 1907 was
added to the adjutant generals appro-
priation to pay for drill work of the
Kansas National Guard.
Then came the miscellaneous ap-
preparation bill, which is known as the
graft bill on account of the fact that
it is usually the vehicle for fraud and
extortion. Some of the old mem bers
of the house last night expressed the
opinion that the bill is more free from
corruption than usual, but that it still
contains about $4,000 which is pure
graft
Ih6 senate nad 1ncIuQoQ IN InG D.
preparations a present of $50 for
each of its principal employees. The
house cut this out. There was also
an item of 1880 a year for expert
mentation in oil roads by the Kansas
State Agricultural college, which the
house cut out.
Bill Hackney made a fight on all
the appropriations for private chari- |
ties. He said they were CRAFTS. The
house refused to cut any of them out
however. Then Hackney got the
house to put three Winfield charitable
institutions on the list for $1,000 each. |
D. G. Fraser secured an appropria-
ton of $1,000 for the Clay Center
Hospital association.
Cowan of Cherokee tried to get a |
81. 600 appropriation as back salary
for Archie Fulton, superintendent of |
the Lansing mines. The house would |
not stand for it.
Robert Stone made fight for S272
to pay Dr. H W. Roby another in |
stallment on his expenses as secretary /
of the board of medical examination /
and registration, but the house turned /
it down. The state had already al |
lowed Mr.. Roby about $700 on this
account
The appropriation of $4,000 to buy
a silver service for the battleship |
Kansas was passed
After. the senate had refused to con-
cur in the house amendments, a con-
ference committee was appointed con-
sistine of Scherm erhorn, Wyckon and |
Davidson for the house and Getty and /
Fulton for the senate The commit |
tee put in two hours wrangling with /
of the house amendments to the ex-
ecutive and judicial bill and ten OF
the fourteen house amendments to /
the miscellaneous appropriation bill /