The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10

", r. Stubs. Second district,
A. R Clark. Seventh district. speak
clerk.
Dan B. Dyer. Sixth district. ser
geant at arms.
Frank Chapman, Seventh district,
assistant sergeant at arms.
NJ L. Richmond. Fourth district,
chief doOrkeeper-
Mrs. Madge Long. Seventh district
Rev. ]. N. Whitehead. First district
chaplain.
The above were nominated at the
Republican caucus this morning for
officers of the house of representatives
and were elected when the house con
vened at noon. The remainder of the
officers will be selected by the house
committee on employees
There was no squabble over the Sc
lection of men for jobs in the house
of representatives While the senate
was still wrangling over the number
of its employees. the house completed
Ats work and adjourned.
A G. Mead of Mitchell county was
elected chairman of the caucus with
nominated for secretary by Cyrus Le-
land and elected
w. P Hackney then introduced the
following resolution
Whereas The great number of en-
pIoyes of the two last houses of rep
resentatves was scandal ana q
shame upon the Republican party in
the state of Kansas and,
Whereas, That political OrganiZa-
tion was honored by the people of
Kansas in the late election upon its
pledge to reform that and other evils
formerly in evidence, and,
Whereas. The way to reform is to
reform; now therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the Republican mem
bers of the present house of repre-
sentatives. in caucus assembled, that
until the further order of the house,
after it shall be convened. and the
business of that body demands addi-
tional help in the enrolling depart
ment, the officers and employees of the
house shall be the following, and no
more:
lone clerk of enrolled bills a leg
islative statutory Office.
zone sergeant at arms.
zone assistant sergeant at arms
zone second assistant sergeant at
arms.
zone chief clerk.
Zone assistant clerk.
zone reading clerk
s+One journal clerk.
''One docket clerk
s'Six doorkeepers.
'Four janitors.
lone postmaster.
zone mail carrier.
zone man in charge of cloak room.
zone clerk (stenographer) ways
and means committee
zone clerk committee on judiciary.
zone enrolling clerk
zone assistant enrolling clerk
zone telephone girl
six pages
And be it further resolved, That the
chairman of this caucus be instructed
to report this resolution, and the action
of this caucus thereon and hereunder,
to the house of representatives as soon
as said house is organized by the cleo
tion of q. speaker to the end that the
people may know our action in this
matter
Resolved, further. That all employees /
of the house shall be made upon the /
recommendation of the committee on /
house employees, subject to the approval (
of the speaker and the order Of the I
house"
Representative Taylor of Osborn /
though the preamble was a little too /
severe and moved that it be stricken I
out This was done and the resolution /
passed without further opposition.
Chairman Mead named as tellers /
Representatives Jones of Norton, kirt- /
land, Brandon and Pomeroy-
Representative Beekman of Cowley /
nominated W. r. Stubs for speaker /
w A. s. Bird of Shawnee seconded the 4
nomination and Robert Stone of Shaw Z
nee moved that the secretary cast the /
vote of the caucus for Mr.. Stubbs. This \
was done
Representative Simmons of Lane /
nominated Judge Ansel r. Clark for 4
speaker pro tenn, and Judge Clark was
nominated by acclamation. Judge /
Clark is from Rice county.
Then the first fight opened up in the
contest for chief clerk.
Representative Kirkland of Saline
nominated D. Y Wilson of Republic
county.
Representative Holdren of Wichita
county nominated F. w. Knapp of
Wichita county.
The ballot resulted as follows: Knapp
IS; Wilson SO.
Stuhhs and Leland Clash.
Cyrus Leland then moved that all the
officers mentioned in Hackney's resolu-
tion be elected by the caucus.
W. r. Stubs jumped up and said:
Il am opposed to that plan. There are
S5 offices on that list. This is not the
time or place to choose all these Officers
We should elect down to postmaster or
sergeant-at-arnS.
Mr.. Leland said: 1--WE may not be
able to finish this work now. but we
can do all we can and adjourn to some
other time to finish up. We should see
TO 1t that these offices are divided up
among the various congressional dis
tricts. have nobody from my district