The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-11
STUBS SAYS NO.
Puts HIS Foot Down Decisively
To-day.
Orders Page to Take Bills Back
10 Member.
NAMES COMMITTEES.
Those on Employees and Rules
Chosen.
Says Places will Be Distributed
Evenly.
If Men Don't Give Good Service
sFire" Them.

H uCus
Speaker W. R. Stubbs this morning
appointed the following house COM
mittees, both of which are meeting
this afternoon:
Committee on employees Davidson,
Hackney, Mead. Plummer, Schmidt.
Beeson, Goebel
Committee on rules of the house
Brady, Brandon. Stone, Beekman,
Mcbride. Simmons. Kirkland.
The Introduction of bills COM
menced at IL O'Clock. C. B. Kirkland
of Saline county introduced house bill
No. 1. a bill providing for the assess
ment of all personal and real property
in the state at its full cash value.
Although the senate has allowed it's
members $40 each for. postage. the
house this morning turned down a
similar proposition. Unless the mat
ter is reconsidered, the members of
the house will get no postage this ses-
sion.
In appointing his committees.
Speaker Stubbs delivered himself of
some characteristic remarks. He said:
I think I've got some good men
on this committee on house employees.
They are the bulldog type of men, and
believe they will stand hitched.
Some of them did not want to serve
and I had to draft them. The proper
system in the employment OF assist
ants in this house is to try a. man in
a job, and if he does not work, fire
him. This committee ought to aim
to distribute the places evenly over
the state; give every district a show,
and not play favorites. The commit
tee ought to meet right away. be-
cause We are handicapped by lack of
employees. They ought to look over
- L
are through looking them over,
would like to have a look at them my
self.
9TH ere is no reason why this COM
mittee on rules should not get down
to business and fix. some rules within
two or three hours. There's no use
delaying this thing.
when a bill is introduced. it has
to lay ocer a day before its second
reading and reference to a committee.
Therefore it is not essential that all
the house committees should be ap-
pointed today. I expect to have the
morning. Then the house can get
right down to business That's what
I want to accomplish. We don't want
any unnecessary delay"
Speaker Stubbs retained the chair
until the introduction of bills was
nearly completed. He would not
stand for any monkey business in
the bill introduction.
A
feet clamoring for recognition. and
waving punches of bills. Stubbs saw
one of the members hand a page a
bunch of bills and send them UP with
out getting the recognition of the
chair.
'Take those back" he shouted to
the page. you can't run in anything
like that Every man takes his turn
OF course there are a large number
of the members whom Stubs does not
know, and many others with whose
names he is familiar. but whose coun-
ties we're unknown to him. So he has
adopted the breeze plan of recogniz-
ing the members of name when he
knows them, instead of by THE gen
tieman from Podunk-" He rules the
house like a father in charge of a lot
of harum- -scarum boys
The house was called to order this
morning shortly after 10 o'clock by
Speaker Pro Tenn Clark of Rice
county.
Cyrus Leland introduced a resolution
allowing the minority members to ap-
point a stenOgrapher.
w p. Hackney moved that the reso-
luton be laid on the table A G. Mead
said that the minority members would
be taken care of. The motion to lay on
the table was carried, but the vote was
close.
Representative Jones. of Norton. in
troduced a resolution allowing the
members $40 for postage. W. P. Hack
ney moved to cut it down to S. The
whcle thing was then laid on the ia
bic, without action.
At shortly before II O'Clock Speaker
Stubbs took the chair and appointed his
committees.
First Bill introduced.
Representative Kirtland's bill on tax
alton is probably the administration
measure" It seems to fit in with the
specifications laid down in Governor
HOchs message. 1t is provided that it
shall take effect on January 1, 1906. and
It is as follows:
Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of
every township trustee, city assessor,
state board of railroad assessors. county
and state boards of equalization and
every ether person or persons whose
duty it is to list, value. assess or equal
1ze real estate or personal property fer
taxation, to list, value, assess and
equalize the same at its true value in
money the value of real estate shall
be determined by the assessor, town.
snip trustee or other person or persons
from actual view and inspection of the
property. Personal property shall be
valued at the usual selling price in
money at the place where the same
may be held; but if there is no selling
required to fix the value thereon if
shall be valued at such price as is be
Iieved could be obtained therefor in
money at such time and place
Sec ?. Any township trustee. city
assessor, state board of railroad asses
Eors, county or state board of euualiz-
alton and every other person or persons
whose duty it is to list, value. assess
or eQualize real estate or personal
property for taxation. who shall know
tngly and wilfuliy fail to list or re-
turn for assessment or valuation auv
zeal estate or personal property or who
shall knowingly and Wilfu.ly list or re-
1urn Tor assessment or valuation, CT