The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-08
FIXED 1T AT LAST
Fitzpatrick Had Way With Con-
gressiOnaI AppOrtiOnment.
COwley County Won't Be in New
Eighth District.
HOUSE GIVES 1T UP.
Speaker Stubs Urged Members
to Surrender.
Young Flags Senator on Floor
of House.
HOUSE GIVES 1T UP.

It looks as though the biggest boss
IN the legislature is Fitzpatrick, SEN
ator from the Twenty district,
who forced the house to surrender its
congressional apporuonment bill, and
adopt the senate bill at the house scs-
sion Tuesday afternoon.
When the last conference committee
reported to the house that it had been
unable to agree. S. II. Brandon. au-
thor of the house bill. moved that the
house concur in the senate amend
ments. This brought on one of the
most spirited debates of the session,
the motion finally carrying by a vote
Of II to 10.
Speaker Stubs took a hand in the
game, and urged the house to sur
render. though he admitted that he
didn't like the way the senate was
acting.
Young of Wilson, Nelson of Neosho,
and several others from the Third dis
trict, went after Fitzpatrick rough
shod- Young said in explaining his
vote:
has played senatorial courtesy 10
block reappOrtionment will not be for
gotten, and the Third district will see
to it that the congressional aspira-
tons of this man are also blocked"
The senator with congressional as
pirations will please take notice. He
no doubt figures that all this little diff
flculty will blow over within a few
days.
Under the senate bill. in which the
house has concurred, COWley county
will stay in the Third district where it
Is at present and the new Eighth dis
trict will be composed of Sumner,
Sedgwic2<, Harvey, Butler and Nc
Pherson-
The Eighth district will have a pop
ulation Of 1860 the Third will
have mi
in the Eighth district. the population
of the Third and Eighth would have
been about equal.
None of the Dem ocrats voted on
the proposition. When their names
were called. they each rose and asked
to be excused from voting.
The following was the result Of the
roll call on the motion to concur in
the senate amendments.
voting in favor of the motion were;
Adair, Adams, Archer, Barnes, Beeson,
Brierley, Brown of Brown. Brown Of
Sherman Clark Of Jefferson, Cones,
Cowan, Creech. Croker, Dali, Dawson,
Elstun, Farris, Fisher, Fraser, Hack
ney. Hall, Ham. Hamersly, Harrison,
Holden, Howerton, Husey, Hussey. JEFF
fries. Kerns. KinnisOn. Kirkland. Lacy,
Lander, Leland, Matthews, Montee,
Morgan, Mueller Murphy, Myers, OIL
hansen, Peter, Policy, Potts,
Plumb, Plummer, Pralle, Rhodes, Roy
er, Rochester Robinett Poush, Scher-'
meIhOrn, Simmons. Skinner, Stannard,
Taylor Tredway, Trigg, Turner. War
rem, WEIGH, White, Wilson, Young,
Stubhs.-71.
Voting in the negative were: Banks,
Benson. Burke. Clark of Rice, Crumly.
Eddy. Glasscock, Hildreth, Jones of
Trego, Mcbride, Mead, Nelson, Pome-
roy, Pringle. Ransom, Schmidt, Sticher,
Stone, WyckofT.-19.
Absent or not voting were: ALBANIAN,
Beekman. Bird, Curran. Ewell, F'ieser,
Goebel, Grass. Guyer. Haskins, HOldren,
Hulett, Humphrey,Jones of Norton, JOS
serand. Landergin, Lupfer, McGillivray,
Meagher. Niley. Orr, Oshant. Ossweiler,
Pawling, Perdue, Phenicie, Richards,
Seaver. Sourbeer, Steckel, Stober, Stout,
Tannehill, Thompson, VESTS.
Young Of Wilson said that the only
argument advanced in favor of the
senate bill is senatorial courtesy" He
did not think senatorial courtesy should
CT any ice
Plummer of Jefferson thought that
the good Of the party should be para
mount to the good of any one man. He
favored the surrender.
Clark of Rice said that the Republi-
he did not think the party should sub
NIT to wrong and injustice and call it
Repubhcanism.
Nelson of NeOsho said the people of
his district would not submit to the
dictation of Fitzpatrick or anybody else
Stubs of Douglas said: I'VE have
a right to complain of unjust treat
ment by the senate. This is a step
in the right direction: a half loaf is
better than none. Two years from
now the chances are we can