The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-20

H. Landergin, or GREENWOOD county,
has a bill offering a bounty of cents
a head on crows and J. w. MOntee
thinks that his constituents would ike
to have a bounty Of Is cents head
on chicken hawks.
The fact that Mr.. Landergin is a
Democrat should not be regarded as
at all significant in connection with
the subject of crows. Mr.. Landerg1n
is the one Democrat in his county who
did not partake Of that dish this year
He pried over normal Republican
majority of about 500. and converted
it into a safe Democratic majority for
himself. Landergin is a, big cattle
man; he goes by the name of pat
thing for Pat to go down into the
territory and buy SIS, 900 worth of
cattle at one clip. He is a man of
big deals; he charters vessels and
ships to Europe direct, he moves his
cattle in train load lots; he is in fact
the recognized leader of the cattle
business in his part of the state This
is why he developed such speed in his
race for the legislature. The people
down there are interested in cattle
raising, and they wanted him to rep
resent them. His opponent was sus-
pected of being too friendly with the
railroads having until shortly before
election been employed as a railroad
attorney.
AS was stated in Thursdays State
age fuss between the house and the
senate was the adoption of the confer
ence committee report allowing the
mem bers of the senate $50 apiece for
postage and the members of the house
$40 apiece. 1t did not take the con-
ference committee long to agree upon
a report. Their meeting was held just
after dinner, and Speaker Stubs at
tended. He advised the members
from the house to accept $10r-and let
the senate members take what their
consciences would let them. The SEN
atorial conscience seemed to expand
about $40 worth without any difficulty
The members of the conference com
mittee were: Senate-Fitzpatrick
Getty and Fulton. House-Seaver,
Adams, Brandon. Jones of Norton,
and Potts.
Another bunch of employees was let
in on the pay from the first day OF
the session" proposition Thursday
ployes reported that all of the en-
ployes on the list had really been at
work from the opening day, and were
entitled to their reward, although they
had not been elected until several
days after the house got down to |
work. The list this time included the
z. E. Wyant, docket clerk;
c. E. Jacoby, journal clerk; George |
stenographer; Earl De
Frantz, Teddy Morse, Harry Shelton, |
Harry billiard and Clarence Wynne. |
pages: r. X. Moody, speakers clerk;
Lyman Faulkner, speakers page; A. |
3. Hazeltine, speakers stenographel.
People down in Parsons think lot
Of Captain A. NJ Sourbeer who repre-
sents them in the house Of representa-
tiVes. Sourbeer is a jolly little Dutch
man. with a crop of snowy Whiskers,
and a genial way which is making him
popular in the house The Parsons
Sun says:
Captain sourbeer has had some
laughable experiences during his brief 1
scJourn in the capital city.
lone is, ladies always look sus-
picious when introduced to him. Grad
ually they scan the pleasing open
eOuntenance of the Parsons man and
then utter, with some degree of con-
fusion: Pardon me, did understand |
Sour ''Beer?"' When given an af-
drmative answer, the fair acquaint-
ance usually ScOWlS. but the I4abette
county legislator generally manages to
dispel the distrust and the report is
that he soon creates an impression of
the genuine sparkling effervescent
fluid, instead of that indicated by the
first syllable of his name.
Mr.. Sourbeer says he is often taken
for Cy Leland and vice versa. A few
sons colleague that he was in danger
of being assassinated, unless he
his visage.
Mr.. Sourbeer was present when
Il
stature to take back the famous cot
and chair, and says the speech was
very well done. The Parsons man is
one of the Ia men in the lower house
who wears chin beard. He is also the
only brass moulder in that body, the
~ embers consisting principally of
lawyers and farmers They all know
Captain Sourbeer up at Topeka and |
he will, no doubt, become one of the
popular members of the house,
J. L. Brady representative from
Douglas county and editor of the Law
renee World, bucks" on Governor
Hoch's anti-lobby orders. In the last
issue of the World, Mr.. Brady says:
Governor HoCh does not mean that |
the faculty of the State university
will injure their case by visiting To-
peka- Such position would not be
tenable. So long as the State univer-
sity is dependent upon legislative ap-
preparations Just so long must the
university people manage the legis-
lative campaigns, for in fact the Iegis-
lature has q right to hear from these
men"
w. Y Morgan introduced a bill
afternoon authorizing the
CRY of Hutchinson to issue $4,000 inl
bonds with which to construct a drain
age canal $50 feet in width to carry
overflow water from Cow creek to the
Arkansas river.
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