The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-12
NAMES HIS MEN.
Speaker StubbS Appoints Com
mittees in the House.
w. Creech of Dickinson, Ways
and Means Chairman.
CYRUS LELAND BEMURS
objects to an Assignment on
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Stubbs Tells House Members
to Stay.
They Accordingly Refused to
Adjourn.
CYRUS LELAND DEMURS

Speaker Stubs this morning an
nounced the following list of commit
tees, and stated that other committees
would be announced during the day:
Vavs and Means-J. w. Creech,
chairman. Dickinson county. E. B.
Schermerhorn, Cherokee county. T. P.
Murphy. Harvey county, E. F. Da-
vison. Marion county, w. A. Clark,
Jefferson county, w N. Kinnison,
F'inney county. Wyatt Roush. Wa
baunsee county, J. B. Taylor, Osborne
county, Charles Lander. Mcpherson
county, E. T. Skinner, Lincoln county,
w H. Wyckoff. Coffey county, G. W.
Schmidt. Geary county, J. T. Tread
way, Allen county. J. NJ. Rhodes, Mar
shall county. c. E. Hullett. Bourbon
county, P. H. Landergin, Greenwood
county, Theo. Osweiler, Sedgwick
county.
Judiciary. w. Benson, chair
man, Franklin county, W. P Hack
ney, Cowley county, c. D. Jones, Nor
ton county. G.. w. Adams. Sedgwick
county, L. H. Seaver, Ellsworth coun-
ty, c. Leland, Doniphan county, ". B.
Ham, Rocks county. J. W. Holdren,
Montgomery county, P. c. Young,
Wilson county. J. T. Pringle, Usage
county. A. D. Mead, Mitchell county,
p. ]. Potts, Morris county, G. A Stan
nard, Lyon county. W. F. Peter, Riley
county, EnseI R. Clark. Rice county
Judiciary Local-R. Stone. chair
man, Shawnee county. G. L. Banks,
MONTGOMERY county, @. ). Beekman,
county, z. K. Robinett, Wyandotte
county, P. ". Goebel, Miami county,
J. S. Simmons. Lane county, J. NJ
Phenicie. Leavenworth county, w Y.
Morgan, Reno county
Assessment and Taxation-A. e.
Mead chairman, Mitchell county. Geo.
B. Cones, Meade county G. W. Plum
mer, Jefferson county, W G. turner,
Butler county, w. B. Hamnes ROCKS
county r. H. Mcbride Jewell county,
S. P. Brandon Butler county, T. F.
Murphy, Harvey county, e. G. Crock
er, Chase county.
chairman, Of Ford. Plumb OF Lyon,
White of Ottawa. Crocker of Chase,
Thomson of Reno, Myers of Nema-
ha, Landergin of Greenwood. Jenr1es
Of Sumner, McCilligray Of stanton
Committee on Insurance-Aussey
Chairman, of Usage, Stannard Of
Isvon Lander of Mcpherson. Meade
Of Mitchell Classcock of Wyandotte,
Ransom of Franklin. Allaman of
Atchison, Bergman of Clark. Glass of
Mr.. stubbs said after appointing
his committees:
stay here and keep at work There /
has been some talk in the senate of
adjOurning till Monday. hope we
will set them a good example and stay
after being in business two or three
days we should break away and go
home to see our families or go rabbit
hunting"
These remarks were received with
applause by the house
When Speaker Stubs called Mr..
Leland's name as a member of the
judiciary committee, Mr. Leland in
terrupted and said.
Mr.. Speaker don't want to be on
that committee. 1 am not a lawyer"
There are good many on that
committee who are not lawyers, re-
Piled the speaker, but if you would
prefer to be on some other committee
viii take your name off this list"
On the roll call this morning the
members were asked to state their
business occupation and Topeka ad-
dress. The members who gave their
business as farming and stock rails
ing were very largely in the majority.
A. G. Mead of Mitchell said: Il
have retired from business. and gone
into politics for the past six years. I
am farmer, lawyer and stock raiser
on the side
Cyrus Leland stated that his busi-
ness was that of merchant stock
raiser. grain and lumber.
F. D. West of Edwards stated that
chant. farmer by proxy. and stock
raiser.
In spite of the shades of John seaton
the house this morning went entirely
TO the bad and dispensed with the read
ing OF the Journal when 1t had pro-
Gressed few minutes. The journal
was referred to the committee on re-
vision of the journal
Representative Fisher, of Crawford
was granted unanimous consent to
withdraw house bill No. AZ, and sub
stitute another.
There was another grand rush of bills
this morning total OF 65 new bills
TO 121.
resolution was introduced by Rep
resentative Ham Of Rocks providing
1or a special committee of five to in
Vest1gate the cost Of a state oil refine
~ The resolution requires a report /
within 20 days.
W. Y Morgan introduced a resolution
endorsing President RooseveIt's atti-
Questing the Kansas senators and rem /
Fesentatives to work for its enactment. |
and under suspension of rules the resO-
luton was passed and sent to the sen |
ate
Representative Stone asked that an |
emergency be declared on his stare
printer bill, and that it be read a sec |
ond time and referred at once to fha !
judiciary committee. This was done
without objection
Mr.. Stone said: This is the enabling
act for the election of a state Drinte7
next Tuesday I think it should he
sent to the judiciary committee and re- |
ported back to the house today so that /
ft can be passed and sent to the sen-
ate. This bill must be published In the