The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-20
Will NOT TAKE IT
Senate Hostile to Stubs Pri-
mary Measure.
Fitzpatrick Bill Probably Take
It's Place.
HELD NIGHT SESSION.
This Vas Devoted to Advance
ment of Bills.
All Measures Made a Special
Order for Today.

hSot much progress was made
oy the senators Tuesday afternoon, that
IS towards all outward appearances,
with the Consideration of the primary
DIS which were down as special orders
IN the committee of the whole. Two
ana naIf hours time of the senate
wa. Was consumed in having the clerk read
eii OF them and then further action
on ttem Was deferred until today.
II Is understood however, that a ma
J'lty OF the senators got together on
the subject of primary legisIst ton and
the matter is just as we'll as set
tled from their standpoint The pro-
gramme is to give the Stubs bill the
osstn OF dog and pass the bill father
gu Dy senator Fitzpatrick. This bill
provides for primary elections but
makes candidate to get the nomina-
tlon ne Is after must have a majority
OF the votes cast at the primaries In
case a majority is not given to any
candidate then a convention is to he
held to make the nomination.
When the bills were finally taken up
Ior special consideration in the com
m1ttee OF the whole-and this was
around three O'Clock with Senator Ben
son presiding in the chair-Senator
Fitzpatrick moved that the secretary
De directed to read each of the four
Oils He expressed the belief that the
ADOPTION of primary nomination law
was one or the most important matters
mat the senate would have to pass on
He thought that the bills presented on
the subject represented the time and
tnought of many able men and he
tnought that all of them ought to be
read Tor the information of the SEN
dtorS- He expressed the belief that not
a majority of the senators had read the
DlIis and Knew what they contained
For this reason, if none other. thew
ought to be read.
senator Stewart moved to amend by
eliminating the reading of his bill. This
bill is practically the same in its terms
as the Stubs bill and Senator Stewart
thought that it would be a waste of
time for his bill to be read
senator S1mons made the same sort
OF an amendment to the motion in re-
gard to his BILL There was consider
able discussion on the proposition about
the reading of the bills and as to which
should be read Senator GETTY called
attention to the fact that the bills total
e. hundred and forty-one pages of
reading matter and that the secretary
or his clerks could not read them in a
dozen or more hours
Senator Simons declared that the only
reason he l-d asked for the passing of
his bill. as far as the reading of it was
concerned, was to save time He said
that the time for the conclusion of the
legislative work was getting short and
that he thought a lot of it could and
. a
couple OF the primary bills.
The motion to dispense with the read
ing of the Simons and Stewart bill was
lost by a vote of IA to 10 and then the
original motion of Senator Fitzpatrick
TT all of the bills be read was carried
by a vote of q to 16.
The clerk thereupon began the read
ing of the Stubs bill and finished it in
about an hours time. Senator Stewart
moved that his bill. which was next in
nd
prevailed. Senator Getty moved that
the reading of the Simons bill be dis
pensed with but this motion was lost
by vote of IA to ID and the Simons
bill was read. Then followed the
reading of the Senator Fitzpatrick
bill and on its conclusion Senator
Fitzpatrick sprung sort of novel mo-
ton. He thought that il would be we'll
for standing vote to be taken on each
measure-that the senators should rise
and declare themselves as to which bill
they favored He said that this vote
would be an informal one and would
not be binding and then the consfdera-
ton of the measures could be taken
up.
Senator Getty wanted to know if
there was any precedent for such a
proposition. Senator Fitzgerald re-
piled that he did not know or care
about precedent in the matter. I'VE
are all here together" he added, land
we might decide by the way I suggest
which Dill we Snould take up
Further discussion of this PROPOSE
ton was cut off by a motion that the
committee rise and ask leave to sit
again on the bills. This motion pre-
vailed and when Senator Benson pre-
scented the report of the committee of
the whole Senator Noftzger moved
that the bills be made a special order
in general orders at 1920 o'clock to-
morrow morning That is just ten
minutes before the various railroad