The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-08
House Will Not Adjourn for
Saturday.
Machinery Will Be at Work All
Day.
PASS ASSESSMENT LAW
That Anti Harvester Trust Bill
Reported.
Committee on judiciary APP
proves Senate Measure.
Ass ASSESSMENT LAW

The house solemnly decided this
morning that il would stay at work all
day Saturday. and to clinch its bargain
with itself. it made the local bills .
special order for Saturday all day
The question of adjournment until
Monday was brought up this morning
by Parks Helmick of Neosho who said
There are some Of US who want 20
know what this house is going to do to-
morrow. and in order to test that mat
ter right now, I move that when this
house adjourn. it adjourn until Mon
day afternoon at > o'clock"
Somebody amended this to adjourn
until 10 o'clock Saturday morning W
L Cunningham moved a substitute
for both that local bills be made
special order for Saturday, which was
equivalent to pledging the house To
meet Saturday, and at the same time
left such members as don't have local
bills on hand, a chance to so home and
spend Sunday. The Cunningham sub
stitute was carried
1t is not likely that the house viii
have a quorum Saturday morning, but
II possibly can sneak into committee of
the whole and get down TO business
when the roll call isn't looking
Passed New Assessment Law.
The house, by a vote Of 81 TO 4.
passed the new assessment and taxa
ton law this morning The bill came
up on third reading subject to amend
ment and debate
As was arranged at the session of the
committee OF the whole, on suggestion
of Leydig OF butler, all that portion Of
the present tax law relating TO the du-
ties of the state board Of railroad
assessment and state board Of equalLza-
ton which il is desired to supplement
to the new law, is included in the new
law These sections were added this
morning on motion Of Mr. Kirkland
A few minor amendments were also
- NJ - u-a= nd
to the senate It is unusual for a bill
of such Importance TO get through the
house with such a smooth and harmon
ious passage
New Accounting Bills
The committee on state affairs will
meet this evening for the purpose of
talking over the proposed Nation bills
for a system of state accounting. and
the TuHey substitutes for that system
There is good deal of bitterness over
the question and a good deal of misrep-
resentation has been INDUCED in There
is no doubt that Mr. TulIey is sincere
in his opinions but it seems TO be the
bF some of the old Kelly gang tfch-
Is still trying to run the state treasury.
Here is a statement from the Indepen-
dence Reporter in Mr. TuIIey's county:
Considerable pressure is being
brought to bear upon State Treasure
TuIIey to compel him to endorse the
scheme of State Auditor Nation for a
new system of accounting in the
treasury Office An effort is being
made to make it appear that Mr..
TuIIey has some Interior object and
possibly he may wish to continue a
system OF graft Not Mark TuIIey.
The trouble is other people have not
looked so far into the matter as MI
TulIey. Tulley has pure motives in his
position and we doubt very much if
Mr. Nation has. For instance, Mr..
Nation asks the state to adopt his sys-
TEN Of accounting. which means that
a new set OF books must be provided