The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11
JUDGES ARE HAPPY
Bill Increasing Their Pay Goes
Through Senate.
The Vote Is Taken Without Any
Debate.
HAS MAJORITY OF ONE.
Six Senators Change Their
Minds on Question.
Senator Waggener's Proposition
to Revise the Constitution.

Providing Governor Hoch signs the
measure, and no one believes that he
will do otherwise, and it is printed in
the official state paper before Monday,
the four justices of the supreme court
who were elected at the last election
will have their salaries increased by
$1,000, and the seventeen district
court judges elected at the last cleo
ton will have their pay increased by
$500.
For when the house bill providing
that justices of the supreme court
shall receive $4,000 year and judges
of the district court $4,000 a year
came up for final disposition in the
senate as a special order this morn
ing, it was passed with just the reQui-
site number of voteS-twenty-twO,
and it was passed without a word Of
debate.
afternoon, when a similar measure of
the senate was killed by that body
with a vote of "a to Is, and this morn
ing when the house bill came up, six
of the senators had changed their
minds on the proposition. They voted
for the measure today and their votes
were just enough to pass it. These
senators who came to the rescue were
Belts, Buschow, Haskell, Miller, Rob-
ertson and Stillings.
This was the way the senators voted
on the measure today: For it were
Benson, Belts, Buschow, Carver, Full
Lower, Martin of Bourbon. Miller.
Noftzger, Porter of Crawford. Potter of
Montgomery, Quincy, Robertson,
Smith, Stannard, Stillings and Wag-
gener. Total-21.
Against it were: Blaker, Brewer,
Caldwell, Chapman, Connor, Fitz-
patrick, Hamme, Hodges, Huffman,
Hughes, Martin of Woodson, Simons.
Stewart, Tucker, Wilkerson and
Young. Total-16.
Those not voting were Dolley, Gill
bert and Hayden.
The bill had been made a special
order on final passage for 1890 o'clock
and, at that hour, after such routine
tions, introduction of bills and reso-
lutions, had been disposed of, I4ieuten-
ant Governor Hanna announced the
special order of the day and ordered
the bill on it's third reading and final
passage. The same sort of a fight that
has been made on the measure for the
last two days by the senators who ex-
pressed opposition to it was looked for,
but not a word was said by any OF
them and a roll call was started on the
measure without an iota of debate.
And the roll call resulted in its pass
age by exactly the requisite number of
votes for a majority. The Dill now
goes to the governor.
While routine business was being
transacted Senator Smith, a chairman,
reported favorably from the judiciary
committee the bill of Senator Bus
chow's on the western school land pro-
position. On motion of Senator
Buschow five hundred copies of the
bill were ordered printed and this mo-
ton at the request of Senator Getty,
who introduced bill this morning
touching on this question, the same
number of copies of his bill were or
dered printed. The Getty bill provides
for the reimbursement of persons who
have paid the state money Tor schoof
lands from which they are being dis
lodged and appropriates $25,O0O to
make these reimbursements.
Senator Getty believes his measure
most fair one. It seems that in many
Instances years and years ago certain
persons bought western school lands
and settled on them. They were to
pay the state on the installment for
them. When hard times came they left
these lands and in many instances the
state resold these lands to other set
tiers. Since the lands have become
valuable many of the original pur-
chasers have appeared on the scene
and brought suit to recover their titles
to the lands Most of the cases of this
sort that have been taken to the courts
have resulted in victories for the orig
inaI settlers The second purchasers
of the land have had no way in which
thew could recover the money they
paid to the state. And this Dill or SEN
ator Getty's proposes to provide the
means for the reimbursement of these
persons.
Senator Miller's bill making con-
tingent appropriation of 100000 to pay
the salaries and mileage of the sena-
tors and also to pay the salaries OF the
employees of the senate, was declared
to be an emergency, advanced TO
third reading and passed.
Senator Smith also reported favor
ably from the judiciary committee
Senator Griffin's bill restoring the Ju-
risdiction of the justices of the peace
of the city of Lawrence.
After the justices salaries bill had
been disposed of and some other rou-
tine business transacted, the senate ad-
journed at IL a. m. until O'Clock this
afternoon. An effort was made by
some of the senators to adjourn until
Monday or Tuesday but they could not
cree on the time for an extended ac-
tournament. This will be decided at
the afternoon session.
For constitutional Convention.
A nroposition for calling a conStitu-
+ionaI convention to revise the consti-
tuition of the state, was presented to the
senate today by Senator Bale Wag-
gener in concurrent lesoiueloH "nlch
reads as follows:
Re If Resolved, By the legislature of
the state of Kansas, two-thirds of the
members of each branch thereof con-
curing therein:
Section 1. That 1t is necessary to
cali a convention to revise, amend and
change the constitution Of the state of
sec. 3. The following proposition IS
hereby recommends to the qualified
electors of the state of Kansas for their
approval or rejection. towit: Shall
convention be called to revise, amend
and change the constitution of the
state of Kansas. said convention to be
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