The Goodland republic., 1907-03-15


would blast their political future BY
being caught with such goods ia their
POSSESSION
Stubs may be called the principal
4 leader OF the antf-raiIroad crowd EIs
/ chief Heutsnants were Robert Stone
/ Of ShaTne and ". 3. Ham o. Rocks.
Among the new members OF the leg
7 islature whose first terms have Just
/ closed Cunningham and ingalls, have
made the most favorable impression.
/ Parks Helmick Of Neosho and 3. r.
/ Leydig and ". ". Padgett Of Fort
Scott are also coming men. E A En-
/ right has served in the legislature be-
fore Davidson OF SedgWick is a man
OF considerable influence, ana is auth
or Of the new taxation law, but he
can't talk
Among the minority members, none
has shown up to better advantage
than c. F. Foley OF Rice. Foley Is a
fighter, and he caught onto the ropes
with remarkable celerity.
The senate can grind out work
about twice as fast as the house be-
cause it IS built that way. There are
three times as many members IN the
house as in the senate, and Il takes
nearly three times as long to do
things. The senate lOafs about half
the time, and still managers at the end
OF the session to be more nearly
through with its calendar than the
house.
This IS because there are too many
pouters in the house. In the senate
the speechmaking is done by four or
five men, In the house there are fifty
men who want to talk on every mo-
tion.
Besides that the senate, by a sort OF
tacit consent, takes a lot OF short cuts
in its work which the house won't
stand for. The senate saves hours
and hours OF time In the reading"
OF bills by not reading the bills at all
The reading clerk viii take a bill with
twenty printed pages, read the title,
the enacting clause, a sentence or two
in the first section, and then skip
clear down to This act shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its publication in the statute book"
Unless some member has an amend
ment to make, or the bill is Of espe-
cial importance, the senate never
reads its bills clear through. The SEN
atOrs are supposed to know all about
what the bills contain from the print
ed copies placed on their desks.
Whenever there arises some little
the mode OF parliamentary procedure,
or about the advisability OF making
certain motion at a certain time, the
senators settle the thing with a little
whispered conversation among them
selves, in thirty seconds OF time The
house members, on the other hand,
would get into a Wrangle on the floor,
there would be forty speeches made,
and several roll calls, before the diff
Guilty would be ironed out That's
why the senate gets along so much
faster than the house, and explains
Why the senate can blow about its
good work in cleaning up the calen-
dar. The house IS too big to move rap
idly.
Are the People Dissatisfied?
What will be the effect Of the pres
ent session Of the legislature?
That is a question which viii only
be answered at the next election. Il
the election were to be held at once
there is not much doubt what would
happen. The railroad lodge in the
senate would be wiped out OF exist
ence, and there would be a working
majority Of brand new members in
that body, regardless OF the fact that
some Of the brainest men in the sen
ate would have to go. There would be
a lot OF changes in the house Of repre-
sentatives, too, and the chances are
that the democrats would still further
increase their membership in that
body.
But the election is not today-it IS
two years hence. VIII the people for
get? VIII those constituencies
which have been betrayed forgive the
authors Of their degradation, and take
them back to their bOsOms2
Everything indicates that the poll
teal situation in Kansas during the
next two years viii be considerably
agitated- The bitter animOsitiss stir
red up during the last days OF the
present session viii be carried out in
to the campaign Fitzpatrick has
branded ". r. Stubs as a hypOcrite,
a demagOgue and a political parasite,
and Dolley has called Fitzpatrick a
liar and a betrayer OF trusts. Quincy
has accused the senate OF grand lar
ceny in appropriating $4,000 to re
imburse" Tom Kelly, and Kelly has
had his face pounded by his press
agent. The ball has opened up gaily-
What is the next dance?
Appropriations Total ~ Millions
The legislature certainly can't brag
about economy. It has appropriated
more money than any legislature in
the hitory Of the state; $6,5O0,0OO viii
be necessary 20 pay the bills created
at the present session OF this amount
$4,000 must be raised by the tax
payers.