The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-23
SLAP AT SENATE.
House Takes One But Soon
Changes Its Mind.
Refused to Return a Bill as
Requested.
TAKES IT ALL BACK.
Afterward Decides to Accede to
the Request.
Quincy Bank SIander Bill Is
Duly Slain.
FAKES IT ALL BACK.

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| Forty members Of the house of rep
resentatives voted this morning for a
motion which was direct slap at the
| Kansas senate, and their votes passed
the motion which threatened for a
time to destroy legislative comfy
The senate asked the house to re-
turn to it house bill No. EOS. 1t is al
ways customary for one body to COM
ply with such requests from the other.
The bill had been passed by both
house and senate, the house had con-
Cured in senate amendments and IL
had gone to the governor for his sig
nature.
The bill was introduced by c.. A.
Stannard, and it provided for the ex-
animation and taxation of concen-
trated stock foods. The bill had a
rough time in the senate and came
very close to defeat. The millers of
Kansas were fighting the bill.
Mr.. Stannard feared the senate was
recalling his bill today for the purpose
of killing it.
Il move he said. that we refuse
the request of the senate for the re-
turn of house bill EOS. L have reason
to believe that this bill is recalled by
the senate for the purpose of kill
ing it,
This is an extraordinary proceed
D.
we had better go slow 1 want to be
sure that the gentleman from Lyon
knows it to be a fact that the recall of
this bill is for the purpose of kill
ing it,"
1.-The friends of the bill in the SEN
ate" said Mr.. Stannard, don't want
this bill recalled. They advise us to
refuse the senate,s request
A viva voce vote was taken on
STANDARDS motion and it was so close
that the chair said he was unable to
decide and asked for a standing vote
Before it was taken a few more
speeches were made.
see danger ahead of us during
the next ten days" said Mr. Ham.
why not wait and see if the bill has
not already gone beyond our recal?"
move as a substitute that the
matter be. deferred until next Tues
day. said z. A. Enright.. THAT will
back"
said Mr.. stannard. ''There are not
more than three men in the senate
who will take offense if we refuse to
return the bill. 1 feel sure the senate
will not take any offense."
The Enright substitute was de-
feated.
STANDARDS original motion to refuse
the request of the senate was carried
by a vote of 40 to "a.
The matter was apparently settled
by this vote. and the disinterested
spectator would have declared that the
house had boxed the senate's ears
However, about ten minutes later
when Mr.. Stannard had talked mat
ters over with some of the senators. ne
decided that it would be safe to back
up
1.-The senator's opposed to the bill
have agreed not to kill the bill. but
simply to correct certain amend
ments made by the senate" said Mr.
Stannard.
Mr.. Ham moved that the action of
he house in refusing the senate's re-
quest be reconsidered. and this was
carried. Then the house granted the
senate's request by unanimous con-
sent.
Killed Quincy's SANDER Bill.
Senator Quincy's bill prohibiting the
circulation of false and defamatory ru-
nors about banks was killed this
morning by the house in committee
Of the whole.
. When the bill came up for consid-
grafton, Mr.. Cunningham tried to have,
women included in the bill, as well as
banks He said It should be made a
oenitentiary offense to SANDER a wo-
nan. The amendment carried.
Then somebody else said that men
ought to be protected and they tried
% Include men in the bill. This was
going too far. and several hostile
ipeeches were made. Then a motion
vas made to strike out the enacting
'iduse anu II eiiA'|u WIN lltie oppo-
tion.
Raised Moro Salaries
The house had quite a little tiff this
morning ever the Enright bill raising
he salaries and increasing the num-
ger of employees in the state labor
commissioners office, but the bill fin
lily prevailed.
The bill adds the job of statistical
Jerk at $1,000 a year. to the present
provisions, and increases the pay OF
he other officials. The pay of the
is raised from 1900 to
i 800 per year.
The bill was recommended for
assage in the house committee of the
Whole.