The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-17
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Special Session QuestionReaches
Amusing Stage.
Members of Legislature Are In
vited to Topeka.
HOCH ENTERS DENIAL
Not Writing the Letters That
Not Writing the Letters That
Bring Them.
NeverthelessAH AreInterviewed
by Governor About Session.

Is Governor Hoch about to call a
special session?
He says he isn't, but listen
Members of the legislature are get
ting letters asking them to come tic
Topeka and consult with the governor
about the following propositions:
1. The primary election law.
2. The state depository law.
| 8. The amendments to the assess
| ment and taxation law.
And Governor Hoch denies emphat-
ically that he has written any letters;
denies that he has invited members
of the legislature to come to Topeka;
denies that he is getting any express
sions of opinions from members of
the legislature, and denies that any,
body is getting this information for
him.
A man who arrived in Topeka today
brought with him the first information
that Governor Hoch was sending OUT
letters to members of the legislature,
for the purpose of finding out the pos
sibility of the enactment of certain
laws, and the advisability of the spe-
cial session.
These letters, it is stated, merely
state that the governor would be
pleased to have the recipient talk with
him about the attitude of the legisla-
ture on the primary law, the deposit
tory law and the taxation law. The
report is that these letters were sent
direct from the office of Governor
Hoch.
When the matter was presented to
Governor Hoch today for his con-
firmation, he acted very suspicious,
but refused to confirm.
Where did you get that informa-
tion % was his first question. Then
he laughed. cit just beats the world
what stories will get into circulation
he added, and then laughed some
more.
While this might be considered sort
of tacit admission that there was
something in the story, Governor
Hoch then said:
'I haven't written any letters. I
have not asked the members of the
legislature to communicate with me,
nor have asked them to come to
Topeka and consult with me. There
one else has written such letters.
either"
1t is very strange; it is mysterious.
Yesterday Representative Guyer of
Stafford county was in Topeka He
admitted that he was here to talk TO
Governor Hoch about the special ses-
sion, and said he would urge the gov
ernor to call the session. But he
ed him to come. Nobody thought to
inquire about that, and Guyer forgot |
to mention. it. 1t may be. however, !
that Mr.. Guyer was the advance guard |
of the legislative invasion. 1t is an
ticipated that there will be Other |
members Of the legislature 'just drop |
i'm during the next week, and they /
will all see Governor Hoch and the /
governor will extract from them their |
opinions concerning the special ses-
sion. Many of the members will be |
here during the meeting of the Re-
publican state central committee on
December %, and all of them that /
have passes will make it convenient
TO come to Topeka right after Christ
mas. There will be much doing i'll
politics.
Committee May Recommend Session.
It begins to look as though Cover.
lor Hoch was busily fortffying him.
self on the special session proposition,
and that as soon as the state central
meets and rejects the An>
hony- plan for a primary.
he governor will step in with his call
'or a session.
''The state central committee" said
prominent Republican today, sis net
,oing to call any primary. The COM
nittee is much more likely to adopt
resolution urging Governor Hoch to
all q special session for the enact
nent of a primary law. The candi-
lates for the Republican nomination
or state offices don't object to a pri-
nary under state law, and such a prf-
nary would help the chances of the
tate ticket in the next campaign"