The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-25

people get drunk. He said all railway
trainmen are opposed to Sunday base
ball.
E. A. Enright of wyandotte ex-
planned the position of the majority or
the judiciary committee. and said that
the bill reported by the committee is
fair to rural districts and cities.
After Stone made his unsuccessful
effort to suspend the rules and put the
bill on final passage. he said: wei.
we've got 20 votes and that's enough
to pass the bill all right"
Because they were in too much of
hurry to push the bill through, and
gave no time for thorough investiga-
ton, the friends of the bill creating
legislative committee on claims and ac-
counts caused the sudden and per-
manent death of that measure in the
house committee of the whole on
Thursday afternoon.
lie bill came 20 the house as senate
bill No 204 and the object was to give
the joint committee of the two houses
the right to summon witnesses, admin
lister oaths and make legal investiga-
ton of all claims against the state, such
as are usually passed upon by the ways
and means committee and included in
the miscellaneous appropriation bill.
The bill also provided that permanent
record of all such investigations should
state. The bill contains many meri
torious features, but it was rushed" to
death. The members of the house didnt
understand it, and were afraid that it
had a Joker in it.
1t was also burdened with a palpable
graft in the shape of two stenographers
and a clerk for the proposed Joint COM
L tee, when it was obvious to every
body that one stenographer could ham
die all the work Of the two committees.
After the house debated the bill for
half an hour, and many eloquent
speeches were made, E. A. Enright
moved that the enacting clause be
stricken out, and the motion carried
amid great enthusiasm.
Speaker ]. S. Simmons announced the
following committee to conduct the in
vestigation of the Kelly-Hopkins affair,
as provided for in the resolution of ].
NJ. Davis of Bourbon:
>. C. Mitchell of Lawrence, A. C.
Husey of Wichita, w. W. Gordon of
Kansas City Kan.
This committee ought to be satisfac-
tory to Kelly and Hopkins. Mitchell
and Husey voted to table the Davis
resolution and smother the investiga-
ton, and Gordon was absent and didn't
vote at all Contrary to the usual Gus
tom in such cases, Speaker Simmons
ignored J. NJ. Davis, the man who in
troduced the resolution, and did not
even give him place on the commit
tee.
The house voted yesterday afternoon
to make the anti-pass proposition the
special order for next Wednesday af- |
at 2 o'clock The three bills
be printed, 400 copies of each, and will |
be ready for the consideration of the |
house. The majority of the committee, |
composed of nine of the II members. |
XAI he D4IIn ~ ,f,I, ed, ,,v11x
prohibits the issuance of free passes to |
those coming to a political convention, |
and those going home to vote. 1t per-
Tnits public officials to grab all the an
nuals they can get their hands on. and |
use all the free passes they can get for |
political purposes.
The Stone bill, which is really the |
only genuine anti-pass bill before the |
session, was favored by seven members |
Of the committee.
The Kiff bill. which is supposed to be
by Bale Waggener, and re- |
quires railroads to furnish passes to all |
public officials, was favored by ]. s. |
Johnson, Democrat from Miami coun- /
ty, who was the seventeenth member |
Of the committee. --.=------z-.---z- s.,---s
Frank Ohlhausen, member of the 1905 |
house from Leavenworth county. was |
IN Topeka Thursday watching the fate |
Of the anti-baseball bill. Speaking of |
The congressional fight he said:
Don't be too sure that Anthony will
control Leavenworth county. He will |
nave a hard fight on his hands. If J. |
VI. Corey is not a candidate against |
Anthony, somebody else who is strong. |
er will be. He is certain to have OPP
position and strong opposition too"
Ohlhausen is supposed to have been
oeaten for reelection to the legislature
1y the Anthony influence.
The ladies living at the Copeland
hotel have arranged to receive the
members of the legislature every
Thursday afternoon and evening