The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-28
MODOCS SANG TO HOUSE
Then the Members Settled Down and
Recommended Bills.

The house spent an hour last night
in ..playing horse with the members
and those about the state house. The
Modocs had been asked to sing and
rendered a number of selections for
the pleasure oftthe members and the
galleries which for the first time were
crowded at a night session. The SER
geants at {. arms brought all of the
available chairs to the floor or the
house and tn ere were .occupide by visit
ing ladies, many of them the wives and
daughters of the members.
The hit of the evening was a song
arranged for the OCCASION by Major
Anderson dealing with the short as
well as the long comings of the mem
bers of the house. During the singing
of the song General j. w. f. hughes,
who was occupving the seat of one
of the members. was detected rolling
a cigarette and-was- promptly fined a
barrel of apples, and acknowledged the
attention paid him with MS planoesC
ssDeIighted"- Roosevelt smile.
1. What specters fill this grand old hall,
what ghosts. beyond compare,
Primary Bill. so gaunt and tall, the little
Two Cent Fare:
The ant-pass that walks the track and
girded bridge and guard,
And looks as if it held the sack, with fea-
lures set and hard
Chorus
oh. rise up Bale Wag-gen-er, Oh, rise up,
You seem to know. my good dear sir, just
what you are here for. ;.
And let the chaplain say his prayer, as 1t
has been his wont.
And in it may ali sinners share. as prays
he for Dumont.
2. The ghosts of schemes that Bale sprung,
killed by your bricks and clubs,
Haman built for Stubs.
The ghost of alphabetic Bird, killed by a
When nh high iath the Wordy battle waged tween
him and Robert stone.
oh, rise up Walter Stubs and snite them
hip and thigh.
The ghost of alphabetic Bird. killed by
When high the wordy battle ragged, tween
him and Robert Stone
3. Among the sheeted ghosts that came
down these long. spacious aisles,
With head erect and game, met by no
Was the proud chief with pallid face as
tender words he spoke;
The primest ghost of all, his grace, his
honor, Edward Hoch.
Chorus
oh, rise up Edward William and tell them
And all of us square dealers" will surely
While the the proud S chief with pallid face as
tender words he spoke.
The grandest statesman of the day, his
honor, Edward Hoch
4 Don't let passes free and Two Cent
Fares and Old Primary Bill.
Disturb your peaceful slumbers while you
send your grst to mill,
But rise up all We statesmen and shout
to beat the band
For all that goes to make a state for sun
ny Kansas land.
Chorus.
Oh, sunny. sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny
Kansas land,
Oh, sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny
Kansas land,
Then rise IN all We statesmen and shout
to beat the band
For all that goes to make state for
sunny Kansas land
After the fun had lasted for half an
hour after the time set when the house
it resolved itself into a COM
mittee of the whole for the considera-
ton and passage of bills. The follow
ing bills were recommended for pas
sage with but few amendments and
were voted on without the roll being
called in q single instance;
BY Mitchell-An act relating to the |
state geological survey.
BY Harlan act requiring railroads
and transportation companies, their |
agent and employees, to stamp or place |
upon freight way bills of carload ship
ments the date and hour when such |
shipment was delivered for transpor- |
tation, prescribing the further duties |
of such companies, their agents and |
employees in regard to carload ship |
ments, and providing penalty Tor the !