The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-26

DIDN'T HAVE PASS
But Chalk BeesOn Made Trouble
for Himself.
Kept the House in Session Over
Saturday.
NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.
Members Feared That He Had
Gone Home.
Found i'm the AnterOOm anu
Properly Fined.
NOT PRESENT TO VOTE.


fearful speech against adjournment
over till Monday, and declared that
he didn't have any pass and couldn
20 home to Dodge City
So this morning when in committee
of the whole when one OF beesol
bills came up for consideration, anu any.
Beeson himself was absent from ms
nIace in the house. the volcano COM
menced TO mutter to itself that the
Ford county representative must nav
provided himself with a pass anu
gone to Dodge City. l..
As a matter of fact, Beeson was "a -
the lobby getting his shoes shined' ana
when he came rushing in with the JOB
only half done, in response TO a hurry
cali, he found that the PROCESSION nSio
moved on past his DILL he sot lne
floor and asked the members 10 OaSA
f1Ip and give his bill a hearing
at move YOU" shouted Steve Bran
don of Butler, that a committee or
three be appointed to search tne gen
itleman from Ford and see IL ne mas
secured a pass yet.
+ IT don't believe it is hardly neces-
eary to have this committee appoint
ed said w. r. Stubs. I'VE can
simply go ahead and fine the to gen'leI
move that we fine the gentleman from
Ford barrel of apples
/ This motion was also carried With
out opposition.
sean. a Democrat from Decatur, who
seems to be a pretty good indian
that the gentleman be instructed 10
Insert Jonathans and strike out ben
Davis" ,z
BIRD of Shawnee that the commits
sion men have some bills up mere tnat
they want to get passed pretty badly,
and 1t might be good scheme Tor the
gentleman to see some OF them oeIore
paying this fine"
Beeson then undertook to explain
his bill, which related to the terms of
district. court in the Thirty-f1rst
judicial district. 1t was rather com
plicated affair, and when he finished,
W. L. Cunningham of Cowley said:
"As the gentleman from Ford
doesn't seem to understand this bill
hnlself, don't see how he can expect
us to understand it. 1 move that 1t be
rec 1nlmerded for passage"
Stubbs seconded the motion and it
carried.
Then Stubs moved that the time
for the delivery of the apples be fixed
f. o'clock this afternOOns and the
motion carried.
Reeson Instructed Cy Leland to buy
q barrel Of the best apples on the
market and the apples were Served
at this afternoons session.
81 would have been glad" said
Beeson, ito have added a half barrel
OF applejack to the order if the house
had just suggested it,"
Conference on February s.
Governor Hoch today sent a mes
sage to the legislature announcing
that he had sent out letters calling the
interstate oil conference for Tuesday,
February 5, at p. m. The meeting
will probably be held at the state
house.
Governor Hoch has also issued a
public statement concerning the pur-
poses of the conference. Letters of
Invitation have been sent to governors
of all neighboring states, also to the |
governors of Minnesota, North and |
South Dakota, Ohio. Indiana, Penn
sylvanla, West Virginia and California |
If the governor of the respective |
states is unable to attend, he is asked |
to send a representative.
Still More Employees.
The house already has six janitors, |
seven assistant Sergeant-at-arms and |
four assistant doorkeepers, but accord |
ing to a resolution introduced by Rep
isn't enough. There is crying demand |
for three more janitors.
To a man up tree it looks as though
six real 5anltorS might without any
undue exertions, keep the hall of the
house of representatives swept out and |
II that is not enough, there might easily
be spared a large reinforcement from
the assistant sergeant-at-arms and as
ststant doorkeepers, all of whom are
playing thinking parts to a great ex
tent
Boggs' resolution was put on rollers,
and the people who were in favor of
boosting the pay roll tried to shove it
through the house without tearing a
very large hole. However Steve Bran
don of Butler got up and said:
Il think this is too early to begin
padding the pay roll If we start any
thing like this, we will establish
doing business this way"
The motion that the resolution be
adopted was defeated. Then a motion
the committee on rules for considera-
tton was adopted. The resolution fol.
whereas. The sergeant-at-arms finds
It impossible to properly take care of
the house without an additional force
of janitors; and
Whereas. He has found 1t necessary
heretofore to use voluntary helm ana
has had to call upon the executive coun-
Gil who have furnished help which vii;
have to be paid for by this house later
on: and,
Whereas, This house should choose
Its own employees; and
Whereas, The sergeant-at-arns finds
L necessary that three additional jani.
tors be furnished in order to properly
care for the house; now, therefore. BE-
Resolved. BY this house that thu
names of J. NJ. Montgomery Erenb
West and John Davis be added to tba
list of house employees and placed on
the pay roll from the beginning of this
session, because they have been almost
employed by the sergeant F
alarms since the beginning of the ses-
SION"
i'm Committee of the Whole
The house put in most of the morn
ing grinding out bills in committee of
The whole. The following were the
Important bills recommended for
passage:
SINNERS resolution requesting con-
zress to allow pensions to the For |