The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
Legislators Decide to Stay Over
Sunday.
Absentees Brought Back From
Their Homes.
ALL IN A TANGLE.
Appropriation and Two Cent
Fare Bills Tied Up.
Unable to Secure a Quorum in
the House.

to finish the work before it before the
time set for the expiration of the ses-
sion Saturday evening at o'clock an
other joint resolution was adopted by
the legislature designating IL O'Clock
Monday evening as the final hour for
the cessation of the consideration of
other business than messages from the
governor. Governor Hoch announced
that he would call a special session I'M
less the appropriation bill was passed.
The miscellaneous appropriation bill
is in such a muddle that half OF the
members of the house would not know
where to locate themselves if they
should try and there are prospects for
an open row between the house and
the senate over the bill. Cyrus Lee
land, chairman of the committee on
ways and means, on the floor OF the
house charged the senate with break
ing faith with reference to handling
the appropriation bills which have
been punched in the miscellaneous
budget.
The appropriation bill as well as the
two-cent fare bill would probably
have been passed Saturday evening and
the representa- ives be at their homes
if it had not been for the haste or
some of them to leave the city. If the
instructions of Speaker Simmons are
carried out as he announced from the
speakers desk Saturday night just be-
fore adjournment there will be full
house as far as representative nall is
concerned.
The sergeant at arms was instructed
Saturday night to issue warrants for
All of the absent members and to see
TO it that they were in their seats at
roll call today. There had been
steady grind all day Saturday: most OF
the time on appropriation bills, with
occa Sional lullS when the secretary OF
the senate would notify the house that
they had pinned "2S" tag on some
of their bills.
There were muttered protests when
the senate was heard from, but the
report which aroused the ire of the
house to the revolving point was mes
sage from the senate conveying the in
formation that that body had killed
nearly every house item in the miscel-
Ianeous appropriation bill The house
had the senate bill or ike nature
under consideration at the time and |
had reached the eighth item when the
news Of the action of the senate reach |
ed them.
1t was then that Cyrus Leland, the
chairman of the house committee on
ways and means, announced that the
senate was not acting in good faith and !
asked that the further consideration of |
the senate miscellaneous appropriation |
bill cease until an understanding couls |
be reached between the two. bodies. |
Representative Stone was in favor OF
appointing a conference committee to |
consist of the two ways and means
committees. Leland opposed this and
said that the house had nothing 10
confer about and that as the senate
had broken faith. that. it was up to that
body TO explain its action, and he
moved as an amendment to Stones |
motion that the house take a recess
until 1880 which carried.
AS soon as the house reconvened |
the committee which had been APP !
pointed to confer with a like commit |
tee from the senate on the two-cent
fare bill reported. Before adjourning /
for supper the house and senate agreed |
to extend the time for the consldera-
ton of bills from to 9 o'clock. The
roll was called and an attempt made |
to adopt the report of the conference
committee which recommended that
the house recede from its position and
accept the bill as amended by the SEN
ate which provides for two cent fare
conditional on the purchase of mile
age books.
The roll call developed the fact that
there was not a quorum present and
call of the house was made without
success, the vote on the bill standing
AZ for its adoption and against
though IL was never announced by the
speaker. Again the old expediency
of stopping the clock was resorted to
and the appropriation bill was saved,
for a few moments later a resolution
came over from the senate asking the
house to concur and extend the time
for consideration of bills until IL
o'clock a. m. Monday.
There are but two things that can be
done under the existing conditions,
said Speaker Simmons. Go ahead and
transact business without a quorum be-
ing present or come back and hold an
extra session. Just then the senate
resolution came over and was adopted
and changed the phase of matters ma
teriaIly and the call of the house was
raised and warrants for the arrest of
the following absent members placed in
the hands of the sergeant-at-arms:
Adams, Archer. Banks, Bergman,
Boggs. Boyle, Brandon, Brierley. Brown.
Chatter. Clark, Cottingham, Cowan,
Gr Cradle Greeeh' Gurgan; DayId l;o
Flanagan, Fraser. Giants. Grasse. Hell
mick, Hendricks, Holden. Holdren, JEFF
fries, Jones, Lander, Lehman, Leydig,
ell, Morgan of Hodgeman, Murphy, My
ers, O'Connor, Patterson, Plumb. Pohl-
man, Policy, Potts, Rail, Ransom, Rey-
nard. Rhodes. Richardson. Roush, Ryan,
Saunders, Schmidt, Shepard, Sherer,
Sipple, Sourbeer, Stannard. Sticher
Stockton, Sweeny, Swope. Tannahill
Taylor, Tredway. Umholtz, Warren,
Wells, Westcott. Wilson. Woodhouse
few of the members included in the
list left for their homes as soon as their
pay stopped and the attendance has
since though there was a quorum at
noon Saturday and "a members answer
ed for roll call at the morning session
Many took the late afternoon and even
ing trains for home suppesing that their
work for the session was over for the
season.
The misunderstanding between the
ways and means committee of the house
and senate came about on account of
an innovation which Senator Noftzger
attempted to introduce when he arrived
in the city at the opening of the session.
In speaking of this he said: The mis-
cellaneous appropriation bill has been
the lurking place of CRAFTS of all kinds
in the past and there has never been a
legislative session held that there has
not been more or less scandal connected
with this miscellaneous appropriation
bill
Il have contended that if the bills for