The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-18
UP GOES PAY ROLL
Five Extra Employees Added in
House.
Democrats Wanted a Share In
Patronage.
MONEY FOR HANGERS ON
Six Hundred Dollars Paid Today
for extra " Ork."
Snap for Those Who Failed
"TO Land" Included.
MONEY FOR HANGERS on

Efforts were made just at the close
of the house session today to put half
dozen extra employees on the pay
roll, and five of the six managed to
squeeze through.
The Democrats will have to take the
responsibility for starting the clamor
for more jobs. Just after the report of
the committee on rules had been read,
recommending the same number of
employees that were hired at the ses-
sion two years ago, ]. NJ. Davis or
Bourbon county moved as an amend
ment that the Democrats be allowed 10
select the following employees:
One stenographer for the committee
on assessment and taxation.
One clerk for the minority.
One page for the minority.
One sergeant at arms for the min
ority.
The house voted to give the Demo-
Gratis what they wanted. THESE places
are in addition to the one stenographer
allowed by the committee on rules as
Democratic patronage.
Hardly had the Democrats been sat
isfed when a whole swarm OF JOB
hunters flew up and there came near
being a panic. The railroads commit
tee demanded a clerk, who should also
be a steno nographer, and the motlon was
put and carried.
Then the committee on health and
hygiene, of which w. A. S. Bird acted
as spokesman, wanted clerk, or
doorkeeper or something, but the
house turned down the request.
After this lot of the members hap
pened to think of somebody who ought
to be paid for extra work" 1t is Gus
tomary for a man who wants a JOB to
come to Topeka, hang around the leg
islature a few days, and then, II ne
i0H n
the time he was here trying to land,
at the rate of So per day. The state
handed out about $3.50 this morning
in this method. Some of the money
was no doubt rightfully earned, pus
most of it is simply a donation to some
needy statesman. The following are
the names of those who were on the
list of benef1ciaries this morning:
. Thos. Glover, $27; Geo. McAdoo,
S27; Chas. Anderson, $27; John Davis.
S27; c. w. Guy, $27; John Childs, $27;
Frank West, $27; T. J.. Jordan, $27; A.
G. Hagan, S27; r. B. Allbaugh, $27;
J.. NJ. Montgomery, $27; Geo. II.
Craner. s27; c. E. Botkin. $27; n. E.
Laubach, So; W. A. Pickens, $27: Jas.
Bethel, $27; o. K. Miller, $27; Percy
Hagg, $12; A. G. McGuiddy, $27; D.
Moss, $12; I. NJ. Platt, $24; Mrs. J. M.
Smiley, $27; John Doane, $27; w. E.
Taylor $50.
The Sunday baseball bill was con-
siderably mangled in the judiciary
committee yesterday, and when re-
ported back to the house this morn
ing, the majority of the committee
had fixed up a new section. The new
section prohibits Sunday baseball and
Sunday theaters when the baseball
and theaters constitute disturbance
of the peace. The law in effect is not
materially different from what it is at
present.
The people on the Judiciary commit
tee who favor the suppression of base
ball on Sunday put in minority re-
port, in which they recommended that
the bill be passed as originally pre-
sented
of Capital Punishment.
The bill of A. c. Mitchell of Douglas
county to abolish capital punishment
in Kansas was passed by the house
this morning 81 members voting for
the bill and 40 voting against it.
When the bill came up for final
passage J. NJ. Davis of Bourbon coun-
ty offered an amendment to let juries
decide whether punishment for muir
der in the first degree should be by
death or life Imprisonment. The
was lost by a rising vote
of 20 for to 55 against.
Morgan's Demurrage Bill.
w. Y Morgan this morning intro
duced a bill for the purpose of making
rage law enacted by the last legisla-
ture The Guyer law has never been
of any value. Mr.. Morgan said this
morning:
'fThe new features are the increase
in the penalty from 81 to SIS per day.
the giving of the penalty to the ship
per instead of the state, the addition
of an attorneys fee. so that the ex-
pense of the suit will be decreased to
the shipper and his efforts to enforce
tho law will he stimulated.
''In view of the recent trouble over
car shortage and the ever present
complaint of discrimination, this bill
is one of the most important of the
railroad bills before the legislature.
This bill will prevent discrimination
by the railroads and avoid a repetition
of the car shortage of this season il
auv reciprocal demurrage law will dd
the business.
Pensions for Indian Fighters.
F IT. Skinner. representative from
Lincoln county, has prepared for intro
duction in the house memorial to con-
eress asking that pensions be granted
to the survivors of the battle of Beech
er's Island This battle was fought just
over the Colorado line, and the last ses-
sion of the Kansas and Colorado 1egis-
latures appropriated $500 each to build
a monument on the battlefield. The fol-
lowing is the memorial:
ITO the Senate and House of Represen-
tativeS of the Onted States N Con-
eress Assembled: Your memorialists,
the legislature of the state Of Kansas
respectfully represent:
THAT whereas, a bill is now pending
in congress having for its purpose the
granting of pensions to the survivors
of what is known as the Battle of
Beecher Island and their widows.
Now, therefore, your memorialists
urgently recommend the enactment of
said legislation. Said legislation is nee
essary for the reason that the partici- |