The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-21
CONFLICT IS NOISY
Big Guns Engaged i'm Battle
This Afternoon.
House Is Threshing Out Pri-
mary Bill.
CONTEST A BITTER ONE
Stubbs Concentrates His Fire
on Split Bill.
Senate DevOtes Its Attention to
Banking Measure.


on in the house of representatives on
the primary election bill, and the big
guns are engaged in noisy conflict
The anti-Stubbs crowd is trying to
drive the split primary spike into the
Stubbs primary election law.
The split bill" provides for the
nomination of United States senator
at the same time the November cleo
ton is held; the Stubbs bill. provides
Tor the nomination of senator at the
time state, county and all other Off
GERS are nominated.
Up to noon today. the house had
been dribbling along with minor
amendments to the Stubbs bill.
knocking off a chip here and there,
or pasting on a wafer where the ma
jority deemed advisable. Just before
noon adjourn ment, section IA of the
bill was read, and section IA is some
thing like 203 Meter mill at Port Ar
thur-it is the key to the whole sit
uation.
If the anti-Stubbs crowd, led by
that adroit and able floor manager,
W. Y. Morgan, is able to amend Sec
tion IA as they want to do. they will
perform the operation of grating the
Caldwell senatorial primary bill,
which has already passed the senate,
to the Stubbs bill. For the proposed
amendment to section IA of the
Stubbs bill is identically the same as
the Caldwell bill in its essential pro-
visions
The plan of the anti-Stubbs crowd
In the present fight for split pri-
mary is now evidently as follows:
In the senate the Caldwell senatorial
primary bill was passed to blaze the
way. Then the senate took up the
Stubbs primary bill. introduced in the
senate by Young of Mitchell, and pro-
ceeded to make the Stubbs bill fit onto
the Caldwell bill by cutting out of the
Stubbs bill all reference to the NOM
ination of United States senator.
Meantime over in the house, the anti
Stubbs crowd went al it in exactly the
opposite way. They allowed the Stubbs
bill to have the right of way, and this
afternoon they will try to drive into it
the Caldwell split primary provision.
Indications are that the future prog
ress of the case will be something as
follows:
Senate will pass the split primary bin,
made by combining the Stubbs bill with
the Caldwell bill.
House will pass the straight Stubbs
bill without the split primary.
Then it is up to the conference COM
mittees to find a common basis for
agreement, and back of the conference
committees stands the Republican cau-
Gus.
Most people are guessing that the
split primary plan will win in the end.
No one anticipates that the provision
of the Caldwell bill prohibiting anyone
whose name is on the election ticket
rs a candidate for an office from being
a candidate for the nomination for
United States senator will be adopted.
1t is generally admitted that the pro-
vision was put in merely for trading
purposes.
The Skirmish Begins.
At the afternoon session of the
house the debate on the vital portion
of the primary election bill was pre-
cipitated by motion by Morgan of
Reno, that the report of the commit
tee on elections favoring the split
primary be adopted.
AS a substitute. Dawson of Marion,
chairman of the committee on cleo
tions. moved that the minority report
of the committee on elections. favor
ing the Stubbs bill, be adopted
The elections committee proposed
amendment. known as section Il. fa-
voring a split primary, was then read
in full.
A. c Mitchell of Douglas county
opened up the debate. He said that
the people all expect the Legislature to
pass a straight primary law. and that
the split primary has never received
any consideration. THE people have
never said nor have they had
chance to indicate. that they want the
United states senator nominated at
the time of the general election" said
Mr. Mitchell. Mr.. Mitchell then
argued that the proposed split pri-
mary amendment violates the spirit of
the Australian ballot law.
Senate Talks of Other Things.
Contrary to all expectations the con-
sideration of the Stubbs primary bill,
which progressed as far as section
Monday, was not resumed in the SEN
ate up to the hour of adjournment at
noon today. The subject was scarcely
mentioned if at all. the morning hour
being devoted to routine business in
calendar order.
The proceedings were for the
most part tame and devoid of interest
until late in the forenoon. when
Senator Quipcys bill amending sec
tion 494 of chapter 1 a of the general
statutes of 1901, relating to banks and
banking, and repeating original sec
ton 434 and all acts or parts of acts
in conflict Herewith, came up on
third reading and precipitated a hot
debate. second in interest only to those
over the primary bills.
This bill, which was recommended
for passag ge by the committee on banks
and banking, provides that if. upon
examination by the state bank COM
missioner. or his deputy. or from any
report made to the bank commits
sioner. it shall appear that any bank is
insolvent it shall be the duty of the
bank commissioner to Immediately
take charge of such bank and all
property and effects thereof Upon
taking charge of any bank the bank
commissioner shall. as soon as pos
sible, ascertain by a thorough exami-
nation into its affairs, its actual con-
dition: and whenever he shall become
satisfied that such bank cannot re-
sumo business or liquidate its in
debtedness to the satisfaction of all its
creditors, he shall forthwith appoint
4 receiver and require of him such