Barbour County index., 1908-02-12

dnc0 companies are granted tHe
power to call for sworn statements |
from banks insured and where per-
jury is committed the penalty under !
the regular code may be inflicted.
Topeka, Feb. 1. = Because Gov.
Hoch today vetoed the measure pass
ed by the legislature authorizing the
organization of companies to insure
bank deposits, it appears tonight that
the legislature may be recalled to
Topeka upon motion of it's own mem
bers.
Word was received by the half doz-
en- senators and representatives still
in Topeka this morning, who were
waiting for the governors final mes
sages and the arrival of the noon
hour. for which time sine die adjourn
ment had been set, that the govern
or would be unable to get through in
time with all the bills.
Speaker Simmons of the house
wanted to go home on noon train,
so a concurrent resolution was made
up and adopted by both the house and
the senate just before noon that final
adjournment be extended to Tuesday
evening at o'clock. But the gov
ernor did get all of the bills acted on
and sent Homer Hoch, his private
secretary, to the house at noon. He
reported to the governor that all had
gone and the extension of time had
been already ordered. Among the
messages was the one vetoing the
bank deposit insurance bill.
Friends of the insurance bill
promptly telephoned out over the
state to members who had gone
home, apprising them of the veto. 1t
was reported tonight that the prom
ises of ten members of the house had
been secured and five members of the
senate to be in Topeka on Tuesday
night and demand that their respec-
tive bodies be 'called."
Under the rules ten representa-
tives can order all members of the
house sent for by the sergeant-at-
arms and five members can do the
same in the senate.
The plan of the friends of the in
surance bill will of course be to pass
the bill by two-thirds vote over the
governors veto, or to amend it so as
to meet with the governors criti-
cisms
1t will not be a surprise if the leg
: islature is in session another week.
The legislature could by concurrent
resolution start all over again, if it
! wanted to. That of course is unlike
iy. Only thirty days pay is granted
and the session was not too popular
with the members anyway. Some
think difficulty will be experienced to
bring them back to Topeka. The ser
/ geant-at-arms is empowered to ar
: rest and return them.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 8. = A confer
ence this afternoon between Sena
tors Fitzpatrick, Waggener, Porter oi
Montgomery, Wilkerson and Smith
;. On one side, and Gov Hoch on the
= other, failed to straighten out the
legislative tangle over bank deposit
l guarantee legislation.
S The senators proposed to the gov
ernor that he withdraw his veto o.
the Waggener insurance bill, and tha
g the senate will then be called bacl
r and the bank guaranty or indemnit!
n fund bill and the Wells bonding bill
e passed by the house will also be pass
e ed by the senate, thus putting al
three measures on the statute books
+ But the governor refused. He ha'
said so much against the insurance
5 bilk in its present shape that all hi
,. bridges are effectually burned behind
. him.
q After the conference he told tn,
= newspaper men that he is not salts
< fed with the Wells bonding and in
e demnity fund bills, and didn't thinl
s they were perfect by any means. Th'
u senators who met him talked tn
. thing over afterwards, but came tt
= no agreement. Some were in favo
u of letting it die, while others believ
% ed that Hoch and his friends woult
: make deposit guaranty an issue il
n the next campaign, and financia
trouble might follow. Gov. Hoch ha
d repeatedly said that it would be III
'r jected into the next campaign ant
e urged from every school house.
4 If the governor had acceded ID III
,f request of the senators today tn
n house would not have had 60 return
# but only the senate, for then th
m three bills, just as passed by tn
h house. would have become laws. Ur
al less some sort of an agreemen
,r among the different leaders of tn
'e house and senate is made by noon tc
10 morrow it is probable adjournmen
At will be taken tomorrow night will
D. out any further attempt at legisls
ton. If something can be arrange
a by tomorrow night which will ind
h cate assurances Of getting result
o. both branches will be recalled.