The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-01
IT DID NOT QUIT.
Adjournment of the Legislature
Is Postponed.
Will Be Next Tuesday at Six
p. II.
QUITE A SURPRISE.
Members Had Expected to Fin
ish Today.
Change Occasioned to Allow
Governor to Act on Bills.

instead OF expiring at noon today, az
its extraordinary session was sched-
uleo TO do under house concurrent
resolution adopted by the senate We'd
nesday, the legislature was given a new
lease or life by the introduction, by
senator Fitzpatrick, of senate concur
rent resolution No. 9, postponing the
hour OF final adjournment until D. m
Tuesday. February 4.
Inc resolution was unanimously
ADOPTED by Senators Fitzpatrick and
Wlikerson. who alone remained to as
slst President Fitzgerald and the Off
GERS OF the senate in closing up the
business OF the term, and was mes
saged to the house for its approval.
Fitzpatrick introduced senate reso-
tuition No. 6, which was adopted dis
charging all senate employees except J.
w. Reynolds and Richard Wilson as
sistant seargeants- at-arms; Park Read.
doorkeeper, and Nettie Solinger,
stenographer. who are retained until
Tuesday evening.
The senate recess in operation since
Friday morning was then continued
until O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
This extension of the life of the leg
lslature, which, if not common. is
clearly within the power of the two
houses, is for the purpose of giving
the governor time to go through the
to take action on them, as he may see
fit, such action being messaged to the
senate and house. For this the exeeu-
tive must be allowed three Legislative
days, which he had not had up to the
hour of noon today, and hence the ex-
tension of time. message from the
executive was sent up about noon, but
the messenger found no one to deliver
1t to, as, pending report from the
house on the concurrent resolution, the
president and senators had left the
chamber.
Those present when the gavel fell at
noon were: Lieutenant Governor w.
]. Fitzgerald, presiding; Senators FitZ-
patrick and Wilkerson: the chief clerk
sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, with
few subordinate employees and look
ers-on.
In the interim of waiting for notif1-
cation of the concurrence of the house
in the resolution postponing final ad-
journment. President Fitzgerald and
others present found much amusement
in the proceedings of mock senate
organized the pages, who displayed
marvellous familiarity with the formal
tiles of this body, having absorbed
their knowledge while on the run
carrying messages for or delivering
them to the senator's. In this mock
senate several lady employees obliging-
ly occupied the seats and assumed the
roles of senators.
30 lar as active legislative work is
concerned 1T ended with the SenateS
Friday morning session, when more
than e-fourths of the senators were
present IN anticipation of a renewal of
the fight against the bank examiners
bill, which did not materialize.
President Fitzgerald appeared in the
senate chamber at 5 p. m. the hour to
which recess was taken, to find but
a handful of his colleagues remaining.
These included Brewer, Carver, Dolley,
Fitzpatrick. Hayden, Porter of Mont
gomery, Tucker, Wilkerson and Young.
Fitzpatrick of Chautauqua presided
and Sergeant-at-a arms Guy A. Swallow
of Meriden announced message from
the governor, by his private secretary.
The message conveyed the information
that certain bills had been approved by
the executive and it's reading conclud-
ed the business of the afternoon, though
the recess continued until IL o'clock TO-
day.
During its short term of existence,
covering but IA working days, 40 bills
were introduced in the senate and 81
of them passed. By far the larger num-
Der of these were bills of what is known
as local nature. that is, affecting
solely or particularly some individual
town or locality. These were generally
passed in an omnibus. The time of the
senate was really consumed by the
bills of weightier Importance, which
were often defeated after much time
had been expended in their considera-
ton. -
Up to the last. many of the senate
employees, who were given their
vouchers Friday but were unable to
cash them. believed there was a pro-
liability that they would be called
back during the coming week by
proclamation from the governor re-
assembling the legislature for addi-
tionaI bank legislation.
The recess taken by the senate Fri
day was the signal for general pre-
parations for the departure of sena-
tors and senate employees for their
homes and many were the little So
ciaI amenities exchanged Cigars were
passed to the senators by Assis-
tant Sergeant-at-Arms r. Wilson, a
treat credited to the thoughtful gem
crosby of a friend, too modest to have
Arms Swallow distributed oranges
and apples to the members and male
employees of the senate and boxes of
candy to the lady employees. a deli
cate recognition of courteous treat
ment from the employees.
Throughout the day the senate
chamber presented an animated scene.
groups assembling in convenient
places to discuss the results of this
session, the work of the coming
campaign, or their plans for the fu-
ture. and to say soodby and good luck
to colleagues about to be scattered
through widely separated sections Of
the state, and the breaking up of the
senatorial crowd was undoubtedly ac-
CELEBRATED by the cold wave and fierce
wind that came late in the afternoon,
suggesting the possibility of delayed
trains and Sunday spent elsewhere
than at home.
One of the senators who has grown
into the work Of the senate and per-
formed his duties in a manner that re-