The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-18
SPLIT BILL WINS.
Vote i'm the Committee Five to
Four.
Stubbs Says House Will Turn
1t Down.
MADE SPECIAL ORDER.
Bill to Be Considered at 9 p. nj.
Monday.
Only Change Made in Original
Stubs Bill.
IADE SPECIAL ORDER.

BY vote of 5 to 4. the house COM
mittee on elections this morning voted
to report a 'split primary bill to the
house. The vote stood:
For the split primary: Chatter, Kin
nison, Crumly, Wheeler, Schmidt
Against the split primary: Dawson,
Davidson, Clark, Tannahi1l.
The four members of the committee
who voted against the split primary
will probably make a minority report
to the house, though an effort is being
made to reconcile the minority. Crum-
ly and Wheeler of the committee on
elections will prepare the committees
report. The report will be made to the
house on Monday morning.
The house, just before adjourning to-
day, on motion of w. r. Stubs, made
the primary election law a special or
der for Monday at 2 p. m. At that
time the question of a straight pri-
mary or split primary will be ham
mered out.
Mr.. Stubs said this morning: Il do
not believe that the change which the
committee has seen fit to make in my
bill will be approved by the house. Most
of the people who favor the split pri-
mary are the ones who fought the
whole primary proposition at the last
session. This is not true of all, but of
most of them"
Aside from the addition of the split
primary proposition, the committee
on elections will recommend the
Stubs primary bill practically in the
form presented by Mr.. Stubs.
One of the members of the conn
mfttee who voted for the split pri-
mary said this morning:
Il believe that the committees re-
port will be rejected by the house. 1t
looks to me as though the friends
of the straight primary were in con-
troll"
The difference between the split
primary and the straight primary is
that the split primary law provides
that the United States senator shall
be nominated at the time of the No
vember election instead of with the
other officers
H. G. Larisner, secretary of the d.
rect primary league, said this MORN
ing: 81 have been told on good auth
GRITTY that this plan for a split prim-
airy was devised in Washington, D. c..
and was sent out here embodied in a
bill which has been introduced in the
senate / was shown copy Of the
bill which it is claimed was drawn up
in Washington"
The house was unable to take up the
primary law or any other matters this
tees had reported. The committee on
elections decided not to report until
Monday morning. The committee on
assessment and taxation had not COM
pleted its work and the committee on
banks and banking, which is to consider
the guaranty deposit bills, is to meet
this afternoon. The delay in getting
bills in printed form put things in such
shape that the house adjourned at noon
until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
w r. Stubs this morning introduced
a bill which If passed will make the
offices of tax commissioner elective in
stead of appointive. The office of
county assessor is also made elective,
instead of appointive. 1t is understood
that the State Grange is behind these
bills. and that Mr.. Stubs thinks the
change would be advisable. At present
the three tax commissioner jobs con-
stitute the richest patronage of the
governors office, each place paying
81, 500 a year.
The house spent considerable time
this morning trying to put some sort
of metes and bounds to it's work for
tn session, but failed to agree on any
plan. The Crumly resolution. which
was intended to shut off all except a
few emergency bills, was killed, and
the way the thing stands now, the
standing committee will be expected to
report adversely on all except emer
gency bills. Crumley's. resolution,
which was beaten this morning, was as
follows:
Resolved. by the house of repre-
SentativeS, the senate cOncurring there
in, that no bills shall be considered at
this special session of the legislature,
except those upon subjects recon-
mended by the governor in his message
and to make such suggested legislation
effective, a maximum freight rate By
and such other bills as shall receive
unanimous consent of the legislature. :"
Robert Stone of Shawnee county
this morning introduced bill to raise
the Jurisdiction of the city court of
Topeka from cases involving $500 to
cases involving $500.
He also introduced a bill to prohibit
banks from loaning money to officers
or directors except on the written or
der of at least four directors. The
bill also calls for four examinations
of state banks per year instead of one
per year.
Another bill which he has presented
requires that four-fifths of the bank
| reserve must be in cash, instead of al
| lowing such a large portion as at pres
| ent to be in sight exchange.
The total number of bills introduced
| in the house up to noon, when the lid
went on, was 124. Most of these either
| involve local matters, or else are of
such a nature that they are not like
| ly to get much of hearing. There
| are probably % bills of decided gen.
eral Importance in the entire lot.
A petition was received from 500
! tax payers of Cowley asking for the
| passage of the bank deposit guarantee
| law
f. B. Roll of Kingman county was
granted leave of absence today. He
has been called home by sickness in
! his family
| E B. Cones. former representative
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