The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
Senate Showing No Disposition
to Weaken
Do Without Pay Unless House
Recedes.
FIRST TINE ON RECORD
Never Before Has List of Em-
pI0yes Been In Bill.
Upper House to Hold Up the
Furniture Appropriation

The members Of the state senate
are determined to stand pat and
then some, with respect To the Iegfs-
Latfve appropriation hfII which has in
terrupted the Harmonious relations
between the two branches Of the IegIs-
lature- In the upper house there 1a an
almost universal sentiment against
making any concessions TO the house
Of Representatives relative ta the
points In dispute In the bill making
appropriation for the salaries Of leg
is1aEIors IsIa and employees and other leg
tslatfva expenses
The house insisted On enumeratizx
IN the Dill the individual officers and
employees IN both house and seuate,
it's larger membership had fewer
employees than the senate The zeEa-
tors. however. consider this enumera-
ton q graudstaud'' play executed for
the purpose az giving the house a re-
p1taEH0H for economy and calculated
to subject ehe senate to censure- For
that reason the senator's are deter
mined to stand their ground and make
the members Of the house eat cut
their hands before they will permit
any appropriation TO be made
From present Indications the house
Will be obliged TO Feeede from fts 10
SItIou II the members desire 70 draw
their salaries or TO uHT their Officers
and employees It Is stated that the Of
feers and employees OF the legislature
have Eever before been enumerated IN
the legislative appropriation hiIHS. and
the senators insist shat the econoI1y
slogan or the house sounds a false
EOtes that several members of the
house have had To cuHe over to the
senate and use the senate sterograph-
erS for the purpose OF getting out their
Gorr6S Qondenee. while other repreSen-
tatIveS have beer obliged TO write their
own Istters m long hand ewing to the
lack Of SCeu0gr4pherS IN the house.
IThe charge IS made that the represeu-
tatives are eHdeav0rIug TO make rec
Eerd for economy, based On false
grounds, and that the senate employees
are being used 60. assist them IN Gre
szrfaE the impression that the house Is
strong On economy
While the empt0y@ OF the legislature
are the ones vino viii probably zrrfer the
greatest inconvenience because Of the
holding up Of their pay yet a number Of
senator's declare that they viii stand by
and Loan them the money needed to pay
their board bills and To meet ether ueces
sarT expenses They also assert en-
pf1EE1GzlET THAT TIE senate VII not bulge
an HTch from the 7oSaEf9u II has taken
But IN addition to %S1and1zE pat On the
Legislative appropriation bill. and prevent
fnE the Representatives from drawirE
their pay the senate has another card
u5 its sleeve There Is 4 hflI passed by
the house and row TepoEfng IN q com
EaIEEe@ 9E the SEnaEe- pr0Nfd11z an appr0-
pFfarisn 70 PaT far the kandsouze new
desks and chairs purchased AZ the begin
ming OF the session BY the economical
predict that unless the house makes the
concessions demanded by the senate re-
CARING the legislative expenses. the new
desks and other supplies purchased by the
house VIII not be paid for until consider
able tine has ELAPSED The house fur
uIture biz VIII be held up by the senate