The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-26

be obliged to do its work again, also.
Opposition to the antilobby bill as
it came from the committee of the
whole in the senate, cropped out early
in the proceedings yesterday after
noon. When the time came for third
reading of bills the antilobby measure
was at the head of the list. Imme-
dfately it was announced Senator Pot
ter, who had a few warm things to
offer on the bill last Friday, arose to
his feet and offered few more. He
presented a resolution asking that
house bill No. 246-the house antiIob-
by bill-be substituted for senate bill
No. 1SS-the senate's anti1obby effort.
Debate On the Bill.
Senator Stannard in opposing the
resolution said that each bill contain
ed some good provisions that the 9TH
er did not and he wished to have the
senate bill passed and both bills then
both houses for further consideration.
81 think the senate should pass its
own bill,' said Senator Brady, "and
if there is anything to correct in it,
let the senate's confereeS attend to
that" Senator Hamilton also favored
sending the bill to the conference COM
mittee believing it would save time
and obviate useless wrangling in the
senate.
"I made this notion" said Senator
Potter, because everyone 1 have con-
ferred with says the senate bill is not
what we need Not a single senator L
have talked with, but has declared he
would be ashamed to go home to his
constituents after passing such a bill
as this. 1 don't want to build any iron
fence around myself and lift up my
clothes and say to my people: Don't
you come to me to confer on ANYTHING
in which you are vitaIly Interested
I am sure I cannot, with a clear con-
science, vote for such a bill as this
even after it has gone to the confer
ence committee. We don't wont to
selves and exclude our constituents
from any consideration in legislation
in which they are pecuniarily and vi
tally interested.
''I want to vote on a lobby bill" de-
clared Senator Porter, "but this bill
is not acceptable to my constituents
1 must vote against this bill in its
present form. The friends of this
measure are trying to push it too fast.
We should take more time for conSid-
Grafton and then we can prepare bill
that all senators-at least all the ma
jority-will vote for
The history of the antilobby bill in
the senate was recited by Senator
Stavely. He favored sending the bill
to the conference committee to have
its oddities and Objectionable features
removed.
Both Senators Glenn and Lefdv
spoke in favor of Senator Potter's mo-
tion, the latter stating: "In its pres
ent form the bill is very unsatisfactory
to me, and I don't think I can get the
consent of my mind to vote for it,
''It is a queer coincidence" remark
ed Senator Stannard with the sugges-
tion of a sting in his quiet tone, chat
those who favor substituting the house
bill, are those who admit they are not
particularly in favor of an antiIobbv
BILL The senator from Lyon was em-
phatic in urging the passage of the
senate measure.
When it came to a vote Senator Pot
ter's motion was lost by vote of IS to
16. Those voting to substitute the
house bill We're Senators Leidy, Potter,
Fowler. Price. Mil1fgan, Fagerberg,
Bender, Hunter. Chapman, Porter,
Denton, Overfeld, Glenn. Carey. Brew
ster, Brown.
1t was expected that this test of
strength would hold the opposition in
definitely and it probably would have
served that purpose had it not been
for the ''jack-in-the-box'' sprung by
Senator Chapman at the psychological
moment-as the real "lit'ry' person
would say. The secretary was ordered
to proceed with the reading of the bill
for the third time, but he hadn't got
ten the wrinkles smoothed out of his
voice. before Senator Chapman inter
rupted with his point of order and the
senate learned the awful truth that
they had been wasting legislative effort
on a blank. After the debaters had
finished the bill was turned over to
Senator Reed of the joint committee
and he stated that new bill would be
drafted as speedily as possible.
In the original draft of the bill the
enacting clause was in It. Senator
Reed stated, but many changes were
made and when the measure was fin
ally corrected for Introduction some
body-either the stenographer or the
committee = mislaid the enacting
clause; hence the great error, which
rendered fruitless a weeks work of the
senate.
The senate convened at o'clock
Monday afternoon. A joint resolution
was adopted appointing Friday, jan
uary 90, as the date for the presenta
ton by the Woman's Kansas Day
club and the acceptance by the state of
a deed to the ground on which the
Pawnee Rock is located. This cere-
rnony will take place at 11:30 o'clock
Friday morning. The deed will be pre-
sented by the president of the club and
the governor and legislature in joint
session will accept it. Benz P Unruh
donated the ground on which the his
toric rock stands near Pawnee City,
Kan. and the club purchased a road
way to the same At the special ses-
sion of the legislature in 1905 the leg
islature authorized the acceptance of
this ground when it should be present.
ed without expense to the state.