The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-13
BILLS IN HOUSE,
Thirty-FiVe introduced at Early
i Session Today.
Allen of WyandOtte Has Honor
of First One.
LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
Small Number Starts Ryan OF
Brown.
Calls 1t Ill Timed ParSimOny
and Four Flushing.
LIST OF EMPLOYEES,

with a tidal wave of thirty-five bllIs'
all introduced inside of very Few
minutes. After the introduction OF
bills and a debate on an andlobby res
olution the house adjourned at 1880
until > p. m.
Allen of Wyandotte had the honor
of introducing the first bill in the ses-
sion. it being an act providing for
the registration of vital statistics Dol
ley of Wabaunsee was on hand with
No. ? and Brown OF Kingman secured
recognition for bill No. g.
The house got down to business this
morning without delay considering
that il was the second session of the
body at this term Only nine members
out OF 125 We're absent from roll call.
Stone Of Shawnee started the first
debate on humorous resolution that
granted permission to one Chisholme
to conduct a shoe shining stand in the
wash room of the house, providing ne
charged only sc per shine Morgan
z of Reno and several other members
We're inclined to be witty at the ex-
pense of this resolution, but Stone
went to the Reno members desk and
fixed it up and the latter seconded
the motion to adopt the resolution.
Speaker Dolley, in putting the ques-
ton, intimated that the first deal of
the session had been conSummated
between the mem bers from Shawnee
and Reno.
The Hopkins resolution calling for
an amendment OF the CO1SllluliO1
changing the pay of members Of the
legislature brought forth cheers and
laughter.
Davis of Bourbon is after the lobby
lists and made the first lengthy speech
of the session in defense of his resolu-
tion The Bourbon county man waxed
eloquent in his denunciation of special
interests and powerful corporations and
urged speedy action to prevent their in
sidious Vaccinations from getting even
q start on the floor of the house.
Several members in objecting to the
passage Of such resolution at this time
urged that this legislation come in the
form of regular bill and Mercer OF
Chase stated that such a bill would be
introduced today on the floor of both
the house and the senate and that such
bills would be ground out of the hopper
quicker via the regular committee
than could this fiery resolution. Davis.
In his speech supporting the resolution
quoted freely from the governors mes
sage. Whatever it was. something
moved the house to take the apparent
" shorter resolution route in destroy
ing the lobbyists.
List of Employees
The following named persons were
recommended for appointment by the
committee on employees:
Marie Davies, house stenographer.
] A R Shippey. reading clerk.
Dwight T. Harris, reading clerk.
Miss Nell Fox. copyist.
Miss Bessie Reno. bookkeeper.
Miss Pearl Hughes. desk stenogra-
pher-
Miss Ollie Morgan. chief clerks ste
nographer-
S H Morrow. document clerk
Miss Kate Clough, telephone girl.
Robert Forberger, assistant sergeant
alarms.
V. Robb. assistant sergeant-at-arms.
Spencer Abbott, assistant sergeant
alarms
H P Mosher. assistant doorkeeper
L.
A ]. Lee, cloak room attendant
Kenneth Dodridge, page
Harold Guilbert, page.
]. L. Longston. docket clerk.
Chas. D. Makepeace, docket clerk.
H G. Jameson, journal clerk.
w. c. Hutchion. assistant sergeant-at-
arms.
] T. Dorsey. assistant doorkeeper
Forest Holmes. stenographer.
Moses Jones, janitor.
Thomas Flynn, page.
Calls 1t Parsimony
There was some debate over the adop-
tion of this report. as Ryan of Brown
and Cunningham of Cowley did not he
lieve the number of employees large
enough to meet the absolute needs of
the house
Ryan spoke plainly and to the point
when he declared that this four flush
play of economy was nothing more or
less than ill-timed parsimony calcu-
lated to appeal to the voters of the
STATE 10 lIl6 O0lTlHlSIlI OF the working
capacity of the house and that later
in the session appropriation bills for
vast amounts would be rushed through
the house without the members hav-
ing time to scrutinize them at all. and
vet now there was a great fuss over
petty economy.
Cunningham, speaking of the num-
ber of Stenographers employed said
10 believed they were too few to
meet the absolute requirements of the
members, there being only one stem
ographer for every thirty members
He said he knew of one case last wear
out of his own pocket for stenographer
hire in order to get his committee
business finished.
Brown Democrat of Kinzuan
thought the number of employees large
enough to meet the requirements of
the house After some debate and ex-
plantations by Speaker DoIley the com
mittee report was adopted. And SO the
square deal policy goes marching on.
A member remarked during recess
that he expected to see the number of
ed by the reapportionment bill in or
der to cut down expenses
BnIs introduced.
The following is the list and titles
of the bills introduced in the house at
the morning session. Cwhere the
numbers show that a bill is onitred
from this list it is of the same char
acter as the preceding bill or has no
importance at all outside the township
4 b No. 1. Allen of wyandotte-