The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-09
WERE HUNGRY TOO
Senators Sent for Lunches at
Midnight.
Sandwiches Carried i'm by Boys
With Baskets.
ALL GOOD NATURED.
News of House Rebellion Caused
Trouble.
Refused to Pass House Bills OF
Any Character.
ALL GOOD NATURED.


ing, the pages were kept busy bring
ing waste-baskets full of sandwiches
and things from downtown restau-
rants to the senate chamber, and that
usually august legislative hall took on
the appearance of a vast lunch room.
The senators had lot of fun with
Senator Anderson over his bill to al
low cities of the third class to do their
own contracting work in the event the
private contractor endeavors to "hold-
up" the city on the work. The sem
ators charged that the bill was drawn
entirely in the interests of Garland,
which town Senator Quincy said, con-
tains four or five people, all of whom
are honest and he favored the bill.
A number of other senators offered
facetious arguments against the bill.
When 1t came to a vote all the SEN
ators voted against the bill and Sem
ator Anderson'S face gradually grew
longer as the roll call progressed.
Then one by one the senators changed
their votes from mo" to "aye," each
offering a mirthful explanation. SEN
ator Anderson's face began to
brighten and broaden and by the time
all the senators had changed their
votes Senator Anderson wore the
smile that wouldn't come off. The
bill was passed with 28 votes.
Tried to Adjourn.
When o'clock arrived President
Pro Tenn Porter announced that the
time for ceasing consideration of all
bills had arrived and the senate was
adjourned, under the joint resolution.
After the business was finished the
senators assumed the role of "cut-ups''
and waited for conference reports.
With different senators in the chair
after the adjournment the mock SEN
ate passed the Massa chusetts ballot
law and several other measures that
had not been permitted to come before
the senate.
One of the pieces pulled off dur
apostles creed by Senator Travis, as
follows:
I'VE believe in the Father Almighty
-LaFollette, and the Wisconsin utili-
ties law, with a few paragraphs added
from the New York law. 1t was
crucifed by the house, dead and buried
but on the third day arose again from
the dead. and, though scarcely a
shadow Of it's former SELF we must
busted; even John Dawson admits this
We tried our best to pull it through and
we now warn the senate that if it will
not help US create a lot of offices at
pose of building up our political ma
chine, we will go out and arouse the
people and tell them how our right to
political succession has been ruthless
ly torn from U.S.
During a period of relaxation while
the senate was passing the bills on it's
calendar the senators were kept from
going to sleep by a vocfferous Phillip
pic delivered by Senator Leidy con-
cerning criticism of himself and other
senators by a local newspaper. Sew
eral of the senators had assumed re-
cumbent position in their easy chairs
and had prepared to take nap, but
peevish and he played up the fortissimo
and crescendo so throughly that not
senator could sleep during his
speech.
to support the Jackson bills, so he
didn't, and that he was no deserter,
so he wasn't; and further that the
newspaper had perverted the truth and
way After a while the speaker was
winded and he gradually put on the
dimuendo, and came to a period and
a full stop.
That was the last occasion the sem
ators had to witness Senator Leidy's
speciality of tearing the feathers out of
the American eagles tail and scatter
ing them over the chamber.
Senator Glenn furnished some amuse-
ment for the senators by acting as
reading clerk while the regular clerk
was eating a sandwich.
In spite of the numerous points of
order, protests and other attempts of
Senator Travis to defeat it, the maxi
mum freight rate bill, H. B. No 952, by
Morgan of Reno. was passed by the
senate at the closing session last night.
This bill provides a reduction of from
Is to 20 per cent on carload shipments
on various commodities between sta
tions in the state. This bill passed the
house with only one vote against it.
The bill passed the senate with a
good majority % to 9. but the enemies
of the bill gave its friends merry
time before they got it before the SEN
ate on third reading.
AS soon as the maximum freight rate
bill was called up for theird reading,
Senator Travis offered a written pro-
test against the consideration of the
freight rate bill alleging that the pro-
ceedings by which the bill was placed
before the senate for third reading and
were irregular and out of or
der He asked to have the protest
spread on the record.
President Fitzgerald ruled the writ
ten protest out of order at that stage in
the proceedings, but mentioned that
under the constitution Senator Travis
had the right to file a protest against
any bill when his name was called
when the vote should be taken on the
passage of the bill, at which time the
written protest may be put in the rec
ord. President Fitzgerald then ordered
the clerk to proceed with the reading
Of the bill.
After the bill had been read the roll
call was ordered and the maximum
freight rate bill was passed by a vote
Of IS to 9. The senators voting against
The bill were Bender, Brewster, CaId-
we'll, Glenn, Hunter. Milton. Overf1eld.
Smith and Travis
Senator Glenn explained his mega
tive vote by declaring he had not had
time to investigate the rates proposed,
and that he did not believe it the
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