The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-19
DROP The BOARDS
Consolidation Bill Passes House
Almost Unanimously.
One Board to Control All State
Institutions.
BONE OF CONTENTION.
Question of Confirmation of Ap-
pOintments by Senate.
Drastic Prohibition Bill Passes
the House.

The house has passed the Dolley
| bill consolidating the boards of con-
troll of public institutions into one
| board along the lines of the Min
nesota law by a vote of 104 to 8 after
| four hours of debate and the sitting
of multitude of amendments, and
| thereby hangs tale of politics.
The final vote on the bill would in
dicate that only eight members were
opposed to its prompt and final pas
sage. But such was not the case.
Among the many amendments to the
bill that were killed one by Haskins
of Johnson was decided by a roll call
vote. This amendment changed the
bill in such a fashion that the mem
bers of the newly created board of
control appointed by the govern or
would have to be confirmed by the
senate, thus curtailing the powers OF
the states chief executive over the
institutions he is held responsible for.
The friends of the administration OPP
posed the amendment by argument
entreaty and every other means in
their power. Speaker Dolley even
went so far as to declare that such
an amendment would seriously cripple
the intent and effectiveness of the bill
Amrine of Morris declared that it was
through his appointeeS that the COVER
spirit of control and management to
the states public institutions; he is
the head of them all, placed there by
the voters of the state; their success
or failure is laid at his door; this bill
is intended to lessen the expense and
increase the effectiveness of all of
them and yet the governors hands
are tied behind his back at the out
set.
The Vote on the Amendment.
When the vote was taken on the
amendment the opponents of the bill
were identified. all of them, not mere
Iy the eight whose names were re-
corded against the bill on final roll
ell. The vote to adopt the amendment
Yeas-Ashcroft, Banker, Berke of
Jewell, Bonnett. Boyd. Brighton of
Montgomery, Dryden. Burke of Saline.
Case Clark .I Clay GRAM GFaTy; PayiI 1srj;n Of
Fehr, Griffen. Harmon, Haskin. Hop
kins of Jackson, Hutchinson, Jewett
of Lane. Kelly, Krehbiel. Kyle, Lam
bertson, Lehman, .Lennen, Loofbor-
rill. Miller, Morrison, Morton of Clay,
Phillips, Pyle Ravenscroft, Reeder,
Schaumburg. Sekavec. Shoemaker,
Snyder, stone of Sherman.
Nays-Allen.c Amrine. Brown Buck
man, Buck, Carpenter, aCline, Cole,
Cranston. Crawford, Cron, Finley.
Cunningham, Deacon. Dennis. Eadie.
EIlV-.= Fe0eT, f1SIeTs. EldSSs 6Idulsdhs
Foley, Grabbe, Gray, Guilbert. Har-
baugh, Hines. Hopkins of Finney,
incl. Jewett of Sedgwick, Kennett,
Keraus Kuoni, Laubach, Malone, Mat
son, Maxwell, Mccormick, Mcmillan,
Mercer Mitchell, Moore, Morgan of
Reno. Morris, Morton of Osborne, New
lin, Parker, Rhodes of Anderson,
Rhodes of Marshall, Rich, Ryan,
Schlitching Shideler. Stannard, Stock
ton. stone of Shawnee, Veatch, Walk
er. Watson. Westcott, Westgate, Yox-
Thus it will be seen that the forty
seven men who voted yea on the
were willing to amend the
bill. yet appeared on record on final
important administration bills.
The Final Vote.
The following members voted
against the bill on final roll call:
Brighton of Montgomery. Haskin,
Morgan of Reno, Pyle, Reeder, Shoe
maker. Snyder, Westcott.
Moral-Vote on amendment is as
to the public as vote on
final passage and should be published
in connection with the same on all
important administration bilSl.
The board of control bill as passed
is a measure calculated to
greatly benefit all the institutions of
the state and lessen the expense of
the same while increasing their eff
cheney.