The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-09

Kansas Conference. .................. 500
st. Francis Hospital, Topeka.......--5 500
Mitchell. Mccormick and Lehman.
members of the house conference
committee on the Coburn salary bill,
| reported during the afternon session
| that they were unable to agree with
| their senate conferers. A new con-
ference committee was appointed.
A resolution to buy pocket knives
for the house and senate members
and employees and the newspaper men
| was defeated on motion by Foley and
| seconded by Davis OF Kfowa. That
Ryan also voted against this reSolu-
| ton goes without saying. But the
house reconsidered this resolution at
the night session and Ryan, to show
that he could be good Indian, voted
yea.
Forestry legislation was disposed of
by the house when it passed the SEN
ate bill providing for the appoint
ment of state forester with head
quarters at the State Agricultural col
lege at Manhattan and an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for this new depart
ment.
The bill providing that the bank
commissioner can appoint four ad-
ditional deputies and a stenographer
to assist him in carrying out the new
guaranty law.
The house passed the bill appro-
DT1aClng S0OU per year LOT Two yCdl
for the expense of keeping up the his
toric spot of Pawnee Rock. This
money is to be expended by the gov
ernor in building roadway leading
up to the spot and is to be expended
by a board of trustees to be appointed
by the governor.
The house passed the senate bill
appropriating 100000 from the Kan
sas war claim recently granted by
congress for the erection of hand
some memorial building on capitol
square in Topeka as a memorial for
the soldiers and sailors of the civil
war. also to be used by the Kansas G.
A. r. and for place in which to dis
play war relics and the State His
torical society collection. This Dill
had been killed by the ways and
means committee but was revived by
ton is large enough to erect a
magnificent freproof structure, one
that will be a credit to the state, and
the historical society and Goss collec-
tions go to form an exhibit that will
be worthy of the building.
Two civil war incidents came before
the notice of the house in the passage
of this bill. Veatch of Washington, in
tribute to this memorial. The man
from Washington served in the Third
Iowa cavalry during the entire four
years of the war and was wounded four
cheered by the house when he sat
down.
Jewett of Sedgwick moved that the
house cast a unanimous vote to indorse
place of one of the members of the
memorial commission. The motion
carried and Mr.. Burke was called on
for a speech. The old veteran, who
had served five years in the Firth Illi-
nois cavalry, responded in talk
from the heart. He had fought
with Grant at Vicksburg, stabbed his
horse in Nashville and was with his
regiment in Texas when mustered out
Il have never sought Office, he SAID,
but now in the evening OF my life,
am glad and proud to serve on this
commission and will do everything |
can to help in this grand work. I
thank you, my friends, for thtr honor.
The bill creates a commission of the
following members which shall super
wise the construction of the proposed
memorial hall: Governor, lieutenant
governor speaker of the house, state
G.. A. R., secretary state
historical society and one commission
er to be elected by the house and one
by the senate.
uuartette in the original German
tongue sung by Flanagan, Schlitch-
ing. Lehman and FEEDER. who gave the
house this treat ust before the session
was called to order, standing on the
platform in front of the speakers desk.
Their work made the best efforts of the
nuartette now holding forth at the
Novelty appear coarse in comparison.
The following resolution by Stone of
Shawnee was passed by the house at
the afternoon session:
whereas, the Rev. ]. NJ. Whitehead,
A. DISTINGUISHED soldier of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and for three
session chaplain OF TINS
house died at his home in Topeka this
morning,
sNow be it resolved, by the house OF
that the state OF Kan
sas has parted with a great, moral ana
patriotic soul;
ssThat the sympathies of this body be
extended to his family and immediate
friends and that this resolution be
spread upon the journal OF TINS mouse
to his relatives"