The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-19

changing the senate rules and having
the senate appoint its own committees
also, instead of the lieutenant COVER
nor, who preSideS over that body.
There has never been any attempt to
change the rules of the national SEN
ate, but the Kansas radical would go
one step further than the Washington
radical in this matter.
The upper house of all republics
and state governments was founded
on the proposition that the producer,
the manufacturer the nobility, the
land owner should have representation
in councils as well as the consumer.
The lower house represents the latter.
Senates are built for obstruction pur-
poses and senate rules and abuses and
privileges have been allowed to stand
without much criticism from the peo-
pie for that reason. In the house it is
different. The people have a right to
regulate their own house. But still,
in these days of reform the people are
taking over the selection of senators
by popular vote, and it may he right
and proper to regulate the senate
rules along with those of the house.
But if all these changes suggested are
made, the people of Kansas ought to
provide for a four instead of a two
months legislative term.
w. G. Holt of Kansas City, Kan,
former judge of the court of common
pleas of his county, called on Governor
Stubbs and proposed reforms in court
legislation that are of great Importance.
The judge would curtail the right to
appeal cases from the lower courts. he
would enlarge the powers of the trial
judge, create more judges. give them
more time to try cases and make their
decisions final except where new points
of law are involved Judge Holt makes
a good argument in support of his con-
tention. He estimates that 40 per cent
of the cases appealed to the higher courts
are reversed, and that if there should
be a still higher court created than the
supreme court of the United States
that the per cent of reversed cases
would remain about the same. He calls
attention to the fact that in the mass
of cases reversed or sustained every
month by the supreme court Of
state and nation, that in most OF them
no new point of law is involved. He
also called attention to the fact that
the mills of the courts of this country
grind slowly and not so exceeding fine.
Governor Stubs agreed with him in
this last particular and also paid close
attention to his arguments all through
The governor asked the judge to draw
up his recommendations in writing and
he would study them with a view to in
cooperating some of the suggestions
made in his message to the next legis-
lature.
The Salina journal has the following
IuC1lllOh VI N1d-OA 1AdA NCJ anu
his claims on the gubernatorial nomi-
nation of his party:
THE reception and banquet given
Major A. NJ Harvey of Topeka in this
city Thursday night, was the most
successful event in the history of Ma
rilao camp, Spanish War Veterans. It
was Major Harveys first visit to Sa-
lima since he was elected commander
of the Spanish War Veterans for the
department of Kansas, and he came
boT 70 or. int tod viii he
members of the local organization, at
! the invitation of the Salina boys.
'.Since his election to the highest Of
| flee of the organization in Kansas, Ma