The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-27
SCHOOL OF MINES.
Kansas SenateVOtes to Establish
One at Weir.
"Call" Necessary in Order to
Get Enough Votes.
STOOD 20 AYE, Is NO.
Potter Accuses the Senators Of
Swapping Votes.
Ten Thousand Dollars to An.
prehend Bank Robbers.
STOOD 20 AYE, Is NO.

When President Hopkins ordered a
call of the senate shortly after noon
today, Senator Brewster, of Doniphan
county, changed his vote from mo"
to "yes' and Senator Huffman won his
fight for school of mines and metal
lurgy at Weir. The vote stood 20 for to
10 against. Not another member Of the
senate was in town. The doors were
locked and the members saw visions of
a prolonged argument and no dinner.
Then Brewster switched.
The Huffman bill was the first of a
series of bills on the calendar for new
educational institutions ana for a time
1t looked as though the measure was
marked for slaughter. Friends of the
Dill refused to change on a half dozen
propositions and the measure carried
by the narrowest possible majority.
Price, Potter, Cambern, Stannard and
Quincy led the fight on the bill; and
Huffman, Carey and Stillings defended
the measure.
In an amendment, which he declared
was offered with an intention of kill
ing the appropriation, Senator Price
moved to locate the school at Pfttsburg
in connection with the manual training
school. Senator Porter objected on the
grounds that the training school was
already overcrowded and could not
accommodate the additional students.
A dozen objections were raised to the
state adding another institution near
the Missouri state line; but Stillings
declared it was the proper thing. Pot
ter again revived the pork barrel and
accused the senate of swapping votes
to gain local patronage.
motion by Senator Cambern to
strike out the enacting clause was de-
feated by q, vote of 81 to 13. An effort
to locate the school at Pittsburg was
lost "a to IL. On the final passage of
the bill, one vote was needed to put
votes were necessary to kill it. A call
of the senate was ordered and both
sides went to work After five min
utes of argument, Brewster changed
his mind and voted for the new school.
Under the terms of the bill, the
for an appropriation of $4,000 for
maintenance for the ensuing two years.
The town of Weir has agreed to fur
nish 40 acre site and sufficient build
ings and equipment for the establish
ment OF the school
The vote on the final passage of the
bill was as follows:
For-Anderson, Bender, Brady, Brew
ster, Brown. Caldwell, Carey, Denton
Fagerberg, Glenn, Hamilton, Huffman
Hunter, Milligan, Milton, Myers. Por-
ter, Reed, Robertson, Stillings, Travis.
Total, II.
Against-Avery, Cambern, Cooke
Fowler, Ganse, Harris, Lower, Murphy
nard, Stavely. Stewart. Total, 10.
Not voting-Hodges, Hostrup, Over
field, Chapman (excused).
If the senate committee on banks
and banking sustains the long lists Of
complaints from Kingman county
bankers, the present bank guaranty
law may be readjusted and J. N. Dolley.
state bank commissioner, may be called
on the carpet to explain the operation
of the law in certain localities.
1t appears the State Bank of King
man, and the Farmers State Bank Of
the same town. both operate under the
bank guaranty law. The former bank
has been steering close to the strict
Interpretation of the law and paying
per cent on time deposits. Clyde
Murphy it's cashier, alleges that the
Farmers State Bank has overstepped
the line and paid per cent interest on
deposits. This, he alleges, has worked
a decided hardship on the State bank
and many of its patrons took their
savings to the other banks. A large
bundle of correspondence now in the
hands of the banking committee shows
that Murphy has been pleading over
time with Mr.. Dolley in an effort to
check this condition, but without re-
suits. He now asks the legislature to
pondence with the bank commissioner
early in August and there has been an
exchange of correspondence up to the
present time. But no results.
Early in the game Mr.. Dolley called
Murphy's attention to the fact that
the case was tied in the courts and
that he could do nothing. Later, his
letters recited that he was busy with
legislative matters, but that the diff
Guilty would be adjusted.
M1rrhU lost his f6F1anar
took the matter UP with Emerson
Carey, senator from Reno county.
Carey turned the letters over to ]. B.
Lower, chairman of the committee on
banks and banking. This committee
promises to investigate the situation
and regulate the matter.
On February Is, Dolley laid the mat
ter before Murphy in the following
language:
Topeka, Kan, Feb. Is, 1911
'.My Clyde Murphy. Cashier, State
Bank of Kingman, Kingman, Kan.
Dear Sir:II am in receipt of your
favor of February 16, regarding cor
respondence had with this Office in
relation to per cent certificates issued
by the Farmers State Bank of your
city 1 appreciate all you say in this
letter and have said in former letters.
but after my attention was called to
this matter the time at which a session
of the legislature was to be held was
short. 1t was assumed that the law
would be changed at the present session
and it undoubtedly will permit banks
to pay a greater rate of interest than
at present, l have felt that to take this
matter up with the bank in question,
uapeIling them to retire these certif1-
Gates this would cause more trouble
than 1 care to make.
Il want you to understand that ex-
meet to have the law complied with by
those partici pating in the guaranty
fund
.sThere seems to be considera BILE
feeling between the banks in Kingman
| and I do not care to take part in the
matter by taking action against my