The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-04

required a real showing and not a
mere form regarding the honesty and
sincerity of a bond issue.
The next point of difference was
over the home rule of local utilities.
The house stood for home rule: The
to the effect that an appeal might be
made by ten taxpayers over the local
commission to the state commission
IN regard to any complaint they may
have in regard to the local utility SER
vice or rates
The conference bill cut the salary
of the commission from $1,000 to
$4,000 per year. The secretary's sal
sarv is placed at $1,s00 and the attor-
ney is cut from $1,000 to $4,000. The
law goes into effect at once upon pub
LEGATION in the statute book.
Stone of Shawnee, Orr of Atchison,
#keene of Bourbon explained the con-
ference report to the house and were
listened to with close attention. Davis
of Kiowa criticized the conference re-
port, taking the stand that the house
had yielded too much to the senate
demands, especially in regard to the
qualifications of the commissioners
and the matter of home rule. Davis
was given five minutes extra time by
the house to express his views. In
debate with Orr the man from Kiowa
declared that a peanut merchant
could get on the commission under the
qualification clause. Orr admitted this
was true and added that a peanut
politician could also get on the COM
mission. Davis spoke particularly
against the adoption of a lax qualifi-
cation clause and declared himself for
a high grade commission If it was
passible to secure one.
The roll call vote in the house to
concur in the conference committee
report on the utilities bill was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Abrams, Alexander. Barrett,
Barrier Beachey, BARLEY. Block,
Brown of Linn, Brown of Butler.
Brown of Kingman, Burtis, Carnahan,
Carney, Cassin, Case, Cones. Cron,-
Daley, Davis of Bourbon, Davis of OF
tawa, Davis of Sedgwick, Davis of
Gray, Deacon. DeCamp, Don Carlos,
Elder, Ellis, Emerson, Ewing, Fair,
FEEDER, Field, Frey, Graham, Gray,
Goddard, Haslet, Herr, Hines, Holden,
Hyer, Jackson, Johnson. Keene, Kerr,
Kyle, Lacey, Laidlaw, Lang, Lambert
son, Lawson, Mahurin. Malone, Maloy,
Manchester, Martin, Matson, McComb,
McDannald McGregor. Mcmillan,
Meek. Mercer, Miller, Moore, Mulroy,
Napier, Newlin, Noble, O'Connor, Orr,
Ostlind, Olinger, Parker, Parrot, Rear
Shearer, Shield, Shuey. Stone of
Shawnee, Thompson, Turner, Wallace,
Ward, Watson, Wayman. Westerman,
Wheeler, Williams, Wilson of Marshall,
Wilson of Greeley, Wolfert, Wood
Nays~Allen, Boyd. Burke. Cain,
Davenport, Davis of Kiowa, Drew,
Kelley, Keraus. Mccormick. Morris,
stone of Sherman. Thomas, Veatch,
Wettack. Worley. Total. 16.
Absent-Armstrong. Bunger. Davis
of Edwards. Phillips, Sharpless,
Thorpe, Tyler, Wartman Total, 8.
Resolution Dav
This was resolution day in the
house, Davis of Bourbon presenting
two of general interest. In the first
one the man from Bourbon comes
back at the governor in regard to ex-
cessive appropriations by declaring
that the governor himself has the
right by law to veto any excessive or
wanton attack on the state treasury.
The house passed this resolution.
The other resolution endorses the
vote of Senator Bristow on the Lori
mer case and takes a fall out of the
blonde boss from Illinois. 1t also
criticises Senator Curtis for voting for
the vindication of Lorimer. This was
laid over under the rules The fol-
lowing is the text of the two resolu-
tions:
whereas, In the message from the
governor received and read this day,
the information is conveyed to the
house that the appropriations made
or to be made by the present legisla-
ture are largely in excess of the
amount appropriated at the last ses-
sion; and,
sWhereas. 1t is not within the
knowledge of the representatives gen
orally the amount that is actually
needed for the various institutions of
the state; and,
s'Whereas, Section IA of article 2, of
the constitution of Kansas. gives the
governor full power to veto any item
in an appropriation bill that he deems
excessive, while approving of the re-
mainder of the bill: therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the house of repre-
sentatives. that the governo: De re-
spectfully requested to transmit to the
house any information he may possess
in regard to any excessive appropria-
lions, so that proper correction may
be made by the legislature, and in
case such correction be not made by
the legislature, the house respectfully
requests the governor to veto SUCH
excessive appropriations, to the END
| that the money of the people may not
| be wantonly wasted
The Lorimer Resolution.
Whereas, The United States senate
has by vote of 46 to 40 decided that
purchased, if not by him. then surely
from the evidence for him by some
unknown special interest; and.
'sWhereas, Every eminent lawyer in
the senate, save Bailey of Texas, twho
reminds you somehow of Standard
OLD every man fitted by training and
/ reputation as competent judges of the
law, and weighers of the evidence
| comprising such names as Bacon
Borah, Brown, Culberson, Cummins
| Ia toilette, Money, Rayner, Shively
and Root-voted to unseat Lorimer
and,
whereas, Every senator defeated
by the people for reelection last fall
4 af<0v- -lao oil tod xr-ifI
| special interests or has ever been ac-
| cused of such alliance-comprisin
Brandegee, Briggs, Burrows, Carter
Depew, Dupont, Frye, Guggenheim
Penrose, Smoot and Wetmore-voted
/ to sustain the ballot-stained Legislators
of Illinois, who sent Lorimer to Wash
1 ington; and,
/ 'Whereas, The vote from Kansas