The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-07
FAR INTO NIGHT.
House Remained in Session I'm
til l A. M.
Utilities Bill Not Considered by
Either Body.
HAS ONE MORE CHANCE
1t May Yet Be Taken Up
Today.
Price Raid Claims Turned Down
for 'Steenth Time.
HAS ONE MORE CHANCE

The deadly grind begun in the
house Monday noon continued IN
til nearly 1 o'clock this morning. some
slave cut the wire connections with
the faithful Western Union CLOCK ana
the tired legislators worked on
through the night while time. stooo
still at their bidding.
Neither the house or senate took
any action on the utilities bill Monday
or Monday night. The house still has
a chance today to agree to confer
ence as il voted on the proposition
Monday The senate had taken no
action in regard to the bill since Satur-
dcv. so of course the inactlon OF tnaI
hodv for more than one legislative day
aiJo1-ed the measure to die so far as
that hody is concerned. the mouse
voted Monday morning not to go TO
conference again on the nleds III (:
Last night about midnight laws VI
Bourbon. a Democrat, moved to re-
consider the morning vote on CONFER
ence. but Brown of Kingman, announcer
democrat. moved as a substitute that
the Davis motion be laid on the taple'
The Brown motion prevailed on yea
and nav vote There were no speeches.
or explanations, no attempt to force
division The proposition to recon-
slider was not before the mouse ten
minutes. 1t was not again brought
up, but it can be revived today II the
house so desires ana tHe Oil yet 81 ~
conference.
When the house convened at noon
there were $50 house bills on the
calendar to be disposed of Monday.
The adjournment resolution PIoHlueu
that the house must cease considera-
ton of house bills Monday and de-
vote the remainder of the session until
Thursday night to senate and confer.
ence bills. Nearly 100 out of the l6O
bills were pushed through on OMNIBUS
roll calls or were killed by the tired,
sleepy members.
Up to o'clock Monday evening the
senate had taken no action IN regard
to the consideration of the utilities
bill. The bill will surely die unless
the senate reconsiders its action when
It voted last Saturday to nonconcur on
the conference committee report Gov
ernor Stubs will call an extra session
early in May if the bill dies this Ses-
sion and the utilities and 1. and r.
fight will both be to go over again.
Attorney General John S. Dawson
Won CONGRATULATIONS from friends and
strangers, political supporters and
enemies alike on the floor of the house
today when he allowed the Orr Dill
abolishing the fee system in connec-
ton with the attorney generals office
10 go through the uOuS6 WIlnOul
fight. John declared that the bill was
all right and urged its passage The
bill as passed is as follows:
con and after the second Monday
in January, 1913, the annual salary of
the attorney general shall be four
thousand dollars and then and there
after it shall be the duty of the attor-
ney general to pay into the state
treasury, for the benefit of the general
revenue fund, all fees and allowances
Of every kind and character paid to
him under color of any general or
special statute for criminal convictions
secured by him in violations of the
prohibitory law and fees awarded to
him by virtue of any statute for abat
ing liquor nuisances and all fees and
allowances for enforcing all civil or
criminal laws against monopolieS and
in restraint of trade and against gam
bling nuisances and practices, and
every other fee or allowance in any
civil or criminal case whatsoever,
whether specifically mentioned in this
act or not. And for the appropriation
to his private use of any such fee or
allowance the attorney general shall
therefrom in the manner provided by
law; provided, that nothing in this sec
ton shall be construed either to in
crease or diminish the compensation
of the attorney general during the
present term
The bill provides further that the
two assistants in the office shall re-
ceive a salary of 50. 400 per year each,
also an assistant at $1,000, two stem
ographers at 1900 each and a copyist
and filing clerk at 5000 each
1t was on account of the fee system
in connection with the enforcement of
the prohibitory law that subjected the
administration of Fred S. jackson to
the fire of Orr of Atchison and the
Democratic members of the legisla-
ture.
The Price claims growing out of the
raid of S64 were again denied by the
house of representatives Monday and
the holders of this paper in the sum
of 100000 will have to wait two
more years to press their suit The
claim had been denied by the commit
tee on claims and accounts but was
brought on the floor of the house ary-
way. FEEDER, chairman Of the commit
tee. spoke against the bill and BOYD
of Republic, old soldier of the
Union, made a red hot fight against
the measure. Boyd declared that all
the legitimate claims had been paid,
and that with few exceptions ali the
paper now held against the state on
this raid was in the hands of specula-
tors who had bought it for six and nine
cents on the dollar. beware of the