The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-28
GETS DEATH BLOW
Garden City-COncordia Normal
Goes by Board.
Only Thing Left Is the Enacting
Clause.
HAD FUN WITH BILL.
Nearly Every Senator Had Plan
for School of Own.
Columbus Day Is Made a Legal
Holiday.
LAD FUN WITH BILL.

Columbus Day is Made a Legal
Holiday.
It was Richard j. Hopkins, president
of the senate, who Monday afternoon
climbed into the pork barrel organiza-
ton seized the Garden City normal
from the burning, only to see the tat
tered and torn document separated
from all but its enacting clause after
a most stormy session. With the vote a
tie on the Stannard motion to strike
out the enacting clause, Hopkins him
self saved the cause of his home town
and voted for the appropriation. Two
hours later the senate filled the bill full
of bird shot, loaded the document down
with a half dozen adGitionaI appropria-
lions and by a one sided vote left only
an enacting clause from which to build
q new measure.
The fight started when Senator Fag-
erberg amended the original bill to in
clude new normal for Seneca in addi-
ton to the ones provided for Garden
City and Concordia. With a clear
Weather forecast for the BILL Senator
Myers sought a slice of bacon and
asked for new school for Atchison.
Cambern desired to take advantage Of
the sacrifice and asked for branch
normal at Erie. Senator Robertson
concluded that his district needed bet
ter educationa facilities and he moved
to include Atwood IN the list of favored
cities. New state normals were going
for the asking and Senator Travis re-
membered that lola is not honored
with state patronage. He would take
new school home to offset his suffrage
vote. Reed wanted one for Smith Cen
ter. No one objected. Avery spoke in
behalf of Clay Center. No objections.
The senate suddenly took account and
found that it was distributing pie With
the generosity of 4 king. GanSe called
for malt and asked to change the 10
cation of the Garden City normal. He
wanted it built at Wakarusa. The
hilarity on the part of dignifed mem.
bers and voted him down. A Wakarusa
visitor in the gallery wept audibly.
Then the senate suddenly sat up and
observed. Potter pointed with horror.
He told an overgenerous senate that il
was not only squandering the states
hard earned cash, but was shipping it
out of the state treasurer's office Il.
busheI baskets. The Peabody man &c
clared that the senate's riotous actions
had caused their chances for the pearly
shores to drop 10 points. He was
grieved at the actions of the many
otherwise law abiding citizens who
had gathered at the pork barrel by
mutual consent and preference.
1t was Stannard, however, who took
the initiative but not the referendum.
He wasted few words on that undigni-
fed body that was endeavoring to give
every voting precinct a state institu-
ton. Stannard asked but one thing.
That mild request was to remove the
enacting clause. AS the reading clerk
finished the roll call, he whispered to
President Hopkins that the vote was
a tie. For minute the presiding Off
Ger looked fondly over the smiling faces.
On one side he saw an alliance with
the alleged pork packers and a brand
new state institution for his home town.
On the other hand he saw the defeat
of the fond dreams of the constituents
in the sugar beet district. Then the
presiding officer shut both eyes, voted
mo-" and saved the enacting clause.
This victory for the additional nor
mails aroused a dozen brands of fierce
opposition and Potter, Stannard and
Hamilton waded into the friends of the
bill with a choice collection of allus
sions to party infidelity. Porter made
a strong plea for the bill and pointed
to the hesitancy of the senate ten years
ago to give the Garden City district
an appropriation for the sugar beet in
dustry. He alluded to the same hes
fancy in giving the Hays normal a
boost and pointed to the growth of both
enterprises. Stannard and Ganse urg-
ed a union of educational resources and
declared that the bill should be beaten.
Caldwell and Glenn pointed to 1.-The
ed the members to gather at the rally.
Senator Milton nearly broke up one
of the best meetings of the season when
he moved the previous question in the
midst of an impassioned speech by Sem
ator Potter. Then Hamilton again at
tackled the organiza ton and moved to
strike out everything after the enact
ing clause. In the roll call which fol-
lowed, the new normal organization
went to pieces and Hamilton and his
friends won by vote of % to 9. Moth
ing remained of the measure but the
modest enacting clause from which to
erect a brand new bill that will meet
the approval of q senators ana 63 mem
bers of the house. A heroic effort will
be made to build a suitable bill and
friends of the measure are confident
that President Hopkins may yet return
to his constituents with a real bona
foe state institution.
The vote to strike out the enacting
clause was as follows:
For-Anderson, Avery. Bender, Cam
bern, Cooke, Denton, Fowler. Ganse,
Harris Hodges, Hostrup, Lower. Muir
ply, Potter, Quincy, Smith, Stannard.
Total. II.
Against-Brady, Brown, Caldwell,
Carey, Fagerberg, Glenn, Hamilton
Huffman. Hunter, Milton. Myers. Por-
ter, Price Reed, Robertson Stewart,
Travis, Mr.. President. Total, IS.
The senate Monday night passed the