The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-25
DOWN TO DEFEAT.
Administration Banner Again
Dragged in Dust.
Sergeant at Arms Called to Pre-
vent Fist Fights.
THE LIE IS PASSED.
Mercer, of Chase. Applies Short
er and Uglier to Orr.
Will Prevent Legislators Hold
ing State Jobs.
THE LIE IS PASSED,

Kansas house crumpled up like the olo
guard at Waterloo this morning on
roll call vote involving exactly the
same principles as those at issue in the
60 to 81 vote of yesterday. The house
voted 76 to Al today against the ad-
ministration idea of having legislators
eligible to appointment to office, a gain
of IA votes over yesterdays battle. The
administration forces were badly LED
and seemed to be disorganized. They
fought spasmodically, lacking concen-
tration or system. No one appeared
for them in debate to oppose the bril-
liant Stone of Shawnee or the able
Davis of Kiowa, or the subtle Orr of
Atchison, or that old fighter, Brown of
Kingman. The fight of Yesterday was
today a carnage.
Violence threatened several times to
take the place of the more peaceIuI
functions of debate. The lie was passed
three times between six different mem
bers and fists were clinched and voices
heard that were hoarSe with passion.
Speaker Buckman quelled the threat
ened riot by calling for the sergeant
alarms to restore order and threat
ening to arrest the belligerent mem
bers.
The trouble started when the cleo
tions committee reported adversely on
TyIer's bill barring members OF the
legislature from appointment TO once.
Tyler got up and moved that the mi
nority report of the committee, when
favored his bill, be adopted in place OF
the majority report. Then the battle
was on in full force and effect from
that moment. Reeder of Doniphan,
Brown of Kingman, Davis of Kiowa,
stone of Shawnee, Williams of Logan,
Watson of Allen, Mercer of Chase, Orr
of Atchison, Wettack Of Montgomery,
all took part in the debate.
Williams of Logan impugned the mo-
tives of Davis of Kiowa in opposing
administration measures, and the man
from Kiowa took the floor like
tempest. He pointed to his record of
last session in which he had supported
all the administration measures but
sone. He declared tha+ he was above
the petty place of opposing or support
ing a measure because it had the ad-
ministration brand. He called the man
from Logan very, very hard. After the
house adjourned at noon Davis and
Williams met and the man from KioWa
relieved his mind of bitter thoughts.
A fight threatened for a moment, but
Williams did not reiterate his charge
made on the floor of the house few
minutes before.
Lambertson, speaker pro TEN, who is
on the reservation with a vengeance.
aroused the ire of Watson and he later
phasize his threats. But Mercer of
Chase was the Vesuvius among these
volcanoes. He boiled over and scalded
the member from Atchison while he
searched his soul to tell what he
thought of corporation attorneys in
general and particular. Mercer is live
stock inspector under the present ad-
ministration and he resented the slurs
cast against the custom of buying votes
in the legislature with appointments.
Jackson of Comanche quelled the
storm by moving the previous question
and roll call ordered on the Tyler
motion to adopt the minority report on
his bill.
Yeas-Alexander. Armstrong, Barrett,
Beachey Bentley, Boyd Brown of But
Ter, Brown of Kingman, Burke, Bunger,
Cain, Carney, CasSin, Cones, Cron. Dav-
wards. Davis of Kiowa. Davis of Gray,
Deacon, Drew, Elder, FEEDER Field,
Frey. Gray, Goddard. Haslet, Herr,
Hines. Holden, Jackson. Johnson, Kel
ley, Keraus: Lacey, Lambertson' Law
son, Mahurin, Malone, Maloy, Man
chester. McComb. McDannald, Nc
Gregor. Meek, Morris Mulroy, Napier
O'Connor, Orr, Ostlind. Parrott, Phil
lips, Reardon Schaumburg, Schlicher
Shearer, Shields. Shuey, Stone Of Shaw
nee. Stone of Sherman, Thomas.
Thompson, Thorpe, Tyler, Wallace
Ward Wartman, Wheeler, Williams
Wilson of Marshall, Wilson of Greeley,
Wolfert, Yoxall.
Nays-Abrams, Barrier. Block, Brown
of Linn, Burtis, Carnahan, Daily, Davis
of ottawa, Davis of Sedgwick De-
Camp, Don Carlos. Ellis. Emerson, Ew-
ing, Fair, Graham, Hyer, Keene, Kerr,
Kyle. Laidlaw, Laing, Martin, Matson.
Mccormick. Mcmillan, Mercer, Miller
Moore, Newlin. Noble, Olinger, Parker,
Reeder, Schafer, Sharpless, Turner,
Veatch Wary, Watson, Wayman,
Westerman, Wettack, Woodbury., Wor-
ley, Yates and Mr.. Speaker.
How 1t Started
The old fight of whether or not
members of the legislature shall be
barred from appointment to any office
was resumed today in the house when
Tyler of Finney demanded that his
bill barring legislators from eligibility
to appointment to office be resurrected
from the grave in which it had been
buried by the committee. TIE debate
on the motion to place the Tyler bill
under general orders waxed warm like
fat before the fire.
Lambertson of Brown, speaker gro
tenn, got off the reservation and sup
ported the Tyler bill. AS a result of
one of Lambertson's observations on
this subject there came very near be-
ing another Hodges -Ganse encounter
on the floor of the house this mornino
between Lambertson and an admins
tration member. Bitter words We're
passed and fists were raised in threat
ening fashion.
The debate continued throughout
the morning session. Stone of Shaw
nee, Davis of Kiowa and Orr of Atchi
son. three of the most brilliant de-
baters on the floor of the house. smoke
for the Tyler bill that plainly bars leg
islators from appointment to Office
during their term of Office Mr.. stone
said, speaking on this subject: Gov.
ernor Stubbs is a good governor. and
he stands for reform. He may not try