The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-07
Decides to Let Utilities Bill Go
to Conference.
Stone, Of Shawnee, Leads the
Reconsideration Movement.
AGREEMENT In SIGHT.
Little Difference Between Com
mittees 1t Is Said.
Victor MurdOck's Senatorial
Aspiration Bill Is Killed.

The house backed up on the utilities
question today and voted. II to 40 to
grant the request of the senate for an
other conference on the bill. The same
conference committee was reappoint-
ed by the speaker on instruction by the
house.
Stone Of Shawnee, who had spoken
the day before earnestly against an
other conference, was the one to back
up and ask for another conference. He
| moved that the house reconsider its
action of last night when it laid the
motion to appoint conference COM
mittee on the table. The house came
across with good grace and bowed to
the senate mandate
| The bill is again in conference be-
tween the two houses
| stone, in making the motion to re-
consider, said: 81 believed yesterday
and 1 believe now that the house was
right. I think the senate should have
come across. We have pride but L
have always made it rule not to let
pride stand in the way of duty. The
senators want an easy way out. 1 be-
lieve we can now reach an agreement
in conference without any great modi-
| hcation of our principles or surrender
| of the stand we have taken on this
question. believe we can now. get to-
gether and pass a utilities bill that will
be a credit to the state"
The house had heard the hiss of the
lash and it did not wait for the crack
of the whip. 1t picked up the motions
from the table and voted to reconsider
all its previous actions. Brown of
Kingman tried to check the rush over
the fence. He said: 'You change
your mind as often as you change
your linen. My friend from Shawnee
made an eloQIient plea Yesterday to
convince us that the senate idea was
unconstitutional, and now he wants us
to go to the senate for instruction in
the way to go. I tell you the grave
yard of the utilities bill is or the other
side Of this building
Il Davis of Kiowa also opposed the
motion to reconsider and he said:
ST am opposed to this motion. The
house ought to have some dignity and
flock of Sheep
/ The roll call vote to reconsider and
send the bill back to conference was
as follows:
Beachey, Block, Brown of Linn, Brown
of Butler, Burtis, Cain, Carnahan.
Cassin, Cones, Daley, Davis of Bour-
bon, Davis of Ottawa, Davis of Sedg-
Elder, Ellis, Emerson. Ewing, Fair.
Field, Graham, Haslet. Holden, John
son, Keene, Kyle, Lacey, Laidlaw.
Lang, Lambertson, Lawson, Manches-
ter, Matson. MacDannald. Mcmillan.
Meek, Mercer, Miller, Moore, Newlin.
Noble, Olinger, Ostlind. Parker, Par
rott, Reardon, Reeder, Schafer.
Schaumburg, Sharpless. Stone of
Shawnee, Turner, Tyler, Veatch, Wart-
man. Watson, Wayman, Westerrnan,
J Wheeler. Williams, Wilson of Greeley,
Woodbury., Wray, Yates, Yoxall, Mr..
Speaker. Total, II.
Nays-Armstrong Barrett, Bentley.
Brown of Kingman, Burke, Bunger,
Carney Cron, Davenport, Davis of Ed
wards Davis of Kiowa, Drew, Frey,
Gray, Goddard, Herr, Hines, Hyer,
Jackson, Kelley. Keraus, Mahurin. Ma
10y, Martin, Mccormick, McComb.
McGregor, Morris, Mulroy, Napier,
Noble, Orr. Schlichter Stone of Sher-
man, Thomas, Thompson, Thorpe,
Ward, Wettack, Wilson of Marshall.
Total, 40.
i. The house this morning proceeded
to take a dig at Victor Murdock's
chances to run for the United States
, senate and congress at one and the
same time when it voted 66 to 81 to
strike the senate bill providing for this
privilege from the calendar. The fol-
lowing is the roll call vote on the mo-
ton to place the senate bill back on
the calendar:
Yeas-Allen, Armstrong, Barrett.
Brown of Butler, Brown of Kingman.
Bunger, Burtis, Cain, Carney, Cassin.
Cron, Davenp port, Davis of Edwards,
Drew, Elder, Feder, Field, Frey, Cod
dard Herr, Hines, Holden, Keraus.
10y Malone Martin. Mccormick, Nc
Dannald, McGregor, Morris. Mulroy.
; Napier Olinger, Parrott, Schaumburg.
Schlichter, Sharpless, Stone OF Shaw
nee, Stone of Sherman, Thomas,
Thorpe, Tyler, Ward. Wettack, Will
Jams, Wilson of Marshall. Wolfert.
Total, 81.
Nays-Abrams, Alexander, Bentley,
, Block, Burke. Cones, Daley, Davis Of
Bourbon, Davis of Ottawa. Davis of
Sedgwick, Davis of Kiowa, Davis of
Gray, Deacon. DeCamp, Don Carlos,
Ellis, Ewing, Fair. Graham, Gray,
, Haslet, Jackson, Johnson, Keene, Laid
, law, Lang, Lawson, Manchester, Mat
son, McComb, Mcmillan, Meek. Mer-
cer Miller, Moore, New1in, Noble, Ost-
Hind Parker, Reardon, Schafer, Shear
, er, Turner, Veatch, Wartman, Watson,
! Wayman, Westerman, Wheeler, Wood
bury, Worley, Wray, Yates, Yoxall, Mr..
= Speaker. Total, So.
The members of the former house
| conference committee on the utilities
bill were: Matson of Sedgwick, Keene
| of Bourbon, Stone of Shawnee. Laid
law of Wilson, Orr of Atchison. Carney
of Cloud.
The uniform blank book and records
bill and the employers liability bill
both went to conference today. The
house amended the senate bills and
8 the senate voted to non-concur-
After a hard fight this morning the
resolution amending the constitution
Y to provide for a three-fourths jury
e verdict was beaten. This measure was
e beaten in the house some days ago, but
s it came UP again today when the SEN
Il for disposition. The supporters of the