The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-11
Legislature AdjOurns at 1920
This Morning.
Members of the House Sing the
DOxOlOgy.
BIG APPROPRIATIONS.
An Increase of Nearly a Million
Dollars Over 1909.
Topeka Paving Bill Is Cut to
Three Thousand.

Inc lSll legislature auJOuIAOQ cSI
1920 this morning in the most mat
ter of fact fashion with all differences
between the two houses settled and all
the members in a most Christian
frame of mind toward each other. In
the house. Williams of Logan, with a
few of the chosen, sang the doxology,
while some of the members who yet
cling to temporal things sang AUD
Lang Syne. Probably 100 members
were present in their seats when
Speaker Buckman's gavel fell for the
last time While the actual adjourn
Ynent took Mace this morning, the
technical adjournment will not come
until Tuesday evening, in order InaI
the governor may have three days 10
send back bills. Speaker Buchanan
Lieutenant Governor Hopkins, rev
of the employees and the shawnee
delegation and any other members
who choose to stay will gather each
dav to hear official word from the
executive department.
There were four bills in conference
when the houses convened after
short recess for supper. 1t looked as
though there would be fight, but II
did not materialize. Both sides ylelo-
ed gracefully. In contrast to the CLOS
ing hours of last session, the end was
as tame as a. sewing circle. Two years
aro the house reserved its gladiators
to the finish and fougth all night ana
all next day in one continuous session
over conference bills. This session
the house did all its fighting early IN
the term and when the END came II
ala not have a blow, a. cheep left with
which to make a whirlwind finish The
bills in conference rolled in one at a,
time as fast as some formal snow Oh
resistance would allow.
The bill making appropriations TOT
the executive and judicial departments
came first and it was not changed
enough to be noticeable. Then came
the orphans home bill and the claims
and accounts committee measure, one
following closely on the heels OF the
other.
The orphans home got its appro-
irritation. and so did Topeka, but the
latter received only one-tenth OF her
paving claim. which is to say S5,OOO
ont of the $4,000 asked for. TWO
wears ago the house and senate locked
horns over this claim and fought the
fight of sit down for twelve hours. Ihe
house Welded last night within three
hours but then 1T must be SAID thdI
the house got pay for the new paw
ing on West Eighth avenue, while two
years ago nothing was gained from the
deadlock The senate yielded little,
and every little bit helps.
Another conference bill that was
expected to test the staying powers OF
the two houses was the appropriation
for the private hospitals. Some 500
600 was asked and thirty given. The
100000 appropriated goes to the board
of control to be parceled out among
these institutions, not over 5000 10 any
hospital. Some fifty or sixty of these
hospitaIs were asking for aid this term.
The oratory of the session had all
evaporated before the last long sitting
begun. Even Brown of kingman' ne
of the iron jaw, had nothing to say
last night Keene of Bourbon was
silent. Davis of Kiowa spoke once but
he did not consume his full minute of
time and neither did Carney of Cloud.
The calendar was abandoned at IL
O'clock and then the house conceived
the idea of visiting the senate. Don
Carlos led the football parade, each
member with hands on the shoulders
McHenry along for good measure and
marched into the senate chamber like
Washington entered Yorkton. Presi-
dent Hopkins received them court
eousIy and asked for some word of
greeting. Don Carlos turned the job
over to Allen of Wyandotte. The lat
ter merely pointed to exhibit A. Then
Davis of Kiowa, Carney of Cloud,
Brown of Kingman, Matson of Sedg-
wick FEEDER of Barton, Stone of Shaw
nee, Kerr of Montgomery, Williams of
Logan each responded to calls for
speech. Cones of Meade was pushed
to the front and asked about his
PatelIa bill. The crowd cheered the
little man from the southwest wildly
and he declared that his bill had been
amputated.
The visit of the house members had
its good effect. Mohammed had gone
utes the last conference bill came in
like lamb and the big eight weeks
show was all over.
Most of the members went home
last night and the balance followed to-
day. It was noticeable, that many
close friendships were made among
members coming from widely separat-
ed counties. The goodbys in the house
last night were earnest parting of
friends. The new members had had
a good time at the state capitol this
winter and did not hesitate to say so.
They left in happy frame of mind.
The house passed the Brown of
Kingman resolution thanking the
press desk for fair treatment through
out the session.
Voting last night against the ap-
preparations for the executive depart
ments. Veatch of Washington declared
that they were too much by $4,000
and he added that If he came back he
would work to trim them next ses-
sion.
Considering the fact that the long
grind was drawing to a close, the
house worked pretty well on the last
night. There was reasonable amount
OF decorum until IL o'clock The mem
bere Coated earnestly on the few re-
S-safning bills on the calendar and
listened to the reports of the confer
ence committees. Allen of Wyandotte
was called to the chair to help the
speaker in the closing hours.
After II o'clock. however, the house
broke bonds and began to have fur.
The work was all over except the
agreement on four bills in conference.
The house calendars began to fly, and
the waste paper baskets At 1880 it
was determined to visit the senate and
the 100 remaining members formed q
football parade and descended upon
the enemy across the rotunda-
After an hours visit the members re-
turned in good humor and began to
sing Aud. Lang Syne- Hungarian