The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-10
House Members Give Speaker
Buchanan a Package.
But 1t Contained a Handsome
Gold Watch Not a Lemon.
LLHADAJOLLY TIME
Veteran So Taken Aback He Was
Unable to Respond.
LambcrtsOn and Brown Are Also
Given Tokens.

Business and politics and the dull
routine of reading bills and debating
over amendments were set ASIDE IN lie
house of representatives Thursday
night for awhile and sentiment, the
shining virtue of the race preValleo III
their stead The speaker, George n;
Buchanan. Of winfield, was oeposeu
from the chair, FEEDER, of Barton ele-
waited to his place, and charges were
preferred against the former czdl -;
Then the members through ,,e,e111,,,s n
NTH a fine gold watch. In inaAi ~
the presentation, Mr.. case saIu. II 7
behalf of the members OF TINS mouse -
wish TO present this little token 10 e .as
splendid, courtly gentleman "no ei0
she chair of this house Ii. .ho
n,be members cheered Whlle lne
.,aairer stood overcome with emoIloh'
the watch in his hand. -. ,..o,,,-
Who's all right? yeleu s t1.lnI, from
1oer and the answer came back Irolii
s,erv mart of the house: Buchanan.
.srrbe gentleman from Convey mas my i
zoor'' declared FEEDER of Barton VINO
had been elected to the chalr al 'no
time the charges were preIellES5 c,,,1av q
Rut the gentleman from CoWLeS' u u
.-sd1y and ELOQUENT speaker unqeI an
4he circumstances and stress OF ue go
Ala not take advantage Oh the a. a.
that he had the floor. The spedhei 80 "a
r5aeT,11- affected. Gentleman ne saiu
-,,d tben his gray head was bowed; me
.,,ords did not come. But TINS SllellCee
as eloouent and the members cheelNN
him again and again. ..,--,,o,,, >, con-
IT have no words to thank you, ColI-
+;,I,ed Judge buchanan in hesltatlhs &c
Cants Il do not know what 10 say ~
-, MOI, The judges voice was
husky and broken. i nave hidNe ms
takes 49,. ..,or,hars
II have tried to be fair, and KNOW
Won believe that. one of the sreatesI
pleasures of my life has oeen we we
31eeting of eight weeks with you. W.
11,ill soon go to our homes some ~
VII w, viii never see again. You Will
- scattered over a big state. But your
memories will never be IorgoIIen1' :
don't care about your poltlcS, , nc
tried not to know politics IN TINS Poly tI,
7 thank YOU from the bottom Oh my
haert for this expression of your con
4idence, and 1 will try, during tne
wears that are left to me, TO never io"-
Or that esteem in your m1nds.
ssYou WON'T came from every SET
ton of the hall. ...
emf and the doorkeepers also remem-
bered the kindly speaker with pic
tu-e. .,,.afarrad tho
charges against the speaker, and KEEL
lev Of Shawnee sustained them IN a
speech in which he employed an ms
mowers of sarcasm in arrangement OIL
fhe speaker and his administration
friends for fancied wrongs and out
RACES. Allen of Wyandotte followed
KELLEY and brought down the house
with his humorous illusions TO now
badly the speaker had treated MIN.
rThen came Matson of Sedgwick. who
referred to the manner in which he
had been juggled out of the speaker
ship by the man from CONVEY.
came here convinced that was the
proper man for speaker, declared
Matson, land this man Buchanan got
ali nv promised votes but two"
The house had a good time and
everyone was affected by the express
sions of friendship that passed among
the members without the least regard
10 party or former alignments on leg
Speaker Pro Tenn Lambertson of
Brown was brought to the bar of the
house by the sergeant-at-arms and
presented by Crow of Butler on behalf
of the house with a handsome chain
The Young man from Brown was deep
~ affected by the gift. He said:
can not express to you my apprecla-
ton for this gift, but I am grateful to
YOU 1 will keep this chain as long as
live, and my family will keep 1T after
am gone, l do not expect to again
enter this hall as a representative. ]
am going back to the farm where ]
was born and stay there. but I will
always remember with pleasure my
two sessions of the legislature here in
Topeka and will cherish the friend
ships I have made here"
Then came Fair of Rice county
and on behalf of the members pre-
scented Brown of Kingman, minority
candidate for speaker. with a chain
The old war horse was taken aback
Especially when Fair in the presenta-
ton speech referred to the boys tc
hum using the style of speech of the
man from Kingman when he made
the often repeated quotation. Brown
spoke feelingly in response to the call:
for a speech. "I will never come here
Agafn as a legislator" he said. 90
leave here with warm regards anC
kindly feeling for every member Of
this house. God be with you till we
meet again.
After the solemn ceremonies of the
presentation of gifts during which the
house gave close attention it passed
from decorum to the widest disorder
which eliminated in an incipient rio
when Wilson of Greeley arose to ex
plain his vote against an item of thu
claims and accounts committee bill
The house calendars began to fly and