The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-19
RAISING THE BARS
Move in Senate to Trim Employ
ees' Pay Roll.
Senator Ganse Says Fifty Men
Could Do Work.
STIRS UP HORNET NEST
Men Behind Movement Accused
of Grandstanding."
Sixteenth Amendment Is Rati-
fled i'm Senate.

lied In Senate.
If the Ganse resolution offered in
the senate at noon today is adopted
by the employees committee, some 20
employees now drawing So a day as
clerks, secretaries, assistant superin-
tendents Of ventilation and janitors in
the senate, will pack their grips Satur-
day night and quietly return home The
Ganse resolution would cut the list Of
employees in the senate from 120 to 80
or less and would allow but IL senate
clerks.
There was immediate trouble in sight
when the resolution was read. Ganse
wanted the measure disposed Of at
once, but he could not secure enough
assistance to keep it away from the
employees committee. Stannard, of
Lyon, backed Ganse in his reform"
move.
1T is not necessary declared the
Lyon county man, for 120 men and
women to wait on a body of 40 men;
and none of us would permit such
thing in our private business
This speech from the Emporia gen.
tlemen does not sound just right" de-
clared Senator Brewster. 'in view of
the senate records that every en-
ployee ON the list was approved by
the unanimous consent of the senate.
This is an old trick. Two years ago
these men came here, loaded the en-
ployees list and few days later made
a great noise to save the state ex
penses.''
when this body was organized said
Senator Robertson, lit overlooked one
very important thing. There should
have been some provisions for a COM
mittee on grandStanding.'
This assertion from the gentleman
from RawlinS did not please the Coffey
county senator in the least. He tried
to look pleasant, and Stannard defend
ed him. Stannard was stopped on
, point of order and his amendment to
, the Stavely motion, which retired the
matter to the employees committee,
: was buried.
, Stavely, who is chairman of the COM
mittee, said there would be session
of the body this afternoon and asked
every senator to report his employees
and an endorsement of their position,
if they hoped to save anything from
the wreck.
By vote of 25 to IA, the senate this
morning adopted the resolution in
structing congress and the United
States senate that Kansas favored an
income tax and recommending an
amendment to the national constitu-
ton. Glenn, who introduced the reso-
luton in the upper house, led the fight
for the adoption of the amendment.
He pleaded that Kansas had few swol-
l
ment would be a benefit to the state
/ and not burden.
; Stewart urged that there was no
immediat occasion for the adoption of
such an amendment and suggested
that taxes are now amply high.
Stavely of Usage county made a
: lengthy plea for the defeat of the reso-
luton. He said that a majority of the
senators really did not have work.
! ing understanding of the situation.
Stavely declared that the federal gov
! ernment had done nothing for Kan
sas. Tt had removed the appropria-
: tion for the forest reserve at Garden
City, it had made little or no provi-
sion for improving the condition of the
Missouri river, which was of vital i'm
portance to this state, and that Kan
sas should not break a ligament to
= vote taxes for federal benefits.
Hodges for the minority members
talked for the resolution. He reached
!. in his desk and produced the 1910 Re
publican platform declaring for fed
eraI income tax and told the majority
members to walk to the trough and
drink. He said the defeat of the reso-
luton would cost the Republicans
10000 votes in 1912.
Senator Price in explaining his vote
s against the resolution said that every
effort at such taxation had always
worked hardship on the poor mar
and did not catch the multi-million-
d aires.
The vote on the feSOlutlOn was az
0 follows:
Yes-Anderson, Avery, Bender
Brewster, Brown, Cambern, Cooke
|, Denton, Fowler. Ganse, Glenn, Harris
!; Hamilton, Hodges, Hostrup, Huffman
= Milton, Murphy, Myers Porter, Potter
+ Quincy, Robertson, Smith, Stannard-
Total 25.
y No-Brady, Caldwell Carey. Eager
n berg, Hunter, Lower, Milligan, Over
field, Price, Reed, Stavely, Stewart
Stilling, Travis-Total Il.
The minority equal suffrage bill is
safe, so far as the elections committee
is concerned, and will be reported fav-
r orably Friday morning by that COM
mittee. Not all of the members of the
committee are for the resolution Of
fered by the Democratic members, but
I it was agreed today that the same tao
c tics would be used in disposing of the
:, suffrage question that were adopted
u when the committee ironed out the in
; itiative and referendum and recall.
1t is probable that the equal rights
u bill will be made an order at the same
Z | time the two other constitutions
amendments are co oasidered. If the
. Stannard resolution succeeds in coming
4 from the committee, it will probably gr
. on the calendar at the same time. This
+ will give the senate a chance to mai
healthy amendments on the resolution.
in the quiet of the committee of ths