The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-20
.STIRS UP A ROW.
Campaign Publicity Bill Looses
House Oratory.
Provides That All Candidates
Must Make Statements.
SOLDIERS HOME BILL.
House Passes Measure to Have
Veterans Vote.
But Must Be Counted Where
They Live.
SOLDIERS. HOME BILL.

The campaign publicity bill stirred
up quite a bit of oratory in the house
and argument over the details of the
measure. However, the bill will likely
be recommended for passage in about
its original form as recommended by
the judiciary committee. The last
section in the bill is a singer. 1t
makes it the duty of the secretary of
state and county and city clerks with
in thirty days after each primary and
general election to make out a list of
any and all candidates and chairmen
of all political committees who have
not filed the statements of receipts
and expenditures required, and forth
with transmit the list to the county
attorney of the county where such can
didate or chairman resides, and it is
hereby made the duty of all county
attorneys to vigorously prosecute all
persons violating any of the provisions
of this act.
The house passed the Goddard bill
taking the Soldiers home vote at Fort
Leayenworth out of First district poll
tics and distributing it over the state
at the homes of the inmates, where 1t
belongs. The house passed the bill IN
a hurry and sent it to the senate some
days ago. Some people regard the Dill
as an attack by the Leavenworth dele
cation on Anthony, the 1eayenWorth
congressman, and his machine But
the house, in debate and by its vote,
appeared to regard the bill as merl-
toriouS measure, drawn up in the IN
tefest of good government and the
state at large.
The four bills amending the primary
law in regard to the nomination of
United States senators by the people
and also the nomination Of national
convention delegates were laid over
this morning when they We're reached
by the committee of the whole of the
house under special orders for the red-
son that Stone of Shawnee. who is the
author of three of these bills. was alb
sent They will come up for DISPOSE
ton as soon as the campaign publicity
bill has been disposed of. Matson of
Sedgwick is the author of the fourth
bill. s
The house revoked it's action of Fri
day in passing bill for $25 appropria-
ton for each member for additional
postage. AT the beginning of the SEES
sion the senate cut the usual postage
bill from SIS to S20.s Last week the
house took up this postage appropria-
ton and raised it to $40 on the grounds
that that sum could not cover the post
age bill of many Of the members dur
ing their two years of service. Some
of the members, speaking at the time
for the bill, declared that their post
age bill was as high as 81 per day dur
ing many days of the session as a re-
suit of answering letters from con-
stituents. But the house members
heard. the talk of postage graft and
decided to revoke their action increas-
ing the postage bill. 1t is strange that
such talk should be heard in connection
with men. who come here and do legis-
latiye work of the greatest Importance
to the state for SO per day apiece. And
they have to work the last few days of
the term for nothing, because they can