The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-28
IN SENATE mill"
First Presidential Primary Bill
i'm Upper House.
Moves Election Ahead to April
Primaries.
|HTnp win expenditures
STOP WILD EXPENDITURES
StaveIy Bill Makes Cities Live
Within Means.
Counties Would Vote Bonds for
Railroads.

The first presidential primary bill to
be thrown into the senate hopper Tor
consideration came in today when W.
P. Lambertson, of Brown county, sub
mitted a measure providing for the
election of president and vice presi-
dent of the United States under the
primary laws. The Lambertson bill
would do away with delegates and
electors.
In order to facilitate elections. SEN
ator Lambertson would have the pri-
mary in presidential years held on the
third Tuesday in April. Other primar-
les would be forged ahead to be held
on this date instead of August, thus
reducing the election expenses to the
voters in Kansas.
The presidential primary will bring
out all the oratory in the senate and
will be one of the important measures
of the present session. 1t is anticipa-
ted that il will be combined eventually
with the revision of the election laws
in Kansas-laws that will be formed
from bills now under consideration or
senate committees.
Senator Stavely's act to shorten the
time of appeal to the Kansas supreme
court passed the senate by unanimous
vote this morning. The new bill re-
duces the appeal period from one year
to six months. 1t will not take effect
until July 1, giving attorneys in the
The Stanton contest case will not come
up until tomorrow morning. Members o.
| the elections committee which recon-
mended that Stanton be unseated stated
this afternoon that they were willing that
| the senate as whole look over the print
| ed evidence at the time stated on special
/ order tomorrow and that they make Their
| decision after seeing what was done at
\ lie booths in Crawford county.
| IS not thought that the committee re-
! port will meet any opposition when it is
again submitted for approval tomorrow
/ lie election of Porter to the chair of tie
Ninth senatorial district, it will be only
| a question of few days until the senate
/ will lose a Socialist and gain Repub-
| lican.
To strip cities in Kansas OF their wild
cat methods of spending money they d.
not have, Senator Stavely succeeded this
morning in forcing bill through the sen
ate putting stop to the practice and Al
/ lowing municipalities to spend only reve-
nue. funds
In other words cities in this state here
! after will have to live within their means.
! If they refuse to recognize the order az
| the stavely bill and appropriate money
that is not provided for in the treasury,
the debts will be declared void.
The bill was passed with no objection.
Senator Bowman, despite brilliant ora
| torical efforts. lost his senate bill today
requiring a lawsuit to reach a $500 mini
mum before it could be appealed to the
strenuously by Price of Clark.
A bill by Senator Huffman of Cherokee
today asks an appropriation of $4,000 for
the school of mines at Weir City. OF this
amount $4,000 is asked for maintenance
and 10000 for new buildings.
/ Senator Milton of Wyandotte has taken
| steps to require the railroads running
through Kansas City. Kan, to stop al
passenger trains and build stations ~
the Kansas metropolis. In the past Kan-
sas City has been passed up by railroads
wno failed to stop in their onward rush
to the Missouri line.
Massive petitions from Stanton and
Grant counties today ask the senate TO
take favorable action the bill allow
ing counties to vote bonds not to exceed
81, 600 mile for the construction of raj
roads.