The Chanute times., 1913-02-14
ONE-BOARD BILL
PASSES HOUSE
TO PLACE 3 REGENTS IN CONTROL
OF STATE UNIVERSITY, NOR
NAL AND AGRl. COLLEGE.
THE Vote WAS SO TO 80
Measure Was Platform Pledge
Looked Upon by Democrats as
One of Most important Matters
to Come Before the Pres
ent Legislature.

Topeka, Kan.-The Keene bill abol-
ishing the board of regents of the
State University, the Agricultural col
lege and the State Normal school and
placing all three institutions under
one board OF three members, was
passed by the house by a vote of 80
to go 1t came up for consideration
under special order. 1t was Demo
cratic platform pledge and was looked
upon upon as one of the more import
ant matters to come before the legis-
lature. The bill was signed by the
governor published and is now law.
AS passed the bill abolishes the
boards of regents of the three eduCa-
tional institutions, creates board of
three members to be appointed by the
governor and places the three ID lca-
tional institutions and the school for
the deaf at Olathe and the school fer
the blind at Kansas City under the
jurisdiction of the new board. Each
member of the new board is to receive
$1,000 a year Not more than one
member shall be an alumnus of any Of
the institutions, and not more han one
shall be from any one congressional
district. The official title given toI
the new board is The State Board OF
administration of Educational Institu-
tions."
Two members are to be appointed
for four years and one for two years.
They are required to give all their
time to the management of the insti-
tutions under their charge. They are
authorized to have offices in the state
house and to employ secretary All |
competent help. The appropriation
for the two years carried by the bill .
is $4,000 The board is given COM
plete charge Of the budgets for the in
stitutions and general charge of the
scope of work in the different institu-
tions,
The same bill was passed by the
house and senate two years ago after
Governor Stubs had urged its pass
age. But while tue legislature was
working Gu it, Governor Stubbs was
been tried out and when the bill
reached him for his signature he had
concluded it was not a good thing, and
he vetoed the bill.
Topeka, Kan.-By a vote of 80 to !
80 the house adopted the Riddle re- {
call resolution by two votes more than {
the necessary two-thirds. t
As adopted the recall resolution con-
tains most of the provisions to which
the Republicans objected. 1t provides 6
for the recall of judicial officers. 1t
provides that upon the filing of a pc
rHtiOn containing the signatures of 20
per cent of the voters of the elec-
toral division the recall election shall
be held Both of those provisions were 4
stubboTnly fought by the minority. /
They asked to have the judicial Of !
'icial exempted and to have the per- :
,entage raised to SO 1-3.
There was a wild scene OH the floor i
If the house as Speaker Brown an /
lounced that the resolution had car
led by two more votes than the re- =
luired two-thirds vote. Waste bas- "
,ets, papers and pamphlets were j,
lurled from the Democratic side of y
he house into the ranks of the Repub-
lean opponents of the measure and
hese missiles were promptly returned
" the Republicans to the south side Il
i the house. CT
For several minutes the cheering of a
he Democrats continued with no ef- ST
ort on the part of the chair to re- S
tore order. 1t was clearly the big re
est administration victory in the G
ouse since the opening of the session d