Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE IN SESSION
THE GRIND BEGINS IN BOTH
HOUSES AT TOPEKA.
Sheffield ingalls, Called Senate to Or
der-Sessions Presided in
House..

tenant governor, called the senate 70
order and Charles Sessions, secretary
of state, started the House off in its
work. w. A. Johnston. chief justice
of the supreme court, administered
the oath to the senators and r. A
Burch. senior associate justice. ad-
ministered the oath to the represent
atives.
When Lieutenant Governor ingalls,
took the chair in the Senate he wei
comed the senators and expressed the
hope that the Democrats and the Re-
,publicans would act harmoniously,
and announced that even though he
had been .fdehorned'' and had little
authority except to preside, he would
endeavor to serve both sides alike
without political bias. ingalls, was
elected as Republican, but has since
Ienounced that faith and Joined the
Progressives.
The Democratic caucus organiza-
ton as arranged was put through
without hitch on a solid party
vote. The Republicans offered Sen
ator James Troutman of Shawnee as
the minority president pro tenn. and
he received his party vote. No other
minority candidates were offered. The
Senate named L. P. King, Cowley,
president pro tenn; Bent Brown,
douglas, secretary; John Taylor, Atch-
ison, Sergeant-at-arms.
AS soon as the House members were
sworn inn J. w. Orr of Atchison was
elected temporary speaker and Miles
lMulroy temporary chief clerk. The
House then named w. l.. Qron Jaw)
Brown, Kingman.f speaker; Miles Null
roy, Ellis, speaker pro tenn; George E.
ole
Snyder, Smith, ergeant-at-arms.
The Republicans voted for Robert
Stone of Shawnee for speaker.
1t is not likely that the House will
"dehorn" the speaker. The Republic
ans had a caucus and decided to play
"a little politics by voting to give the
speaker the right to name the COM
mittees. While in the minority, there
ARE enough Democrats who want the
speaker to retain the appointing
power to make it possible for the Re-
publican politicians and the cqpserv-
,ative Democrats to override the Demo
Gratis of the progressive tendencies.
Every. effort was made to get the
House Democrats together today to
adopt a plan for a committee on
committees, but it failed as the ad-
vocats of the plan insisted on bring
ing the question on to the floor of the
House, where they could put the Dem
ocrats on record for and against the
plan. AS long as it, was purely a
caucus proposition there could be no
record.
By supporting the speaker in NAM
ing the committees the Republicans
expect to get some good jobs and a
little more than the 40 per cent of
.cOTnnlittoo tbpv aro or7ti.
tied to according to the membership.
Senate Names Its chairmen.
The Senate committee of com
mittees was in session all morning
and has completed the assignment of
the standing committees, except sew
zen, and these will be completed at
once. The chairmen of the COM
mittees are:
Judiciary, B. P. Waggener, Atchi-
son; ways and means, Jouett Shouse,
Edwards; railroads, telegraph, tele-
phone and corporations, Harry Nc
MILAN, Ottawa; federal relations
state affairs, irrigation and drainage,
James Malone. Rawlins: assessment
and taxation. Harry Gray, Russell !;
cities. first class, Frank Nighswanger
gSedgwick; cities, second and third
class, B. E. Wilson, Jefferson; educa-
tlon and educational institutions, A
B. Carney, Cloud; agriculture, manu-
facturers and industrial pursuits, II
f. Sutton, Stafford; banks and bank
ing, j. d. Joseph, Butler; insurance
Nv. H. Price. Greenwood; charitable
and penal institutions, J. w. Howe
Dickinson: roads and bridges, Paul
Klein, Allen; temperance and ny.
siene, l. NJ. Kinds, Labette: live stock
and fish and game, J. NJ. Davis, Bour-
bon; congressional, judicial and leg
islative appointment, N. L. Bowman
Anderson; mines, mining, oil and gas
f. w. Stanton, Crawford: labor, j. M
Meek. Nemaha; claims and ACCOUNTS
j.. P Eng. Cowley.
Fred W. Stanton. the only Socialist
IN the House, has been cared for Dy
the uemocratice committee on con-.
mittees and was given one of the
important committees of the Senate
that of mines. mining, oil and gas
Senator Stanton comes from the min
ing district of the state and lives
close 10 the oil and gas section
Topeka.--A dozen resolutions and
fifteen bills were put in the House
hopper the second morning of the
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