The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
NOTES OF SENATE.
State Fair Fight Postponed
Until Next Week.
$40 Fair" Resolution by Bow
man Up Then.

Ah0h u AACAs
Topeka and Hutchinson will find it
necessary to hold their breath for two
more days-the state fair decision of
| the senate undoubtedly will hold over
| until Monday afternoon and probably
not until Tuesday morning. The upper
house today is blowing through the
general order section of the calendar
! creating working material for the COM
ing week. The supporters s.n cit
les do not predict the final tilt until
Tuesday morning.
Amy time is good enough for u.s.
is the position, taken by most of the
/ members of the senate. The Hutchin-
son forces, however, believe that Tues
( ray morning will be best suited for the
| fight It is anticipated that most of
! the senators will explain their votes.
:. Without doubt the state senate is
I growing weary of this state fair mat
ter. Several members are growing i'm
| patient to yank the bills and resolu-
lions from the calendar, settle the state
| fair squabble and cool down Tile bit
| ternesS that has grown out of the cam
| paigning of both sides.
The resolution introduced in the SEN
| ate late Friday afternoon wiping from
the senate calendar all state fair bills
and declaring truce between Topeka
| and Hutchinson for two more years,
! has struck responsive cord among
| the members of the mody.
Here is the way a good many of the
| unconcerned senators feel bout it:
1.-The state cannot afford to go into
| the fair business" said one senator.
1t may not mean much of an appro-
priation at this time but in later years
| it will draw several hundred thousand
| dollars annually from the treasury 1t
| is bound to meet whit its losses now
and then-and the management will be
| a burden to the department of agri-
| culture.
This action of the senate will mean
one of tow things-it will either ruin
| the Hutchinson or the Topeka fair
The Hutchinson fair at this time is
| on new ground. The buildings are
all frame construction. 1t will take
thousands of dollars to build perma-
! nent buildings and make permanent
improvements
= 1.-The Topeka fair has thousands in
vested in massive fire proof struc-
/ lures. The grounds are in an improved
condition. The location of a state
| up organization in Topeka into the
| trash heap
Another senator said: "Let us drop
| this state fair proposition. Hutchin-
west with her fair. Topeka is caring
/ for the people of her section of the
state. Both fairs are prosperous
| both are pleasing, both are satisfactory
| to the people.
There is no general demand in
| Kansas for state supported fair.
Why thrust an unnecessary expense
on the people?''
This is the sentiment freely ex-
| pressed in the senate chamber. -
| There is only one problem that
| blocks the vote on carrying out this
general sentiment. Many senator's
have promised Emerson Carey of
Reno county that they will vote for
/ %.l,s
do it.
And there is a mighty good chance
of the undecided, disinterested mem
bers of the senate supporting the
out all state fair claims for the next
two years.
Senator Williams of Miami county
originated a new method of senate
committee rules this morning. After
several days of unsuccessful efforts in
calling his committee on fees, salaries
and mileage together, Senator Will
liams took it upon himself to pass on
the measures. As a result every bill
came back to the senate with the rec
ommenT~ Ion that they be killed. Ten
senator's jumped to their feet the min
ute the reports were made and started
toward the desk of the Miami senator.
what does this mean?" they in
quired.
cit means" he answered" that this
is the only way I can arouse my COM
mittee and teach them 1esson-I
killed all these bills on my own re-
sponsibility-if the committee wants
to consider, let them meet
The senate this morning recommended
for passage a half dozen measures intro
duced by Troutman OF Shawnee carrying
out the wishes of the League of Kansas
Municipalities.
Only formal vote on the Wilson of JEFF
ferSon bill stands between the guns of
the kuntsmen or Kansas and the quail
anr prairie chicken that flourish in the
state. The measure was recommended for
passage by the committee of the whole
this morning. The quail and prairie
chicken will be protected for five years.
At the end of this period the seasons will
be opened again and the state will be |
well stocked with the game.
Senator Denton's bill providing for the |
sale and transfer of the property of one |
cemetery association to another that all |
organizations may be under a uniform |
plating scheme was recOmm ended for |
passage by the senate committee of the |
whole this morning
HIS GRAFT MONEY GONE |