The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-08
A HOUSE RECORD
Passed 369 Bills in "a Days and
Killed 3S4.
We're 81 Bills Defeated on Floor
by Votes.
COMMITTEE WAS GRAVEYARD
Bills Died There Like Victims
of Epidemic.
Tokens for Speaker Brown,
MulrOy and Robert Stone.

In the 81 days that the legislature
has been in session, the house has
made record of $50 bills passed, 81
defeated and 3S4 killed by the COM
mittees. OF the 500 bills which have
actually passed the house, 303 were
original house bills, while Sc of the
measures originated in the senate.
This has been a week of real, hard
and earnest work. In six days the
house has passed rs bills. One week
ago, it's record was PSI bills passed.
Put in the closing hours for consider
alton of original measures, the house
made record time. Into the bulk roll
calls We're piled several score of pet
measures. Very few bills We're killed
on the floor. the per cent being better
than seven bills passed to one killed
on the floor.
But III the committee rooms. it was
quite different There the measures,
embodying all kinds of proposed legis-
lation. were $ .ughtered without fear
consideration of house bills, more than
100 bills were still buried in the COM
mittee rooms.
An average of more than third
of all bills offered in the house have
been killed by the committees. In fact
that average is very close to one-half
when consideration is given measures
still in the hands of the committees at
IIe time consideration was stopped I'M 4
der the terms of a joint resolution
adopted in both the house and senate.
In the two days in which the Iegis-
1ature can consider pending measures,
the house faces nearly 100 bills from
the senate. Last night there were 6S
senate bills on the house calendar and
this does not include the senate APP
preparation bills.
Speaker Brown and members of the /!
house, however. declare that the |
hnl hn h I,E
senate measures and to stop consid- !
Grafton of all bills at noon Tuesday
the hour set in the terms of the reso-
luton adopted this week.
Final adjournment of the legisla-
ture will be Friday night. Nearly all |
of the members will go home Tues
day. Speaker Brown and a few of
the members from eastern Kansas
sages from the governor. But the
real big show will be oyer at noon
Tuesday.
Because of the indignities which
women who participated in the
suffrage parade in Washington were
compelled to suffer, the house friday
afternoon passed resolutions telling
just what it thought of the matter.
The resolution, which was offered by
Robert Stone of Shawnee county,
recited that the women in the parade
were insulted, Inundated and abused |
and that the Washington police force
had personal knowledge of the fact.
1t was then demanded by the Kansas
legislature that the violators of the
law be captured and punished The
resolution originated, it is claimed,
among members of the women's clubs
of Topeka and was offered by Stone
at their request.
That Kansas is to have state auto
mobile license law. is quite proba BILE. !
The house has followed the action of
the senate in passing measure fixing
a state license of IS for each motor |
car in the state. In the house the bill
created much discussion and was
amended in dozen places. None of
these amendments, however are con-
sidered damaging to the bill and it is
believed that the senate will concur in
the repairs which the house has offered
A state wide auto license law under the
provisions agreed upon in the house,
will put $125,000 a year in the good
roads fund, it is claimed. The bill as
passed by the house. provides that the
owner of car shall not be subjected
to municipal license
The biennial house SHOW was staged
Friday afternoon under the direction of
Fred Voiland of Topeka Not in a good
many years has SO much fun been fur
nished at the expense of the house mem
members made such displays of affection
and trust in their presents to presiding
officers.
But it was the jokes at the expense of
the members which caused the greatest
applause and made Il decided hit with
the crowds in the galleries and among the ,
members who perhaps enjoyed the fun
to greater extent than the visitors I
speeches and responses.
Robert s. Hendricks of Rawlins count |
started the festivities. He presented {
Davis of Edwards county with large |
leather badge on which were metal let
tiers. spelling tie words Il vote No. '
That badge alone kept the crowd in Sood !
hunor for five minutes During the ell !
tire session, Davis has established a rec
ord for opposing all Legislation Records
sho-- that he has voted against bills on {
final passage more often than any other {
member. Y
Then the house members remembered ,
Boyd of Republic. Boyd has had his
snare of trouble during the session So |
the house members behind the show de- | |
cided that he needed protection. After a | {