The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-01
WANT new RULES
Leaders Seek Plan to Maintain
Quorum Attendance.
Would Publish Names of Mem
bers Who Are Absent.

Washington, April There will
be no more playing hockey in the
house of representatives. The increas-
| ed membership of the new house, with
| the attending probability that it will
| be more difficult than ever to main
| tain a quorum, has started the par
| liamentary "sharps'' of congress study
! ing out a means to keep a sufficient
number of members present to consti-
! tute a working body.
| House leaders are agreed that some
| thing radical must be done. 1t was a
! familiar condition of the last session
| that the transacting of business should
| be going ON with less than so of the
! 1886 members present. OF course, when
| this was being done the leaders were
extremely careful to keep the trend of
| legislation from disputed channels, for
any member is privileged to register a
point of no quorum With member
ship of ABS. and with benches in the
house chamber instead of desks, the
likelihood of keeping a majority pres
ent is now much more improbable.
One sch suggested to correct this
situation is that of amending the rules
SO that when the point of no quorum
is made the doors will be closed auto
matically against all who are out
side the chamber at that moment. The
roll would then be called, thus fur
niShing a record of all who are pres
ent at the time. Following this roll
call, the doors would be opened, and
the roll again called. This would make
it possible to publish in the Congress
sional Record and daily papers the
names of L amberS who were not in
their seats, and by their absence i'm
peded the progress of the public BUSH
ness. Coupled with this proposition
would be the abolition of pairs in the
house.
Women Want Jobs.
In Kansas, where the right of fran
cIise has been granted to women,
there are several militant Suffragettes
seeking appointment as postmaster.
The liveliest fight of all to land
woman in one of these offices exists
in Kansas City, Kan. There were a
dozen or more male candidates for this
appointment, but it is understood that
the contest has now narrowed down to
two men and one woman. While the
Democratic administration is not in
clined to go on record as opposing
women for appointment to presidential
postoffices, it has indicated it's desire
not to encourage feminine aspirants.
Wants Young Men.
While Senator Thompson of Kansas
is quite a young man he believes in
surrounding himself in his Office with
much younger men,. No older men for
him, he says. His private secretary,
and the other two assistants in the
office are much younger than he. Mr..
Jones is from Garden City, where he
acted as secretary to Mr.. Thompson
when the latter sat on the judicial
bench.
Kansas Postoffice News.
The postoffice at Taw, Haskell coun-
ty Kan, will be abolished on March
81 After that date mail will go to
Folsom.
On the first of next month the post
office at Stickney, Barton county, Kan,
will be discontinued and superseded by
rural free delivery.
Most every day brings into Wash
ington a number of Kansans who are
seeking some sort of job, either under
the federal government at home or in
some of the executive departments
here. Jobs are few and their expert
ences are sad to say the least. SOM
stay here until their funds give out
and they are compelled to borrow from
friends to get home. Moral: Stay away
from Washington; Uncle Sam is a
strong stickler for civil service and
naturally a cold-blooded Individual.
L. w. THAVIS.