The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-29
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Topeka and Hutchinson After
Annual Exposition.
Senators Carey and TrOutman
Introduce Bills.
Topeka ASKS FOR NOTHING
Capital City Would Give
Grounds and $4,000.
Hutchinson Wants Appropria-
ton of $4,000.
Other Items of Interest i'm the
Upper House.
Topeka ASKS FOR NOTHING

The state fair fight is on In Kansas.
In the senate shortly before noon to-
day James Troutman of Shawnee
county introduced bill asking tho
state to place the official seal on the
annual fall fair in Topeka In return
for this recognition, Topeka offers
her entire buildings and grounds. VAL
ued at a quarter million dollars. and
$4,000 year for salaries and main
tenance and premiums In other
words, in order to obtain the coveted
ornclal sanction of the state seal for
fair purposes Topeka gives-and does
not ask.
hutchinson also has sent in her bid
Tor the fair. Hutchinson offers the
grounds in that city and asks the state
10 appropriate $4,000 for the paw
Hlent OF premiums and for the salar-
les or officers of the association for
the coming two years.
Inc senate is divided on the Topeka
and Hutchinson favors. FREQUENT
rumors of pork barrel" methods of
obtaining the appropriation for
Hutchinson have been running riot in
the upper house the last few days. 1t
is understood that Emerson Carev Of
reno the Hutchinson supporter, has
enlisted the support from a number of
senators in the project-and of course
ike all good politicians do, has sienf-
ileo Willingness to aid other senators
IN promoting their bills as a trade for
the Hutchinson fair support
Il came here to the legislature to
get that state fair for Hutchinson
said Carey the other day. land have
II. The state fair this year will be
held at Hutchinson-you mark my
word
Equally insistent is Senator Trout
man of Shawnee-but the Topeka rem
resentatlve is making no promises
According to the predictions of Sem
ator Nighswonger of Sedgwick coun-
ty, Wichita will not enter the fight
this year.
II think the state should spend
money for a building at the San Fran
cisco exposition-we have no money
to donate to state fairs. Wichita has
not planned to mix up in this Hutch
1nSon-Topeka trouble"
Democratic leaders in the house de-
clared in the early days of the session
that neither Topeka nor Hutchinson
would receive the fair. They said it
was not the policy of the administra-
ton to spend money for amusements
this year-it is a year that the Dem
ocrats have laid aside for wonderful
record in the reduction of taxes
The offer of Topeka, however, has
taken them from their feet. Not only
does the capital city hand over to the
state, property valued at $25O,000, but
she will give 100000 in cold cash to-
ward the support of the exposition
here.
1t will be several days before the
ideas of the senate are embodied in
argument and vote.
The senate this morning adopted
a house concurrent resolution re-
questing congress to set aside a .por-
ton of the national fund for the pur-
pose of loaning money to needy farm
ers in the agricultural states of the
country. 1t is contended in the reso-
luton that the farmers find it neces-
sary to pay a prohfbitive rate of inter-
est on loans. They ask congress to
place money in their hands at q low
rate of interest.
Senator Davis of Bourbon county Of
fered a bill in the senate this morn
ing providing for the donation of legal
talent to parties in cases before dis
trict courts unable to stand the ex-
pense of hiring lawyers. The Davis
bill requires the judge of the district
court to appoint the attorney.
A bill supported by Attorney Cen
eral Dawson was offered to the senate
this morning by Senators Bowman
and Malone giving the county attor-
neys in Kansas the same rights of in
that they have under the
prohibition law. Under the Bowman
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