The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-31

Reitzel, Riddle, Ross, Schlicher, Sho-
walter, Shuey, Smischny, Stone of
sherman; Strain, Sutor. Thorpe. Tim
ken, Tromble, Tyler, Wacker, Walker,
Wilson, OF Crawford; Wilson, of Gree
ley; Woodbury., Zutavern. Total 65.
After giving the favorite Democratic
pledge, the initiative and referendum,
a most thorough and consistent trim
ming, the house late Thursday after
noon took the Orr amendment from the
resolution and passed the measure by
a vote of 116 to 8. Orr's resolution
injected after the bill had been report
ed by the judiciary subcommittee, pro-
vided that no measure enacted by the
people should be subject to court re-
view. So radical was the Orr prov1s-
ion that even Speaker Brown voted
against the bill on the first roll cali
and it fell IA votes short of a consu-
tioaal two-thirds.
Trouble for the pet administration
amendment started almost Immediate
Iy. Orr offered his amendment and it
brought a fight from Brewster Of Doni-
phan. Brewster pointed out all the
iniquities of that amendment. He de-
clared that any law could be enacted
or repealed, that the constitution
might be changed in one or a dozen
instances and that there was no relief,
regardless of the fact that the meas
ure might nave received even a very
small vote in the election.
Then Taylor Riddle, Of Marion, took
the floor. He favored just such an
amendment as the gentleman from
Atchison county had suggested and he
wanted to trust the people more and
the courts less. OratOry was budding
and suffering at a tremendous clip
when someone called for vote and
the Orr amendment stood. Then came
1oIq a N q
But they all fell before the majority
on, the Democratic side of the house. &
There was a hasty conference among
both the Democratic and Republican
leaders just Lefore the roll call. Prac-
tically every Republican pledged him
self to oppose the resolution as long
as it contained the Orr amendment
and they were true to their pledges.
Falls and Strain were the only Re-
publicans who voted for the resolution
containing the Orr amendment, while
Bowling, Drew, Brown and Schlicher-
all Democrats-opposed the measure.
The roll call on the measure contain
ing the Orr resolution was:
YeaS-Armstrong of Cherokee, Arm
strong of Cloud, Ashcroft, Bailey, Bar
rett, Bay, Bentley, Boyd, Bunger, Car
roll. Chase, Cummings, Davis of Ed
wards, Doerr, F'allas, F'ocht, Frey, Glib
son of Cowley, Gordon. GRADER, Hamm,
Hangen Hanna, Harne, Helton'
Hendricks Herr, Hines, Houston,
Houtz, Jensen, Jewett, Kinkaid, Kyser'
Lane, Laubach, Lyon, Mahurin, Nc
Collum, McGregor. Miller of Cherokee
Miller of ottawa, Milton, Moorhead,
Meyer, Mulroy, Nichols. O'Connor, Orr,
Oswieler, Phillips, Riddle, Rogson, Ross,
Scott, Shuey, Smischny, Spiker, Stew
ems, Stone of Sherman, Strain, Tanna-
hill. Tanner, Tilley, Thinker, Topping,
TrornbIe, Tulioss, Uplinger, Wilson OF
Crawford, Zutavern.-Total, TO-
Nays-Atkinson, Blaisdel, Blakely,
Brewster. Burtis, Carnahan, Carney,
Cook, Crippen, Davis of Gray, Dawley,
Dodderidge. Bowling, Drew, Foster,
Freeland, Gibson of Crawford, Gillurn'
Gilman, Holbrook, Jocelyn, Keene,
Kerschen, Laing, McDannald, Mitchell,
Newlin, Noble, Ostlind, Perryman, RAJ
gle, Deitzel, Satterthwaite. Schlicher.
Sharpless, Showalter, Stone of Shaw
nee, Sutor, Todd, Turner, Tyler, Ty-
son, Voiland, Walker, Watts, Williams,
Wilson of Greeley. Woodbury., Mr..
Spea ker.-Total, 30.
Following this vote, the resolution
was called up for reconsideration with
the Orr amendment removed. The res
olution was then adopted by a vote of
116 to 3. The three members who
voted against the resolution on this
roll call were Satterthwaite of Butler
Ragle of Montgomery, and Turner of /
Neosho. !
The bill as adopted provides that 20
per cent of the qualified voters of the
state may initiate or refer any law
or constitutional provision, that not
more than Is per cent of the total vote
shall be from any congressional dis
trict; and that any measure submitted
shall be declared adopted If it shall
receive a majority of all votes cast on |
the proposition.
Kansas university's appropriation
budget will be opened for inspection
at joint meeting of the house and
senate ways and means committee next
Saturday. In order that the commit ,
tee may be provided with full and posi- /
tive information concerning all items
in the K. U. appropriation bills, the
board of regents and heads of the in
stitution have been invited to come to |
Topeka to attend the meeting of the I,
committee.
1t is claimed that the committee will |
look kindly on the big two million dol !
lar request from the state university !
and that such trimming as the budget
may receive will be in a reduction of
building expenses. While members of
the committee have declined to make
a positive statement of the K. U. !
budget at this time, they admit that
the policy of the administration is not
to hamper the progress of the big 1
Lawrence school in the effort to save !
few dollars in state taxes. Such |