The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-17
Senate-HOuse Committee Not
Anxious to Spend 100000.
BANKS FAVOR new PLAN
Poll of State FavOrs j. ID. 10.
seph Guaranty System.
Other Items of Interest in Up
per House Today.

tuberculosis hospital in Kansas this
year-or next year. The joint house
and senate committee working out the
troubles that have followed the New
ton plans is disgusted with the outlook
and many of the senate members state
frankly that they are anxious to drop
the entire matter and allow the 5000
appropriation to hold over
The distress sign originated in New
ton. In the first place, the committee
declares that it is "held up" for land in
that city. In the second place the
Santa Fe railway wants too much
money for a side track. In the third
place the water company wants to
charge a higher rate than is charged
in the city-and the mains run through
the proposed location. In the fourth
place, the electric light company wants
to charge domestic rates for both light
and power. Then there are a few
other reasons-but the committee isn't
making out a printed list for publica-
ton.
Exactly twenty other towns in Kan
want the state tuberculosis hos
pital. Furthermore, says the commit
tee, all these twenty towns are offer
ing land, cheap, water and cheap
power
The state appropriated $4,000 for the
hospital. There is little chance that
Newton will get it. In fact there seems
to be only meager chance that any
town will land the institution.
The ambitions of a score of senators
were crushed this morning when the
judiciary committee marked not
passed. on a desk full of measures. Pet
bills worked up by anxious constitu-
ents all were thrown into the same
heartless heap. The judiciary co-nmit-
tee is aiding in the good cause of re-
ducing the size of the statute books.
The new bureau of labor organiza-
ton is nearly completed. Following
the confirmation by the senate of W.
L. -O'Brien of Topeka as commissioner,
he has announced the following ap-
Chief clerl<-A. A. Knapp of Topeka.
Factory inspectors-John Collins Of
Topeka; William Morris of Kansas
City.
Statistical clerk-w. E. Shaugh-
messy of Leavenworth.
Deputy mine inspectors@Joseph
Clark of Mineral; John Holiday of
Pittsburg; Gus Dwyer of Scammon:
Francis Fern of Scammon, and Robert
Morris of Usage.
decentralization Foley of To-
peka.
The assistant commission, free en-
ployment clerk and female factory in
spector have not been named but the
appointments ore expected in few
days.
One of the platform pledges of the
Democratic party that is still hanging
fire is the measure to reduce the num-
ber of judicial districts in the state.
The joint committee of the two houses
is still wrestling wit hthe problem. A
district judge draws $500 a year and
his stenographer $1,S00. Litigation
has shifted to the cities in such de-
gree that in many of the rural dis
tricts the office of judge is a sinecure-
A proper consolidation of districts
would eliminate at least ten districts.
thus making a saving of $500 year
in judicial and court salaries.
The corporation tax fight will come
up tomorrow. Under this measure the
administration hopes to raise addi
tional revenue for state expenses.
Seantor Howe of Dickinson county is
the sponsor of the bill in the senate
and he has been making a daily cam
paign in the upper house pointing out
the advantages to the state of a bill
taxing corporations. The house meas
ure will be up for consideration aret
from the declarations of the Demo-
Gratis, there can be no doubt of its
passage.
If the poll of the state banks Of
Kansas has any influence with the
Legislature, the state will be operating
it's guaranteed banks under new
law this year. Senator Joseph of But
ty law now in senate committee on
banks and banking has just received
answers from a circular letter ne
sent out recently. He announces that
five banks out of every six in the state
are anxious for new guaranty sys-
tenn.
Senator Joseph is not in love with
the present law. He says that tho
fund isn't large enough i'm the first
place. He believes that a few failures
now and then would place the fund I'm
discredit and the people over the state
would look upon il as an advertising
proposition only. In the second place
the Butler banker does not believe in
sending his money to the state treas.
urer for safe keeping. He believes the
guaranty fund should be kept in re-
serve by the different banks and
drawn upon by check from the bank
commissioner.
There are 900 state banks in Kan
sas," he explained. Five hundred OF
these banks are under the guaranty
fund. 1 have been taking a poll OF
this number and l can find very little
sentiment favoring the present system.
All seem to agree that we should
have a larger fund to guaranty losses
and failures. Even here in Topeka
all except one bank favor my plan"
The bank guaranty plan always has
stirred up trouble in Kansas. The
Joseph bill now is in the hands of the
committee on banks and banking and
will receive a stormy demonstration
when it is reported out to the senate.
The senate convened at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. All morning the va
rious committees held long tedious
sessions grinding out the bundles OF
bills referred to them XIII. slaugh-
ter. annihilate-these are the one