The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-07
POLITICAL GOSSIP
Seventh District Legislators
Stick Together.
Erase Party and Faction Lines
to Work for Home.
CALL MEETING IN Topeka
Senator Carney of ConcOrdia
Gives His Views.
Talks About Legislation in In
terview in Home Paper.

meeting is called to discuss legislative
measures favorable to the people in
western and southwestern Kansas.
This week DR.. R. 7. Nichols. member
of the house from Seward county, sent
notices of the meeting to all Seventh
district legislative members. 1t is
probable that practically all of these
members will attend the meeting as
their interests are very much in COM
mon and some important law for west
err Kansas counties is demanded at
the hands of 1913 legislature
The squatter trouble along the Ar
kansas valley is one of the Inea sures
to be discussed at the Sunday after
noon conference Another measure of
Importance to people in western Kansas
is the enactment of new irrigation laws.
These and other measures are to be
/ reviewed at the coming meeting
! While there is almost even di-
vision as to the political complexion of
the Seventh district members, they
probably have perfected one of the best
working organizations of any district in
the state. Both Democrats and Re-
publicans have united to do things for
+ the Big Seventh and party lines will
be forgotten in vote on any measure
that affects the western counties. 1t
is to strengthen this organization and
to talk over pending legislation that
DR.. Nichols has called the legislators to
I Topeka two days in advance of the
opening of the session
I An investigation of several state de-
partments is one of the things which
seems probable al the hands of the new
legislature The Democrats have fire.
quentIy expressed a curiosity to know
| where certain funds appropriated by
| the legislature have been expended
and it is rumored that they
may satisfy that curiosity with
| an order to investigate the expenditure
I of all contingent funds. And in almost
I the same instant they may trim the
contingent funds to an amount in keep
ing with the cash contributed by legis-
/ latures before the Stubbs-Dolley-Jack-
son regime.
/ Two years ago James w Orr offered
a resolution calling for an investiga-
/ ton Of Attorney General Fred s. Jack
sons contingent fund. A L. Barrier
member of the house from -Jackson's
home county, Greenwood, offered a
substitute resolution. But Orr's meas
ure carried in the house; only to be
beaten in the senate after Jackson and
his friends had industriously Iabored
for several days to secure its slaughter.
And now the legislature may make an
/ other attempt to learn just where that
/ money was spent and what service was
performed for the state in exchange
| Several members of the legislature
are already pledged to support a meas
ure calling for an investigation of these
] several funds of the governor, bank
commissioner and attorney general.
William NJ Price, who comes to the
senate from Jackson's district made
| the campaign on a straight promise to
ask for an investigation of these funds
! of the Jackson followers, but he over
came Republican majority of 1900
and was elected
| Added to the general Democratic
sentiment for an investigation of old
contingent funds and for reduction
| of new ones, is the declaration of
| Governor-elect George H. Hodges that
he will ask for but 5000 as a con-
| tingent fund at the hands of the new
| legislature. That is but one-haIf the
amount allowed Governor Stubs. And
| if Hodges fund is diminished, it is
considered quite proba BILE that the
| pruning knife will be used on the ap-
preparations for the attorney general
Albert B. Carney, state senator-e .ect
from the Thirty-second district and a
| resident of Concordia, viii make an
| other fight for a pew state normal
school for Cloud county. In a recent
statement printed in the Concordia
! Blade, Senator Carney declares that
he will keep right after that new
school until Cloud county lands it.
] On political issues, Carney will fight
for the fulhllment of all Democratic
y promises and will vote for Judge Will
liam H. Thompson for United States
senator, first, last and at all times.
The Cloud county man also believes
that the primary election laws need
repairs, that the Massachusetts ballot
law is a real necessity, that state and
county officers should be elected
QuSdriennally and should hold but
one term and be subject to recall. He
also favors the initiative and refer
endum and a constitutional provision
taking educational institutions from
politics by guaranteeing them stipu-
| lated income.
Two years ago Carney was a mem
Der Of the house. Last fail he was
elected to the senate to succeed w. w.
Caldwell Republican. In his Blade
interview, Carney said in part:
IF We lose out this time said
Carney, referring to the new normal
for Cloud county, I'VE are going to
keen right on in the well beaten path
has been taken away from her and
the boys and girls of the state are en-
titled to a better chance to obtain a
normal training course. 1t will be one
of my first objects to Introduce the
normal school bill: We have all the
data ready, the bill is drafted and !
know of no reason why this bill should
not be passed among the first ones
One of the first moves that / intend to
make is to abolish the county normal
institutes and provide more priv
leges for normal training
1.-The best asset We have to secure
the state normal branch here is the
long list of students scattered over
the state who have already put in
some good work with their represen-
tatives for the normal school here.
They know what it means to the pupil
who is planning to follow in the teach
ing profession and I am proud of the
loyalty of the C. y. b. C. students
Il Upon political questions 1 shall
session of the two houses for William
lThompson of Garden City for United