The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-21
THAT ROLL CALL.
Eastern Members Voted %
Take State Fair West.
Beat /. and R. in Morning, w eHt
West on ''Pork" Special nj PM.

By using every pork barrel eth
Cd through the efforts of lobby that
was constantly on the firing line
Hutchinson won the state fair fight by
a vote of IS to 43. Topeka's evident
strength crumbled on final roll call and
members who had apparently been
working with the capital city crowd
showed that under the thin veneer,
there was only sympathy for Hutchir1-
son. Many members from the north
west and southwest sections of the
state. voted to put the fair in the
western sand hills and the fight, SO far
as the house is concerned, was over.
They beat the 1. and r. plan in the
morning and had dinner and then went
west on the pork barrel" special.
THE boys to hum will not get
chance to vote on this initiative pro-
position. The I. and r. is a good
thing for the people-sometimes And
then again it is not so good. When
such I. and r.. patriots of both parties
as Brown of kingman and keene or
Bourbon follow that horned opponent i
of the plan, Brewster of Doniphan, |
then it is time to open the eyes in
the surprise of a lifetime. Brewster |
was consistent yesterday in his fight on |
the plan. He has always fought it, :
But the patriots were fighting it the
other words the people ought to pass i
on all important matters of legislation !
except the location of a state fair |
That is too important for their capaci- !
ties.
Keene, of Bourbon. naturally would |
not want his home folks to pass on a
that would carry them $50
miles further to get to a state fair.
The Wyandotte and Douglas statesmen
would not either. They may have the
price to pay railroad fare to Hutchin-
son and spend day on the train,
but have the majority of their consti-
tuents? An I. and r. vote in q dozen
eastern counties on the state fair
would have gone and to for To-
peka but the representatives of these
dozen counties never turned a hair
when they voted for Hutchinson, the
town in the sand hills of western Kan
sas. $50 miles further away from their
homes than is Topeka.
During the afternoon Robert Stone,
IF Shawnee, explained to the members
hat he assumed blame for the delayed
-ote of the morning on the F'allaS mo-
ion to postpone consideration. But
members and persons in the hall who
the fight. only renewed their
assertions that the blame had been
lightly placed with the speakers and
Jerks forces in charge of the tally
heets. ,
The final vote favored Hutchinson 6S
O As The III members present voted
Is follows, and the roll call is worth !
aIling attention 'to the boys to hum: !
For Observation-Disclosures of Chero- ,
zee Barrett, Bay, Blaisdel, Boyd. Brew
ter. Daily. Davis of Edwards. Davis of | {
sray. Dawley, Dodderidge. Doerr, Drew, I
rocht, Foster. Freeland, Gibson of Cow
ey Gillum, Gilman, Gordon. GRADER :
Iangen, Hanna, Harmed, Helton, Hen !
ricks. Herr, Hines, Houston. Houtz. ,
ewett Keene, Kincaid, Lane. Lauback, !
.yon McCollum, McDanna1d, McGreeo1, l
Ii1ler of Cherokee, Milton, Mulroy, Mich
Is. Noble, O'Connor. Ostl1nd, OssWe1ier,
'erryman. Phillips, Reitzel Riddle, Rob t
on Ross, Satterthwaite Schlicher, Scott, ,
miscEney. Spiker, Stevens. Thorpe. Tim :
en- Wacker, Walker, Williams, Wilson /
f Crawford. Wilson of Greeley, zutaveTn. {
peaker Brown-68.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Cloud, Ashcroft,
tkinson. Bailey, Bentley, Blakely, Bun
err Burtis, Carnahar, Chase, Cook, Grip
en-, Cummings, Bowling, Fallas, Frey,
ramm, Holbrook. Kerschen, Kyser,
.aing. Lumpkin, Mahurin, Mitchell, 7
Ioorhead, Meyer. Orr, Ragle, Sharples5, {
tone of Shawnee. Stone of Sherman {
utor. Tanner, Tflley, Todd, TrombIe,
uliess. Turner, Tyson, Uplinger, Voiland, +
/ oodbury-43. ;
Afte, a hard fight in which stone of {
hawnee was pitted agains Speaker
rovn the house last night adopted the
Dection of grain Speaker Brown stood t
rm for measure that made grain If i
pection compulsory and the flow OF | \
hoice and assorted Engl1Slp was at high | {
de for nearly an hour. Hines OF Scott l
0unty joined with Brown in his fight-in
act Hines name appeared as author OF t
lie compulsory inspection bill. During
lie evening recess, Stone and Brown g
itch at the inspection legislation and the | 7
tone bill won IS to g. E