The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-12
"Treat Republicans Right or
Your Members Will Suffer!"
IT IS UP TO SENATE NOW
Speaker Stone Puts Up Com.
mittee Decree Squarely.
Two Assignments Are An
nounced by House Today.

Speaker Robert Stone today issued an
ultimatum to the house minority. Inc
message which Stone delivered 10 a.
A. Doerr, floor leader for the mouse
Democrats under their caucus agree
ment, was to the effect that CONSIDER
alton meted out 10 Republican sena-
tors would be the basis of recognition
for house Democrats.
Either the senate Democrats must
back up on their stand regarding COM
mittee assignments, Or Speaker stone
will clamp down the lid on house DEM
ocrats Failure to accord Rel .blican
senators their demands. means Demo-
Gratis of the house must pay the pen.
atty The committee assignments VIII
be distributed in a few ds US by the
house speaker. He will recognize the
Democrats in the house only In pro-
portion to the manner in which Re
publicans are recognized unoer tne
Democrat caucus agreement.
Clearly it is the senate'S next move.
Today Stone announced committees
on rules and employees. Two or the
five places on the rules committee went
to Democrats and three places to Re-
publicans. Seven of the twelve places
on the employees committee were given
to Republicans, four places to Demo-
Gratis and one place to Gibson Of Craw-
ford. the Socialist member. 1t was
admittedly fair and just appOrtiOn-
ment SO far as the Democrats were con-
cerned.
The Progressives, however, are not
so sure about the matter. They failed
to land a place on either committee
But the Progressives have not as yet
announced their future allegiance.
Stones Declaration.
IF the Democrats in the senate
persist in their unfair position and
continue to give to the Republicans
milton on the big committees, there is
but one thing for me to do" said
Stone. Already the pressure brought
to bear is pretty strong. 1 will be
-5creee'- - r,5sesSYfZe the DeslOcr11s. n
the house only in a like manner as
senate. Take the senate ways and
means committee for example. The
Republicans drew three of the eleven
places on that committee. yet this ad
ministratiOn is held responsible for
the appropriations.
1T is positively disgraceful,'' was
the speakers emphatic statement. And
thereupon he vowed to distribute COM
mittee assignments on the basis that
a division is made in the upper house.
Committees Announced.
The two committees announced to-
day are:
Rules: Gray of Phillips. chairman:
Ferrell of Chautauqua: Gilman of
Leavenworth, Republicans; Mahurin
of Coffey and Brice of Gray, Demo-
Gratis.
Employees-Holbro of Wyan-
dotte, chairman: Endres of Leaven-
worth, Taylor Of Wabaunsee, Todd of
baum ,e, T Id of Saline Mcbride
of Sherman, McGinnis of Greelev.
Satterthwaite of Butler, Republicans;
Mo rehead of Nemaha, Harshberger
of Kiowa, Tannahill of Woodson.
Shuey of Decatur. Democrats; and
Gibson of Crawford, Socialist
Speaker Stone today read in the
House letter from Superintendent
Wilson of the -opeka city schools, in
viting all members of the state legis-
lature to send their children to the To-
cal schools. All claims of tuition are
waived by special act of the Topeka
schoo' board and children of
representatives and senators NAV
go to the local schools this
winter without price. number of
the members have brought their fam
lilies to Topeka and will send their
children to school here during the
present legislative ,ssion
Jnder the action the Democratic
caucus, T. A. Moxcey of Atchison
county was elected as chairman of the
minority caucus for the session and
y. S. Tulloss of Franklin county was
named as secretary. A. A. Doerr of
Pawnee county was hosen speaker
and becom Democratic floor leader
Jasper L. Kincaid was elected speak
er protein and is second in command
on the floor for the Democrats.
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