The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-17
Appropriation Measure Brought
Forth Vicious Battle Today.
All Ill Will of 1915 Session
Turned Loose This Morning.
ENDRES TOLD To GO To HADES
Hendricks of RawlinS Took
Explosive Slap at Him.
Refusal of Recognition From
Chair Started Row.
SLIMY TRAIL OF TRADE STONE
Speaker Stone Thus Designates
the Appropriation Budgets.
He Branded Action as Policy
Worse Than Bribery.
SLIMY TRAIL OF TRADE STONE
Speaker Stone Thus Designates
the Appropriation Budgets.
He Branded Action as Policy
Worse Than Bribery.

Iative session, the house today over
rode Speaker Stone and adopted the
conference report on appropriation
bills. Stone served notice that he
would appeal to the governor to veto
measures down to the original house
bills. He charged that "a Shiny trail
of trade was traceable through the
legislature"
House members went into today's
session with bitter feeling. Their
crouch was as thick as a vein of
Pennsylvania coal and trouble start
ed soon the chaplain had fin
ished his prayer. In the course of
the debate many personalities were
dealt in and Hendricks of Rawlins.
Democrat. at one point in the pro-
ceedings told Endres of Leavenworth,
Republican, and other house members
to go to the bad place.
All of the i'll will that has accumu-
lated during the legislative deadlock
seemed to turned loose this morn
ing. The attitude of the speaker did
and some of them did not hesitate to
s--ti7e5s theiT eisais =s q
For 70 Minutes in an Uproar.
For twenty minutes the house was
in an uproar- Speaker Stone pounded
his gavel and shouted for order But
the members refused to subside.
The fight started on the Jocelyn
resolution to receive and file the con-
ference report 1t was offered as
substitute to a pending motion to
adopt the report. Debate ran like
water and for time the dignit!, of a
legislative body was forgotten in the
exchange of personalities-most of
which were not at all complimentary.
Early in the fight Clarke of Sheri-
dan arose to state a point of order
Stone refused to recognize him. Then
Clark lost his temper. All of his
fighting Kentucky blood came to the
surface with rush.
do You Get That!''-CIark.
Il would like to see you or any
member of this house or any one else
refuse to hear a point of order. Do
you get that?" shouted Clark
Stone ruled Clark out of order
Hendricks Tried 1t.
Then Hendricks tried
Hendricks was ruled out of order
Stone shouted for order and Hen
bricks yelled right back at him.
Il can rise to a point of order anv
time l want to and you know it,
yelled Hendricks.
stone ignored Hendricks and recog-
nlzed keene of Bourbon, who was in
his seat. Then Hendricks exploded
9ou can't run this house arbitrar-
liy and defy you to try it, snapped
the Rawlns man. by what rule do
you recognize a man in his seat and
ignore a man on his feet ?"
The chair didn't recognize you"
said Stone.
set doWH, shouted EndceS of
Leavenworth and a half dozen other
members.
Eudres Told Where to Go.
You go to -, snapped Hen
bricks. Then he sat down.
stone called Endres to the chair
and took up the fight in person. He
led the fight for the adoption of the
Iocelyn motion to defer adoption of
the conference report. Stones speech
did everything except pour oil on the
waters.
Il object to this budget as a whole
as 1t increases the house appropria-
tions a half million dollars said
Stone. Il object further because it's
distribution shows deliberate method
to loot the treasury. l want to brand
this policy as worse than bribery. BY
lnsidiouS temptation and trailing it is
a worse practice than bribery and We
have beheld an attempt to loot the
treasury of nearly two million dol
lars 1t is simply traffic and trade
1t leaves a Shiny trail of trade all
through the legislature
Wayman Too Mad to Talk
With the charge of corruption in
making up appropriations Wayman of
Lyon, Progressive, jumped to his feet
His crouch was turned to white hot
wrath. He tried to talk, but the chair
did not recognize him. Then Moore
head jumped to his feet to ask the
speaker if he did not trust the COM
mittee which he himself had ap-
pointed.
Yes, I trust my committee" re-
piled Stone But this is wrong
What is more. 1 propose to say to the
governor that 1 want him to veto
these excessive bills and 1 want YOU
to protest, too, against such pro-
gram as is being carried out here"
Jocelyn explained his amendment
He said the report was only advisory
Then he yielded his closing time to
Stone and Keene.
rs that part of the your agree
ment to yield this time ?' Moxcey
asked Jocelyn.
mo, it is my DESIRE" sarcasticaIly
replied Jocelyn.
Both Stone and Keene told of the
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