The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-08
RAID CLAIMS UP
Brown Introduces Bill in House
to Take Up Old Script.
Measure Provides for an ApprO-
priatiOn of 100000.
TO 'PASS THE BUCK" AGAIN!
Senate Must Make First COnsti.
tuti6nal Convention Move.
City Manager Bill Put at Foot
of Calendar Today.

The Price raid claims are back for
another visit with the state legisla-
ture Brown, of Douglas county, to-
day introduced in the house a bill ap-
retire these outstanding claims. The
matter has been before the claims and
accounts committee and if the bill
comes before the legislature for con-
sideration it is quite certain to arouse
a red hot fight and some rather frank
and candid statements of facts.
For years the Kansas legislature
has been sidestepping the Price raid
claims. Every legislative committee
used the action of the previous ses-
a vote against allowing the claims
Not in years has the state gone to
the bed rock merits of the claims and
the script is owned by a few pioneers
or their children.
The Hardie commission years ago
allowed 1897, 054.3S in raid claims.
In 1897 the Kansas legislature appro-
priated $1S0.00O with which to retire
the script. In the bill by Brown it is
stated that J. E. Hays. state treasurer
at the time the appropriation was
available, paid $46,414.36 of the
amount for unauthorized script. In
the scandal which followed the state
suspended further retirement of the
claims.
Now the Douglas county member
will seek to secure an appropriation
CT 100000 for retirement of existing
script. Many claims have been pre-
sented to the claims and accounts
committee Of the house and in event
of an appropriation, the state would
seek to take over authorized Price raid
claim script now in existence.
The house members lodged the is
sue on constitutional amendments
were called up under a special order
secured by Mack of Harvey. Mack
told house members that the lower
legislative body should allow the SEN
ate to finally declare itself on the
constitutional convention resolution
before taking action on all existing
measures The Harvey county mem
| Der, who had twice secured a special
order rule for the resolutions, recalled
today that the supreme court had not
as yet passed on the Bardwell road
act. That might disturb conditions.
| So the house voted for a third special
order date and sidetracked the pro-
posed amendments until next Mon
| day afternoon.
The house committee on cities of
the first class has recommended IA
vOrably the one man city government
bill. Immediately following the rec
mmendatiOn. Sewers of Sedgwick
county, sought to advance the city
manager measure to a special order
for next Tuesday afternoon. A two
| lnlToS vote Is required 10 secure
special order. OF the 60 members
who voted on the motion, SO favored
the special order and "a opposed it
Loss of the motion puts the one man
government provision at the foot OF
| the house calendar under general or
| derS.
Honor Frank Mcfarland.
Members of the house unanimously
| adopted a resolution by Campbell, OF
| Bourbon county, calling for suspen-
sion OF legislative duties for one hour
Friday afternoon in respect to the late
Frank E. Mcfarland. The resolution
for action this afternoon. Under the
resolution the house will recess al