The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
HOUSE AFFORDS

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you must inquire secretly whether he
means this or that.o every issue. 1t
is the most disgraceful spectacle be-
fore this egislature-and l don't mean
this session, either.
why two years ago the governor
assumed the responsibility to blue pen
ell fifteen or twenty appropriation
items. Now he tells you it will take
six months to prepare a budget. Didn't
he know enough of conditions to act
then? Hadn't he been benefited by
two years experience in office? Now
If he can't act, what does he expect
his successor to do who will take his
oath of office the day before the legis-
lature convenes? He knew conditions
if he didn't know. he violated the spi-
rit of his oath. This house stood with
him then and 1 as speaker stood with
him. 1 ask you if in his next cam
paign he will give you credit for
standing with him in following his
versal of his written message?
THE governor knew this session was
coming. He knew or should have
known the needs of our institutions
and 1 leave it to you whether he is
prepared. Instead of six months to
investigate, he has had two years. oh,
consistency
And let me say my resolution is
in good faith and that 1 here and now
pledge him my support to every item
in his bill so far as my conscience will
permit
Layton Led the Rescue.
Layton of Osborne led the admins
tration rescue party He declared
Stone had unwarrantedly engaged in
personalities and that the statement
of the governor earlier in the week
had been made on a MISUNDERSTANDING;
IrNf 11o
the document.
I'VE are not for the resolution be-
cause we do not believe it is just OF
reasonable said Layton. 1T calls
upon the governor to do that which
is an utter impossibility. The COVER
nor has advocated a budget system
but never had he advocated a budget
for this session. 1t would take six
months or a year to prepare this
budget. We are asking an impossi-
| bility. We are in possession of in
| formation we did not have when we
voted the other day.
! Wilmoth of Cloud declared he was
against a budget system generally. He
| followed the lead of Layton by de-
claring that Stone had become toe
personal in his remarks and that the
| house was justified in voting dowr
the resolution. Then Gilman OF
lLeavenworth, administration floor
leader, moved they lay the resolution
| on the table. The motion carried b,
a vote of 81 to 16.
| Following was the vote on the mo.
ton to table:
Yeas: Adams, Bardwell, Barnes
Barr, Bird, Blenkenbaker, Bray
Brooks, Brougher, Brown of Douglas
Bruner, Caudill, Carter, Chase
Chittenden, Coad. Collins, Cummings
Davis. Day, Donovan, Edwards, En-
dres. Estes, Evans, Foster, Geddes
Gibbons, Gillum, Gilman, Goodier
Gorham, Graves, Green, Harvey
Heath, Hughes, Ireland, johnson O.
Brown, johnson of Franklin, johnson
of Norton, johnson of Wallace, Keene
Keller, Kent, Koontz, Layton. Long
Lyons, Mack, Marshall, Martin, May
hew. McDouga1l, McIvor, McReynolds
Miller, Moser, Nelson, Ostlind, Paul
Pearl, Piper, Railsback, Samson, Sci
lards, Sharp, Short, D. H. Stone, F. o
Stone, Taylor of Ford. Thompson
Thinker, Wells, White. Whitman, vii
moth, Wilson, Woodhouse- Total 80
Nays: Brown of Greenwood, Camp
bell of Bourbon, Coffin, Golf, Jeffrey
Jewell, Jewett, johnson of Nemaha
Kline, Noble, Saxon, Shannon, Ston,
of Shawnee, Sullivan, Taylor of Wa
baunsee. Uplinger. Total 16.
Absent or not voting. 81