The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-17
watch THE CLOCK
Kansas Legislators Have Only
One More Day of Work.
Final Adjournment to Body
Tuesday Night.
PASSING MANY BILLS TODAY
With Few Exceptions They Are
Only Of a Local Nature.
Appropriation Measures Yet to
Be Handled by Houses.
PASSING MANY BILLS TODAY

The Kansas legislature is today
watching the clock. 1t is anxious for
the fina. adjournment which comes
Tuesday night.
Many hills-are being passed today in
both houses. In the main, tho. these
measures do not occasion general con-
Germ in Kansas. With few exceptions
the proposed laws now on the house
and senate calendars are of local ma
ture and will not upset business con-
ditions in Kansas. Possibly it is be-
cause of the mediocre character of the
bills that the legislature is anxious to
quit and go home. Possibly it has
been the long, tedious session that has
! tired the lawmakers. In any event it
will be a difficult matter to rally a
quorum for the roll calls which come
in the closing hours of the present ses-
sion.
More than forty bills were ready for
bulk roll calls in the house this morn
ing. The senate presented a smaller
number of third reading measures. 1t
spent much time Saturday in tearing
| the amendments from the fees and
salaries bill-amendments which had
been laboriously supplied for the graft
fication of state house employees. The
action of the senate made apparent
that any increase in the present state
| house salary schedule would be largely
! in keeping with the recommendations
| of the joint committee.
| Appropriation Measures.
! Many of the big appropriation meas
ures are yet to be disposed of. The
court house fee and salary bill is also
in the baknce. Several of the salary
! bills as Applying to county officers
have be m approved by the house. No
action has been taken by the senate
and it is apparent that practically all
of these measures will go to confer
ence.
1t is probable that bulk roll calls
will feature the work of the legisla-
ture during the remaining two days OF
| the session. Friday night as the house
closed its books against consideration
of original bills. it broke a record by
passing sixty-one bills in a bulk roll
So far as known it was the largest
number of bills approved. by a kansas
legislative body on a single roll call
Legislators Go Home.
A number of legislators have re
turned to their homes. Others expec
to leave today 1t will be difficult tt
maintain an organization Tuesday a:
the house and senate take final actor
on the remaining bills In event of 6
serious call of the house or senate thu
sergeant-at-arms may be given war
rants and sent to arrest members wht
have gone home without official leave
This power is vested in the presiding
officers of the legislature. A cal
which would require the bringing o
absent members to Topeka would oc
casion the holding of the Legislature
in Topeka another day. Should sucl
situation arise, the legislative clock
would be stopped and the Legislative
record would show that adjournmen
came on the day fixed by the resolu
! ton.
Members of both houses believe to
day that majority of the bills nov
on the calendars will be disposed o
before adjournment. The resolution
, calls for stopping the session at 1
o'clock Tuesday night. 1t is possible
leaders believe, to conclude the ses
sion shortly after that hour provide
= conference reports are available an
are adopted. Otherwise the legisla
ture may spend most of the nigh
l awaiting returns from the arbitratio
committees.
Sine die adjournment comes Friday
= Only members of the Shawnee count
= delegation and officers of the hous
e and senate will remain in session afte
$ Tuesday night. The only active bus
1 ness to be transacted is the calling c
f the legislative bodies twice each da
!; to receive messages from the govel
r nor Bills not signed by GovernC
Allen when sine die adjournmer
comes, automatically become laws.