The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-04
Editorial Abusing Senate Holds
Up Farm Tenantry Action.
Committee Refuses To Report
After Reading Article.
ALLEN MUST DIVORCE PAPER?
This Is Sentiment Among An
CRY State Senators Here.
Getty To Insist That Represen'
tative Be Formally Ousted.

If Governor Allen expects any CO.
operation from the Kansas senate in
carrying out his legislative program
between now and the close of the
session, he will have to get a divorce
"a vinculo matrimonii from the KAN
sas City Star-and get it in a hurry.
This was made most evident at
meeting of the senate judiciary COM
| mittee at which plans were all made
for making a favorable report on the
land tenantry amendment, but which
ended with nothing accomplished
when members of the committee had
their attention called to an editorial
| in the Kansas City Star of MONDAY
night in which the senate was badly
abused.
In order that Governor Allen might
/ carry out a part of his program and
! not be Inundated by the legislature,
the Republicans of the senate got to-
gether and agreed to give him three
! amendments to the constitution. And
| in the agreement was included the
! land tenantry measure that has been
| defeated by the house. The senate
was willing even to go SO far as to
revive this amendment and check it
back up to the house.
| Republican senate leaders who have
constantly opposed a constitutional
convention agreed to this and even
! Senators Price and Getty were willing
| for the governor to have about any
| thing he wanted in the way of amend
ments and sent him word that they
were. They were willing to go as far
as possible to give him chance to
carry out his program-willing to do
anything except consent to the calling
of constitutional convention
Accused Senate of Cowardice.
Apparently the word that these SEN
ators sent to the governor became one
of the news leaks Allen recently
complained Of At any rate. the Kan
sas City Star heard about it and in
Monday nights issue it carried an edi-
torial in which it accused the senators
of weakening in their purpose, of play
ly trying to "get on the band wagon
for the purpose of saving their owl
faces. .-..zss. .-..s
The senate judiciary committee me-
Monday night especially for the pur'
pose of reporting favorably on the
land tenantry bill. it is said. There
was harmony and good feelings on al
sides and apparently the thing wa.
about to be done without argument oil
persuasion being necessary. Ther
some one called some else's attention
to the editorial in the Star. The edi-
, torial, it is understood. passed along
the line; then it was read out in opeT
meeting.
| The result was that the members oi
the committee went to their rooms fol
the night without a single thing hav-
ing been done except that a ma jority
expressed themselves pretty fully or
the subject of the Kansas City Stal
trying to run the affairs of Kansas an6
feeling at liberty to abuse and insult
members of the state senate a will.
1t was reported today that Senator
| Price, after hearing the editorial said
well. 1 am in favor of letting the
Kansas City Star do some sweating"
Getty Would Gust 'Star."
Also, it was reported today tha
Senator Getty planned to rise to
point of personal privilege and insis
that Kansas City Star representative
! be excluded from the privileges of tn'
l senate chamber.
At the "fiZzle" meeting of the senat
judiciary committee Monday night i
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