The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
Senate Passes Billion Personnel
State Education.
Tenantry Resolution Up To-
mOrrOW-Printing Delay.
ADD To STATE HOUSE REPAIRS
Senate FavOrs Total of 100000
for Use in Work.
Salary Bill Affecting 800 State
Employees Tonight.

The senate today, in passing a bill
introduced by Senator McClain, and
amended by the committee on edu-
cation, of which he is chairman, voted
to change the personnel of the state
board of education. The personnel,
under the senate bill. would be: State
sup ctendent of instruction, ex-of-
ficio chairman; the chancellor of the
State university, the president of the
State Agricultural college, the presi-
dent of the State Normal school at
Emporia, the president of the State
Manual training school at Pittsburg
the president of the Fort Hays Normal
school, and two county Superintend-
ents appointed by the governor.
AS the committee amended the bill
the new personnel would have includ-
ed only one county superintendent, but
so much opposition to taking power
in the board away from representa-
tives of the elementary schools devel-
oped on the floor of the senate that an
amendment providing for the extra
superintendent was adopted.
! 1t was stated on the floor by Sen
ator McClain when Senator Getty op-
posed the bill that the measure had
the approval of Miss Wooster, state
| supintendent of instruction, and the
| bill was passed despite charges that
the heads of the state institution
tention and that the state superintend-
, ent would be able to dominate the en-
| tire affairs of state instruction in
which her department comes in con-
| tact.
| Tenantry Plan Up Tomorrow.
! An effort to bring Governor Aliens
farm tenantry constitutional amend
ment resolution before the senate to-
day in order that the upper house
might concur to the amendments
made by the lower house was blocked.
House amendments contain provision
that discharged soldiers may have a
preference to farms under the terms
of the measure.
Senator Price demanded that the
measure be printed with the amend
mentS in their proper place SO that all
senators could examine them minutely
before acting. There might. be some
way that conscientious objectors would
be included in the preference" he
said.
Senator Getty moved that the reso-
luton be rushed thru the hands of the
printer and that consideration of the
house amendment plan be placed un-
der special orders for II o'clock to-
morrow morning. His motion was
adopted.
soldiers Reception Also Blocked.
Inability of senators to obtain print
ed copies of the house bill creating a
fund of 100000 TO welcome Kansas
soldiers home from overseas also tenn
porarily blocked this measure in the
senate during the third reading of bills
today. After a brief debate, the meas
ure was passed over until tomorrow.
Boost Capitol Repair Fund.
The senate committee on public buildings
and grounds, to whom WAS referred the
house bill appropriating $110.O000 for &
general remodeling of the state house, re
ported the bill back to the upper house
today with the recommendation that it bC
| passed.
Not only did the committee recommend
the bill, but it proposed an amendment
whereby the fund to be nsed in the worl
| would be increased to $120,OOO On thu
face of This. the increase in the appropria
ton might be regarded as favorable to thu
drawing to a close rapidly, and if the sen
ate adopts the increase the amendment viii
have to go back to the house for adoption
and if the house votes it down confer
erce committee will be Forthcoming i
which the project may, get a chance to di
before the committee has time to act an
. | the two houses take final action.
Big Salary Bill Up Tonight.
The big state salary bill. as drawn b
, the ways and means committees. whic
carries wage increase for about 800 stat
employees will be taken up by the senat
tonight at O'Clock under special orders
| According to Senator Anspaugh. chair
man of the fee and salary committee, a
, attempt which is expected to succeed wi
be made to substitute the house measur
making the same provisions as the senat
: bill The house has already passed it
bill In clearing the salary measure froI
= the calendar the way will be open fo
early consideration of the appropriate
measures which have been held up on it
account
f Money for Industrial Farm.
2 The senate ways and means committe
+ | reported the bills making appropriation
! | for the womons industrial farm at Lar
l sing back to the upper house today wit
| the recommendation that they be paSset
t The bills carry an appropriation of $S5,Ot
for buildings and repairs, $4,000 for sa
I aries and maintenance for each of the yeal
1920 and 1921 and $4,000 for the year enc
ing June 80. 1919.
The committee oil and gas introduce
n n bill giving the state board of admins
t tration the right to lease lands under il
r control for oil and mineral development
Altho the senate made an effort to spen
the most of its time this morning on thir
reading of bills it was interrupted Sc
eral times by attempts special mea
ures. Bills passed on third reading il
cluded one governing the handling of fe'
by the state board of review.