The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-11
NEXT WEEK, 1919
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,, night by the biennial inaugural re-
ception Wednesday noon will see the
state legislature under way for fifty
, day session of after the war law max
ing.
Crowd From Over State.
Mondays inaugural ceremonies will
bring a big crowd to 7 from all
t sections of the state. By Sunday night
practically the entire membership of
| the state legislature will be here.
Scores of friends of Governor Henry
J. Allen are coming for the inaugural.
! Wichita. will send special train, ar
! irving here Monday morning.
| The fact that the new governor will
deliver a. special war speech at the
| auditorium Monday afternoon encour-
, aged many people to come to Topeka
| who under ordinary circumstances
would be unable to secure admittance
| to the inaugural. Four new state Of
, ficials will be sworn into office in
addition to the new governor. They
Iare: l.. J. Pettijohn, Dodge City, sec
retary of state; Charles S. Huffman,
| Columbus. lieutenant governor; Rich
ard T. Hopkins, Garden City, attorney
general: and Miss Lizzie Wooster, Sal
! ina ctate superintendent of public in
struction Lieut.. Frank l.. Travis, of
lola, the new state superintendent OF
insurance. has sent his oath and BOND
/ from France. The oath will be read
( during the Monday noon ceremonies.
! Reservations have been made for
500 people on the first floor of repre-
sentative hall. These seats have been
allotted to incoming and outgoing state
officials and their families, as we'll as
! legislative mem bers. Press table seats
are reserved for news walters under
assignment. Music will be furnished
by the Fourth Regiment band from
/ Wichita. The oath will be admins
tered to state officials by Justice w.
IF Mason. In addition to the incom-
ing officials, the oath will be received
by officials reelected in November.
( They include. Fred w Knapp, Beloit,
state auditor; Walter L. Payne, Bur-
ingame, state treasurer; W. A. john
ston, Minneapolis, chief Justice SUI
preme court; r. A. Burch, Salina, as
| sociate justice supreme court; and w.
r. Smith, state printer.
Galleries to representative hall Will
be open to the public. The public will
also be admitted to the Allen speech
at the auditorium Monday afternoon
Senate Organization.
The real fight in the organization of
the state legislature will come Mon
day afternoon. Senate members will
meet at 2 o'clock-an hour in advance
! OF the Allen meeting. They will have
but little trouble in rearranging affairs
of the hold over body. Emmett
George of Council Grove is slated for
another term as secretary.
Senator w. +. Schoch of Shawnee is
slated for the Craftsmanship of the
highways committee to succeed the
late Senator Robert Barr of Bourbon.
Senator j. H. Milligan of Anderson
county will probably succeed Lieut..
Gov. c. S. Huffman-former senator
from Cherokee county-on the ways
and means committee. Senator A. NJ.
Keene, who succeeded Senator Barr
from Bourbon county will probably
draw a position on the judiciary COM
mittee.
Fight for House Speaker.
In the house the real organization
fight will be staged in the contest for
speaker. 1t is probable that the
speakership caucus may not be held
until after the Allen meeting in the
auditorium. There are five candidates
n the speakership fight-W. P. Lam
bertson of Brown county; Frank L.
| Martin of Reno; j. NJ. Gilman OF
Leavenworth; w. S. Bardwen of Riley,
and J. E. Brooks of Chautauqua. d.
a. n. Chase is a candidate for speaker
pro tenn. In event the 11ambertson
opposition controls the caucus, a fight
may be made on Chase. E. E. Friz-
zell of Pawnee or D. E. Lamb of Dick
inson might then be pushed into the
running. c. D. Foster of Ness will
doubtless be chairman of the Repub-
Iican caucus
thur S. McNay of Galena, and Clar-
ence Miller. clerk of two years ago
j are the chief clerk candidates. Lor
Jordan of Reno county is slated fol
sergeant at arms.
Inaugural Reception.
Social features of the inaugural viii
be staged Monday evening. The in
augural reception will be held in the
state house at 1880 O'Clock. Score:
of invitations have been issued and SOC
men and women prominent in public
and social affairs in the state have
i been placed on the reception commit
! tee. The public will have its first OPP
{ portunity to formally greet the new
4 officials at the reception.
Kansas legislators will be sworn IL
Tuesday noon. The oath to hous'
& members will be administered by L. J
! Pettijohn. 1t is probable that d. o
4 | McCray, assistant secretary of state
q will give the oath to Senators Keen
i and Sparks, the new senator's.
i Governor Allen will send his mes
sage to the state legislature Wednes
a day noon. The first introduction o
bills will also come during Wednes
Il days session, when the legislature will
& make its real start on the 1919 ses