The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-19
Next Wednesday Set Aside for
Constitutional Amendments.
Legislature To Fight Out ResO-
IutiOns for the Voters.
DOZEN MAY BE DRAGGED OUT
Only Three Can Be Agreed
Upon by the Two Houses.
Lower Body Decides To Work
From 8 A. NJ. to ) p. NJ.

Next Wednesday-Februar 26-the
house will hold field day on
proposed constitutional amendments.
House members today adopted by
unanimous vote the recommendation
of the calendar committee and made
the constitutional questions special
order beginning at II o'clock Wednes-
day morning. The house also voted to
extend the hours of the sessions and
will next Monday Begin work at 9
o'clock in the morning and quit at
O'Clock in the evening.
One or two days-possibly the re-
mainder of the week-will be required
to decide the constitutional proposals
now before the house. Practically ev-
cry proposal for constitutional
amendment is due for a hard fight.
Should the house adopt three or more
amendments, the senate might later
elect to adopt a different set of pro-
posals. 1t would then be up to the
TWO houses to get together. Not only
is there a long and heated house de-
bate in prospect, but the action of the
senate is yet a matter of much doubt
and speculation. Before the matter
can be finally settled. it may be neces-
sary to submit the question of amend
ments to a conference committee. The
committee would then select the
amendments to be submitted-subject
TO approval of the legislative bodies
Internal Improvements by the state
so far as they elate to permanent
highway building will be considered in
the house next week. Already there
is well organized fight on this reso-
luton. A number of members will bit
terly oppose any provision which let's
down the bars and enables the state to
break way from its established prohi-
olt1on against internal improvements.
me nome rule resolution which
reached the house hopper TODAY will
probably be out on the calendar with
or without recommendations This
measure was beaten two years ae,
and is quite certain to arouse some
profound and ardent oratory when
considered on the floor.
Governor Aliens proposal for
farm tenantry provision in the state
constitution will be debated while the
house works under special orders Ad-
| ministration friends will make a hard
fight for this measure. especially in
view of the recent failure of the con-
con in the house. On the theory that
| the farm tenantry plan enables the
endeavor, the opponents of internal
improvements will oppose the resoIu-
| ton. -
| For Tax Reform.
Tax reform provisions will also be
considered. This demand has come
! from the state tax commission and
has the official approval of the state
administration.
The three-fourths jury verdict will
| occupy a place on the calendar, as
will proposals for increasing the num-
Der of amendments to be submitted to
the voters in a single election. More
pay for state legislators will also be
considered. 1t is probable that a few
additional amendments will be pro-
posed before the special order is
| reached. Many house members be-
lieve that ten or twelve amendments
will be dragged before the house under
/ the special orders. If more than three
proposed amendments are approved
by the two houses. it would then be
up to a committee from the house and
senate to determine which three
amendments would be submitted.