The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14
House Overwhelmingly Behind
Aliens Measure.
Only Two-Including Amos of
Shawnee-in Opposition.
LABOR LOBBY IS DISAPPOINTED
Lack of Anti-Sentiment Comes
as Blow to Union Leaders.
Amendment Offered Cutting
Salary From $4,000 to $4,000.

Overwhelming support for the In
dustrial court bill on final passage was
insured in the house today when test
vote on the Lambertson motion to
strike out the enacting clause secured
but two votes as against 80 nays.
Amos of Shawnee and Kline of Trego,
both Republicans. voted to kill the
bill. Attempts to make drastic Changes
in provisions of Section 1. later
failed regularly and mustered only
faint, scattered and disorganized sup
port for amendments.
Speaker Lambertson's motion was
made Tuesday in order to open gem
eral discussion of the bill. 1t was not
offered with a view of attacking the
measure. Lambertson today voted
against the motion to strike out the
enacting clause.
Altho the labor court bill has been
before the house an entire week. no
de1inite action was taken until today's
hearings The first evidence of test
came on the Lambertson motion. The
result was clearly an intense disap-
: pointment to the labor lobby, altho
several of its members asserted that
opponents of the bill voted against the
motion that they might inject amend
i
landslide in support of the bill in its
present form. tho, assured its ultimate
| passage with votes to spare. A mere
constitutional majority is sufficient to
pass the bill on third reading.
Falfer on Salary.
! Amendments by Graves of Craw-
ford, Scott OF Rocks. Connolly OF
| Bourbon and Brooks of ChautauQua
/ failed. Only the Brooks amendment
ts-,-< Al -
of $4,000 a year for court judges. se-
cured more than a faint murmur of
( assent
Graves of Crawford wanted a court
of arbitration. He proposed in an
amendment that the chief justice of
the supreme court be ex-officio pre-
siding judge of the court and that an
/ associate representing labor and one
representing the employer be named.
He provided that the associates serve
merely on the individual case for
which their appointment was made.
Probably half dozen ayes respond
ed for the amendment.
House members made short work OF
a motion by Scott of, Rocks to provide
for a court of five judges instead Of
three.
Willing to Trust Allen.
Then Connolly proposed that the
power of appointment be taken from
L
pull. II am willing to trust the pres
ent governor" said Connolly. a Demo-
crat. but we don't know who will be
governor two years from now"
But Connolly received little encour-
agement The referendum and direct
election plan didn't appeal to house
members and they promptly voted it
down.
Brooks. tho. secured the support OF
large number of legislators who are
or expect to be candidates for office
! next year when he proposed a reduc-
| tion in the salary schedule. He want
| ed the scale reduced from $1,000 q
| year to $4,000 a year. A roll call was
demanded. The motion received 80
votes while es were against it,
| Vote On the motion to strike out the
enactinE clause came unexpectedly to-
day and many house members were
not present when the roll was called
Amos, the first man on the roll call.
voted for the motion. But the Trego
county member was his only COM
forter. Both Shideler and Graves OF
/ Crawford county, as well as other
/ members from southeastern Kansas.
voted aga inst the motion.