The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-12
SnOoze While Cover
nor's Message Is Read.
Committee On Rules Named by
Lieutenant Governor.
ONE MEMBER GETS CIGARETS
Parsons Senator Presented With
Full Carton of Pills.
Many Bills To Be Presented
Soon as Bars Are Down.

+ Interest of the senators in the bien-
NAL message of Governor Allen, read
this morning. could hardly have been
described as breathless. Contrary to
expectations the message was trans
mitted by the governors private secre-
tary to the two houses, and read by
the reading clerks, instead of being de-
iivered in person at a joint session.
Senators were provided with copies
lof the message, and many of them fol-
lowed the reading with their own
copies, while relays of reading clerks
were droning the document from the
stand in front of the presiding officer,
One senator frankly dozed. Others
attended to other matters. discussing
pet bills, writing letters, or walking
about and visiting with each other
while the reading went on.
Senate Reserves Judgment.
The senate is very emphatically re-
serving judgment on the plans set
forth in the message. The plans will
get their due need of attention later
on.
The senate committee on rules was
announced this morning by Lieutenant
Governor Huffman, and is composed
of Senator James w. Finley, of Cha
mute, chairman: Senator Paul H. Kim
Chase, of P1easanton; Senator John NJ.
Gray, of Kirwin. and Senator S. F.
Paul. of Blue Rapids. Senator Finley
called a meeting of the committee for
| this afternoon in the senate chamber
to arrange for the assignment of rooms
be appointed later.
The resolutions presented and
adopted this morning provided for the
various things which are needed to
| carry on the work of the senate during
the coming session, in the way of sta
| tionery and equipment
| Did Not Care for Constituents.
| The reading of a partial report of
| the committee on employees, headed
by Senator A. P. Burdick, stirred up a
| nasty taste in one or two mouths. The
report did not take care of all the con-
stituents whose legislators have prom
ised to look after them.
! Senator Charles H. -.Ridgway. of
Kansas CttE Eprotested that he had
not heard q single name from Wyan-
dotte county, the largest county in the
state" read. When advised that it
| was only a partial list of employees
which was read this morning he said
that she would get in his work later"
/ List of Employees.
The list of employees which was rec
| commended this morning by the COM
mittee is as follows: Journal clerk,
Clyde Penix; docket clerk, Emma
Veits; calendar clerk. R. Wilson; as
fogle; document clerk, ]. c. Burkert;
reading clerk, j. A. Ramsey: book
keeper, Miss N. A. Burgess; general
| clerks. Mary Ward. Mabel Leach and
Philip w. Doddridge: bill clerks. L. S.
Fry and Mary Wiltshire; stenograph-
er, Edna Biglow; assistants to the
sergeant-at-arms, E. B. Jones. Herbert
H. Delp and Harry Bingham; assist
ants to the doorkeeper. George F.
Beatty, William Papworth, George N.
| Morris Sare, Chester Waltham, Oran
Coblentz and Morris Mills; gallery
guard, Levi Leaf; gallery attendant,
| Elizabeth Mallory: committee room
guard, r. B. Scruggs: night guard,
Harry Clay; guard, Smith Pearson
sistant sergeant-at-arms to Lieutena Mt
lGovernor Huffman, R. A Beggs
lstenographer and clerk to Lieutenan nj
Governor Huffman, Inez Guthrie; jan
1tors, Albert Ray, Nat Berger, Mrs
Alice Hightower. Fanny Evans, Fay
Anderson, Arthur Robinson, Guy Rob-
bins.
Ridgeway Is Sworn in.
Following the reading of the gov
ernor's message. Senator Ridgway was
sworn in Previous to his induction
into office, Senator Coleman, a mem
who had been stung by Ridgway's re-
marks in regard to the overlooking oi
/ Wyandotte county on the senate pay
roll. suggested as joke that Ridgway
be brought before the bar of the sen.
ate to answer the charge of having
addressed the chair and taken an ac-
tive part in the business of the senate
before he was sworn in. The sergeant.
alarms was sent to find Ridgway who
was absent from the chamber wher
the suggestion was made.
Ridgway failed to see the joke. and
made an indignant explanation to thu
effect that he had attended the senate
= caucus Monday. and thought that hi
constituents were "all fixed up." and
that he returned to Kansas City Tues
day for medical treatment. when
tcame back / found that the senatori
;, had apparently forgotten me. and I'v'
been busy all morning trying to square
/ 1fSor,fDUoN an peUe