The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-10
Uhls Rural Educational Meas.
ure Favored by House.
After Hour of Debate Commit.
tee Report Is Accepted.
PROVIDES 8 MONTHS SCHOOL
Greenleaf and Underwood
Wanted Act Killed.
State Aid Is Planned for
Weaker Schools.

House members simply must have
their daily differences. FOR ten days
it was the road trouble. Then came
the deluge of oratory on the Industrial
court bills. Today the house took .
new subject. 1t brought out picks and
shovels and a little dynamite and
opened up six foot vein of trouble
on rural schools.
Discuss Uhlsts School Bill.
Just to show that it Is versatile in
methods of discovering something to
argue about. the house today selected
the Uhls rural school bill. For an
hour the bill was the bone of conten-
ton over which members gnawed and
paved and growled. 1t all started
| over a minority report on the bill.
When the minority report was finally
given somewhat indecent burial, the
bill was out on the calendar and sub
Ject to further warm debate later in
the session.
Greenleaf Of Kiowa and Underwood
of Atchison submitted the report
which started things. A majority of
the committee on education recon-
mended passage of the Uhls measure.
Greenleaf and Underwood asked that
1T be killed. Greenleaf moved adop-
| ton OF the minority report. Then the
waters came down from Lodore.
| Argue for an Hour.
For solid hour the members
wrangled and tangled about the rural
schools, taxes, the unfortunate youth
on the farms and the need of better
educational facilities. Members be-
came just as excited about the coun-
try school bill as when the state aid
| plan for roads and the Industrial court
| divorce plan was under consideration.
minority supporters urged home
ruie' Tney wanted the law left just as
II TOD Il H..
trict to decide for itself Some of the
members who fought the Martin home
rule for public utilities, talked the
loudest for the plan in the school bill.
And some of the former home rule
advocates joined with the majority in
i fixing general policy.
/ Minimum of Eight Months
Uhls's bill provides for a minimum
or eight months. school in rural dis
tricts instead of seven months as de-
fined by the present law. State aid is
1 provided for weaker districts under the
bill. On a final vote the house ac-
lcepted the majority report and the bill
goes on the calendar under general
orders.
That there might be sufficient SUP
ply OF argument regarding acceptance
Of committee reports, Martin of Reno
filed a protest against the prevailing
committee report on an insurance bill.
Knapp of Montgomery and Mrs. Grin
stead of Seward Joined Martin in his
report. Then the house recessed until
2:30 in order to witness the airplane
flight and attend a luncheon at the
colored Industrial institute. Fight on
the Martin report was suspended until
the afternoon session.
Jolliffe Bill Is Killed.
The house judiciary committee in its
reports today killed the Jolliffe picket
ing bill. The bill made illegal any ef-
fort toward interference with employees
in any industry or any move tending
to reduce or stop production.
/ Martins bills for home rule for
cities in the management of public
| utilities also met sad fate in the law
yer committee. A bill covering the
home rule plan of the Reno county
member was reported from the COM
mittee last week, tho. II came before
the house without recommendations
and is now on the calendar under gem
eral orders.