The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-20
House in Initial Contribution of
General Enactments.
Seven Measures Are Checked
Up to Senate For Action.
FAVOR The ANTI-PAROLE BILL
Lower Body Also Would Make
Armistice Day a Holiay.
Farmers Union a Guest Before
the Morning Session.

House members today made their
first contribution of general enact
ments for the 1921 session laws. Seven
bills were passed on third reading in
the house and are now checked up to
the senate for final action.
Two of the seven bills are of gen.
eral state wide Importance. The
house showed it's teeth on the loose
parole system by passing the Geddes
bill tending to make the state peni-
tentiary a place for punishment and
discipline rather than pleasure and
recreation. 1t also favored placing
Armistice Day in the holiday class.
The Geddes bill is the first of a
series of anti-parole measures to re-
ceive consideration at this session. 1t
places automobile stealing in the class
of non-parolable crimes.
Garvin of Stafford made a fight on
the Geddes bill in committee of the
whole. But house members seemed
fed up on refo' and promptly voteo
down his motion to strike out the
enacting clause. On third reading the
bill passed with many votes to spare.
November ii Holiday.
Harrington of Cove is author of the
bill making November Ii, Armistice
day, a legal holiday. 1t was the first
bill introduced in the house at this
session. House bills 14-15-17, local
Kansas City measures, by Stanley,
passed. The house also passed two
bills by White of Saline changing
names of Knut Hjalmar Johnson and
Olof Pearson of Assaria.
Such turbulent oratory as the house
received today was supplied by OIL
GERS of the Farmers Union. The house
was at peace with the world today
after the big fight of Wednesday over
adoption of the Lambertson road reso-
luton.
Stanley of Wyandotte today intro
duced a bill fixing minimum capital
ization of all state banks at $4,000.
In first class cities the minimum cap
italization is made $4,000. while in
cities of 100000 population or more
banks must have d capital of not less
than 100000.
Old X C. Town Row.
One of the fine town rows of Kan
saS City, Kan. was checked up to Gov
efnor Allen in a Stanley bill. Sew
era1 years ago Rosedale voted to be-
come part of the city. But the two
towns didn't agree and the consohda-
ton was never perfected. The bill
gives the governor authority to en-
force the old vote and order the con-
solidation.
Another bill for creation of a separ-
ate branch of the state agricultural;
college came to the house in the days
offering Bernardin. of Labette, wants
a branch of the college in southeastern
Kansas. His bill would locate the in
stitution in either Cherokee, Crawford,
Bourbon, Allen, Neosho, Labette,
Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson, Green
wood or Elk county. An appropriation
of s33,600 is asked for the 1922
biennium.
Representative Nesch introduced a
bill allowing county commissioners to
1oIrx IA bridges
where federal aid has been extended
for hard surface roads.
After thirty-minute visit with the
Farmers Union, the house recessed
until 8 o'clock. The house is work
ing this afternoon in committee of the
whole. The Jolliffe bill fixing respon-
sibility for falsifying bank report and
making the crime a felony, was the
first bill considered at the afternoon
session.