The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-20
KILL GOOD ROADS
Lower House Votes Against
Hard Surface Highways.
Oratory Failed to Move LegiS-
lafors One Bit.
STATE AID DEAD FOR z YEARS
Old and New Members Tried to
Blast Farmers Position.
Final Vote Was IS to So Against
Road Building.
STATE AID DEAD FOR z YEARS

OfdIory doesn't move. the FARMERS
in the Kansas house one bit. They sat
all day under the most inspiring ex-
hibition of verbal fireworks displayed
in the legislature in many months.
Then they promptly voted thru the
Lam bertson resolution which declares
against state aid for hard surface
roads for two years.
More perfectly good speeches were
wasted on the legislature in the Lam
bertson debate than on any measure
since Fra nix p Walsh and Jake Shep-
hard pointed out the things they didn't
like in the industrial court bill Many
of the farmer members of the house
are new. But that fact, shouldn't
cause misgivings among persons who
recklessly judge new legislative body.
The farmer members are tampede
proof, and they have seemingly heard
speeches before
Tried To Blast Farmers.
Old members and new members
joined in the fight to blast the farm
ers from their position. Harley. Ged-
des and Endres were Joined by Hasty
and Hope and other youngsters in the
first term class. There were dozen
Ugh grade speeches Most of them
We're against the resolution.
Buster" Brown of Atchison was the
only lawyer who supported Lambert
son. He declared war on the CONVEX
sational farmers and said he was look
ing for place with the folks who
didn't grow corn by use OF, the hu-
man voice.
Talked Themselves Hoarse.
Near the end of the days struggle
Endres of Leavenworth- moved the
previous question. Lamhertson had
the closing. And the way he knocked
the dust off the lawyer opposition
made the Farmers Union members in
he To- frfr 10 "a
had not been in vain. Lambertson
wanted no limit debate and charged
that the opposition had talked them
selves hoarse and sought to close the
doors against further discussion.
During the fighting it looked for a
time as tho Lambertson might be
driven from his position. When the
previous question was put he lost by
three votes. But seemingly the farm
ers as we'll as the lawyers were tired.
On roll call on final adoption of the
resolution, tho, Lanbertsen checked
in with a clean cut house majority
and-a lead of ten votes over the oppo-
sition.
65 For; SIS Against.
On final adoption SIS members neted
for the resolution and SIS in the mega
tive.
Members voting in favor of the adoption
of the resolution were:
Afford; Baker, Barrett, Bateman, Bland,
Brown. Cellar, Cline, of Pawnee; Cloud,
Coffman, Crist. Edwards, Farrell Fisher
Foster, Freas Garvin. Gillispie, Greenleaf,
Hatfield, Hawley: Heleker. Herren. Higley,
Hill, Iddings. Ireland, Jolliffe, Kelley,
Kline, of Trego: Knudson. Lambertson,
Lippert, Mack. Maioney, Manary, Mann,
Martin. McFadden. Morris, Murphy, Myers,
Nork. Norman OLoughlin, Pendleton. Por-
ter. Potter. Railsbaek, Rankin. Rhodes,
Ruth, Sanders, Sargent, Scott, of Rocks;
Scott, of Stanton; Shannon, Simpson, Sin
clair Thomas, Troup, Underwood, Walker,
Williams Yust
Members voting in the negative were:
Barrier, Beard, Bernardin. Chandler
Geddes, Gibbons, griffith. Grinstead, Hail.
Harley, Harrington. Hasty, Harvey, Hicks,
Hope. Jeffrey, johnson. Jones, Knapp,
Lamb, tanning, MeDermott,. Mcshane,
Nesch. Noble, Peterson, piper, Prather,
Rewerts. Ritter. Robbins, sanderson Saw
hill, Searle. Shfdeler, Smith. of Elk: Smith,
of Republic; Snyder. Stanley, stapIeton,
Taylor. of Cherokee; Taylor. of waubaun-
see: Ward, Weightman, White.
Members absent or not voting we're:
Fowler, Hughes. Minnieh. UhIs.