The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-12
Kansas Legislature Started at
10 O'clock Today.
Governors Message Heard With
Keen Interest.
BIG BILLS TO COME LATER
Industrial Court, Taxation and
Farm Tenantry, Under Way.
Many Special Messages Looked
For From Governor.

The Kansas legislature is under
way IN earnest. Both houses con-
rened at 10 O'Clock this morning and
for the first time during the 1921 ses-
sion worked under their regular pro-
grams. The regular program was
withheld due to the length of the gov
ernor's message.
Governor Aliens message was
day. Yet keen secondary Interest was
In the character of legislation pro-
posed by the members in the first in-
PRODUCTION of bills. Not for several
days will house and senate commits
tees De working under a full head Of
steam- Whlle number of commit.
tees were to be announced TODAY. there
Is no probability that Speaker Harvey
VIII conclude the heavy house assigns
ments until sometime next week.
heen Interest in Governors Message.
Keen interest of members in the
reading OF Governor Aliens message
indicated it would have earnest cons
sideration this winter. Administra.
ton members are already drafting a
NUMBER OF the enactments proposed in
the message. These bills will start to
the legislative mills in a few days.
NOT until later. tho. will the big
industrial court, taxation, depart
mental consolidation and farm ton.
antry bills be offered. There is every
indication that the governor will send
number of special messages to the
legislature this winter This course
will be followed in an effort to drive
nome the governors arguments for
dominant measures in his program.
Again, observers see in the proposed
special messages a desire on the part
the house and senate strength and to
organize for the big fights which will
come in late February and early
March.
Many Bills in Making.
Many bills will doubtless be offered
oe1ore the legislature recesses over the
weekend. The early proceedings will
probably give some definite view as to
the course which will be followed dur
ling the session. There were many
visitors in the house and senate lobbies
today and most of the visitors re-
sage.
The ladies' lobbies were well filled.
Attendance in the galleries today, how
ever. was not as large as in some for
mer years when the formal work of
the session started.
1t is probable the senate will get in
couple of days work this week. The
house may go the senate one better
and stay on the job until some time
Friday. Under the general custom of
first weeks the senate is due to go
home and talk things over with the
folks when adjournment comes Thurs
day. They will get back to work Mon~r
day afternoon. The house will prob-
ably quit Friday and break away from
the strenuous life of making laws until
Monday.
Committees in Action soon.
Not until next week will the legis-
lative committees begin active work on
bills. There will be but little floor
work IN the senate during the first
three weeks: The house will probably
limp along for couple of weeks watt
ing for the committees to decorate the
calendars with something that should
be passed or killed.
/ Legislative employees from stenogra-
pher ladies to superintendents of yen-
tilation and cuspidorians were on the
job today. Their pay checks really
started Tuesday. But the mopping and
the scrubbing and the pounding OF
keys is under way and the first con-
tingent of job seekers is happy. Rein
forcements will be sent to the front
by the employees committees as addi-
tiona1 help is needed by the legislative
lofficers and the committees.