The Topeka state journal., 1921-02-26
Rep. Stanley of WyandOtte
Offers FOrty-One New Laws.
Total OF 6S6 Measures Pre-
sented in Lower House.
NO BILLS FROM TWENTY -0NE
Several OF These Members Are
Most Active Workers.
Mrs. Minnie Grinstead Intro.
duced Thirteen Acts.

of bills introduced by a house mem
| Der in this session of the Kansas legis-
lature goes to Arthur j. Stanley OF
| Wyandotte county. He has offered
forty-one bills L. A Hasty or Sedgwick
county takes second place with thirty
one bills while Frank L. Martin of
Reno county is third with twenty-one-
Each introduced a number OF bills
applying only to their own municipal
ities-Kansas City, Kan, Wichita and
Hutchinson, respectively
Total of $50 Bills.
A total of 6s6 bills had been intro
duced in the lower house up until the
time when introduction of bills by in
diyiduaIs was shut off by resolution.
Thirty-nine of these were prepared by
committees and SAT by house mem
bers. The average for each member
was slightly more than five.
Twenty-one of the 124 representa-
tives refrained from proposing any
bill. Several of these representatives.
however, are among the most active
lawmakers. c. D. Foster of Ness, for
example has been a member of sew
eraI sessions and he has never yet Of
fered a bill. But he is a participant
in practically every important debate
on the floor of the house. Robert
Garvin of st. John also takes lead
ing role in the law-making business
but he believes that already there are
too many laws and that at least one
LEGISLATOR should oppose any further
legislation unless there is a real need
for it.
Total of Thirteen by Mrs. Grinstead.
Mrs. Minnie ]. Grinstead, dean of
the legisladies. introduced thirteen
bills, which is more than by the other
three women representatives put to-
gether. Mrs. Ida NJ. Walker of Nor
ton introduced five, Mrs. Minnie ].
Minnich of Wellington four, and Miss
Nellie Cline of Larned three.
Bills by Each Representative.
The number of bills introduced by
each representative is shown in paren-
theses:
John w Afford, Grunt ts) u. r. Baker
Wallace (none); d. L. Barrett, Miami 90;
F. L. Barrier, Greenwood %; Scott Bate
90; L. p. Bernardin, Labette Cd; George
y. Bland, Washington tnonel Walter Z.
BroR b, W,;As Atehiso1 S w b Cellar c9ffey
kingman 80; clyde " Goffman. Usage
Butler (s1: Robert Cram, Cheyenne %
L. c. Crary, Mcpherson 10; 4. J. Crist,
Hamilton tnone) Harry Dick, Douglas
Endres. Leavenworth (13); ]. A. Farrell,
Clay %; A. 3. Fisher. Edwards {none)
Russell (none); W. S. Freas. Lane (nOnel
Robert ,iarvin, Stafford (none); X. VI.
Geddes, Butler C149 W.. S; Gibbons. Meade
@; A. a. GiIlispie. Thomas (nonel;
Greenleaf, kiowa (5l c. B. Griffith. Bour-
bon q3 Minnie J. Grinstead, Seward
Harley Dousias 30 a Ci55: er'9pn va GaTrngtOn tom
Cove {e); W. W. Harvey, Clark (sl; {. A.
Hasty, .sedgwick (3D; o. H. Hatfield.
Heleker, Marshall tnonel Henry W. Her
(nonel W, F. hin, Pottawat9mie (1Ol
Hughes, Hughes Lyon G2 Is; F. s Iddings, Logan
(2); W. f. Irelan, woodson (3J George
A. Jeffery, sedgwiek 40. Charles L.
=; o., Jolliffe. Marion o.; J. A. Kelley,
Stevens 90 E. F.. King, Trego (nonel;
Knudson. Rawiiifns c35: william Knox.
sumner (2l; d. E Lamb, Dickinson (2)
W. 2. Lambertson, Brown %; A. b. Ian
John c. Mack, Harvey f5]: James F.
Maloney; GeaTy (none(; ]. F. ManaIy.
MOTt9n MSdtp % Charles E. Mann Osborne a.;
permott, Cowley 10; Charles E. MeFad-
den: Graham tno1el ,John,,,C John G Meshane.
iSj; Minnie j. NIinnich. sumner % a. rfnsy Ray
Ford %: +. f. Murphy, Haskell lnonel
Myers. Greeley t4l'; [, H. Nelswender.
4. u. Noble. 'Lsbette d; A. a. Nork. Mar,
John o'LoughIin, Ellis (1l L. P. Pendle-
ton. Franklin (2l; +. o. Peterson, Morris
" . r. R1per, Montgomery t6D James
A, Porter, Pratt (3) F.; 7. A. Potter, Linn
~: II. L. Prather, Chase (5); ]. W.
Railsback. Decatur n; G. w. Rankin.
Barber tno9e) Leonard Rewerts, Wichita
lone); II. =. Rhodes, Anderson ~; C. S.
Ritter. Allen Q6): W. R. Robbins, Neosho
3D.; g. Q; G, Ruth, Ruth, Scott o.; W. P. Sanders,
tauqua t5l; Charles Fl. Sargent, Smith (5l
X VI, Sawhill. Cloud ID; p. ID. Scott,
Rocks 90; Ruelf Scott. Stanton (nonel
{. H. Searle, Shawnee (s): John Shannon,
Ellsworth (2): H. w ShideIen. Crawford
I'D J. W. simpson. Ottawa (2l; w ID.
Sinclair go Hodgeman: George W. Smith,
Elk (9) J.. J. Smith. Republic az; Ralph
Snyder. Jefferson t2l; Arthur ]. Stanley,
Nyandotte (4D; J. X. Stapleton, Bourbon
lnonel; Sam Taylor, Cherokee (5): H J..
Taylor. Waubaunsee (5); c. N. Thomas.
Harper %: Abraham Throup, Phillips
81 l.. J.. Uhls. Johnson 80; Ernest NJ.
Underwood, Atchison (5): Ida NJ. Walker,
Norton 90 A. H Ward. Wilson az !; Matt
Melshtman. Jr.. Shawnee 10; Cyrus T..
White, Saline (9); s. J. williams, Barton
no.; John 1ust, Reno (3).