The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-07
TO FORM A PLAN
City Officials of Kansas to Meet
Here Tomorrow.
VIII Work Out Legislative Pro-
gram for Next Year.

= Some fifty or more city officials of
the cities of Kansas will be in Topeka
Tuesday to formulate a legislative
program which will be to the greatest
benefit of the municipalities of the
state.
The officials are from cities which
are members of the League of Kansas
Municipalities. John G. Stutz, of
Lawrence. secretary of the league, is
in Topeka today, making advance ar
engagements for the meeting.
The general legislative committee of
the league commenced a session at
1870 o'clock this afternoon in the city
hall preliminary to the meeting of the
other officials at the hearing room of
the state public utilities commission
at the state house Tuesday morning.
consists of fifteen city officials, five
from the cities of the first class and
five each from the cities of the second
and third class.
Members of the Committee.
The members of the general legis-
1atiYe committee are, for cities of the
first class: Chairman. H ]. Smith.
city attorney, Kansas City, Kan; w.
r. Layton. city manager, Saina; w.
A. Stanfield, city commissioner, To-
peka; E c. Elliott, city manager,
Wichita; o. T. Jones, mayor, Pitts
burg
Cities of the second class: Chair
man, Walter Thiele, city attorney,
Rays; Ed James, mayor, Beloit; W.
G. Hail, city clerk, Winfield; Harry
c. Bowman, city attorney, Newton.
Cities of the third class: Chair
man. o. w. Wooden, mayor, Cimar-
ron: A. L. Socolofsky, city clerk, Tam
pa Fred Krohne, city clerk. Winches-
ter: ]. w. Murphy, city clerk. Russell;
G. p Weisbender, city manager, St
Marys.
Won't Maintain Lobby.
All the members of the committee
are present today.
ut is not our intention to maintain
any lobby in the legislature next win
ter" Stutz stated today. I'VE want to
settle on the legislation which is for
the benefit of all the cities of the
state. We want all the cities to know
about the legislation which is of gen.
eral interest, so that united support
can be given to it. The measures
which we will consider Tuesday will
be discussed so to apply to all cities,
or else to just the cities which would
benefit from them, and bills will be
drawn up which will cover, so far as
possible. the entire field. Then the
united strength of the cities which are
members of the league will be thrown.
behind those bills"
1t was pointed out that at the last
SESSION of the legislature, some bills
interest for all the cities of the state.
hut that because they were introduced
on the initiative of only one or two
cities. they fell by the wayside for
the lack of support.
The measures which are decided
upon in the meeting Tuesday will be
whipped into shape and taken before
the meeting of the entire membership
of the League of Kansas Municipali-
tic. which is to take place October IT,
is and 10, at Pittsburg.
The members of the league who
will attend Tuesdays session expect to
be very busy. They will have lunch
con in the parlors of the Chamber of
Commerce at noon. but on account of
the press of business will forego plans
for a ride about the city
Both the meeting of the general
legislative committee, in sess-on at the
city hall this afternoon. and the meet
ing of all the delegates at the state
house Tuesday, will be closed to the
public, Stutz stated today.