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fnal lyEATnER FORECAST for Kansas: Unsettled tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight; colder west portion Saturday. TVERX pleasant day Is that much nearer to spring. HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1918 TEN PAGES THREE CENTS 18 BILLIONS THE COST OF A YEAR OF GOVERNMENT That Will Be 1919 Cost 10 Billions for 1920. ew Revenue Bill Will Raise Only One-Third.

MUST BE BOND ISSUES Maybe There Will Be Bond Issues In Jfext Year. 12 Billions Left Unprovided For of 1919 Seeds. Washington. 7. Records of the treasury department and the appropriations committee of the house and senate today showed why congress Is about to enact the biggest tax bill in history $6,000,000,000 revenue measure that will take an averagj of S60 this year and $40 next year from "very individual of the nation's population.

These records show ti.at the govern-nent will cost the people this fiscal year and $10,000,000,000 the 1920 fiscal year. The tax bill now before congress raises only one-third of the amount required for the tax spending year ending June SO, 1919 and only 40 per cent of the tax expenditures lor- tne tax spending year ending June 30, 1920. Where is the rest of the money coming from? Bonds the Only Way. There is only one way to get it bonds. Therefore, unless the tax spending can be brought to the limits of tax paying, there will be bond issues not only in 1919 but in 1920.

For the 1919 tax upending year congress appropriated more than But the ending of the war caused cancellation of contracts totalling more than $2,000,000,000 and a bill increasing $1,000,000,000 more. The ultimate total of such cancellation will be about $18,000,000,000 or half the sum appropriated. This leaves $18,000,000,000 as the net cost of the government this year. Of this amount, the pending tax is estimated to raise $6,070,000,000. Some congressmen say it won't raise more than $5,000,000,000 but if it raises the amount its sponsors hope for.

it will leave approximately unprovided for. This means the two liberty bond issues this year, many members per lieve. Next year, the tax bill is estimated to raise a little less than Senator Smoot says it will nardr ly raise $3,000,000,000. But if it comes up to expectation there will be nearly $6,000,000,000 to be raised by more bond issues. Appropriations for the 1920 tax year bear, out the estimate of which has been made by members of the house and senate and which was forecast by former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo before the senate finance committee.

Passed 14 Money Bills. Congress passes fourteen regular appropriation bills for the support of the government. Those fourteen bills will total $5,507,000,000 for 1920. This figure is obtained from bills already passed and departmental -estimates on the others. If the army of occupation is kept in Germany a long time, or the total armed strength of the United States exceeds 500,000, this figure will be too low.

inasmuch as the army appropriation bill carrying is based on army of On the other hand, if the three year navy program is rejected by congress, that means some reduction, as the $746,000,000 navy bill is included in the $5,250,000,000. But in addition to these regular appropriations there are a number of extras, including: Paying the guaranteed price for wheat (estimated). Interest on bonds $1,000,000,00. Railroads, $750,000,000. Pay bonus for soldiers, $400,000,000.

Labor department's housing plan yet decided on) $2,000,000,000. Food for Europe $100,000,000. Total, $5,250,000,000. slightly warmer ''ut Weather Will Continue Unsettled, Says Flora. WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS n.eftlei, tin1f.l.

nrwl 1. L.n,uiuaj wanner tonight: voider west portion The shippers' forecast warns to protect 3 hour shipment uortti against a temperature of 15 degrees; west and east aguiust a temperature of 2.1 decrees: south against a temperature of 30 degrees. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES. 7 o'clock 19 11 25 o'clock 20 I 12 o'clock7 9 o'clock 22 1 27 10 o'clock 24 2 o'clock 28 The temperature for the day averages 4 degrees below normal. The cold weather in the northwest (Continued in Page Two.) SUFF VOTE ON MONDAY But There Apparently Are Not Knoup-h Ballots To Win.

Washington. Feb. 7. The suffrage amendment probably will be voted on In the senate Monday, according to indications today. The suffragists- still lack one vote the number necessary to win.

BONES ANeTbLOOD NOT HIS OWN IN SOLDIER'S BODY Bedford, Feb. 7. Willie whit-lock. Injured in France, is wondering what sort of a combination his frame will be when surgeons finish with him He has: Three inches of calf bone in one eg; two inches of sheep bone in one irm. Jewish blood infused into his And gone back to the hospital fOjT more.

GEO, ADDERS HERE Well Known Topekan Is Paroled From Prison. He Will Enter Automobile Business in Detroit Soon. George S. Badders, well known To-peka business man, former secretary of the Topeka Commercial club and a leader ir. civic affairs in the city at one time, has been paroled from the federal prison at Leavenworth where he served 33 months on a charge of misuse of the government mails.

His term of five years would have been out in January, 1920. but he was granted a year's freedom for good behavior and his general services in the penitentiary. Badders has been visiting his mother, Mrs. O. J.

Badders. in this city. He arrived here Thursday afternoon and will leave soon for. Detroit where he will be employed by an automobile manufacturing concern. Prison Well Managed.

"I have nothing but praise for the federal prison management at Leavenworth," George Badders said today. "Every opportunity is given the prisoner who is ambitious to make a new start in the world. Night- schools, shops and every form of labor are on George S. Badders. hand for the men to master.

Any man can enter the prison and come out fully prepared to take up some useful occupation. Many of the instructors are college graduates and men of wide knowledge." Badders said the Leavenworth prison was a pioneer. in prison reforms. "There is none of the lock-step, the stripes, the shaven head forthe prisoners. Prisoners are not kept silent, nor are they prohibited from reading newsappers.

magazines and books. (Continued on Page Two.) TURN DOWN PLAN Railroaders in England Wrill alk Out Yet. Subway Workers Settled, but Others Will ot. London, Feb. 7.

-A nation-wide railway strike became a possibility today wien the National Union of Railway men repudiated the settlement effected last night by subway workers. The threatened strike was intended largely as a sympathetic walkout to assist the subway men, but the railway men who constitute the strongest of the rail unions, are understood to nave decided to go thru with the strike because of their own grievance. In expectation that electric light would be cut off Saturday night there was a great sale of lamps and candles here during the day, but at 6 o'clock in the evening it was announced that the electrical trades union strike had been postponed. It is understood the latest plan is to call out the engineers in London's sixty power houses at midnight Saturday. While the outside electrical workers will strike today there is another union the Electrical Power Engineers' association which is a sort of aristocracy among electrical workers.

Its secretary said that the members would stand by their work and would insure a reasonable supply of electricity. One newspaper, here estimates that five million hours of working time is being lost dailv inart from rthe losses of shopkeepers, theaters and iiuiruaas as a result or the strike. One result of the inability of thousands to reach their places of business has been such a congestion of telephone business that the managements of the companies have been forced to appeal to the public to limit itself to strictly necessary calls. While a majority of the newspapers are against the strikers, the Westminster Gazette, which is one of the most influential journals here, summarizes the men's case saying that the government "picked industry to pieces for the var and must put it together again for peace." The strike has brought several movements for volunteers to carry on public works and for societies tn combine the middle classes for their own protection. CITY WATER 0.

K. NOW Xo Long Xecsar, To Boil Says III 1 1. 1.. 1.1 I K. 1 Arporrtinir 4.ctc .1 1 Gertrude Ashby.

city bacteriologist, the city water has been found free from bacteria since the chlorinator was installed at the plant. Dr. H. L. Clark, city health officer, says it will no longer be necessary to boil the water: SETTLE THEIR DIFFICULTIES.

Italians and Jugo-Slavs Make Progress Toward Agreement. Paris, Feb. 7. Announcement was made today the Italians and Jugoslavs have made favorable progress toward a compromise on their territorial disputes. BAR TO SOFT JOBS Bill Would Make Legislator In eligible for Appointive Office.

Would Remove Senators. From Administrative Positions. MEASURE IS IN HOUSE HOPPER Abolition of Trading Block System Sought by Martin. The Effort May Be Aimed at Allen Patronage Plans. Frank L.

Martin of Reno county has started a war on the legislative pie counter. In a bill in the house today, Martin seeks' to make all legislators Ineligible for administrative state jobs for a period of two years their tenure of legislative serviee. He proposes to immediately legislate out of office some three or four state senators now holding state jobs. By the same token he blocks patronage distribution by Governor Allen. Martin's bill is an effective bar to an ancient system of using the legis lature as a trading block.

In almost every session there has been a charge that soft jobs were being doled out to members who directed the affairs of the administration in power. These charges were made away back in the Hoch administration, when Stubbs reigned supreme, when he was sue- ceeded by Hodges and repeated when Governor Capper was in control of the state house appointments. Always and ever some one of a half dozen legislators somehow landed appointments. Remove Senators at Once. Now' Martin wants the system abolished.

But his bill doesn't stop with a mere abolition of the system. He wants at least three possibly four state senators forthwith removed from the state pay roll. After providing that no legislator shall be eligible to an administrative state office other than constitutional elective state offices for. a period of at least two years after legislative service, Martin seeks to remove such officials now in service. No appointment of a legislator to an administrative state job may be made while the member is In legislative service, the bill stipulates.

Passage of the bill would immediately affect Senator Walter E. Wilson, state bank commissioner; Senator Ben S. Paulen, state oil inspector; Senator Henry M. Laing. state tax commissioner; and possibly Senator C.

E. Carroll, an employe of the state insurance department. Blocks Allen Plans? Nor does the-measure stop there. It locks the door against Gpvernor Allen's administration for the distribution -of-any patronage which might go" to 1919 law makers iqr faithful eervice. Maybe that is the bug under the chip.

In legislative lobbies there is no reason why Martin should seek to legislate Senators. Wilson. Paulen, Laing and Carroll out of office. But there is a perfectly-good and waterproof reason why hei might close the doors against any patronage distribution by the Allen administration. In the recent fight against the constitutional convention, Martin was the center of attack by administration forces.

The present bill would block the way against any efforts of legislators to curry state administration favor and win appointments. Direct effect of the bill would be to block administration influence in the legislature at least so far as the present or a succeeding administration might win support thru the distribution of- patronage. Want Co-operative Banks. -Representative Lauver today" intro- (ConrJoiiett on I age Two.) TO TELL OF 35TH Hoyes and Waldron Speakers at Orpheum Theater Sunday. Hoyes Back Today Both Worked With Kansas Troops, George Hoyes, secretary of the To peka Central Y.

M. C. who has been in France with the Thirty-fifth 1 division, re jrned- today at noon. Hoyes has been away on leave and will probably resume his place at the local association in a short time-Fresh from France and from the boys in whom Topeka is most vitally interested over there, Hoyes will have a message that thousands in Topeka will want to hear and in order that he may deliver this message, arrange-( ments have been made for him to ad-; dress a public meeting at the Orpheum i theater Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Dr. E.

J. Kulp is in charge of the arrangements and in addition to the message that Hoyes will bring there will be an address by Dr. John Wal dron, wno succeeded Governor Allen in his in France, and music will be furnished by the Orpheum orchestra. O. I Hooper, owner of "the stated today that special seats would be reserved for the families of the Topeka boys in the Thirty-fifth and that those who desire tickets for these seats can get them by applying at the ticket window of the theater tomorrow.

The meeting, however, will be open to the public, and no admission of any kind will be charged. FOR COMMITTEE Wilson Urged To Name Commission To Fix tlic Prices. Washington, Feb. 7. President Wilson has been asked to name a committee of industrial leaders and government representatives which will have the power to investigate and suggest a scale of prices for basic commodities at which the government will buy during the post-war period.

Secretary of Commerce Redfield announced today. The step was taken after conferences of producers and labor representatives and government officials, who were unanimous. Secretary Kedfieid said, in recommending it. HONOR TO AI1S AN Ml tv 1 William Allen White Named for Kansas Legislature Pays Trib-Russian Conclave, ute to Great American. Will Be One of American Dele-' Gen.Wood and Gov.AHen Spcak- gates To Talk Peace.

DR. HERRON OTHER CHOSEN White in Paris as a Correspondent for Newspapers. i Herron a Socialist and Writer Living In Geneva. Paris, Feb. 7.

William AUen White', of Emporia, and Prof. George Davis Kerron have been appointed the American delegates to the Marmora conference with the Russian factions. William Allen White, editor of the Emporiia Gazette, is known to every Kansan. In Europe in Red Cross work during war and later went to Paris as peace conference special correspondent. I William Allen White.

Doctor Herron, author, lecturer, minister and Socialist, lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a college graduate and taught applied Christianity at Iowa college until he resigned, due to opposition from trustees as to his teachings. Author of many books on world subjects. Lectured on "Relation of Christianity to Social Life," but teachings were not accepted by the so he dropped the- Christian phraseology. Has been devoting attention to literary -work of late.

OLD ORDER BONE Germans Open Assembly With People Ruling Selves. At Least That Is What Chancellor Ebert Says. Weimar. Feb. 6 (delayed).

The old! order in Germany has gone beyond re- i call and the people now are deter mined to rule themselves, declared Friedrich Ebert, the chancellor, calling the national assembly to order here this afternoon. "We will call on the old German spirit of Weimar." he said. "We will be an empire of justice and truth." Tho ulianpalln. nnan.H Vi a n.nnosil. I 1 4 fU lngs of the assembly at 3:15 o'clock.

should the situation continue, or grow He was received with applause as he more serious. President Wilson will be advanced for the ceremonies. In appealed to use his influence by opening, he addressed the assemblage cable, as he did In the New York haras "Ladies and gentlemen" a form of Dor strike. address never before heard in a Ger-1 A. man legislative body.

The chancel-1 Seattle, Feb. 7. Morning of the lor's speech was an earnest appeal for I second aay of Seattle general strike unity and untiring labor. saw the clty almost completely para.r Official welcoming of Austria Into lyed. the German republic was to be the i Its onIy normal function during the first act of th2 national assembly, fol- "tent was lighting of streets and lowing its organization meeting.

homes, and this was done by volun- Ths ansomhlv thon -orna In siKnitrn teer Workers. until Monday, when Chancellor Ebert. will formally transfer the government to the new cabinet which was to be formed in ths interim. Ebert for President. A caucus held by the majority parties revealed that Ebert is the choice for president of the assembly, with Philip Scheidemann" as vice president.

U'onriuiieii on Pnge Two.l TENTH OUT TODAY Only 700 Men and 130 Officers Remained This Morning. The Demobilization Practically! Completed by Tonight. Junction Citv. Feb. 7.

Onlv 700 enlisted men and 130 officers of the Tenth division remained at Carnn Funston this morning. Demobilization will be practically complete by night, officers at the camp said. Small detainments of the Tenth to be retained in service for the present include men in the provost guard and other auxiliary organizations. OFFERS XEW SECURITIFJ? Wireless equipment has been! in' tailed on the capital at Olympia in Treasury Department Puts Out order that if wire communicp.tion with 000,000 of the New Issue. this city is interrupted.

Lister may be Washington, Feb. 7. The treasurv kcp.t informed- department today announced a new Protect Property Keep Order, offering of treasury certificates of in- Orders for the troops contain these debtedness of $600,000,000. The issue "To protect government will be dated February 13 and will property and to assist in quelling dis-mature July 15.. orders if the governor of Washington Call Off Court Choice.

Detroit, Feb. -7. Selection of a trial court-in the million dollar libel suit brought against the Chicago Daily Tribune by Henry Ford, in which the defendant company was yesterday granted change of venue by. Circuit Judge Mandeli here, was today post poned until February 17 by agreement-of both parties. IN T.

MEMORIAL ers Before Joint Session, BOTH FRIENDS OF THE COLONEL Personal Events in Ex-President's Life Are Recalled. Chaplains Voice State's Reverence Before Both Houses. Kansas legislators are this afternoon paying tribute to the memory of the late CoL Theodore Roosevelt. In joint session in representative hall the law makers and state officials listened to speeches by Governor Henry J. Allen and Gen.

Leonard A. Wood, who spoke or the work and life of the former president. Both houses convened under a joint resolution this afternoon for the memorial ceremonies. Many state officials and employes were present. Both Governor Allen and General Wood were warm personal friends of the former national character.

In their speeches this afternoon they made many personal references to events in Colonel Roosevelt's life. The tributes for the departed leader were received with applause: Spirit of the memorial was manifest today in both houses. During the morning Chaplain Madison in the sen- Jate and Chaplain Bright in the house gave testimony of the nation reverence of Colonel Roosevelt and his ideals. The house recessed early that decorators might prepare the hall for the afternoon ceremonies. The lobbies and galleries were well filled when the two houses met in joint session for the second time this week, and for the third time during the present session.

It was General Wood's second address to a joint session of the Kansas legislature. Governor Allen had appeared before tke two houses earlier in the week in an appeal for the constitu "onal convention. Both state executive and the military leader were enthusiastically received as they were introduced. (Continued on Page Four.) STRiKEPARALYZES Only Streets and Homes Are Lighted During Mght. Strikers Are Fed Cheaper Than the Other People.

WILL TAKE OVER INDUSTRIES Seattle, 7. Mayor Ole Hanson today issued the following notice to the strike committee: I hereby notify you that unless the sympathetic strike is called oft at 8 a. February 8, I will take steps to "operate all essential industries and, place city under control of the feieral government." i Washington, Feb. 7. The labor de-' partment this afternoon announced that labor commissioners in the Seattle I district unofficially were trying to set-1 tie the strike there but no other action had been taken by the depart-i ment.

I It was intimated, however, that Tne strikers themselves, thru their culinary trades, fed strikers and those i who depend upon restaurants. Eighteen big soup kitchens catered to long lines of hungry persons, serving strikers for 25 cents and others for 35 cents. No disorders have marked the strike thus far- I On the one hand there are 60.000 idle strikers with a liberal sprinkling: -Of the radical element. On the other are United States regular troops armed wit machine guns. uuruueia aim, il was icijuucu, miin hand grenades.

The police have (mounted machine guns on trucks ready for Instant service. The regular police and 1,000 deputies are neavily armed. Police Force. The strikers themselves have organized a large police force designed to keep order among their members. Movement of troops from Camp Lewis to Seattle was begun late yes- I terday.

An attempt was made to keep the movement secret, i Mai. Gen. John F. Morrison, com- mander of the western department, is reported to have left San Francisco for Seattle to take charge. Brigadier General Hayden of Camp Lewis Is now in command.

Governor Lister, altho ill at Olym-pia, has promised quick aid in case city officials are unable to maintain requires assistance or I tne emergency i i-efiuires the intervention of troops." One street a government mail car. plies up and down Fourth avenue. On it are prominently displayed signs telling of its duty. Troops guard it. This is the only car on the municipal line, altho Mayor Ole Hanson has asserted the line shall operate.

Newspapers were all but paralyzed (Continued oa fag Two.) R. 0. WALES DEAD Newspaper and Advertising Man Pneumon-a ICtlm. Was Operator Of. the Wales Agency In This City.

Influenza, followed by its brother instrument of theGrim Reaper, pneumonia, has cut short the career of another young Topeka business man. R. O. Wales, head of the Wales Advertising agency, died this morning shortly after 5 o'clock at his home, 4324 West Euclid, after an illness of more than two weeks. There were few young business men in Topeka with more true friends or with brighter prospects for the future than R.

O. Wales. A newspaper man who had "been thru all the mills," he had the faculty of making friends wherever he made acquaintances, and his thoughtfulness and consideration of those upon whom he chose to bestow these friendships cemented them to him in unbreakable ties. Wales was born and reared on a farm in southern Kansas. After completing his education he taught school and when the call came 'or volunteers at thfe outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted and served until the end of the war.

Then he decided to enter newspaper work and after working in southern Kansas for a while he went to Leavenworth, where he was telegraph editor of the Leavenworth Times for some time. To Topeka in 1909. On September 1, 1909, he came to Topeka and the editorial force (Continued nn I'aee Tiro.1 NAME HEW TERMS Allied Premiers Meet To Tell Hnn "What Is What." Germany Has Resorted to Obstruction Recrimination. Paris, Feb. 7.

-The allied premiers who will meet thl3 afternoon at the supreme inter-allied war council probably will fix new terms to be im posed upon Germany, whose tactics of uuaii aim I cu iiiuutLliuii uic utuu to have reached a climax in a threat made at Weimar by Chancellor Ebert that Germany would break off negotiations with the allies. Iluns Forget Posit ion. The feeling in peace conference circles is that the Germans are more and more forgetting their position and it is expected that the supreme war council will take measures to bring them to a sense of the realities. Marshal Foch will go to Treves, February 17 to fix the conditions for a third renewal of the armistice and the discussion of the conditions to be imposed probably will -take up most of the time of the supreme war council session today. It is understood that the council will nx a brief time within which the Germans must carry out the conditions they have only fulfilled in part.

In this respect it is noted that none of. the -German merchant ships which were to have been sent to certain-allied ports has yet been handed over. French opinion considers that the occupation of Essen is of first necess- ity if the allies are to control Ger- many principal war factories. Pub- lie opinion in France also is asking if the supreme war council is going to allow Field Marshal von Hindenburg to establish himself in Bromberg and prepare a campaign against Poland; which can only be supplied thru Dan- zig. The supreme war council also will fix the asize of the contingent of i cuvu, mi in i i ii ine uuueu States and the allied nations in the armies of occupation both in Europe and Asia.

TO TRY SUTHERLAND Case Scheduled in Police Court Late This Afternoon. The trial of Clarence Sutherland. who was arrested Wednesday night on the charge of disturbing the peace of Barbara Frey and Bertha Thoroa. If -i' I It. O.

Wales. members of the orchestra at the Novelty theater, was rcheduled to be governor ad vocatea. were simply op-held in police court late this after- posed to getting these changes thru a noon. It was Intimated by Roy Craw- new constitution, instead of by amend-ford. i of the Novelty, that the menta to the present instrument.

This case be prosecuted to the limit. th edltor It is alleged that Sutherland asked wa" ana tne vlew OI tn the girls "why they worked In a place of the State Journal. where only scabs are employed." and A definite practical campaign of ed- that the girls contend that this was applying the name to them, as they are employes of the place. According to F. W.

Rausch, president of the striking stage hands' local, the picket-ers ask everyone who enters the theaters not to patronize a place where "scabs" are employed. it took just one Mixrra 315 Millions Appropriated for Pensions In Record Time. vh 7 Tn the record t-Tmo nn minute, the senate todav i passed the $215,000,000 pension MIL THE GOVERNOR'S REFORMS. While, the measure close to the governor's heart a new constitu- tlon for Kansas died yesterday, and was promptly burled, the reforms In constitution tor which Governor has so vigorou8ly contended may ile brought about even more quickly than the governor himself thought possible. This thru the 'prescribed methods of making changes in the constitution as specified by the instrument itself; namely, the submission of as many "as threj amendments at any one general election.

On last Tuesday this paper outlined a plan of this sort; but as the governor threw his whole soul and energy toward securing a new1 constitution the plan could not for a moment, by him, be considered unless convention plans should "gang a-gley." It has been contended in the expressions of this paper that all the proposed changes advocated by Gov ernor Allen were practically the same as the changes favored by this Journal of education and enlightenment. The disagreement with the executive was only a matter of means. The governor, for whom is held the highest respect and admiration, before his nomination and election, and since, wanted to throw the old constitution away and get a brand new one. The State Journal thought the old standby in most respects was a pretty good sort of a document for the state to anchor to, and favored the changes without the enormous expense, hair pulling, lobbying and turmoil generally that might have been forced upon a peaceful people by a constitutional convention and its train of good and evil, compelling a reappearance before the courts of most desirable sections now passed upon by the highest authority in the land. To be very, frank, there are only a few changes that even the governor himself really desires, and these could be counted on one's fingers and can be voted upon in the regular way and become parts of the constitution, if the people desire, as soon as or sooner than a new constitution could be secured.

Now what are these important changes? They were listed, and the list was short, in the State Journal of February 4. and here they are: 1 State Aid to Internal improvements relating to highway only. Provision encouraging farm ownership, doing away with tbe enormous nuiu- oer or teuunt farmers now in Kansas ami bringing un tlie farm ownership of tilled land from about SO per cent or 25 per cent i toward the French percentage of about 00 tf ut. 3 To make number two abore efficient, it Is rhiinied that another change in the onatitutiou woulii be necessary providing for certain essential reforms ia taxation, numely, a provision doing away with both the taxation on tbe land and the mortgage thereon. This la sometime termed "double alo, proriaion classifying taxation bo that non-resiilent or vacant land, or land held for siieculattve nnritoaea, should carry higher taxes than Improved lands -or the improvements thereon.

The amendment iiermlttiug an increase Psy fr the members of the legislature. 5 The amendment providing for four-year terms Instead of two. 0 Short ballot. T1h covering changes in county government. 7 An amendment changing the constitution, permitting a n.njority or three-fonrtha of tbe Jury to return a verdict in -nlDor An amendment nermtttlnw mn I general election, aay four to alx three amendments to be submitted at one more.

A number of these amendments are not very important; and can wait to be voted upon at the second general election. For instance, Kansas practically has a four-year term now for those who have made good records in the two-year term. In regard to pay of members of the legislature: if this were -doubled or tripled many of the members would not be reimbursed for the time they lose or the expense they are put to coming here. In other words, the senators and representatives come here, not for the $3 per day, but for service to the state and for the honor of the position and the publicity and reputation they may secure to aid them in furthering ambition to other realms. In regard, to limited "Jury provision.

we have gotten along for two genera- (' lions with the present system and we could exist duite satisfactorily two or threo vea ioneer lnreo yea longer. Concerning the short ballot for county reform, this. too. can wait for the second series of three, because th essential reforms In cmintv Snv. most 'a-iU" reforms In county gov- erjiuieni.

were maae oy tne last iegis-1 lature and the one before it; namely, changing conditions that prevent the sheriff, probate' Judge and register of I deed8 for Instance, from making for tunes during their term, of office. This was done by legislative enactments requiring these and other officials to tur.j in to the general county fund all their fees. above a reasonable compensation for their services. Many opposed to creating an entirely new constitution, that is, many mem- bers In the legislature who earnestly LdMat. th.

that the ucation could be conducted over three amendments and the voter could vote intelligently on three amendments, whereby if he were compelled to vote upon the entire new constitution he might be confused, and the campaign of education involving each and every section and sentence in the constitution would be very difficult. The fact is recited that when Oregon voted on its new constitution the ballot was about five feet long and was a mass of matter laid before the voter which he absolutely could not dl- gest. and in voting he did not know; really Just what he was voting for. I AQflD QTT1DM IQ LMUUIl UlUllltl iu BREWING IN THE KANSAS HOUSE Skies Gathering OTer Appoint-ment Uplinger to Committee." Lobby Failed in an Attempt To "Bide" Him. WAS TOLD JUST WHAT TO DO "And We'll Split State Yfide Open If Yon Dont Do It." Then Cheyenne Member Told Where To Go.

The house labor committee is in an. excellent position to kick up a grand and glorious row in Kansas. The labor leaders are not particularly en thusiastlc ver the recent appointment of Uplinger of Cheyenne county and they haven't neglected to mention it. In fact they have spokan to the state administration leaders, to. Speaker Lambertson and even to Vv.

linger about their feelings. All cf which has profited nothing minus. When Uplinger was appointed to the head of the important house com-i mittee, it created something of a sen-! Ration. Speaker Lambertson seem- to have been about the only person who really thought of such a thing. Up-; linger himself wasn't a candidate, and.

the whole proceeding was considerable -of a surprise. i Uplinger hasn't talked about his new job cr his plans. The state ad-; ministration leaders have said noth- Ing at least not out loud and Speak- er Lambertson has stood pat. But the -gossip in legislative corridors is to th-effect that things have been happen--' lng. To begin with, the labor lobby -is reported to have tried to rlde" Up-1 linger.

That is a morj or less peril-j ous undertaking. Probably no one who really knows the quiet, soft spoken, inoffensive looking gentleman from Cheyenne would voluntarily tackle such a Job. Uplinger is A Democrat which is the more wonder for his appointment. He is Irish thrti and thru which should in itself be a warning. And last and far from least he is possessed of that positive quality so inelegantly referred to aa "intestines.

He Can't Be Bluffed. "Riding" Uplinger la not likely fa become a favorite pastime for any lobby which hangs around the legislature this In the first place. Uplinger is the oldest house member on the minority side. He is now serving his fifth session. He.

knows hie rights and he possesses a holy horror of being bluffed. The red haired, member from St. Francis epeaks the Kansas language with the distinct; Cheyenne county accent. And out. irt.

Cheyenne county It requires something more than nure words to make a bluff, go. One of the favorite stories around the legislature Just now la about a labor lobbyist who volunteered to explain to Uplinger Just what he would be expected to do. Non-committal, but" attentive, Uplinger listened to the lobbyist's story. "And If you don make these concessions." quoth the lnhnr leader, "we will split Cheyenne' county and the state of Kansas wd; open. Told Lobbyist Where to Go.

No family publication should Invade" the sanctity of the home with a ver-i batlm report of Mr. Uplinger's reply. It is asserted that the gentleman from. Cheyenne offered 14a support In securing the lobbyist free transportation tw an often highly recommended winter resort. And then he added some personal expressions which out In Chey-, enne county often cause people to buy" much arnica and stay indoors until the following week.

But Mr. Uplinger hasn't missed a meeting ot his com- -mittee. Uplinger is not allied with labor er corporation lobbies. He is merely endowed with a considerable stock: of good Judgment and a tendency to let both sides testify. -He haa a record for never having explained a vote and rarely participates in a debate.

He was sent to Topeka to succeed the veteran Joslah Crosby and has succeeded so well that running In opposition tar an unpleasant and unsuccessful tasiC' for any Cheyenne county Republican. He has refused repeatedly to be gag- 'ruled bv oartv caucuses and whips. It Isn't so much the things the la bor organization want that attracts attention around the legislative halls these days. It is the result of the at- tempt to "ride" the little man who lives so far from Topeka that it is nee 1 essary lor him to ride thru, two other, he; iaf Crtkl MAU PAPlflMS VllLuUll ll5J If rAvlMllU 1 At Murat Palace President GeU Readf for the Trip Back Home. Paris.

Feb. 7. They were paeWnaJ up at the Murat palace today. While President -Wilson Is not scheduled to sail before next Wednesday, his and Mrs. Wilson's gifts and souvenirs were being loxed, preparatory to shipment-The pounding of hammers echoed merrily thru the ancient house as rare paintings, books, statues.

Jewelry and cigarette cases were stowed la wooden cases. They weigh hundreds: of pounds avoirdupois, and are worth. hundreds of pounds sterling. It has not been definitely termined whether the president will return to France, yet the Wilsons are "cleaning house" as tho they had no Intention of coming back, despite th fact that they would certainly occupy the Murat palace again en second trip. The president, despite the tonaj hours he devotes to peace work, find time to read interesting letters front all parts of the world, many of whtehi he answers personally.

One arrived today -from Harold H. Rucker. aevenj years old, of Wichita. who saldt "I am studying as hard as I can In school so I will be able to do some-thine- imoortant when I am a man." The president replied: "I am gld vou are beginning early to have an ambition, and I hope you will grow nel to think of the country you love pero you think of yourself".

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