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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1903
Page
8
Proceedings of the Kansas Legislature reveal a renewed clash over Texas matters once carried by Senator Harrison. The report outlines factional maneuvers, proposed bills, and key votes shaping the Texas policy debate within the chamber.
Kansas makes history by voting for a United States senator on an open ballot in the Republican caucus. The first ballot yields Stanley 37, Long 35, Curtis 35, Calderhead 13, Bowersock 9. A second ballot shifts Dunn to Calderhead, and a third moves Calderhead to Long, leaving a night ending tie between Long and Stanley at 36 each. Curtis remains 35, Calderhead 13, Bowersock 9.
Chester I. Long won unanimous nomination by the Kansas Republican caucus to succeed Harris as United States senator. The assembly heard comments from supporters of Long and Curtis, then escorted Long to the hall amid cheers. Long pledged to serve all the people if elected and to remain connected with the Seventh district's interests.
The article profiles Mr. Long a tall Kansan known for hard work and decisive action. It notes his rise by overcoming a large margin in the Big Seventh district and his role in Cuban reciprocity while in Congress. He emerged as a trusted ally to the Roosevelt administration.
Chester I. Long born 1860 in Pennsylvania. Moved to Daviess County Missouri at age five. Admitted to practice law in Medicine Lodge in 1885. Noted as a logical speaker and thorough investigator rather than an orator, with independent views and strong leadership in reciprocity efforts.
The Kansas legislature introduces bills on Sunday theater bans coal famine inquiry and constitutional amendments. Measures seek nine jurors in criminal cases, elective railroad commissioners, and governor veto power over appropriations. A coal famine investigation and an antitrust inquiry into International Harvesters are ordered with a special session agenda.
Lieutenant Governor Hanna appointed thirty-two of thirty-four senate standing committees and noted a few will be named later. The joint convention for selecting a state printer saw Clark win 32 votes from senators and 91 from representatives, Harrington 31 and 29 respectively. The Kansas delegation was urged to back a bill to fund a battleship named Kansas. John Francis presented the year's tax bill in the House as a major early fight.
At the annual meeting of the Shire Horse association twenty five members gathered in the Sherman House. J G Trueman presided with Charles Burgess as secretary. The secretary reported $756 spent on prizes and a dirt cash appropriation of $500 plus other funds for gold medals. The rule on stallion and mare registration was unanimously struck out. Since the last meeting twenty new members joined. officers were not elected and committees held over until 1903.
The interior department report to the senate on leasing grazing lands in Nebraska urges favorable action. Land Commissioner W A Richards drafted the report. It notes fences blocking public land use must come down unless the bill passes and highlights preferences for actual land claimants and net lease proceeds.
President Roosevelt signed the militia bill in a ceremonial ceremony attended by Secretary Root and other officials. Generals Dick and Byers, Colonel Dimmock, and various state officials praised the measure as a crucial safeguard, with Roosevelt stressing citizen soldiery as vital to national protection.
Emilio Aguinaldo, via Governor Taft, transmits a detailed petition to Congress urging a US treasury loan of 20 million dollars and a 80 million dollar credit to establish a United States of America Agricultural Philippine Bank. The plan asks payments over 20 years, subventions for agriculture, bank safeguards, and potential Filipino ownership with government loan repayment guarantees. Aguinaldo frames the proposal as economic relief amid colonial distress.
Two shallow fissures about three feet deep and a quarter mile long appeared in Whitman on January 21 before daybreak. Homes shook violently and crockery broke as residents awoke. People traced a crack in the earth eight to ten inches wide, extending three quarters of a mile, with a second fissure found seventy five feet away. No explanation was given.
The F. S. Johnson elevator in Milford Nebraska reported a record one day intake, nearly three hundred loads totaling about 150000 bushels in under twelve hours. Other mills exist in Milford but this surpassed them all for receipts in a single day.
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