The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-10-26
THE CAPITAL QUESTION.

! HI Z CAPITAL Z ESI1ONs
Last week, we gave few of the reasons
why we conceived it TO be to the interest OF
the people of this portion of Kansas 10 vote
for Lawrence for the State Capital. We
present other reasons this week.
We suppose that on this, as on other
| local questions, each man votes as he be-
| leyes will best subserve his interest
/ Probably every man in the Neosho valley
believes that the Capital will eventually be
| located in this valley. When the Southern
part of the State is settled, as it will be in
few years, the majority of the population
will be south of the center; and when that
| time comes. the people, through their rep
resentatiyes, will locate the Capital where
it will best suit them. Until that time, we
believe it is for our interest to put it as far
from us as possible, that it may be moved
the sooner.
At present, there is no doubt that it will
be more convenient for the people to have
it located at Lawrence, as, according to the
census returns, majority of the population
of the State is east of line drawn north
and south through Lawrence. The cry
that the present location is to be permanent.
is not worthy of consideration, as it is well
known that all new States have had their
Capitals moved from one side of the State
toward more central point. The pro-
posed annexation of Southern Nebraska to
this State, has ever been considered by the
people of Southern Kansas as detrimental
to their interests-placing them as it would,
in powerless minority. This proposition
was introduced into I he first Free-State
Legislature, by Topeka man, and was
supported unanimously by those in that in
terest at that time; again, later, in the
Constitutional Convention, and again last
spring in the House of Representatives.
On all these occasions, those in the interest
of Lawrence Voted steadily against 1t. We
are mucl, mistaken, il the people of South
ern Kansas do not remember those VoteS on
election day.
Topeka has persistently opposed the rail-
worth and Lawrence have uniformly ia
vored the best plan yet devised for the
central and southern portions of the State.
The completion of railroad from Leaven
.f9ed fact. The lands are at last secured
beyond the power of the most bitter enc
mics of the road to disturb, With this road
built, or sure of being built, it is sheer nom
sense to talk of building another parallel
and but few miles distant, that is from
Atchison to Topeka. Every hamlet of a
dozen houses, on the upper Neosho. has
been promised an extension of tie Atchison
& Topeka Railroad.
An extension of an imaginary road, is
too bare hook for any sensible fish to bite
at. We know that it is the intention of the
Leavenwo,th d Pawnee Railroad Company
to extend their road from Lawrence, south
west to the Neosho valley, and to the Ar
kansas-not to secure our votes, but be-
cause it is for their interest to do so.
With their road built to Lawrence, they
are sure of the trade and travel of the Kan
sas valley, but they are not sure of the
business of this, the next largest valley in
the State, without extending their road
into it.
Let every man judge Of these things
from a common sense standpoint, without
regard to the promises of interested par
ties.
When the people need their University,
those of us in this part of the State will de-
mand that it be located as the Constitution
requires, sin some central and eligible To-
cation In the last Legislature, the To-
peka delegation voted unanimously to locate
it at Manhattan; the Lawrence delegation
voted unanimously against it.
These area few of the reasons why we
favor Lawrence for the Capital.