The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-01-27

srn Kansas this year. This point is some
fifteen miles nearer to EmporiA, and sur
rounding country than any other point at
which We can buy gOOde, or to which our
merchants can ship their goods from far
Their east. And have no doubt but that
the business men of Topeka can make it to
our interest to trade with them and ship
our goods to this point.
The business of Legislation progresses
rather slowly. but what has been done 1
think has been we'll done, with few except
ions. -eg
At the close of my last I told you that
the eternal postage stamp resolution had
been unceremoniously killed. The next
day the matter was reconsidersd, and pass
ed after parliamentary fight of an hour or
more. This might be denOminatsd FIVE
cent swindle. It win cost the State about
six hundred dollars.
The AUDITORS report has been placed
upon our tables. The work is the most
complete showing of the financial condition
of the State that has ever been made, and
stamps Mr.. Swallow. beyond cavil, the right
man in the right Plaoeys
Prof. Goodnow's report is also very
able one. Embodied in it is a report Of
Judge Bailey, one Of the Board Of visitors
to the State Normal School, which every
reader ought to peruse
A bill relative TO the marriage of colored
persons called cut lengthy debate this
afternoon, in which the whole ground con-
corning the rights and wrongs of the color
cd people SAre discussed.
A joint res0''%%!iOn to ame2d the COnsti-
luton SO as to allow educated eolored per-
sons the right of suffrage has been intro,
duced by Col. Phillips, who is tremendous
ly radical, it was referred, together with
another proposition to 80 amend the Con.
stitution as to allow women to vote, to q
select committee, consisting of Messrs
Phillips, Massey. Sanford, Foster and Stot-
Ter. They were both reported back without
Recommendation. Only two = Messrs
Phillips and Stotler-Voted in the commit
tee to recommend the passage of the negro
resolution, and only one, Mr.. Massey, voting
in favor of the other proposition.
Mr.. Slotler has introducsl a bill dis
qualifying former rebels from holding Office.
and also those who have defrauded the
United States or State.
Anew tax law has been introduced, by Mr..
Eskridge which was prepared by Auditor
Swallow. remodeling the tax laws of the
State. 1t is a very lengthy bill and is said
to be good one. 1 have not yet examin-
ed it.
An act has passed the Committee of the
Whole, ip relation to "mills and millers"
which provides that there shall be kept at
every mill half bushel aud peck measure,
sealed by the proper authorities, and also
proper toll-dishes, etc. It also provides
that the miller shall keep posted up in his
mill in a conspicuous place the rates of toll
which it fixes at one fifth tushel for steam
mills and one.seventh for water or wind
mills.
Decidedly the ''big thing of the session
is a proposition TO donate the FIVE hundred
thousand acres of land belonging to th,
State for internal improvements, to aid il
the construction of certain Railroads.. Il
is called the "fraud. and has raised about
as big 'smelP' as the Carney Fraud Of
two years ago. 1t originated with tb,
border tier members, who say they have
been entirely left out in the cold, in the dis
tribuiion Of Railroad lands and endowments
The proposition to gObble this land found
a ready ally in the Northern tier members
who also complain that they have been en-
tirely ignored by our Senator's aud Congress
men in their distribution of land. These twt
interests combined made the ''gobbliug'
party pretty strony. They were not weighty
enough, however, to carry the thing
through, so they expressed desire to take
in the Neosho Valley, "who is the bes
valley in the State Whether this comb
nation will stick or not 60 not know. The
railroads to receive this land are the Nso-
sho valley. the Fort Scott and Kansas City
and a road from EIwoOd, opposite ST. 10.
seph, to Marysville. LeaVenworth, Atch.
isOn and. Douglas SIGHT the proposition
stret -. Your readers can see that the
combination Of these interests is strong.
II has? already passed tue Senate, having
seventeen supporters. Wbsther It win pass
the House I do not know.
M Stotler intFeduesd the bill. severa
daysSgc, DpproPriatiDg ten thousand dol
lars for the erection eff a building for the
Normal School lad three tbousand dollars
for the teachers wages, II hangs FIRE be
tween the railroad fraud Gas they call it,