White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-02-25

has induigsi in largely, We give . ie"
samples Of their transactions.
The msmbers wsnted pay Tor their
services. naturally enough; bot - there
wss no money 10 the Treasury. they cot
about dsvising plsns to raise some. They
found that there wss some mdnsy On bssd.
belonging to = sinking faad. % they
passed. Joint Resolutioa to borrow tbst.
The Governor vetoed il. apos the ground
Of uncoussitutionaliiy. The Consultation
declares that oil moneys must bs raised
in pursuascs Of -a-Iss, shish- shaA-dis-
tinetly state the purpose to which snch
money shall bs applied. and that it shall
not be used for any other psrposs. They
failed to pass the resolution over tbs vsto.
bu. turned around and. passed another
Joint Resolution for The same purposs.
This was promptly vetoed. ~ben sPpli-
cation was made to the Attorney General.
for bis opinion aeto the Constitutionality
Of the act. He prsoounced it Constitu'
tional; the Rssolution vss .pssssd over
the second veto; and the sinking fund
sunk.
This will bs . great advantage to the
credit of the State; - it shows that mon.
sy raised to meet obligations. which sre
strictly guarded BY the Constitution. may
bs snsked ont BY the Legislature. and
applied to 9ther purposes.
But the Attorney General appears tc
be an accommodating man. and is &C
el.ted at having bis opinion asked upor
grave questions. that be pronouuces then
constitutional. G out. of pore friendship Il
the persons who compliment, him BY
seeking his sdvice. The Constitution
positively prohibits the State from con
tracing . debt Of more than one millio'
dollars. sxcep. BY vote Of the people o
the State. The debt has reached thi
point; bu, ia order to ev .ds the Cousti
tuition. the Attorney &c neral decides ,hs
certain Territorial debts assumed. an,
certain expenses for Indian expeditions
cannot be included in the Constitutions
limitation. This leaves an opening t,
pile on little more debt; and fths room
is not large enough the Attorney Gepera
can very easily smputate some other por
ton of the State debt. As not included il
the Constitutional Limitation.
This. too. holps the credit Of the State
as capitalists purchase State bond
At good prices. upon the strength Of tn
Constitutional limitation; 90 that. unde
the ruling Of tho Attorney General. thsr
is really no limit .. oil to the pose
of the State to ron 10 debt.
A commission has been provided for
to hunt up more Prios Raid Clsim'
There has been one Commission. VIII
audited an immense amount OF claims
aud perpetrsted an immense swindls: bu
an opportunity must be given for anoths
set to make a raise. The upshot OF th
business will be. that the General Gov
ernmept will look upon the whole thing a
q swindls. and reject ell the claims. an
tho people Of the State will have to pa
the expenses Of the Com mission.
Last Fall. . regiment was raised "a
the Indian service. It was given on
that the regiment was raised uader Gov
ernment authority. and would be pal
BY the Government. The regiment. g
fer as Ae have been able to learn. hs
not been of the slightest service to tn
State: and il now turns out that it wa
raised for the express purpose Of givin
the late Governor position by which b
could live at the public expense. % hi
term Of Office was about expiring; an
that the State must foot the bill.
1t is observable that most OF the hill
10 which there is . money gobble. are il
troduced and backed up by Mr.. Bloot
of Douglas County. There is . ssyin
that "it takes . thief to catch thief.
So. it may be said. it takes Blood I
bleed the State.
| A Committee was appointed. to inve
tigsts tho condition Of the Treasury.
was sscertained that there shoul1 hs,
been over e60. 900 there. The Trsasur
told the Committee that this amount ",
on deposit in New York. for the pay ymel
Of interest on the State bebt. The Tres
ursr wss knowa to b 40 honest msn. 9
the Comuittes did not ask to be shov
his receipts for the money. ~ thst woui
have been rsasotio aponu his honest
A. the seui-snpusl interest due did D
amount to over. half that amount. son
people might think it strange that
l.rs. .uouo' Va Acn deposit 10. hi. pa
pose. did they nd kno" that the Trcs
urer is an hoSsst psn.
Will tn. sssopl. ever get their 'y
open to tn6aledge Of how they .
, gosued. s~indled I'd skinned BY Leei
lativs laws and psrser.ious Of laws. ,h
favored individoslss may live high.
. NO work. and NIKE money, at their Q