The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-29
FROM TOPEKA.
What the Legislature Is doing-A Trip to
Kansas City.

ing the pme FOR payment OF taxes. 1t
has taken up two days of tie time of
the House. II passed the Committee of
the Whole by 10 10 80. This was a
heavy gain of thc opposition, as there
were only IL votes against the former
bill. To-day it came up on its final
passage, whra to the surprise of all ii
only had IS votcs--so that settles the
vexed question.
A House resolution TO adjourn OH the 4
10th of February was killed IN the SEN
ate on FRIDAY last. To-day both bodies
adopted resolution to adjourn ON the
18th of February.
A bill has passed the Senate providing
for the issuing of bonds to pay the mi
litia accounts incurred by the battalion
called out by Governor Crawford last
summer. have not seen the bill yet.
The amount of bonds il asks for, be-
lieve, is $4,000. 1t will, think, be-
come law. The number of bills pre-
sented to the Governor, as yet, is.only
two or three. 1I2 have been introduced
in the House, and half as many I'm the
Senate. They cover all imaginable sub
jects. So far, the Committee of the
Whole have killed more than half the
bills which have been under consider
alton.
The Ways and Means Committee have
already commenced work on the gem
eral appropriation bill. There is gem
eral increase in the amounts asked for,
but l apprehend there will be a gem
eral decrease in the amounts allowed.
Last year the Governor had $500 for
| incidental fund. $4,000 is asked for this
year. The Secretary's office asks for an
increase of $1,000. In the good old days
of 1861 clerk for this department was
satisfied with the paltry sum of 5000.
Now he wants SI5OO, and two clerks
are asked for. The work i'm the Secre-
tary's Office is six months behind. The
Secretary's and Auditors reports for
1868 are not yet before us.
One thing is reduced to certainty,
and that is an increase in the State tax
es next year. The last two legislatures
did not make the levies of those wears
1857 and 1868-suflicient to meet their
appropriation bills, and for other nee
essary purposes, and the consequence is
that there is large floating scrip debt.
This will have to be met, aud the soon
err the better.
On Saturday morning last the Legis-
ture adjourned over till 9 o'clock Mon
day, and took occasion during the re-
cess to run down to Kansas CITY. had
| pif Of 4 l. en-
for several years, and was surprised at
its rapid growth. The main street is
/ thickly settled out to McGee's Addition.
and the latter town is said to have ten
thousand inhabitants. Over two thou
sand new buildings were put up last
year at a cost of over four millions of
I dollars, and the city now contains near
! ly thirty-two thousand inhabitants. It
has six railroads, and will soon have
another. The railroad bridge is rapidly
4 approaching completion. Thirty new
large business houses are already
! contracted fdr on one street, to be built
in early spring. Many of the business
blocks of Kansas City would do credit
to Chicago or any other large city in
point of beauty or capacity. 1 stopped
at the new Pacific hotel Ii has been
open to the public about three months,
and is built upon the site of the old
house which was burned something
over year ago. 1t is a good hotel, and
has good prices. Every time man
turns around some attache will appear
before you aud ask for half dollar. 1t
costs you fifty cents for ''shine," pro-
vided you are green enough to hand
the porter that amount. He thanks you
and don't "make change" At the table
l asked for cup of tea at breakfast and
was told there was none made. But"
said the waiter, ''there is Ic0y to get
tca." OF course couldn't see it, was
dull, and soon got tea without an extra
fee. When i settled my bill l paid
quarter more than my bill amounted to
at the rates charged by the hotel This
suppose went to the clerk. The Pa
cific is good tavern and is full all the
time. The attaches certainly seem to
think 1t is their last chance to secure
something for rainy day, and SO thew
energeticaliy ply their calling. and "go
for" every man they can get an extra
dime from. ] am convinced that Kan
sas City is now and will continue to be
the largest point on the upper Missouri.
had a conversation with Major Hen
ming, the Superintendent of the Kansas
City and Fort Scott Railroad. He SAYS
that Mr.. Joy feels much interest in the
| construction OF the railway from KAN
sas City to Emporia. He does not know
whether it will be better to go via OF
tawa or via the Lawrence and Olathe
route, but it seems certain that Mr. JOY
has his eye on the road to Emporia.
The people of Kansas City feel much
interest in the proposition to attach
Jackson county to Kansas. A large
majority of them, understand, are ia
vOrable to the proposition.
had the pleasure of meeting Mr..
Wilder, editor of the Daily Journal of
Commerce.. He is gentleman of fine
ability, and the Journal is one of the
ablest papers in Missouri. The gallant
fight il made last fall for the cause of
right assisted much in holding that
State to the friends of Freedom. The
journal has a large circulation in Kan
.sas. We wish it abundant success. S.
|.
An investigation by officers of tn e
Freedmen's Bureau shows that the re-
port of the burning of negro school
houses by Copperheads, in Delaware, is