The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-15
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From this exhibit that the Bonded indebtedness of
the the $109575 90; of this
corance with the provision Section article eleven 1
Constitution, and therefore affected BY the
leaving the of the debt affected by the limitation above
limit for ind @ehs of ehaaor
will be perceived that there State warrants outstanding to
the $500 254 o. this have resulted partly
from disregard Section three 90 of Article eleven W of the
constitution and partly from The Revenue bill
while the actual of taxable property proved to be less than
millions.
be unsafe estimate than cent
per would therefore recommend that make
the larger decrease appropriations The reasons for this
will observe by inspection of the tabular statement that the
delinquent from 1861 1867 inclusive amount 10 the sum OF
SI56,3s7 81.
would an incentive to the prompt aHG
per the present rate OF 20 per cent found to
be inadequate
1869 exclusive of the State Institutions amounts to the sum OF
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
For detailed statement outrages
raising the Militia Battalion, and of the 18th Regiment of
General herewith transmitted from which you will learn that from
of people have been murdered during the
ocous perpeate the bodies of their
victims have shocked all the world except few scy sentiment
and humanas, called and eprehHnsibe class
composed officials and others who personal ends subserve
and money to be made by the existing state of affairs
gallant General Sheridan truly ''It is the interest
of the nation and humanity to put an end to this nhnman farce
Commission ana the Indian Department and the Mill
and the Indians make baky team The Public Treasury
is depleted and people murdered in the quadranguar
in which the Public Treasury and the unaned settlers
the greatest sufferers
There graphic description of the situation and the only
adequate remedy in opinion, the passage of the act now
pending transferring the Indian Bureau the War
Departnen Then Department commander like Sheridan,
and coaduos like Suly Gustav Crawford and English pema-
attained which will people that
Elliott Hamilton, Beecher and their gallant comrades have not died
van and that the pioneer settler in his home without
fear Of murder and devasaton such has been inflicted
borders for under the present Indian policy
and proper that sufficient sum be retained from the
Indians indemnify the frontier settlers for the great destruction
property resulting and robbees of which these
guilty would recommend that Congress be memo
rialized pass the bill pending for that purpose
will make provision for the clothing
forage &C. of the battalion of militia called into service by Cover
Crawos proclamation September 14 1863 and for the
of the incurred the 18th Regiment
Kansas volunteers 1t estimated that for these purposes from
$50 600 900 will be would therefore advise
Military Bonds the of 100000 be
auhorizcd early the session. for the
urged by the Autant General that many OF the parties
whom DUE needy circumstances from Indian
dredaons and loss of paid they VIII be enabled
supply families with of e and make
for the work their There Will
the hands of the School Fund Com
Bonds the
pressing claims %
would further recommend be placed
disposal of the Executive be used the of further difficulties
the present year
informed that appeals constantly being made the
Executive Office by pioneers for that protection which
has right demand and though from the diverse
efforts the balky lm' alluded BY General Sheridan
National defenes against the hostile Indians be
ganty administered call forth almost
complaint State be prepared fulfill
functions guard citizens against aggressons by
which numbers PERISH ruined and those frightened
away who most need protection