White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-02-01

WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
Thursday, 3: :: February 1, 1872
Editorial CerresponAenee.
TOPEKA, January q. l5s2
The resolution TO investigate corruption In Ben
storial elections, has At last passsd, aftsr much
heated discussion, with smendmsnts, including
the PoseERoY and Ross election. This 10 more
and Of different character, than the originator
bargained for. Men who have permitted theiI
tongues to run away with them, wiz now have q
chance to air themselves. Since 80 much has been
said aboutselling out votes and refusing to divide
the money, We shall now have an opportunity to
find out the truth about certain French gentle
men in DoniphAn County. at former election,
rscsiving good round sum Of money to control
the vote of oertain old noodle who represented
Doniphsn County, after ascertaining how he in
tended to vote, then pocketing the money, leav-
ing the member ignorant of bow his vote had
been speculated upon.
The Senate has defeated the bill for postponing
the 10 per cent. penalty on taxes. There seemed
to be strong feeling that the precedent would
be an inducement to the people to delay paying
their taxes next year. in the expectation that the
penalty would be postponed again.
We have the usual number Of bills for the for
nation of new Judicial Districts There are more
lawyers in the State than there is business for
them, and places must be provided for them.
The bill exempting from taxation the capital of
money lenders, secured by mortgage on mems
farms, met q violent death in the Senate.
The Senate has passed concurrent resolution
submitting the question to a vote of. the people,
Of calling Convention to frame new Constitu-
tion. 1t is yet to be considered by the House.
Some one has put bill in to abolish flogging in
public schools. 1t has called forth remarks from
several Senators.
The Senate consumed Wednesday afternoon dis
cussing MURDocK's " One Term" resolution. MUIR
DOCK, being devout follower of the great GREE
LEY, is doubtless honest in this matter; but zone
term" is one of the cheap bumbugs of the day,
and has been brought into fresh agitation by the
politicians who cannot control GRANT to their
wishes, or who want his place. To be sure, it was
one of the hobbies of the good old whig party;
but as that party was usually out of Office, and
upon the whole too timid to make use of oppor-
tunities and advantages as they offered, they
were of course opposed to a man holding the Office
of President for two terms, and were thankful to-
secure an occasional one term for themselves.
The party that is in hopeless minority, is always
in favor of the one term principle. The agitation
now, simply arises from opposition to GRANT; and
had the resolution passed it would have been
heralded throughout the land another State
pronounced against GRANT. 1t was voted down
by o two-thirds majority.
The Legislature seems disposed to go for the
hunters. A bill has passed the Senate, prohibit
ing persons from hunting within the enclosures of
Others without permission from the owners; and
another bill forbidding the netting, trapping or
shooting of quail under any circumstances, or
even pnnishing persons found with quails in their
possession. The fines for violation of the law are
heavy. The farmers in the Legislature arc all |
strongly in favor of the bill. They say that the
quail rs the only effectual enemy Of the chinch-
bng, and that from the way these birds are being
destroyed, they will soon become extinct
The fees of County and other officers will receive
attention There are several bills in for estab-
nshing and regulating the fees of County officers
There is something curious connected with the |
saiarlas OF some of the subordinate State officers
and employees in the various State institutions.
They were allowed salaries upon which they lived
comfortably through the years of high prices.
They have since had their salaries increased sew
eral times but are steadily working for a further
increase. No matter how great the decrease in
the prices of living, an officer never willingly per-
mits reduction of his salary, but holds on to it
like death to a dead nigger.
An effort has been made and defeated in the
Senate, and is now being made in the House, to
pass an act requiring that all books used in pub
ic schools shall be purchased by the Distinct.
fha f,,,l l
luires that the School Boards shall purchase books
lor tnose who are unable to do So perhaps it goes
as far as there is any necessity for.
Looking over the appropriations in the mast | .
and those that will be asked for this Winter has
suggested few calculations the result of which I
may be summed up thus: An additional wing to ,
the State House is badly needed. There is al ,
ready a lack of room, and some of the State De- {
and Legislative clerks, are now quar-
cred in outside buildings, rented for the purpose
5ut the people of the State do not feel able or
Wiling to undertake the work at present. Now,
oil unnecessary appropriations excessive sala- !
les, exhorbitant charges, and the thousand and !
ne outside steals, nnder various names and pre- !
snces that are allowed by the Legislature every l
ear, were cut of, there would be enough saved
three years, from these sources alone, not only
build an additional wing, bnt to erect the East c
'ortieo. This may seem a large estimate; but Q
e' any one look over the appropriations for few
ears past, and he will find that there has been a
ysfematic game of grabbing, gobbling and steal
ng, that figures up over $780, 600 a year.
Ahose fellows who are amusing themselves by v
apportionment bills for Congressman. n
re likely to have their trouble for nothing. as it
. very uncertain whether Kansas will lie allowed a
wo or three members. The question max not be v
ecided in Congress before the adjournment Of the
legislature, which would make it necessary to =
hooss between three alternatives: A bill pas, ed n
D suspicion, with provision for two or thre,. 81
embers as the may be; extra session, to . .
ppOrtion the State; or a bill providing for the T
ection of all the members on a general ticket
A free excursion and dinner at Emporia comes in
to-day. bill appropriating about $4,000 for d.
ditional buildings for the Normal School will r.
likely to follow. As great confagrations are M
id to be followed by rain, so these excursions th
d free dinners are usually followed, by those IN IN
ring it, with request for money to aid some h.
terprise in which they are iDfereated n.