The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-08-01
From the Wichita Eagle.
WHAT CAN The CHANGERS OF KAN
SAS Do?
A Talk to Our Farmer Readers.

In our daily intercourse with mer
we often hear the question pro
pounded, "What can the grangeri
accomplish 2" The usual answer IL
either "nOthing" or an adroitly
evolved prOphesy of dissolution 81
the hands of scheming politicians,
or from overweening ambition and
personal jealousy of individual
members of the order. Without
attempting Q refutation, at this time
of these wiseacres, We propose, in q
few words, to tell the grangers Of
Sedgwick county and of the South.
west what can be done most effect.
ually in one direction. The channel
my be termed Q political one, yet 1t
is, nevertheless, o legal and eminen-
tly q practical one. To reap the re-
ward and to fully realize the benefi-
| cial results of the proposed plan in
q less Furthermore taxation, all
that is necessary upon the part of
farmers of the State il the maintain
ance of the unity heretofore shown
by the order.
What can the Changers do
They can elect from among their
members = number of Representa-
tives sufficient to constitute q work
ing majority of the legislature Of
the State OF Kansas. That accom-
plished they can elect q 8. Sena-
tor, which after all, is only 9 minor
consideration they can cut down
the snuual legislative apprcpri-
atoms from five and six hundred
thousand dollars to two hundred
thousand dollars, without crippling
the State or It's charitable and edu-
cational Institutions. They can re.
duce the State tax at least one half
by cutting down the exhorbitant
prices paid the judiciary of - this
State; by cutting OF the extra
clerk hire and incidentals of fat,
sleek State officers, and by c0nsol-
idating certain State Institutions
that are only State institutions in
name. Is that ell asks some poll.
tician or Office holder. No.
Through the same channel Q new
and more equitable law for the &C.
sesment and collection Of taxes can
be enacted; and the fee bill OF
county and district officers can be
reduced one-half and still have hon.
est and capable men to ill them,
thereby saving hundreds of thcps-
ands OF dollars in the way OF coun-
No. They can provide for Q consti-
tutional convention which will, in
the fret place, give US q fnndamen-
tai law under which statutes can be
enacted that shall control all corpor-
atoms within the State; constiuu-
ton that will abolish the highly or
nameRtal and expensive Office of
State printer, which Is costing the
people twenty thousand dollars
more than the work can be done
under contract q constitution that
will give the rural Districts aud
interior Of the State . fuller repre-.
sentation in the halls Of the legis-
lature, and that will consolidate ali
the State charitable institutions at
one point. Besides these, We might
mention many minor abuses that
call for correction, and smaller
burthens that should be lightened.
Amy expressions Of iacredpiity or
contempt for the above propositions
by those whom such q reform might
unfavorbly effect We cSre not Q
whit for. We know what We are
writing about. and we only dot them
down as food for reflection by those
who earnestly feel the necessity for
political reform and lighter fGxes
in Kansas.
In the event Of . denial OF any Of
the above propositions, we might
elucidste more fully hereafter, and
give something Of the observations
and experiences Of several years 80
legislator, but we know that Il will
take no great amount of examina.
ton or research 10 convince any
fair minded man Of the soundness
OF our position. Now, what great
er things can the grangers do than |
that which we say they can do?
They may lack the power this year,
but not the next To succeed they
must send to The legislature men Of
the solidest judgment, who are, no.
litically lronc1a6. bullet proof:
men who, when ieleemes4o cutting |
down sf zee bills, a. saad ap- |
propriattons. car 1nd tie |
blandishments, e eeadingv |
end pressRres hraH TT only BY |
thORsanas Of saee ed county Of.
fee holders, bot . h9es9 WithStaad,