The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-17
governor oSscRNs MESSAGE,
SPLENDID EXaATBrr FOX
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2o &c Leqislature az KQnsas:

To the Legislature IF Kons0s:
SecIiUIr5 Article l, OF the Com
-IIIutI''n prov Ides nat the Cover nor
"siIall, at the commencement vi tv-
~id ~ sslOn 81 Ihr I.rgI,la, ure. coIu-
'nuulcaIr, Ia writing, such NORMA
hon Hs he MAY possess la reference
to the condition OF the StaIe, aud
recommend euch measure KS he
may deem expedieut." La pursu
snce of this provision the folio wing
ia submitted
Our State has now completed its
first decade. We were admitted ill.,
10 the Union In 1861, HIIer long
coDh ct on our own -OII, aud Just a.
the arena ut that cOnhict was b. com.
ing ~ wide rs the FedeI 81 Union.
W mite the National Wat lasted,
kau-as cont,ibut, d inoTt. large.S ~
her EODs tiiHn shy other State IN the
= Mon, Uul ncV.r .OrsOi ~ gTIX. III
first full reports made by our State
Officers were for the year 1862, and
IL will be instructive fer Gs 10 make
q brief comparison between the sta
tistics of that year and the year
which has just ciUsed.
The total value of all the taxable
property In the State, in 1862. was
SIG. 2s5. 749. In 1872, il was $I27.-
9O,937. Ii. Ia 1862, theIe were 534
organized school districts In ~,
there were g. Ais. In '62, the mum
Der of children of school age WAS
1876; in ~, the number was 165. =
$50. The number OF teachers in the
former year was 3l9; In the latter
1896. The amount paid to teachers
in '62, S14,0O9 in '72, it was $780,
GIL. The amount raised by district
tax. in '62, was $40, 38l in ~ it WAS
$685., ga. The total value OF our
school houses in '62, was SIC, 432; In
~, 1t Wss S2Sz5, 262. TIE whole
number Of votes cast, in 1862, was
10 AIS; Ia ", the number was 10l,-
AS8 In 1852 We had no AsyIums tor
the Deaf and Dumb, none for the
Blind aud none for the Insane. We
had no State University, no Agri-
cultural College, no Normal Schools,
no Peniienti1ry, aud NO State
Capital. In 1862 not mile OF R4iI-
road Was in operation in the State.
Now we have 2.039 miles in actual
operation, while several new roads
are In process of cOnstruc ton.
Kansas has more milss OF railroad
than either OF the twenty-six States
named below: Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Delaware, MARYLAND, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Arkausas, CalifOrnia,
Oregon aud Nevada. Or all the
Southern States which opposed the
admission of Kansas iHto the Union,
only one, Georgia, has more miles OI
railroad. She exceeds US but sixty
nine miles and will not lead us
many weeks longer.
The vote OF 1870, an tho censu>
OF that year, taken several months
prior to the election, es ablished
that our population averages At least
Elk persons tO each voter. Our last
vote Was lOl 4SS, " hich max. our
present population 6O8,92S; an liz
crease since 1862 OF hall million oI
people. When the r. pubIic ia one
hundred years old, in 1876, our pop
ulatiOn will exceed one million.
Our vote at the late election was
larger than the votes of either of the
States of Maiue, New Hampshire,
Vermont Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,
Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South
Carolina, West Virgiuia, California
or MinuesOtS-lSrger than tho vote
of any New England State except
Massachusetts, sud larger than the
combined vote of Nebraska, Della
ware, Nevada, Rhode Island aud
Oregon.
II ia to be observed that while
every county in the State exhibits u
healthy and rapid growth, the larg-
est accessiOns have been made III
new counties open to actual settlers,
but not to the spectators in real
estate. Congress, in opening the
Usage Lands for settlement, wisely
provided that they should be sold
only to actual settlers. 1t is less
than three years since the Indian
title was e1tinguished, and there
is now O farmer on nearly every
quar- er section in that portion OF
our State As Instances of rapid
growth, Montgomery and Howard
counties may be cited. The vote of
Montgomery county at the late
election was 3,247, indicating q pop
ulation of about l9,4S1. The vote
of Howard county WAS 1870, show
ing population of 5000. In i. the
western part of the State where the
land has been open to settlement un-
der the very just provisions of the
Homestead law, our growth has al
SO been very rapid, aud the new
counties are fast becoming pOpulous
and strong.
Tie policy of granting land only
to actual settler IL new almost uni
veFsally admitted TO be the only
wise and just course. aud il is be-
lieVed that We have seen the last OF
the attempts to create q monopoly
in land
The progress Of the State in the
different branches OF Wanut2ctures
is not less a subject for cOngraIula-
ton. Our immense coal deposits
are being opened and used in build
ing up manufacturing enterprises
within our own borders. Advan-
tage has been taken of the water
power afforded by many of our riv-
ers, aud mills driven by that power
are now found in various parts of
our State. AL of these enterprises
are now in their infancy, but it is
already manifest that the time Is
near a. hand when most of the arti-
cles used by our citizens, end now
manufactured elsewhere, will be
produced here, and by home in.
dustry.
EISASCE.
The bonded Indebr edness OF the
State is 81, 1885,, 675.' The outstand-
ing State warrants amount TO $2Ol.
lO9.O4. There IL alSO outstantiinx OF
Territorial warrants, $7,l42 70.
These three items cumprise The IuiaI
Indebtedness OF the State. The
sinking fund in the Treasury at the
end Of the ascal year, for the pay
ment Of the bonded debt, amounted
to $135,527.34. OF which SIIo,SOO Is
invested in the bonds OF the Slsle.
There was IN the Treasury on the
thirtieth OF November, for general
purposes, $37l5 SO. The total tax
lowed for revenue last year was
S4JOCOSOd %.OOs vi Which SC<S,oo4 10
was for general purposes. The pay
ments into the Treasury during the
present month will probably furnish
a sufficient amount of money TO re-
deem the outstanding State war
rants and to meet current expenses.
A frugal administration of the
affairs OF Government 10 urgently
demanded. Tho great scarcity of
money makes this demand impera.
tive. / urge upon you . careful ex.
animation of the laws, with O view
OF doing away with every unneces-
sary expense. and you should rigid
ly scrutinize ali measures requiring
the expenditure of money.
With proper economy the levy
this year, for general purposes, need
not exceed three mills on the dollar.