The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-03-12
The LEGISLATURES.
what she Papers Think About

VVhaI Ihe Papers Think AbOu
IL.
The legislature finally got through
and the members arc basking in tn,
sunshine or frowns of their constit
uents, as the case may be. It we
one of the most industrious ant
Woodworking bodies ever Assem-
bled in any state, and yet its accom-
plishments for the good of the peo
pie were rather few in Number
This came from sectionaiism, STRIFE
and contention. There were toe
many different interests, and IA
too much ola disposition TO sacri
flee the good of the State to the In
terests OF factions. The "rule OF
miss" policy prevented the passage
of many good measures. There
seems to have been a great many
small, selfish men In the body, who
went in for defeating everything Il
they cOnld not carry their pct meas
ures. Such men are always
q curse in public positions. =
The Leavenworth Commercial
says that the Legislature consisted
of ga few excellent mon and q hun
dred mullet heads, and that it wal
probably tho 'swcakest and most
trifiing Legislature that ever as.
sembled in Topeka" The so.called
reformers, hindered business by
trying TO make points on the repnb.
licans, and few republicans tried
harder to strengthen their party
than to legislate wisely for the PEG.
pie. The Commercial closes Us re-
marks after this manner:
In regard TO tue relief measures
there were, no doubt, honest differ
ences of opinion, but thoughtful and
unselfish legislators would have re-
conciled these differences and saved
the credit Of Kansas. The legisla-
ture OF which we write was not
capable of making this concession.
The LeavenworIh Times, says
that "with all its wraugline the
legislature passed few good laws"
1t commends the action of tho legis-
lature in cutting down the fees of
sherifTs and clerks of district courts.
and thinks the insurance law has
been improved. 1t censures the
legislature for not passing the or
phan asylum appropriation, but, on
the whole, is glad that the legisla-
ture did so much good and no more
harm. -
The Lawrence journal reviews
the work of the legislature, aud
says: .
But little change has been made
in the general laws on the statute
book, and what has been done in
the line is of ameliorating the peo-
pies burdens and Increasing tho &C.
ticiency OF the government.
The Kansas City Times in spaak-
ing of the Legislature, says The APP
preparations are 100000 greater
than ever, but one can never believe
= word they read in that paper, il is
so utterly reckless.
On this point the Comm onwcnl!h
says: They (the appropriations
are really less than last year, al
though the appropriations to the. in
sane asylums at OsaWatomie and
Topeka, and the military expenses
are additional exceptional expenses.
Including these, we think the total
appropriations will be less than
S480,0O0. Indirectly, the passage of
the fee bills will greatly reduce tax
taxation and this credit should al
so be given to 'the worst legisla-
ture our neighbor was ever blessed
with" as the Democratic Times is
pleased to say. The last legislature
was, whatever else may be said of
it, an economical one, and the most
industrious that we have eyer had.
We extract the following from
the able letter of the Atchison
Champions Topeka correspondent,
of the 18th ult:
Grasshopper river, Grasshopper
township, and the city of Grass
hopper Falls are hereafter TO be
known as Delaware river, township
and Valley Falls, respectively. If
all the other grasshoppers with
which we have been, and may again
be afflicted could be disposed of by
legislative enactments, no one
would object to- Il hundred days
session of the Legislature to accom-
plish that beneficent work.
a new bill regulating the State
Printing has finally been agreed 10.
1t is the result of a compromise be-
tween the Senate aud House, being
more just to the public than was
the bill of the former, and fairer to
the printer than that of the former
body. In the amount of printing
done last year il is thought the pres
ent bill would have saved about
$4,000. The contracting for paper
and material is to be done by a
board composed of the Secretary of
State, Attorney General and State