The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-03-04
THE KANSAS LEGISLATURI
Governor Osborn Appeals to the
Legislature
To do Something for the Suffer.
ers Of our State.
He Recommends the Appropria'
tion OF $5O, 900,
With Which to Purchase Seeds
for Our Farmers.
Hon. John ]. Valentine, of San
Francisco, CAL,
Sends $4,000 to the Kansas
State Relief Committee.

NeDOS $lU,UUU 10 tno AanSa!
State Relief Committee.
TOPEKA, March I'm the Senate, to-day
Senate joint resolutions l, 2 and I, providin;
for the submission of three amendments Il
the Constitution, viz: Election of member
of the legislature for two years, biennial ses
sions of the legislature, and providing tina
no money shall be drawn from the treasury
except in pursuance of a specific appropri
alton made by law, and no appropriation
shall be for a longer term than two years
was adopted.
The Senate receded from its amendment,
to the House bill dividing Howard county
by vote of Is to Is, and 80 both Houses
have agreed in the division on the third
| reading.
Substitute for H. B. No. 3O3, to amend
| an act entitled IAN act to provide for limit
ed partnerships" approved March 2. 1868
was rejected.
Substitute for S. B. No. 100, creating the
| Office OF county assessor, and prescribing his
duty, and making provision for taking the
census, was passed.
s. Il. No. 1S3, to amend an act to auth
| orize counties, incorporated cities and mu-
nicipal townships to issue bonds for build
ing bridges and to aid in the construction
of railroads, was passed.
The House amendments to the Senate
bill relating to the fees of county attorneys,
were taken up. The House amendments
thereto were nuI-concurred in.
Substitute for II. b. No. 326, fixing the
fees of registers Of deeds, was read and
rejected.
S. B. No. 232, relating to markets and
market-places in cities OF the first class, was
passed.
H. B. No. 426, authorizing a school
district in Linn county to issue bonds, was
passed.
II. b. No. PIG, to legalize all levies of
taxes by the county commissioners of Sedg-
wick county, in the year 1874, was passed.
In the House committee OF the whole,
bills, making appropriations for the peni-
tentiary, executive and judicial depart
ments, State Board of Agriculture, convey
ing prisoners to the State penitentiary, per
diem and mileage of regents and trustees
of public institutions, for the present and
past years, and for directors of the peni-
tentiary for this year, were recommended
for passage.
The enacting clause was stricken out
from the bills making appropriation for the
Leavenworth Home of the Friendless, and
for the erection of State Reform School,
but the vote was reconsidered, and the bills
are still on the calendar.
The following communication was read
from the Governor: b..
Office of the Executive Department,
Topeka, March 2, 1875.
To the Legislature-Impressed with the
paramount Importance Of the subject, and
sharing with you the responsibility of all
Legislative measures, whether of good or evil
tendency, venture to recommend an ap-
preparation of $4,000, or such
a sum as may be deemed necessary,
for the purpose Of furnishing
seed to those of our people who are unable
to obtain it otherwise. l know of no chan
mel which the public money could
flow through with a probability of more
beneficial results. Thousands of acres,
which, but for the want of seed-grain,
would be made to produce bounteous har- |
vests, will remain untitled, unless the po- |
litical justice of the State, acting through |
the representatives of the people, shall in
terpose to prevent such a catastrophe.
The highest interests of the State, the |
progress of the people in enlightenment,
demands that our educational establish
nents should be supported. The refugees,
which the law, in its tenderness, has pro-
vided for special classes of the unfortu-
nate must be maintained, but these special
provisions by no means exhaust the resOur-
,es of the State, nor afford any adequate
reason why measure Of Justice should not
be conceded to those whom calamity has
l. l. IL
The financial condition of Kansas, as repre-
sented by the reports of her own officers, is
a complete estoppel to the plea of inability
TO supply this crying want. / trem-
BILE TO anticipate the judgment
Of mankied upon a great commonwealth,
which, having encouraged appeals to the
charity Of the people Of the whole country,
refuses to relieve a single want
at the expense of its own treasury. This is
the measured language of calm and thor
ough conviction. The thousands of apeals
for relief that have reached me, and the
many which every mail brings me, COM
pels me to spare no legitimate means to pre-
vail upon the legislature to make such pro-
vision for the Impoverished PEOPLE of the |
State as will prevent that condition of des-
titution from being indefinitely continued,
and the decentralization consequent upon it, |
from being an established feature, of our |
(Signed,) THOMAS A. OSBORN.
Mr. Legate offered the following, which |
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, John J. Valentine, GeneralSu
of the Wells, Fargo 4 Com
pany's Express Company, of San Francisco,
California, having, out of the fulness of his |
heart and abiding faith in humanity, with |
true charity for the destitute of our State, |
collected and forwarded to the |
Kansas State Relief Society, the sum
Of $4,000, to aid in relieving the suf-
fering people of this State in this the hour |
Of our calamity and,
Whereas, 1t behoOves a grateful people |
to acknowledge the reception of such time
ly favors with becoming gratitude there
fore be it
Resolved, By the House of Representa-
tives, the Senate concurring, that the legis- |
lature of the State of Kansas, in behalf Of
the citizens thereof, do hereby, in humble |
of our misfortunes, and the |
humanity of the doners, tender to the Hon. |
Jno. ]. Valentine, General Superintendent
Of Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'s express company,
Of San Francisco, Cal, and to the generous |
people Of that State, for the munifcent do |
nation and timely assistance in the dark |
est hour in the history of the common
wealth, and that copy of these resolu-
lions, signed BY the Speaker of the House |
and President Of the Senate, properly au-
thenticated under the seal of the State, be |
sent to the Hon. Jno. J. Valentine, by the |
of State.