The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-09-07
HON. SAN WOOD,

One OF the old Free State settlers of Kan.
sas, is ont again this fall for the Legisla-
ture. Sam run" the Legislature last win
ter. He was on the side of retrencbment,
economy and reform all the time. The
halls of our State capitol should be filled
with men OF brains instead of ninnies. Sam
Wood was true in the days Of "a, 50, '56
and 80. He is about right now. If Chase
county wants to be known in the Legisla-
ture Of the next two years, she had better
send Sam Wood to represent her. We pub
lish his card in full. /, is too good to be
lost:
LETTER TO THE VOTERS OF CHASE COUNTY.
CoTroNwooD, CHASE Co., Kan, Sept. /,
lS16-Dear Sir: At the solicitation of
friends in all parts of the county, / have
concluded to be a candidate this fall, for
the Legislature.
i believe my worst enemies will admit
that i faithfully represented Chase county
last winter, and that spared neither time,
health or strength in trying to arrest our
annual extravaganza In state expenditures.
We succeeded in reducing our annual ap-
prspri ations over Sl50,OOO, and cutting
down our State levy one-half mill, saving
to Chase county nearly $1,000 Ii the
same policy is continued this winter, We
can reduce our expenditures to less than
100000, and our State levy to three mills.
II elected, l promise you and my friends
that shall labor earnestly for this result.
Much good vas done last winter, not only
10, 1oc..l.Ss1,, h., g.
much useless and extrava8ant Legislation.
tutions rings were demoralized and broken
up, and hereafter the appropriations for
these insiutions will be regulated BY the
needs Of these institutions, and not BY the
greed of Societies.
The Normal School at Emporis will
bave to be recognized and an appropFia-
ton made that Will make il . respectable
Normal School Its total defeat last win
ter was necessary to secure this result.
The laws governing our Common Schools
were remodeled and codified, and l am glad
to see that a higher grade of schools are
being established at Cottonwood Falls,
Elmdale and other places in our country
The tax Law was completely remodeled
and 100000 added 10 the assessed value of
'ailrosd property in Chase county, which,
with the rigid economy practiced for the
last two years, has reduced our county levy
to q mills instead of 10 a. in 1873, in
1874, and 4 in 1875. We should By all
means continue this rigid economy in our
public affairs. We are now paying q less
tax in Chase county than any other county
in the State, We are having but little iti-
CATION and our people have great caus. to
rejoice.
l am thoroughly identified with Chase
county and its glorious future. l am
identified with the industrial Glasses, and
believe that to build up our county and
State, We must legislate for the benefit of
the laborins people, the producers. We
are agricultural, and whate yer tends to
build up and develop our agricultural re-
sources, enriches our county and State We
need immigration and settlement, and low
taxes invite these. But my views on these
questions are too we'll known in Chase |
county for me to elaborate them here. Be
assured that I should support whasever
conduces to the hest Interests of the people, |
for, if elected, will 80 to represent them,
not myself.
Hoping to hear from you, and that We |
may have another triumph this fall Of Re |
trenchment, Reform and Economy. I am |
truly your friend. SN. Woop.