The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-01-19
TOPEKA NOTES.

TOPEKA, Jan. IL, 1877.
The Legislature Just got busily at
work yesterday. The number of
bills introduced in the Senate has
60, ana In the House only
SO. This is slow work for the
House, and indicates that the num-
Der of buncombe and "slush" prop
ositions is to be smaller than usual.
SILVER.
Several resolutions have been in
troduced on the silver question, all
of which look to its demonstration.
This gentle metal evidently has a
large number of friends in the
House, and will be more popular
than ever when the solons come 10
pay their board bills. Col. Wood,
of Chase, yesterday introduced a
bill to make it legal tender in
Kansas.
STATE PRINTER.
The State Printer question was
settled yesterday In short order.
George Martin, the present incum-
bent, went in on the first ballot.
He received IS votes, and enough
were changed to him from other
candidates to elect him, before the
result was announced. There real
ly was no objection to George but
"third term" Perry, of the Paols
Spirit, made gallant fight, but his
support did not turn out as he had
been led to expect.
SENATOR.
This Is the quietest Senatorial
contest we have ever seen in Kan
sas. There is not half the usual
crowd here. The leading candid
ates are Col. Plumb, Senator Harvey
Gov. Osborn and Judge Sears. AS
the matter now stands, the first
named gentleman has an excellent
show for success. He will start iu
with a good vote, and his friends
propose to stay with him. The
contest so far is entirely good ma.
tured, aud Is not likely to become
otherwise. 1t is stated that Col
Phillips, Representative in Con
gress, will arrive here tomorrow,
and enter the contest. Mr.. Simons,
of Neosho county, Will also have
some votes.
The usual daily paper proposition
has been tabled in the House. A
proposition will be introduced to
reduce the number of Judicial dis.
tricts, but it will hardly pass.
There is a very good feeling tow
ard the State Normal School, and
we are inclined to believe it will get
$1,000 or $4,000, to run on the pres
ent school year.
CROWDED.
1t is astonishing hew we grow,
and how fast we are accommodating
public property, books, papers, aud
Yaluables. The first impression one
gets in going into the State House,
is the crowded condition of every
thing. The increase of the number
of Senators to forty, crowds the lit
tie south chamber SO that there is
but little room on the floor for spec
tators. The gallery is little, dark
prison looking Office, and has few
callers. So in the House. When
we had eighty to ninety members,
we got along with a lobby tolersbly
well. Now there are 123, and more
for admittance. 1t is al
most impossible to get from one
side of the hall to the other without
passing in front of thu members,
when there is q row of people
standing along the wall back Of the
rear tier of seats. One of the stair
ways to the Senate and House has
been closed to give a room for the
new State Historical Society. The
Agricultural Society demands a
large space on the ground floor.
Every mock and corner seems to be
full, and getting fuller every year.
More room will soon be q necessity.
If the money which has been spent
In the present ice-bergy looking
Sc east wing" which could hardly
have had a worse arrangement,
could now be spent in a complete
twice as much room could
be obtained, and the conveniences
would be far greater. 1t is certain
that the State will soon have to
build the balance of the capitol, or
go to renting outside buildings.
Either this must be done or the leg
islatue reduced materially. In view
of the fact that it will take from
three to FIVE years to erect the new
this is matter of impor-
lance. We hsYe heard of no move
in this direction. S.