The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
Correspondence OF The TIMES.

| SOfrcs DOnlenct pI HE lNE~.
TOPEKA, Ks, March } This Lfgislatur
has author zsd the publication OF a mauua
for the use Of iho-e wh" may be so iOrtu
nate or otherSisa a. Tic case may be, Il
serve the State here. itT IN these halls o
legislation. The exp,nse cf the publica
ton to be betrayed out of lhe State trsss-
ury, the work to be performed by Wiz
Walton, the very efficient chief CLERK OF III,
House al this time. approve this thing
No man however clever, intellectual,
speaking, snd however intent upon the &C
complishment OF important results in tn,
line of legislation can 60 into a Legislative
body, if altogether a fyro in Legislative
work and "green" so to speak, in parlia
mentary practice, without laboring under
great embarrassment by reason of his mex
perience, until considerable portion Of the
session has elapsed.
The work in the hands of Mr.. Walton
proposes to meet this difficulty. Many
other State Legislatures have provided
manuals of the kind in question. Why
should not our Kansas Legislature follow
suit? 1t is proposed to furnish each mem
Der of this legislature and each member
elect of future legislatures with a copy
after notice of their election, and prior 10
taking their seats in the State capitol. The
book, if it should be as replete with usefnl
information az | think it will Re. will be an
invaluable aid to new and inexperienced
members.
As to the investigation proceedings insti-
II H. ,h,s unr,sa 10 lanT .v,t
likely TO be that OF the mount ain in labor.
That the committee have done everything
IN their power 70 work up startling devel
opment" il not 10 be doubted, and it will
not be their fault il somebody ia not hurt
naitber will il be the fault of the fellows
who were conspicuous in eggiug the ivesti.
gation on. i will say however, at the pres
ent time when in spite of all the secrecy
with which the proceedings have been con-
Quoted, much of the workings of the com.
mittee are known, that nobody is uneasy,
nobody apprehensive of damsge.
resolution has just passed the House
cslling upon the committee TO report on
Friday.
The appropriations asked by the Law.
renee Univer-ity were materially cut down
in committee, but at the earnest solicitation
of Messrs Riggs and Clarke, of the Douglass
delegat they were restored in committee
of the whole. There is strong feeling, in
which the writer hereof participates, that
taxation of all the people Of the State to
educate compsrat atively few in the classic;
and bigter branches is neither right or Just
The action or rather inaction of Judge
Foster in permitting S. I Smith, Receiver
of the X. p Railroad, to keep his office in
| Kansas City. when at the time of the ap.
pointment Of such receiver it was expressly
ordered that his office be located within the
State of Kansas. il one of those things that
are now talked about, and very properly 20
As this road is mainly within the State oi
Kansas, and as the grea. bulk of Its bust
ness is with the pe ople of our State, it is but
right and Just that the Receivers oftcs
should be within our borders. BE that as
it may, corporations however wealthy and
| influential should be made to obey the
mandates Of the Court az we'll as the hum
blest individuals. Judge Foster owes IT to
the dignity of his position and the integrity
of Republican institutions in general TO See
thst the decrees OF his <gurt are enforced
The coal shaft project meets with genera
| favor in both HoIses Of the Legislature
and the appropriation will undoubtedly b'
made. All bills appropriating to institu'
tions situated in Leavenworth county arr
in a fair-w 10 get through. The kine
confederation accorded to appropriation
bills by this Legislature is likely to tel
heavily upon the State Treasury. The mu
tual tickling process is mighty and mus
prevail.
A joint resolution has passed both House
of the Legislature recommending to th'
electors Of the State that they vote Tor o.
against a convention to change and revis'
the State Constitution-the vote to be takel
at the general election next November.
Another proposition will alec be submit
ted-to 30 amend the State Constitution
that the sale and manufacture Of intoxicst
ing drinks, except tor medical and scientific
use, shall be forever prohibited within tn
State.
Mr.. Miller's bill proposing to give to at
torneys the choice Of papers for legal sd
veriising instead of leaving it with thu
Sheriff, as tie law now provides, did no
pass. J. A. B.