The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-08-24

! in the presentation of their claims. l$u
ring the session Just closed Senas pl
| Plumb passed through the senate q j
to refund i've per cent. on the sale d
| government lands in the state, as reqT
| ed by the ordinance OF admission. II
has not yet passed the house. II vii
give to the state $270,0O0. Undoubte9y
the bill will become u law next sessieh b.
AID To AGRIcULTURIsTs.
Senator Plumb being a practical Ar.
| mer, as well as man of general btsl-
ness. has in no wise neglected the a91i'
cultural interests of the state. A fFw
items OF this nature may beenumeEat&d.
As chairman of the committee bn
public lands in the senate, he obtaiued
an amendment TO the homestead Laws
requiring three instead of five years for
making final proof OF homestead set e-
ment.
2. Through his eXertIons the timHer
culture act has been very much en-
proved and SO amended as to insare
growths of timber and protection TO eur
forests, that will be of immense value Ia
the country. 1t required just suce
practical mind as Plumb has TO tske
hold of this difficult but very important
subject and make it a success. Forestry
in the near future in this country will
be an art, a. in Europe. Scarcely an
other subject among all enlightened
legislation and public attention as that
of forestry. I could write a volume
right here on this subject, but will leave
il for Father Baker TO continue and
finish.
3. The rights of settlers on Usage
and other public lands, attempts I'd sus-
pend these parties, etc, have been
promptly ana zealOusly guarded and
protected by him.
4 Largely through his assertions an
order has just been issued for the United
States attorney for Kansas to bring suit
to quiet the title of settlers to certain
renee s. Galveston railroad. The aItor-
ney for the settlers, Fred Hutchings, of
Usage Mission, will, l think, confirm |
my statement of the Indebtedness the |
settlers are under to Senator Plumb.
3. Probably no other senator or men, |
Der has been SO prompt and liberal in |
the distribution of seeds, agricultural |
reports. and works relating to the farm |
ing industry, as Senator Plumb. Some |
of the humorous idiosyncracies in |
this connection are quite ludicrOus. |
One ambitious ticker of mother earth |
writes letter TO up. B. Plumb, pToprI-
OlOi vi SC(0 w
ton, d. Co. asking for list of seeds:
big clover enough to stock country
store. Another writes: "Seeing your
in the Toledo Blade, |
thought | would write you for some
seeds Send me the following" Then
follows an order of four solid pages, evil
IDENTIFY copied from some seed catalogue.
Though receiving from fifty To seventy
i've letters per day, no letter received
has been unanswered by Plumb.
@. AS chairman of the committee of
public lands the senator with great
difficulty secured the sale of the Fort
Hustled and Fort Larned military reser-
Eations to actual settlers.
z. Mainly through his influence lanl
offices have been established in the north
western part OF the state: also in the
southwest.
8. don't know whether 1t was in the
interest of navigation or agriculture that
Plumb secured amendments TO the river
md harbOr steal, for "mac0damiZing" the
Arkansas river and Marias des Cygne
Plumb voted against the bill, but he
hought if the steal was to be made Kan
'as might as well get little of The swag
IS others.
PLUMB ON NATIONAL QUESTIONS.
This brief recital indicates that
Plumb's six years of busy senatorial
ife have been largely and mainly de-
TOted to Kansas and her material inter-
ssts and industries. Still he has been
of the daily routine of legisla-
ion. Nothing goes through without
being carefully scanned by him, and of
he why's and wherefores he must know
Ill. On all national questions he is
and abreast with the times of
lia %; VtlHy ~ Iflflo nroHiR |
o Kansas that she has a senator, young
hOugh he is and but six years in the
enate, that can stand up by the side of
'ur late great minister of finance, John
Sherman and debate with him for hours
he finance question and beat him, too,
IN many of his propositions. The jun
or senator from Kansas did this during
he session just closed. In intellectual
growth, / doubt whether there is II sena-
or who increased, strengthened and
Jroadened SD much as Plumb during the
irst term. He has an immense ge-
Illus for work. He is ambitious and has
made everything subordinate To his sue
less as senator. He has made friends,
Iut he has worked for them. His mis-
axes have been few. He was of the
people, and will always stay with them.
He is just as Republican, just as Demo
:ratic as he was twenty-six years ago,
when poor printer boy he walked
% Kansas from Ohio tn help TO make
he young commonwealth free state
Successes do not make him light headed
IOr failures dishearten him He is thor
)ughly Kansas, aud fitly represents the
business activities, tue vigOr, vim and |
spirit of the people who now
;ross the prairies as of old our fathers
crossed the sea, to make the west as they
he east, the homestead of the free.
LITTLE RAVEN.