The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-01-12
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MESSAGE.



In obedience to a Constitutional require
ment and a time honored custom, it is made
my duty to address YOU and submit such
facts, reports and recommendations for your
consideration and action that may be import
ant to the State and furnish You such infor-
nation as may aid you in the faithful and in
telligent discharge of your duties, so that you
may perform them with ddelity to your con-
stituents and credit to yourselves.
An abundant harvest has rewxrded the hus.
bandman for his labor; the stock interests OF
the State have been prosperous and remuner-
alive, while labor has been fairly rewarded.
All business has been reasonably productive,
while the material wealth of the State has
steadily and fairly increased, and demon
strates I'm an eminent and satisfactory man.
oer that our State while yet in its infancy, is
capable of a development that will surprise
the thoughtless, and create wonder and adj
miration in the minds of those who can APP
preciate the grand development of the past
and contemplate its capabilities Tor the fu-
ture.
The Secretary of the State Board of Agricul-
ture shows in his report that our wheat crop
was over IS 600 900 bushels, worth over 81 600,
COO, and over Isl, 100000 bushels OF corn worth
nearly $50 0O0, 600, with a value of our cereal
crops alone over $50 100000, and II total value
of al farm products of Sl0s,lIi.520.93, while
our live stock interests represent q cash value
OF Ssh, S14 $50, making showing of the capa-
Oflities OF our young State that we can all re-
!oice at.
A State not a quarter of a century old that
can give such evidence of its capabilities, and
such enterprise and industry on the part of
her citizens can well challenge the admira-
ton of mankind, and assure the seekers after
new homes that Kansas has room enough
and can take care of all who may avail them
selves of her inexhaustibie resources. Those
seeking new homes will find soil of unsur-
passed fertility. a climate equal to any for
salubrity and healthfulness, with school
houses aud churches dotting our beautiful
prairies, and a brave, generous and hospita-
Die people, who will welcome them to cheer
full, happy homes within her borders. {.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGE.
The Constitution of our State makes It in.
cumbent upon the Executive at the COM
mencement of every session to communicate,
in writing, such Information as he may pos
sess in reference to the condition of the State
and recommend such measures as he may
deem eXpedient. L consider this duty, under
the present system of biennial session, would
be proper, and more satisfactory to the Leg
tslature, were it performed by the outgoing
Executive, rs all the transactions of the
Government are familiar to, him. and
he a &, part of them and an i'm
portant factor in them. The incoming Ad
ministration labors under great difficulty in
endeavoring to perform this duty satisIac-
toriy to you and benefcially to the state, The
inability of any one to make himself entirely
familiar with all the various affairs OF State
Its educational charitable, retormatory and
penitive institutions in the short time inter-
vening between the election and the time for
entering upon the discharge of the duties of
the executive office, will DE apparent to any
one who will give the matter moments re-
Fiction.
When the sessions of your body were an
nual, this system was less objectionable, and
could be- at the second session after the cleo
ton of the Executive, performed satisfactorily
and benefcially for you and the state. But
now, with our biennial session, the transac
tions for two years must necessarily be COW
cred by the communication required, and
that often by an incumbent who has no per-
eonal acquaintance with the transactions
which should be reported to you. 4 large
number of reports have to be examined, the
financial affairs of the state investigated and
epitomiZed, and a mass of information pre-
PAL ed in so short a time, that exact certainty
Is almost impossible, while mistakes i'll state
ment are liable to occur, and many may have
crept into this communication. l would,
therefore respectfully suggest for your con-
sideration the ACCESSIBILITY of providing by
law for the retiring Executive to submit 10
the Legislature a message, making a report
of the transaction of the Government during
his official terms.
STATE FINANCES.
The cash in, the Treasury at the close of the
fiscal year amounted to Sdii ,S23.16, belonging
10 ha raj