Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-31
Editorial Correspondence.

The Legislature IS beginning to work
in earnest. Among the measures that
elected souae comment was the House
concurrent resolution, asking the Kan
sas delegation in Congress to use all
honorable means to have the Oklahoma
country ope .ed up for tt'ement. The
Senate amended the resolution so as to
embrace, instead of just the Oklahoma
country. all the lands in the Indian
Territory not occupied and owned by
the Indians. But the House wou d not
concur in the amendment and the mo-
ton was lost. In our opinion the
House was wise in it's action. There
arc certainly fine lands enough in the
swelling prairies and broad valleys Of
our own beautiful Kan AS, without STAN
peding our people to the alkaii regions
ut the Indian Territory, where they IN
douhtedly would meet with disaPpoint-
meut aud chagrin.
At IL O'Clock, a, n, the other day,
a little ripple of excitement was cau-ed
in the House By MIR. Kelley, of Mitch
eli county, moHi g that Mrs. HELEN
Gouuer be allowed one hours time in
VII ch 10 address the Hone, upon the
subject OF WON tn's suffrage. An en-
dsayOr was made to table Ihe -motlORA
bat it proved abort, e, Then motion
to adjourn was made, which was lost;
and several other parliamentary tactics
we're resored TO fa order to consume
time. But the House were de ermined
that Mrs. Gouger should speak, and
speak she did. holding the HOu-e over
an ,ur and quartar with her elo-
qusnce.
4 Bill has been introduced to allow
women the right of municipal saffl age.
It does NOT seem now al if the bill
would pass; yet, we would say to the
ladies of Phillips county, it would per-
haps be wei to prep ire yourselves. for
political rights may be thrust upon you
when you least expect it.
The House has been flooded with pc
titions asking tor the pay ment Of dam
ages caused by rebel "a DIS into Kansas,
during he years 1861, go, $50, "a and
'65. Already a bill has been intro
duced elating 10 the payment thereof.
1t IS difficult TO conjecture what the
House will 10 about it,
Last Tuesday, T. Dwight Thatcher
was reelected TO the office of State
Printer, without opposition. lie has
been an efIic ent officer, sn| has a very
hue establishment fitted up with all tie
modern appliances for printing.
Our former tow nsman, 4. G. Nc
Bride, now # Alma, Kans-, has ST.
cured q postum here as Clerk of a
House Comm ttee, and will remain here
during the relm. He is the same o d
Mac, and talks OF turning to Krwin
10 live in the spring.
Belva Lockwood. the recent lady
candidate for President of the United
States. will speak in the Grand o. era
House here tonight. She will be vel
coined by IA large ardiel ce.
Dir. George r. Vending. the elo-
quent orator " no has made himself ia
NOUS by championiI 2 the cause of /
Oh istlanity against MIR. Ingels,lI. gave
Two enter tainments Mt Library Hail last
week-''An evening with Hamlet, -
and ''An evening with Cha les Dick
ems Previous engagements prevent
ed us from attending, but they are said
70 have been fine.
A matter causing considerable com
ment, is the curious fact hat, up to the
pre- a. time, no bill has been intro
dLccd in the House, for an appropria- /
ton of muney with which to pay its
members. such "a state of aft Irs has
never before been known 10 exist in
any preceding legislature. and it proves
one OF two things, either that Inc mem
bers Of this Hou.e are better - heeOd''
than their predecessors, or
that they have more ''cheek" with |
" hich 10 stand of their boarding
house kcer ers.
The is but little doubt that the leg.
.slalpFe vii mencTiaiize congress f4r