The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-15

board that the Legislatures of the several
states adopt measures whereby the most
thorough sanitary service, state and To-
cal, may be Immediately organized.
The kansas State Medical society will
present Q memorial asking the passage
OF An act for the organization of ; state
boaSd of heelth. Such q BODY properly
Organized might be of important service,
| especially in the event OF the appear
| anCe of cholera. The preservation and
| improvement of the public health is,
however, at ell times matter of grave
concern, and suggestions having such
purpose in view should receive your
| cousiderate attention.
THE AoAEENY OF SCIENCE
This Is useful organization, main. |
tanned at no expense &c the state except
the courtesy OF having its reports pub |
| lished as part OF the biennial report OF
| the state board of agriculture.
The society will present for your con- |
sideration and action. the question of
providing for thorough geological sur |
Vey of the state. Il is urged that In |
view of the rapid settlement of Kansas |
this work 10 Q necessity; that in other |
states such surveys have revealed mate |
rial resources winch have added largely |
to the outlets for the useful employment
Of labor and capital; and that the value |
of the knowledge disseminated by the |
reports of the such surveys in prevent |
ing useless expenditures OF capital In
visionary enterprises Is equally great. Ii
should not be forgotten, however, that
survey of this character, If properly
conducted, will be very expensive, and |
that il 1t IL not Thoroughly prosecuted by |
the most competent men, II Is worthless.
SORGHUM SUGAR INDUSTRY.
l.. B. Cowgirl, Esq :, the agent OF the
United States deparfmpns of agriculture
for the collection of information. con- |
cernlnR the sorghum industry OF Kan |
sas, has sent me report concerning this |
industry. There are new three sugar |
factories in the state, located at Sterling, |
Hutchinson and Ottawa, and they pro- |
duced last year 602, 900 pounds of sugar
and 155 500 gallons of syrup. This pro-
ddct Was manufactured from 1O.SOO tons
of sorghum cane. The quality OF the
sugar is identical in composition with
Louisiana sugar. Either of the factories
will, il Is stated, be able, after some i'm
proYements, TO turn out annually pro-
duct of one million pounds of
sugar. It Is urged by q number |
of citizens, that the stats should |
encourage this industry, and l call your |
attsntion 70 their suggestion. have |
not been able to give the subject such |
Investigation as would justify me in |
making any recommendation concern |
ing It.
STATE AGENT.
Hon. S. J. Crawford, the states agent |
Ct Washington, appointed ia pursuance |
OF an act of the Legislature approved |
March Sd, 1877, submits full report OF |
his actions in the matter of certain /
claims of the state against the United |
States. He has discharged the impor-
A. l,.kf nAHGhnh kO Inn
energy and ability, and provision should |
be made for his compensation under the
terms of hls contract.
SOLDIERS HOME.
A branch of the national home for |
disabled volunteer soldiers has been 10
Gated near Leavenworth, and the cree
ton of the necessary buildings for the
home will soon be commenced. Ii is ex-
pected that It will be ready for the recep-
ton Of those entitled 10 admission dur
ing the early autumn. The state is asked
TO cede to the United States Jurisdiction
over the ground included in the home
reservation.
THE PRICE RAID CLAIMS.
Certain claims growing out of the al
legged diversion or misrepresentation of
money paid the state by the United
States government TO reimburse Kansas
for expenses incurred 10 equipping, arm
ing transporting and paying the militia
called out to aid in repeilIng the Price
raid Of 1864, will be presented Tor your
action. II, after receiving money ap-
propriated for specific payments, the
state did, as is alleged, divert or misap-
ply any portion OF the amount, II Is in
honor bound TO repair the wrong done.
4 full Investigation and q final and equI-
table settlement of the long pending and
confused questions involved In these
claims ought to be had
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The commissioners in charge OF the
Kansas exhibit st the New Orleans ex-
position advise me that they are labor
ing under great disadvantages because
of the limited appropriation made for
collecting and arranging display of our
products and industries. The legisla-
ture appropriated 81 900 aud this was
snpplem ented by 81, 600 from the expo
sition managers. With this sum the
commissioners have done all IN their
power TO MAINTAIN the reputation of Kan
sas, but they report, and other gentlemen
who have visited the exposition have ad-
vised me, that our display does not do
Justice to the resource and development
of the state. None of the state institu-
tIons have contributed to il, and eGuca-
tionsl exhibits are practically lacking.
The exposition closes on the 31st of
May next, 90 that If you deem 1t advIsa
bic to enlarge the Kansas department
your action must be prompt. UndOubt-
eddy the magnificent display made by
Kansas at the centennial exhibition Ia
1876 was of vast and permanent benefit
to the state. Whether the New Orleans
exposition will be such success, In its
exhibits and attendance u. to Justify ad-
ditIonAl expenditures on the Kansas de-
partment, is submitted for your cOnsid-
aertiOn.
STATE PRINTING.
Our sVstem of ktAte printing has been |
found to work well. At q moderate cost |
il gives US q very superior class of work /
The Office of the state printer is in ex- |
cellent condition, the present incumbent |
having renewed and materially enlarged |
and improved il.
SAFEGUARDS FOB THE BALLOT BOX.
The present registry law should be re- |
pealed and an act embodYing adequate
provisions for protecting the rights OF
legal voters and preventing illegal voting
| should be placed on the statute books.
| The present Law aceomplishes neither OF
these purposes. It places in the hands
of q petty city office dangerous
| power. No scrutiny or revision OF his
acts il provided for he may be careless
or strict g his partisan prejudIces in
cline him In registering names: and II
he registers hundreds of illegal voters OF
nance of mythical persons there is no
way of pufgIng the lists of these names
or of detecting and Furnishing his NAL
| fsssance in office.
A registry law should not apply in
| cities OF less than five thousand inhabit-
| ants. 10 small communities such laws
are hindeTance rather than protection
TO legal voting. The personal acquain-
/ tanceehIp of one voter with all the others
should afford adequate guarantee against
illegal voting. But in larger canters of
population Q careful registration of the
legal voters under the provisions Of law
carefully framed is necessary for the pro-
| tecElon of the ballot box sgainst frauds.
Such law 70 be effective should provide
for q non.partisan board OF registration
which should have power TO administer
oeths. This board should sit during 3
stated period prior 20 each election; the
names Of the voters IL enfolls should be
published; and after such public stion
another session should be held. when
1 the nAmes OF legal voters omitted could
be placed on the lists, and those Of ille-
gal voters could be challenged and
moved. A law Of this character would be
valuable. The present Law is worse than
useless.
| HONEST ELECTIONS.
The great question of the hour is that
Of free, pure, honest ballot box. The
foundation stone on which the whole
fabric of our government rests is the
ballet box. The republic cannot long
endure If honest votes are not honestly