Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-02-04
THE MESSAGE.
Special Message of Governor Mar
tin to the Kansas Legislature.
To the Senate and House Of Representa-.

To the Senate and House Of Representa-
Section % Of article II. of the Constitution
vide for taking an enumeration Of the in
habitants of the State at least once in ter
years. and specifics that ''the FIRST enumera
article x. Of the Constitution declares thai
ft shal! be the duty OF the first Legislature
70 make an apportionment, based upon the
bly, OF the Territory" ana shat e new an
portionment shall be made in 1856, and every
nve years thereafter, based on the census OF
The enumeration Of the inhabitant. of the
State, as required by the Constitution, has
been made. under the direction OF the Secre
tary of the State Board Of Agriculture, and
the result Of this enumeration are commu nj.
Gated in the report OF that officer. herewith
transmitted. Upon this census ire apSof-
.ionment which the Constitution require. the
Legisiature to make during the year 1856
must be based.
THE sTATE REFoRH SCHOOL.
The act making appropriations for the
for the nscA gears ending June 30, 1886. and
June 30 1859, was not presented to me for
approvp until after the adjournment Of the
aegislSiive session of 1885, and consequently
u1o hot become law. The amounts appro-
Hriated by this act for the current fiscal year
were: For salaries and wages Of officers
and employees, $3.50; and for care and main.
tenance, 81, 100, making total of $50 COO
A very curious responsibility was devolved
upon the State oficers by the failure of this
Appropriation bill, viz: The alternative OF
closing the Reform School or OF negotiating
loans, or their personal responsibility, for
paying the current expenses OF the institu-
ton. The Executive Council after full con-
sideration, decided to a1Opt the last men,
=. toned alternative. Arrangements were
therefore. made with a bank in this city for
furnishing the money necessary to keep the
reform School In operation, and note COW
ering the amount of the expenses was
sssscuted each month. the State officers
trnn L. r.
the payment of these notes, which
bear interest at the rate Of nine per cent per
annum. The Board of Trustees of the State
Charitable Institutions was notified that the
expenditures for the reform school should
not exceed the amount voted by the Legis.
:ature in the act which failed to reach me in
formed1ts acquisitions to this direction.
THE BUREAU OF LABOR.
Chapter lSS, session laws OF 1885, created
Bureau or Labor and Industrial Statistics"
defined its duties and powers and authorized
the Executive to appoint some suitable per-
son, identified with the labor interests Of the
The salary and allowances of the Commits
sioner were 1xed in the act authorizing his
appointment, but no appropriation wxs made
Under the authority conferred by this act.
lappointed Frank II. Betton, OF Wyandotte
county, as Commissioner OF Labor Statistics
He accepted this appointment in April last,
and has been since that time discharging the
duties devolved upon him by law. His first
report fB herewith transmitted Provision
Tor the payment Of his salary and allowances
should be made at the present session.
Fifteen States have established bureaus OF
labor, charged with the duty of collecting
statistics and facts relating to the CONNER
cial, industrial, social, educational and Sani-
tary condition OF the laboring classes. Such
information. az arately and inteligenty
compiled, can not fail to be of value to the
iaw-rnaking power The practical experience
OF other States has approved these depart
ments, and l have no doubt that in Kansas
the work of the Bureau of Labor and Indus
trial Statistics" will justify tho wisdom and
expediency OF its creation.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Chapter l@, session laws OF 1885, creates a
State and Local Board of Health and defines
the duties and authority Of said boards. Sec
ton 2 OF said act provides that the Secretary
OF the State Board Of Health "shall receive
such compensation as may be allowed by the
state Board of Health and approved by the
Governor"
Other sections Of this act devolve upon the
state and local boards certain official duties
and section ii requires the State Board to
make an annual report. which shall contain
detailed account Of the money paid out by
or on account of said board, and detailed
statement of the manner of its expenditure
during the year past, but the amount so paid
out shall not aggregate u sum exceeding
fixed the salary of the Secretary at 81, 500 per
annum, and have i'm accordance with the
provisions of the act above quoted approved
its action. No appropriation. however was
made by the Legislature for the payment of
The salary OF the Secretary or the expendi-
lures the State Board is, by law, authorized
to make.
THE Governor makes reference to the con-
fused condition of courts in several newly
organized countIesl
NEW COuNTIEs ORGANIZED
All the requirements of tho law providin
for the organization Of new counties having
been complied with, issued on the 9th OF
organizing the county OF Comanchs. SIM.
lar proclamation was made on the 9Th of
May, organizing Clark County: on the Sth Of
u ,h ORGANIZING Thomas County: and on
me 4th OF November, organizing Meade
county The population of these counties,
as reported by the census takers. was:
Comanche. 259; Clark, 2,O42: Thomas 1916,
ana Meade. 350.-making a total OF 1914
u is reasonably certain that these four coun-
ties have at the present time an aggregate
population OF not less than 5000.
On December 20 last, q memorial in com. |
puance with the provisions OF law having |
been presented, appointed census taker |
TOT hamilton County: His return has not |
strances against the organization OF Cher |
cnne County have also been received
AN appropriation for the payment OF the
census takers appointed for the counties OF |
Slack, Thomas, Meade aud Hamilton should |
De made.
under the head of '.Extradition" refer
ence is made to the want of appropriations |
to pay for criminals arrested in other States, |
and that our Laws should conform TO the |
United States statutes.l
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC STRIKE.
Shortly After the ad journment of the Legis-
lature in March last q very serious difficulty |
arose between the Missouri Pacific Railway |
company and certain OF its employees, re- |
sultlng in the practical suspension of freight |
tratbc on the lines of that great corporation |
10 This and several other States 1 was at |
GERS of the company and also by a |
few municipal officers to furnish mil |
itary force for service at points where the
trouble was most serious, 1t seemed to
me, however, that so grave an exc else of |
authority rs that of ordering out the military
forces of the State should not be resorted to- |
that it was my duty to first ascertain whether
such an emergency existed. / therefore
proceeded to Atchison. telegraphing to the
Railroad Commissioners to meet me there
and sent the Adjutant General to Parsons
the most serious complications being re. |
ported at these places. On our arrival ut
Atcnlson, we had coferences with the rail
road officials aud with committees represent
ing the railroad employees. and became salts
Ned that the latter had just grounds of COM
plant. They were orderly and peaceable in
of violence; they declared that they did not
Intend to disturb the peace, or violate any
law; and they expressed an earnest desire to
resume work, and remain the faithful en-
ployes of the company. if the wrongs of
which they complained were re-
dressed at once represented these
facts to the general manager of the
and earnestly urged the adoption
Of measures to remove all causes of discon-
tent, suggesting that this might be accom-
piished toy arbitration. This suggestion was
finally adopted, and the Railroad Commits
eioners and myself together with several of
the State officers of Missouri, proceeded to st.
Louis. where we had a fun and frank confer
ence with the chief officers of the Missouri
Pacific Railway Company. The officers of
the two States presented Mt this conference q
plan of settlement which fully recognized the
grievances of the employees OF the company
and removed them, and the railway officials
accepted and adopted this plan in all its de-
tails. Within twentyfOur hours thereafter |
business on the company's lines was fully re-
sumed aud has not since been INSTRUCTED
My experience in connection with this
labor trouble, and the investigation ! have |