Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-25
LAWS ENACTED IN 1885 AND 1856

STATISTICS mas been eEraDl5neus charged with
the duty Of collecting information relating
70 the commercial, industrial, social, educa-
EOnHl ana sanitary condition of the labor
ing classes with a view of furnishing sug-
kesuons and facts for the guidance OF the
legislature.
Second-An industrial reformatory has
o been established, for the confinement, in
struct1on and reformation OF the large class
OF lads and young men whose wrOng-dOing
was the result of bad surroundings or in
tOIieatiOu rather than of a naturally
criminal or vicious disposition. Not one
half OF the prisoners In our penitsntiary be-
Long naturally to the criminal classes, and
more than One-half OF them are under %
years of age. Hundreds of these can, by
course Of ludlclOus instruction and dis
clplln6, be reformed and reclaimed, and the
new industrial refOrmaLOry marks a decided
advance in the method of dealing with law
breakers who are not hardened criminals.
Ihird-A home for the orphan children of
loyal soldiers has been established. and will
IN few months, be completed. The benef-
lcence OF the state could find no better field
Tor the exercise OF It's generous impulses
than viii be afforded by the establishments
OF this home for the care and education of
the orphan children of those who periIed
their own lives that the country might live
FOurth-Ihe laws Of Kansas now provide
legal machinery for the arbitration of diff
1erences between employers and their en-
plOyes. This law is not perhaps. perfect
but it is a movement in the right direction,
and am satisfied that 1t Will, in time, dem
Onstrate its usefulness.
t1tth-IWslve new counties have been
fully organized during the past twenty
months, and seven of these were organized
under the law recently passed, requiring a
population of 1000 and property assessed at
SlbU,OJO, as prerequisite to organization.
BiXtn-LaWs have been enacted providing
that preference in public employment and
appointments shall be given to hOnOrably
discharged Union soldiers, and for the
burial Of Union soldiers at the public ex-
pense.
THE AUTHORITY or A GOVERNOR.
In considering all these things, my fellow
citizens,-and / have tried to present my
views and action touching theEl with entire
franknessg and as fully as is possible in
speech OF this character-lt should not be
forgotten that the governor of an American
state possesses no authority that Is not eX-
pressly vested in him by the laws. His du-
ties and powers are clearly defined and liD.-
TIED by law and he has no more right to do
any act or exercise any authority not ex-
plcitly within the scope of the laws than has
any other citizen. Hundreds of men thought
lessly say when something they think ought
70 De done Is LETT undone: elf l was gov
ernor, would do this and that" when, If
any one of them was governor, he would find
that he had no legal right to do what he says
he would do. have frequently, since as
Stunning the duties Of my present Office,
found my authority thus restricted, and
although this fact has occasionally caused
embarrassment and veZatiOn, 1 know the
proper and Just. This is a government of
laws, and not of men, and no interests,
either OF Justice morality, or the public
welfare, viii be promoted by vesting any
officer with arbitrary power or authority.
II, therefore, any good citizen thinks that
! have, on any occasion, failed to do what
he believes 1 should have done, let him, be-
fore c0nGemnlng me, ascertain whether
had any legal authority to do it: whether |
had not IN fact, done all that the laws of
Kansas authorize me to do; and whether, all
things considered, it il not always safer and /
wiser 10 follow DaVy CrOckett'5 rule: HB6 /
sure you are right, then 20 ahead" True /
courage Is not illustrated by yielding to /
public ciamOr; nor are right and Justice eI- |
emphned by nasty and lll-cOnsidered zeal |
Tor good cause. The American faith in /
''leyel-headednessn is not, after all, mis- /
placed, and the public man who, possessing |
the Judicial quality of seeing both sides, or |
all Sides of any question, does the safe and !
Just thing IN dealing with it, can afford to |
trust 70 the clear judgment and the honest |
instincts of the American people for his vim |
dication and approval
REPUBLICAN ACHIEVEMENTS.
have not, my fellow citizens, attempted
20 discuss those questions which divide the !
people IN the larger domain of national !
politics. 1t has seemed to me that, on an /
occasion of this character, 1 should confine |
my remarks 10 a discussion of state affairs |
Butt am not Indifferent could not be indif- |
rerents TO those issues OF principle or of poll
cies on which the republican party bases its |
action and its faith. am before you as a |
candidate OF the republican party. / have |
been a republican from bOyhOOd-an earn
est enthusiastic, loyal republican: a repub-
hcan from conviction; a republican who be- |
lsVes that the republican party embraces in |
its ranks the best brain, and heart, and con-
science Of the American people. On every
great question presented dunng the past /
thirty years. the republican party has |
taken the side of justice, liberty |
and eternal right. Never ashamed or afraid /
70 the the the
rant or the alien, and make their wrongs its |
Own; 1t has never, on the other hand, pan
dered to vice or crime or cupidity for sup
port. When It took control OF the general i
government, this country was a weak col /
lection of discOrdant states, on the verge Of /
civil war and disuniOn. 1t crushed armed /
rebellion, brought the old flag back to the /
places from which it had been driven, and /
made the American republic the greatest of /
civilized nations. 1t struck the shack |
les from 100000 slaves, lifted |
them up and enfranchised them. 1t /
opened the public lands to the people under /
the bsn6dcent provisions OF the homestead /
act 1t SPAWNED the continent with railways. /
1t gave to the people a sound financial sys- /
tenn and a stable currency. 1t revived and /
dostered American manufactures 1t en- /
cOuraged public education. 1t enriched our 1
history with a long hst of lmperlshable /
names, that will be an inspiration and an /
example TO our youth for generations to /
cOme-the names of Lincoln ana Grant /
and Seward, and Thomas and Garneld5 and /
q host or OElerEs anu ulhAl9g Wll1l 4IAuA i
and terrorism IN the south, and v1lihcatiOn /
and falsehOOd in the north had accomplished /
their ends and this great party surrendered |
the trusts it had so long controlled did 4
its opponents and traducers, after the I
most patient and careful investigation dis |
cover any facts or evidence to justify the 1g- 4
norant and brutal accusations they had made /
against republican honesty and competency /
Not a single fact. Not q shadow of evidence. |
They counted the money" and 1t was all /
there-every penny of it. They Investigated 4
the books, they scanned every account, they /
scrutinized every item and figaro, and they /
found nothing to critlcise. and at last one 4
of the most prejudiced democrats IN the /
country was compelled to declare, and did /
declare, that he had been amazed at the per-
feet system, accuracy and integrity with i
which the business OF his department. mad /
been conducted by the republicans.
TIE ffIiAscALs'' WHO WE'RE TURNED OUT.
But they "tnrned the rascals out" Oh,
yes-that business has been attended to with
and regularity. An intending
procession of sirascals' has been moving
out, for q year and a half. 'hascals. who
had invaded the sacred soil OF Virginia and
Kentucky; who had stolen negroes and made
them free; who had been with Grant at
Yieksburg and in the Wilderness and With
Thomas at Mission Ridge, and with Sher-
man on the march to Atlanta and the sea-
and with Meade at Gettysburg. Some OF
these "rascals" have grown old and gray
some limpsd out painfully because OF olQ
wounds some wore vacant sleeve some
patriot, Vallandlnghami and some had years