Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-02-06

that call bills shall originate in the house of
representatives, and be subject to amend
ment or rejection by the senate, was made
to read Bills may originate IN either house,
And this was decided practical improve
ment of the original text. Section 3, of arti-
Gle 5, was amended in November, 1854,
the main object of ths amendment being to
confer on citizens who were serving in the
volunteer army of the United States, the
right to vote, and authorizing the Legislature
to make provision for taking the votes of the
absent electors. Section of that same
article was amended in November, 1867, so
as to withhold the right to vote or hold Office
from those who had been dishonorably dis
charged from the service of the United
States. who had been found guilty of de-
frauding the government; who had been
guilty of giving or receiving bride, or Offer
ing to give or receive bride, who had borne
arms voluntarily against the government. or
aided or allotted the attempt to overthrow
the government.
Section 4, of article Is, was adopted in
November, 1868. This is a change from let
ting the public printing to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder to the establishment of the
office of state printer, who receives stated
compensation for the work done. This
change Is perhaps an improvement on the
method devised by the convention, and its
faithful old Kansans who have successfully
been elected to that Offices. S. Prouty,
George W. Martin and I. Dwight Thacher.
1t can be be truly said Of them and of their
work as state printers: "Well done, thou
good and faithful servants" In November,
1873, came the amendment increasing the
number of senators to 40 and the represen-
tatives to 125. At the November election,
1875, the amendment providing for biennial
~-f- IN
the session of 1877, was adopted. The next
that followed was the amendment prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors, except for specified purposes. This
was the introduction of new matter into the
composition of the state overnment-the
constitution as adopted and existing up to
that time having made no reference to the
liquor traffic" This completes the amend
ments made TO this time. make no refer
express the wish that they may be adopted.
claim for the members of that body, who
framed a fundamental law which has gov
erned state for twenty-five years-years of
marvellous growth and unexampled develop
ment-that time has demonstrated that they
had a very fair conception of the wants, con-
iitionS and necessities of the people for
whom they acted; and, notwithstanding the
wonderful increase in population and pro-
luClIUil, Gltttt lids uCCSlCEdttu
rather than retarded q growth that has never
been eQualed on the American continent.
There is to-day within the boundaries of
Kansas l 400, 600 people. Even the most en-
thusiastic citizen of Kansas would not,
quarter of century ago, have VEN
tured to predict such result; and
yet an ardent adrnirer, an enthusiastic
but philosophical lover of Kansas. Horace
Greeley; peace to his ashes. said at Osawatc-
+I,n dow nj ho
child is now born on Kansas soil, but will
live to see this state the fifth
in agricultural production in the unioa."
When the federal census of 1880 was taken,
only twenty-one years had elapsed since the
date of that prophecy and the state was
nearer the sixth than the seventh i'll rank,
in the amount of agricultural products, in
Guiding live stock. to which its soil is
adapted, and if we take those conventional
constitute the space of time covered by one
generation, as the life of that child, we
have only to await the census
of 1890 to verify the prophecy. l doubt
whether the men of to-day, any more than
those of twenty five years ago have given a
thought or entertain a conception of what a
grand, glorious, and prosperous common
wealth is building up among them. How this
influx of people, how this blending of blood,
now tillS every gay teicouioo ooI"eon Poo.
pie of different natioralities, and different
sections of our own widespread domain
how this exchange of ideas and methods,
how all these things animate and dominated
by the Ncrlo Saxon blood are producing
on the prarries of Kansas, race of people
and condition of government and society,
that will make the state the ''chosen land"
of the best type of American civilizations;
and will ever keep green and fresh the men,
DRY of the noble men, whose blood will bring
"God like fruition" to the hopes, aspirations
and ultimate destiny of the glorious young
commonwealth.