Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-01-26

meat at the same time. 1t has come 20 my nou0.
ssefins to resist the s.crosehmsnts Of toe
dreseed-meet monopoly. By enacting ordlnances
requiring all beef TO be inspected on foot By q
city, in; 4ss void seem to BE- inssnioos and
hoped viii be effective, il the power OF the city
in such case il beyond question. 1t 1t be not.
the Legislature should make haste 70 confer ~ "
legislation against trusts and combinations OF
These so-caiied trusts are an e1ceecent growth
of the AEGEAN ill-begotten child OF avarlce and
mendacity, exhibiting in its most obnoxious
form that lust for gain, regardless OF the nights
and interests of the people, t@o often seen IN
welded in masses. The enactment Of such laws
By you as shall even measurabiy control or re-
preks these evils will be an occasion fOr the most
sincere congratulation.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
9Th To ex-Union soldiers and sailors OF
Kansas the assurance was given that the party In
power in the State should continue to provide
literally for the maintenance of the Soldiers
Orphans Home, and use it's influence to carry
pressed in the resolutions on the subject paesed
in the State and National encampmente OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. To make good
to continue the past generous policy of the State
in behalf of orphans OF soldiers; As to the
second, you cannot do more nor less than to
earnestly ,morialize Congress soon to pas into mo
Union soldiers, and willing to do them lOng-de-
Isyed justice.
COST OF MOVING CROPS.
9TH. It was promised that the Board Of Rail-
road Commissioners should protect the farmers
against excessive charges in the removal OF crCp
This has been done, and an important reduction
in rates secured on corn for the supply of those
portions o. the frontier where this cereal was q
ence to the gratifying reduction in rates during
re cent year,, fairly attributable to the efficient
lsbors of the Board, will be found under the head
of Railroad Regulation.
HOME AGAINST SALOON.
9Th. Protection of tho home against the sa-
loon was likewise promised, coupled with de-
nand for the complete execution of the prohib-
itory law in every part of the State 10 this
policy the State is fully committed, and public
no relaxation in the effort to force legislation
already existing on that subject: If you can
quicken the diligence and strengthen the hands
where it is not properly observed. it is hoped
you will not fail to do SO. The subject Is al
luded to elsewhere.
RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
9th. Allusion was approvingly made to legis-
lation which has had tendency to open the doors
declaration that the honest demands Of any class
of citizens for additional rights should receive
respectful attention. Perhaps no State has gone
and political rights to women. In some States.
however, they have teen by law admitted to
membership on State boards in control of certain
benevolent with satisfactory results.
a demand for similar recognition here will
doubtless be pressed upon your attention, en-
forced by persuasive arguments from which you
cannot escape though You may not be convinced.
alton.
State Institutions.
EDUCATIONAL.
I commend to your careful consideration the
excellent report # the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, especially calling your at
tentlon to the recommendations OF that officer in
regard to various amendments suggested for the
purpose OF enhancing the efficiency of our COM
mon schools. also note with pleasure the
condition of the three institutions of
the State devoted to the higher education of our
young men and women-ths University, the Nor
NAL school, and the State Agricultural College.
kansss Is celebrated for the deep int rest she
has ever taken in her institutions of learning,
and these are sources of unfailing satisfaction
and pride They should be literally sustained,
bearing in mind their constantly increasing i'm
and the opportunity thus afforded for greater
usefulness.
The Penitentiary has ever ranked among the
first It the penal Institutions of the country.
While similar prisons in other States have not
been free from embarrassment in regard to dis
cipline and the ontrol and profitable applica-
ton OF convict labor, ours has never suffered in
any serious obstacle in the management of the
convicts, and riots and mutinies are unknown.
The elaborate report of the warden is in your
hands.
Four years ago the Legislature inaugurated the
policy OF establishing q short-term prison for
persons convicted Of minor offenses and the less
heinous crimes: It was located at Hutchinson,
and already $4,000 have BEEN expended in build
ings, none of which are as yet ready for occu-
pancy. The Legislature of 1887 appropriated
700 for this institution, and provided for the
NI<Dr-vn koE yrn$ Lob
ton of the buildings and general prosection Of
the work. This has not been done, but on the
contrary. the wol was let by contract-how and
It Is we'll to remind officials charged With the ex
penditure of public funds, that they are amen
abls to the law for the most rigid and faithful
compliance with its terms. which cannot be dis
for continuing the work, submit
whether it would not be we'll to provide for an
early completion and equipment of the more adj
expenditures to this exclusively. in order that
the practicability of prison of this kind may be
demonstrated and the penite ntiary relieved of
the class OF offenders contemplated TO be con-
more extensive prosecution OF the work..
CHARITABLE.
Our constitution provides that institutions for
the care and benefit of the insane, blind, deaf
and dumb. and such other institutions a. the
by the State, and it is gratifying to
say that no state has been more prompt and gen.
erous than Kansas in observing the duty thus en-
Joined. How We are discharging this duty may
be seen in the very elaborate and inter ,sting
port of the state Charitable Institutions for the
sixth biennial period 1ss7-lssS, which is in your
hands and should be carefully examined and
studied by every member of the Leg stature; and
this remark is extended to the reports of all
State and department officers, and OF boards in
charge of the various Institutions of the State.
Here is q board having charge of two Insane
Asylums Zone at Topeka. one at Osawatomie.)
The Reform School. the two schools ono for the
Educstion OF the Blind. at Wyandotte, and the
other for he Deaf and Dumb, at Olathe, the
Asylom fur Imbecile Youth. at Winfield, and the
Soldiers Orphans Home, at Atchison, expen d.
ing year by year nearly half OF all the money col
ected in taxes and appropriated for the support
IT the State government caring for 2C00 inmates,
falling for $751; GOO to cover their support for the
,neuirg two yeare, none of which sum II for
additional bulldogs or improvements; and it Is
Inc not only to those In charge of these institu-
ions, but the bene6ciaries as we'll. and mani
lest duty to the taxpayers. whom you represent
hat these reports shan be carefully considered.
During the biennial period covered BY this
eport, it viii be seen that tho average number
provided for in these institutions was 1905 with
total expenditure, exclusive of constr uc,ion,
II 1881 12e IL being annual average per capita
expenditure of Sl96, AZ. The number remaining
n the Institutions and borne upon the rolls
June 50 lSss, vas l910.