Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-24

Ia tslek1 10 ne .aainerI & satunsiux go
screens. whereby their meaEer ea11lnes are -
eFsble hardships. 1t n beneved that 3 Nv pro-
nao1etn9s mine superintendent, operueozs or
foremen from widening Of screen baxs o.
changing tho elevation OF screens. after con-
tract with the miners, would remedy this evn,
and urge the matter upon your attention.
III IL recommended that the death penalty
tor murder should be either abolished in an.
press terms or made more e1ectual Toe Gov
| ecuon on appropriation bills until near the
c'oee OF the sessions OF the Legislature un-
wise and unsafe.
CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION.
AZ aeuacts nothing from the acknowledged
"nuoM "a the trainers q our Constitution 20
say that Il Ii now very desu-sixa Clur marv-f,
Gus oeveiopment and chaurcd conditions i'm
possible OF anticipation whsu AZ vas devised
ell ~. .or NVision Kansas has outgrown
many OF It's provisions and Ifustatiohs At the
time OF admission the populatioa OF the STATE
did not exceed fS0.o0l. There we're mt thfrtv
organized counties and Ave JUDICIAL districts.
eacn win popoistion OF abcus sAoO. The
Legislature consisted of one hundred meu.hers
twenty i've Senators and sevensy.aye Renre.
sentatives. II based on population each Renrs-
sentative would have represented asout sixteen
mill NJ
railroad in the State. Now we have 1900 pni,es
in operation. with population apprsxir.xina
one million and three-Quarters; with twenty
nine Judicial districts, with o popuIxstoa Of
about ca coo. There are in the State lie srKan
lied counties, maintaining separate eOznty
Governments. and more than 10000 coz1mou
schools supported aud successfully conducted
under our grand system OF free popular etfuca-
ton The Kansas OF to-day has reached the
vast proportions of an empire. requiring re-
adjustment OF her organic laws to suit the pre-
sent needs.
THE Constitution limits the number Of Rep
resentatives to 1s5.- Eigaty-eight only OF the
organized counties represented in tho
Lower House; apportSonment can OILY DO
made once in five years and consequently
eighteen counties organized since the last ap-
portionment. with q populsfion of IS 90 people
ana casting 1900 votes at the late election,
excluded from representation by the constitu-
donal limitations. The Governor however,
can see no remedy for these gross INEQUALITIES
which must be borne until the needtul changes
In the fundamental law shall bring relief.
Under the present system Of apportionmene
by which Senators and Representatives are
elected the Governor thinks it apparent that
the attempt to secure speedy and equal repre-
sentatioo under existing constitutional condi-
lions, Is not q brilliant success Under the
biennial system he believes the limitation OF
the sessions to fifty days is no lonser advisable.
and inadequate 70 the needs of q great
State, ana that the present compensation of
members Of the Legislature is inadequate and
unjust. He also condemns the practice OF
special legislation as growing evil which
should be guarded against by constitutional
amendment-I rs
Scarcely any thing can be more important to
the people Than the prompt dispatch of bust
ness IN the courts, particularly to the ordinary
litigaut, to whom the laws delays are especially
grieVous. And this applies with added force to
the courts of last resort. Our Supreme Court,
created when We had but 1900 people. Is try.
fy,rrf 90 10 -
quarters OF people. It should be better paid
and relieved by amendment adding more
justices, intermediate appellate court
should be created with final jurisdiction in
many cases that now come on appeal
error from the courts below
under the head of constitutional Conven-
ton the Governorargues at length thequeStion
Of calling Constitutional Convention which he
believes the surest way OF curing many in
frmities in the organic law, which have
crept in by the lapse of time but doubts
whether the people would indorse 10
less assured that many features OF the
present Constitutions would not be disturbed,
notably the Prohibitory men|ment and the
homestead exemption On the other hand the
remedy by amendments judiciously advised
could he given width Of scope sufdciB1t TO
meet the most urgent existing defects The
Governor also calls attention to the fact that
the Pullman Palace- Car Company is seeking to
avoid the payment OF taxes; directs attention
to the matter OF taxing express COM
vice is worthy Of attention.; RECON-
mends appropriation to pay expenses
OF the delegates to,tte Farmers Congress- slso
to defray expenses OF delegates to the Wash
ington Inaugural Centennial; the providing OF
means for the maintenance OF the Nati10al
Guard and congratulates the Legislature upon
the unanimity with which it has decided. 10 re-
tain the services OF Senator Plumb
ss CONCLUSION.
The growth in the output of our mines and
manufactures, and: IN the capital and. labor
employed, shown elsewhere is married.
and gratifying. The receat discovery
and development of exhaustless deposits
OF pure salt underlying q large portion
of Central Kansas. is matter Of congratula-
ton to the entire State. 1t adds another in
dustry. the importance Of which can scarcely be
over-estimated AT Hutchinson alone eight
salt yards or plants are in operation, producing
daily 1000 barrels OF salt. equal in quality to
any in the world. At Ellsworth. Wellington,
Kingman and several other points. salt works
are either already in successful operation.
soon to become SO, and there can be doubt
that ere long Kansas Is to supply a large por-
ton Of the Union wfth this staple.
Coal in profitable quantities has been diseov-
cred in nearly every locality in the eastern part
Of the State. natural gas abounds, and we can
States save one. .tt
The manufacture of sugar from sorghum eane
grown in Kansas is no longer experiment,
but an assured success, requiring only time and
cdplSsA 10 OcsciVP 1t iutO q great AfuOstry- Iu0
four plants in operation the past season make q
showing that leaves no room to longer question
this fact. Thass four factories, during the sea-
son of 1888, produced aggregate or Dl,9H
pounds OF superior sugar, and 800, 600 gallons %
molasses, with satisfactory results financially,
Notwithstanding the conditions were In some
cases unfavorable. Those woo have given this
question Critical investigation. and constant
study for years, regard it as settled. and thie
opens up the prospect Of making Kansas. es-
pecially Central and Western Kansas great
sugar producing district 4E
By way OF encouragement, at least Dor the
present, Congress should be memora1<ed on
the subject Of offering bounty ON domestic
sugar, to cover any reduction in the drfy on the
imported product, in the revision OF the tarin
now under consideration. 1t would seem that