The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25

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mileage, especially in the western half of the
State, to adequately supply the whole State
with transportation facilities.
The Governor gives q statistical review of the
growth OF freight and other traffic and says: I
believe that careful review OF the present
| situation in respect to railroad development
and Investment in this State will reveal moth
ing that should create serious appprehensions
| or encouragement.
The Board Of Railroad Commissioners in their
| last report recommended some additional legis-
lation in respect to the functions exercised by
them. which appear to me to be just and
| adapted to increase the usefulness and efic-
iency Of that Office. The frst relates to the en-
actment OF appropriate provisions for the due
enforcement of their orders and decisions.
Tue board. the Governor says represents the
State, and suitable provision should be made to
give gal sanction to their decisions and secure
compliance Herewith The second Is of growing
| Importance. II Is to confer on the board the
power to require the adoption of joint freight
| tariffs upon freights passing between two points
in the State on two more railroads In order to
commends greater power be given the railroad
Commissioner and that the boa d be clothed
with unquestionable power to enforce its or
ders and decisions.
TEMPERANCE.
The growth OF public sentiment in support Of
Constitutional Prohibition in Kansas is steady,
healthy, and unmistakable. In the last cam
paign no political party had the temerity to de-
mand q resubmission Of the question to the
people. In the face OF popular verdict that has
been repeated and emphasized every time tire
popular sense has been taken. AS an issue in
Kansas roitics resubmission is as dead as
slavery. The saloon as a factor in politics, as q
moral iniquity. has been outlawed and made q
fugitive and a vagabond on the face of the
earth " or that part OF 1t within the territorial
limits of Kansas.
The present legislation in aid Of Prohibitory
amendment Is perhaps not perfect nor free
from objections. but so nearly satisfactory that
1 doubt If public opinion demands any radical
revision; and law should but be public opinion
passe over into public will. Results justify the
opinion. The law generally is being re-
spected and enforced, because by sort
OF educational process it is becoming
identified in the public mind with other
criminal statutes. The records OF
courts and OF prisons, from the city calaboose
TO the penitentiary, show diminution Of crime
and a falling-oN in our prison population bear
ing the most incontestable evidence Of the
efficiency of the present state of the law and of
the Prohibitory policy which the law is designed
to enforce.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The work done by the public printer Is fully
for many years. But we are evidently paying
too much for the public printing. The cost to
the State for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1885, was sl32.Ult', ana Tor 1855 t6O,2oS.l4:
Total Tor the biennial period Just past OF slo2-
9.S1. Or this amount there was expended in
1887, sl5,oD for paper and binding stock, and In
lSSs s3o,3i95 81 for the same purpose-a total OF
So.3'9.4. Adding to this g. 329 90 paid for pub
lishing the laws and Tor miscellaneous work
not done by the State Printer there remains
tl392fo.oS for labor and profit.
CThe Governor imputes no blame to the State
PRINTER, VINO Is operating under an Old law, but
sug ests refo rm In the system OF printing I'M
necessary matter In regard to alien
ownership or lands Governor Hum
phrey recommends the enactment OF laws to
enforce the constitutional amendment lately
adopted
MINING LAWS.
serious ulsaster occurred recently IN coal
hiiho az ron.ehae' Ora"ioru Souh.y' whereby
nearly nan hunureu men at work IN the mime
lost tneir hVes In most shocking manner
.nrouen an eApiosioh. tne precise cause OF ma
ture Oh "iiisn seems 10 oe matter Oh dispute
anu great ulHerehce OF OPINION even among
uIsihleiestcu any "eA-lhiorlheu persons. ne,
eree anu syihpaths are UNIVERSAL over inc saa
event anu Without reference mere 10 the as
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