Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-22

sseTlSinal PACKAGE houses; the profound
fssl,ag pge9eesd staens SST Rsef1s. ss sr
with tae anal RELIEF which came from con
greSsi0nal action Is very Iolly reelSse N
who Hael les special communication Tor the
ndelitS and ability with " hleh he per tofiAea
the duties and extra lsoors ilapoSe1 upon
ON the SIN OF August, 1880. the Wilson bin
passed congress and became a law, IN
brief, It subjects Intoxicating liquors trans
ported into = state Tor sale 10 the operation
OF the laws OF such state, whether In orig,
inal packages or otherwise. The act was
hailed and regarded at 1rst as a fortunate
and nnal settlement or the VeSed question.
But the Wilson law was soon 20 De chaI,
lenged. ones Rahrer, agent or Missouri
liquor house, having been arrested aIIer
the passage or the act or congress IN Ques-
original packages in Topeka In violation OF
the constitution and laws or Kansas Inaue
application to the United States court Tor
writ OF hd6eds corpus. on the hearing De-
fore Hon. @. 6. Foster, judge or the united
States district court for the district ofhansas
Attorney General Kellogg and K. b. Welch,
Esq, county attorney for Shawnee county.
argument the prisoner was discharged the
court holding that our prohibiJory law
must be re- enacted to make 1t cover sales IN
original packages. An appeal from this
decision on behalf of the state has been
perfected, and the case is now pending IN
the supreme court OF the United states.
Since the decision in the Rahrer case was
rendered the same question has been pre-
originatfng in Iowa under the prohibitory
law of that state, before Hon. Henry G.
Caldwell presiding Judge OF the Unls s9i
actly the reverse OF that in the Rahrer case,
Judge Caldwell holding the wilson law con-
StitutfOnal, and that no re-enactmunU or
the prohibitOry law is necessary. This lat
ter decision settles the law or the case so
far as 1t has been determined, and until the
supreme court OF the United States shall
have passed upon the question IN the case
The attorney general has succeeded in
having the case advanced on the docket,
and 1t IS hoped that determination or IL
may be had during your present session, SO
that legislative act on can be taken at once,
If rendered necessary by the anticipated
The original package business, at best
OdiOuS and repugnant to our constitution
and laws, rapidly degenerated into re-
voting exhibition of the dehumanizing
character OF the liquor trafTic in whatever
form; and the radical temperance sentl-
ment OF the state was undoubtedly matert-
ally strengthened and sOlidined by the
whisky invasion and the violent and pro-
lowed.
The statements of the county attorneys OF
the state, as published in the report OF the
attorney general, show that temperance
legislation is being generally enforced; and
1t may be added that despite the desperate
assault upon pronlDluon curing the past
year, 1t Stin stands firmly entrenched as
the policy OF the state, and sustained by
the Judgment or a large majority or the
people.
REVISION OF THE LAWS.
The report OF the senate committee on re-
vision, created two years ago by resolution
or that body, is in your hands Bills cover
ing the several subjects considered are
likewise submittt d. The report having
been very wisely given to the public some
time ago through the press, no extended
reference thereto seems necessary here. 1t
is, however. due to say that the committee
has labored 1ndustr1OuSly In the discharge
OF the task imposed upon 1t, and the results
or its deliberations as reported are entitled
to your most earnest consideration. The
measures submitted are all designed to pro-
mote economy and efficiency in the transac-
ton OF the business of the state, parttcu-
larry In the management or Its various in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. charitable and
penal.
The comprehensive character OF the report
is indicated by the mere recital or the sub
Jects embraced in the several measures.
They contemplate a radical reduction in
the amount ana cost OF public printing
also, changes which Will work a mater al
saving to the state in the management OF
IN charge OF that institution; the CONVEX
sion or the State retormetory at Hutcl n
son into an asylum for the insane; the cleo
ton OF railroad commissioners by the
people; the creation OF a department of
with secretary to be elected by the peo-
pie, and perform, IN addition to his other
functions, those OF the present commits
sloners OF forestry ard SILK culture. which
officeS are abolished; a revision OF the law
governing the fees and salaries of county
oH1cerS ana reduction or the same,
especially in the more populOus counties a
reapporuonment OF the state for judicial
purposes, reducing the number OF districts
the regulation OF banks and banking and
the creation OF bank commissioners: q re-
vision of the laws relating to the assess
ment and collection OF taxes. aransferrfne
the soldiers, home to the control of tie
state board OF charities, and abolishing the
present board IN charge or the home; a re-
vision OF the laws relating to the charitable
and educational institutions OF the state
liking the pay OF the trustee OF the former
at a small salary and actual expenses; in,
stead or the present unfair plan or per diem
ana mlleage, and reducing the number o.
regents OF the Normal school and Agrlcul
tural college from seven to hve each, limit
Ing their pay TO actual expenses; a reform
In the matter OF textbooks for common
schools; an important change in the STATE
library and Historical society; the creation
or board or public works to superintenC
the erection OF all buildings or the state
the compilation OF all the acts relating Il
state Officers. with some amendment
auditor and secretary or states includin,
the abolition OF a number OF boards ant
O1dcers.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
The following additional recommends
lions are submitted, in many cases sug
gested by the reports OF the secretary 0
state, attorney general and auditor, Wher
the reasons are more fully stated;
Allen Land holding-ln 1888 the conStitu
ton was amended with view to permit
the right OF aliens to accumulate and mol
large landed estates in Kansas sue
change in the organic law OF the state wa
an expression on the part or the people 4
favor or such restriction, and 1t should b
supplemented by the necessary legislation
Texas Cattle Law-The law regulating tn
are liable to fmpart the Texas, splenic Q
Spanish fever, should be amended. Durin
the past year in southern Kansas yer
serious loss OF property and trouble re
suited from cattle brought into the stat
under the law as it now stands. ExperienC
clearly suggests that for the due pro
lection OF our citizens along the souther
border or the state, the time for the Intro
ductiOn OF that class or cattle should
further restricted.
Age r-Consent Law.-The legislature
1851 changed the law on this subject
raising the age or consent to eighteen year.
The purpose OF the law, in the protection
young women or tender years, is OF the vel
highest Importance to society, and must I
adhered TO. The crime to which It relatl
IS sim punishable by death under u
United states statutes, and IN some state
But our statute, as amended ia 1887, ignOr
the fact that there are leWd and abandonE
women under eighteen years OF age, VIII
having proStituted everything else, prosl
tute the Jaw for purposes or blackmall al
instances OF very great hardship have BEE
the result.
This should be remedIed, as It can b
without in the least lowering the standal
OF protection to those for whom such legi
iatlon IS intended. The amendment su