The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-23

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan 15.-The message
OF Governor Humphrey as sent to the
Legislature, with the exception of minor
particulars, is as follows:
10 the Senate and House OF Representatives:
The absolute Independence of each of the
several co ordinate branches of the Govern
SEent. executive, legislative and judicial, is
.5eaIousIy hedged about in the frame work of
the Constitution. But these several branches
are designed to constitute one harmonious
whole, acting together in spirit of friendly
cooperation to the end that the best results
an government may be attained
Hence the constitutional requirement., In
obedience to which it becomes my duty and
pleasure as wei 10 address you at this time
communicating for your consideration such
Information as may possess together with
such recOmmen datiOnS touching needed leg
isIatiOn may have been suggested by OBJ
rservatiOR and experience during the past
two years of my incumbeney as Chief Ezecu-
tive.
Kansas has rounded out the third deeen-
nial period, and her growth in the last de-
-cade Is certainly gratifying as shown by the
following vital statistics from the reports OF
the State Board of Agriculture: The popula-
vtiOn of the State in 1880 966. O96; ia $780,
ass; gain of 4s per cent. The number
of acres of field crops in 1880 1858 SS4 in
1850, 12.s44.921; gain OF "A per cent The
value OF the hetd crops In 1880 was S63, 6S4;
an 1890, SIS, 268, OS1 gain of $50 per cent. The
value of farm products in 1880 was $780,,
bOo,244; in 1880. 1929, IA 800; a gain of
COT per cent. The value of livestock in
1880 was s61 So, 955; in 1880, $113 ,533, 342;
gain of S42 per cent The total assessed val
of all property in the State in 1880 was
$50 SO 76I; in 1890, $347 IA 2IS; gain of 1855
per cent. The amount of capital invested in
manufactures in the State in 1880 S11, 1872
Bis: in 1880, $45, OOo, 600; gain of 3O2 per cent
The number OF public school districts in 1880
WAS 6. 1874; in 1880, 9,O22; II gain of 2,SSS. The
number of children of school age in 1880 was
B4G,647; in $780, 5O9,6I4; gain of 168,967 The
VaIne OF school property In 1880 81, 633, O44;
On $780, S1O,6I7, 149; increase of 50, 1854, los.
The number of church edi1ces in 1880
es64; i'm 1880, 1883; a gain of 1875. The value
of church property in 1880 was S2,43O 3S5 in
$3.50, 50, 8Ol $50; increase OF $6,S7 ,495 The
GO5aI mileage of railroads in the State in 1880
was 8,4O0; in 1890, syS66; an increase of 5,466
mites; or near three hundred per cent.
The State census shows steady annual
gain from 1880 up to 1888. Since then, ap-
pears from the late Federal census, we have
suffered slight falling off in the western
part of the State, more especially in the new
Ny organized counties, owing to drought.
Practical legislation designed to encourage
these people in Western Kansas should have
early and favorable attention. IN this con-
nectiOn your consideration is invited to the
report of a convention held at Oberlin, De
catur County, in December last, to consider
National legislation in aid of the movement
sSO secure Congressional legislation to settle
certain inter state questions arising out of
che subject of irrigation; and to this end it
will be advisable to memOrialize Congress
for such action as may be deemed necessary
IN the premises.
The general condition of the State is stead
JIy improving, and, all things considered
compares favOrably with that OF other agri-
cultural States of the West.