Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-01-05
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest

LIT. Eva harding says senator House
holder will introduce the resolution in
the senate providing for the resubmis-
sion of the suffrage amendment.
Secretary Osborn will go to Kansas
City, where he will engage in business.
He will continue to claim Topeka as his
residence and the family will reside
here while he does business in a line
yet to be chosen in Kansas CITY.
One of the things that will be discuss
ed at the coming meeting of the officials
of the cities of the first class which will
be heldin Topeka January 3, will be the
making of adjacent property owners joint
ly liable with cities in damage suits re-
sulting from defective sidewalks.
The State Federation of Labor will
meet in Topeka on January 1. 1t is said
to be part of the programme to Sc
cure the removal of Labor Commission
er Todd. The president of the federation
is William A. Dodge. of Leavenworth,
and the secretary is J. g. Samuelson,
of Topeka.
The secretary of state is sending out
the new election certificates which were
agreed upon to take the place of the
style that has been issued during the
past years to successful candidates for the
state offices and members of congress,
representatives and others who are en-
titled to them.
Saturday is always quiet day, po<
litically, in Topeka. The politicians,
candidates and statesmen begin to gath
er every Monday; by Wednesday the
Copeland lobby is as lively as stock
exchange. Friday they begin to disap-
pear and by Saturday afternoon the WIS.,
itors have nearly all returned to thei1
homes to spend Sunday.
Charles A. Taylor, assistant in the de-
partment of insurance, remarked that he
had been accustomed to being present
at three meals day, with more or less
satisfaction and consequent wreckage
of edibles during the past thirty-some
years, and thinks that by going back
to his farm in Pratt county he will be
enabled to continue the experience.
Colonel F. J. Close the governors
private secretary, will go to Texas and
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actively experimenting the work of
pushing the new North and South Pole
railroad. His family will continue to
reside in Topeka. He owns some valu-
able mining stock and will look after
that in connection with other property
interests.
The state board Of charities COM
pleted the work of the present session
and adjourned until December 27. The
time of the next session comes regularly
in January. Owing to the fact that
President Householder of the board is a
member OF the senate and desires to at
tend the opening session of the leeisla-
ture, the board will meet on the 9th
at Winfield and make the usual tour of
the institutions before the Legislature
convenes.
In the office of state auditor plans
have been made by all the employees.
Mr.. Prather will resume farming at his
old place near Columbus. W. G. Hub
bard will remain in Topeka and engage
in business. R. J. Mackey, assistant
auditor, will engage in the drug bust
nees in Topeka. w. E. Topping will
open a real estate and abstract office at
Oswego. It is said that Major F. p
Shreve will retain his position as Gus
todian of the accounts and books of the
office.
The response to the call issued by
Chairman Taubeneck of the national
committee of the peoples party for
conference at st. Louis, was met
with a liberal response from Kan
sas populists. Chairman Breidenthal,
Colonel F. J. Close, r. H. Semple, J. W.
Laybourn, w. d. Vincent, Justice Al
len, Lieutenant Governor Daniels, Colo
mel A. @. Taylor, George w. Clark and
Attorney General Little constituted a
party of state house people that attend
the conference. S. FL. Snlder left in adj
vance of the party. Mrs. Mary E.
Lease and Mrs. A. B. Stryker of Great
Bend will represent he feminine portion
of the populists party in Kansas.
Chancellor Snow, of Kansas UNIVERSE
ty, says in his report: During the last
two summers a geological survey of the
state has been conducted under the di-
rection of Profs. Haworth and WillIston.
Already the southeastern part of the state
has been carefully gone over and strait
graphical map made which is of incalcu-
liable value, showing as it does the coal
measures and rock formations of a re-
gion rich in minerals. This work should
be extended throughout the entire state,
especially in the western part, where
the irrigation problem is to be solved.
The department of geology of the uni
versity, it is asserted, is thoroughly
competent to undertake the geological
work for the location of those parts of
the semi-arid region which are capable
of irrigation from underground water.
sEvery dollar expended for this purpose
in supplementing the resources of the
university" Chancellor Snow says, will
accomplish better results than five dol
lars devoted to the establishment of a
separate irrigation bureau or commits
sion, with a new force of scientific work
ers and field equipments. The state
should use the machinery it already has,
especially when, as in this case, it is of
the most modern and effective charac-
ter
Chancellor Snow, in his ninth bienni-
NAL report of Kansas university, asks for
a building for the museum which has
outgrown its quarters. He also asks
that appropriations be made for the
erection of building for the use of the
departments of chemistry and pharma-
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