The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-09

states Golfers for the maintenance of the pub
lie institutions Of the commonwealth. This
legislature devoted the last two days Of the
session to this work. and the following table
will reveal the fact that their work was well
done, the total appropriations which they
made will reach more than 81, 60o, 900. The fol-
lowing Is the table:
Topeka insane asylum. 1924 90
Legislative department. 100000
Deficiency printing ......-.-......... 64,000o0
Osawato1nfe insane asylum .......... 400. 609.75
Maintenance Of destitute insane. 90,57001
Winfield aSylum-idiotie and imbe-
Gle youth ..-.....-.. 42,421Oo
Blind asylum. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $4,000
Penttentiary Observation-Disclosures. 335, COCO
Conveying prisoners to penitentiary 100000
Agricultural college ................. S4,5O5.00
Industrial school for girls, Beloit-... S6l50.0o
State normal. 49,. 5O4O0O0
State university ................. gil $4,000
Deaf and dumb Institute ............ e712o.oo
Regents and trustees OF state insti-
tutions ........................ 100000
Soldiers orphans home. 49,, 308 90
Historical society 2670Ol
State house. ................. $4,000
Seed grain for farmers .............. 100, 10000
Purchase of coal for western Kansas 100000
Silk station Observation-Disclosures. 4,600.Oa
Cleaning and repairing senate cham
Der and representative hail.. 2,1e9.ee
Forestry station. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Bounty on sugar. 7,SSs.2e
Soldiers home $4,000
Reform school Observation-Disclosures. 67,7s0O0
Capt. Hines and troops, war services $3.50
Relief of Mary E Thorp.............. 10000
Relief Of John B. Elliott. ............. $500
State Industrial reformatory ......... 100, 10000
State printer. 100000
Executive and judicial department. SIS. o55. 90
For paying state bonds ............... $4,000
The miscellaneous appropriation bill amounts
to s12s, 900, being divided as follows:
House OF representatives $4,000 90
Senate 5000 90
Where The Money Goes.
This appropriation, total, which exceeds
more than g, O0O,000 outside OF the miscella-
neous appropriation bill. was not enacted into a
law without much debate. There was large
element in both parties in the legislature this
year who were in favor Of retrenehment. and
every appropriation bill was scrutiniZed close
~ and thoroughly discussed in both branches.
| The total appropriation does not exceed that
OF two years ago The appropriations to the
| educational institutions are largely increased
| In number of cases for she purpose OF the
erection of new and much needed buildings.
| Ninety thousand dollars of the appropriation
| TO the OSawatomie insane asylum is for the
| purpose OF erecting new buildings; So like
wise is part OF the appropriation for the
Winfield asylum, the industrial school at
Beloit, the state agricultural college. the deaf
and dumb institute the soldiers orphans
| home.
Hutchinson Reformatory.
About ten years ago the Kansas legislature
| passed q law for the erection OF an industrial
| reformatory at Hutchinson One hundred
thousand dollars was voted for that purpose.
The city of Hutchinson gave to the state, in
| sideration OF the erection Of reform school
| there, $40 acres Of land After the first appro-
| priation by the legislature was consumed, no
| further money was voted by the state to COM
| plete the building, although an earnest at
| Tempt has been made each succeeding year by
| the citizens Of Hutchinson and Reno county.
| This year, upon the recommendation Of both
| The retiring governor Gewel1ing) and the
present governor (Morrll) the two houses
| dnally reached an agreement upon an appro-
| priation for the completion Of the building.
mere prison, but training school for con-
victs whose crimes do not warrant con1nement
! IN the state penitsntiary or eonsignEnent to
the state coal mine. A school but little below
The standard Of the average high school will be
maintained within the refornatory, and IL
orary equal to that Of the state colleges viii be
established therein
| The state Printer.
| Every legislature in Kansas since 1889 has
| grappled with the question Of regulating the
fees to be paid the state printer, and each of
| them have adjourned without materially chang
ing the law.
The legislature Just closed has been no ex-
seption to the rule in this regard There was
bill passed the house during the last day of
the session but was messaged over to the SEN
ate too late for that body to acs upon it. The
| bill made a sweeping and radical reduction in
the fees of the state printer and its passage
was bitterly opposed by the newspaper men OF
the state and the Kansas State Federation of
Labor. The appropriation made for the state
printers departments this year is equal to that
| Of two years ago.
The Kansas City Stock Yards.
A strong effort was made to pass bill reg
ulssils the Kansas City stoek yards. and re-