Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-10
LBVRLJING'S LAST VAIL.
CLOSE OF THE FIRST POP GOV.
EMINENT ON EARTH.
The Legislature Gets a Long Docu.
ment Discussing Everything Under
the Sun Dunsmore House Defended.

legislature today was the reception OF Gov
ernor dwellings message. II Is us follows:
h the Senate and the Hoa@ Of Rrprt~ntaiires:
One Of the Ablest Of my predecessors was so
struck with the anomaly OF requiring the gov
srnor but recently elected. instead Of the re-
firing governor, to c0mmun cate 10 the lcRls'
latufe information which presupposcs not
only time 10 examine the numerous reports OF
state officers and departments, bnt actual ex'
perience and observation impossible 10 any
but the actual executive, that hs proposed the
enactment OF law requiring the retiring gov
ern0f 10 prepare and submit the biennial mes.
sage Of the executive 10 the legislature Until
his election IL assured, q newly chosen cover
nor cannot reasonably DO expected to give 70
state Affairs more attention than Il ordinarily
given by . patriotic private citizen and, be-
SIDES ho has not been compelled 10 meet ques-
ti0ns nor 10 deal with difficulties which con
front the actual executive and with which
the latter must have become familiar. Ny own
experiences in arst coming to this oilce con-
hrmed the wisdom OF my predecessor views,
and deem II no less due 10 my successor and
10 you than required OF me by the c0nstltu-
ti0n, that shall communicate TO you such In
formation ~ | possess and mako such recon-
mendati0ns AZ two years In the governors ONCE
have suggested In doing this. | shall forget,
and ask you to forget that the retiring. gov.
0rnor and the majority Of the member, q one
Of your constituent bodies differ In poiIical!
opinions | shall speak ~ the governor OF
Kansas 10 tho chosen Representatives. Of the
people and trust that this message may be re-
ceived and considered In the spirit N which
II Ia conceived. Devotion to the whole people
OF Kansas, not regard for party, should con
troll u here, however widely we may dlifer In
our allegiance TO party where pnrty allegiance
msy honoiably control.
The constitutional requirement that the
governor shall, at the commencement Of every
session Of the legislature communicate IN
writing, such Information W he may posses IN
reference to the condition Of tho state. and
recommend such measures a. hu may deem
sxpedsnt," obviously contemplate docu'
ment which shall be OF practical value To ne
legislature when considering legislation, and
which shall present In condensed form the
information which must otherwise DO looked
for through numerous and y0lumln0us reports
and In the records and files OF tho executive
department Such document should contain
information and computations upon which
the legislature may confidently rely, and thus
bs saved tho time and trouble Of original IN
vesigations aud computations. 1t has been
my endoay0r 10 convey such Information, and
! have, therefore, made suggestions unuer
heads, Va for a. possible cofiusponhl ING WIN
the work Of your usual standing committees
w that sach division shall contain what pur'
tains to the work Of the particular committee,
Auolhlng else.
STATE AFPAlRs.
Before the close OF this session OF tho logls.
lstulu, March ID, lbOj, $1,000 OF stats bonds
issued In 1915 to pay the expenses OF repclllng
on Indian invasion Will mature. They are
held by the permanent school fund. Public
improvement bouds 10 the amount OF $4,000,
issued In 1864, win mature July /, lsJj-befole
tax levied by the present legislature f0r
their payment can b0 collected under the
present lAw governing taxation. Tho pcrml-
nent school fund holds $h,vyD OF these bonds,
individuals and corporations hold tho IT,
mining s. wv. No linking fund has been
leylud since 1885, and there Ii In tho state
treasury but tl6! ~ with which TO pay these two
series Oi bonds aggicgaIlny SihtOl Ths stale
treasurer recommends direct appropriation
from the general revenue fund " takp up
both Issues VI bonds and saig unnpalTrd the
credit Of TIM state. In this connections, u
might Nv well to remember that various
svlli.ip, In thu state owe The state treasury
no IesE thnn ssS,O5l2i, tho sum Of aoout bVO
vi which Ii due from two c0untlo, alone. Az
Ienti0n has been more particularly called ~
this matter under the head OF soisnsnt and
laYtt ~, but II Is mentioned here because II
may suggest source from which TO draw
portion Oi thu funds needed for tho redemp'
ton VI thu bonds mentioned above. under
the h0ad VI assessment and taxation VIII alsn
bu found soino other suggestions btaIillg upon
the subject VI siAle fvyenuOsIo whlgh " might
b. we'll tO foiur In this connection.
Two other Issues Of state bonds Of tlOO,UOJ
each, one Issued July l,lSjl 10 aid IN the con
struclion Oi The penienslafy, the other issued
on Tho same date for the completion
Of The east wing OF the state
capitol, and aggregailng sl)JOO0, ,wlIi
mature July !, 1897. Inc puflniueht school
Dlnd1 and sBjDJO VI tho slilo
house. bonds. Then, July lolo there VIII pD
due bonds to the amount Of $1,000 issuel 10
lads for the construct on Of the insane asylum
a. Osawatomo; und, July !. le'han0tler series
VI bonds Issued In loUB 10 MA Ia INC c0nsfuc'
lion VI the penilen,iary- sJJ0U-and another
series VI bonds ljv0Dlp Issued 1868 for tho
completion of the east Wing OF the state house,
|gUON QallogOiher,wlil mature Forty one thou
SAND dollars VI this lasuu OF penllcntliiy bonds,
and iIjU00 Of lht state house bonds ore held ~
Inc psrlna mont school fund, $4,000 In all. The
state university iund holds {gDOO OF tho pom
tontlary bonds Eighty four thousand dol
ars Of this Issue OF slalv house bonds arc hold
BY individuals or corporations. SIX months
aloI, January !. iNil, Two moro Issues OF bonds,
tilsu0 Will maluIei tiQ,OIO is
,ued 10 comp letd lhe eaal wing VI ihe state
lousp, and $4,000 Issued for military contIn'
tent fund, both issues having been made jan
iary /, 1860 one hundred and thifty.lOlr
dollars Of these bonds Is held by
he ppfniqnpnl school fund
Thus. this legislature and the next must
make provisions fol lhe payment OF bonds to
he aggregate amount u y5NbO to mature
within the period OF four yOald There viii
heu lemuin outstanding but Sll3OlO In stare
,onds, which will mature IN 1908 and l9ll,
Tho payment Of the bonds matuihB within
our Years VIII throw bacs into tho permanent
chool fund for reinycs.nent no loss tnan
IlQbOO which must IN some way be made pro
iuctiye. Every issuu Of these bonds bcsra
cyen per cent interest, Whlch, IN the Negro
,ate, amounts annually TO NiJ@i Ila stata
'fensufer recommends that this l0gl-lehii0
hall pIo,ldu for the levy " small taA 10
accumulate u sinking fund Tor lAe rcdamp
ou Of all bonds coming due DARING The
present century, except those falling due next
,aruh and the Sol lu5 maturing jay !, lAva
which special provision must be
made .,.
ions for the payment u such az ameupl OF
within M short a time, amt w
law Of tho further fact that tho severe aad
ann continued industrial deplt sion COM.
MI. AFT but those IN receipt vi fixed Incomes
o carry economy almost " Inc point Of
,arSimony and also 10 Wow ~ the I'M efallyo
equiremtnis Of The various lublle lnsliIu
ions, no appropriation should W maAq AZ
hi, session tor which the greatest immediate
ecssslty does not exist WhaIoycr can walt
hould 10 made to wait until we shall nave
MID OF our state indebtedness or nnIll times
hall nave Improved Especially should no
more no expended 0n he STATE house tam
nay BIZ indispensable 10 Nj up rooms actually
sed, d, nnd TO project the work tlready done.
Ihe disposition to txpend money los MBre
how should NOT be INDUCED by the state
hen the people sre Obliged 10 iortgo all bui
uceBsities. The senate Chamber which ~.
lains idle twenty months Vnt VI Two years.
Iould provide comm0diOus quarters Tor t1e
upreme courl until the mex Biennial session,
nd were the supreme court removed " the
pnate chamber, the rooms now occupied by
hat court could be used by the librarian,
Bunds Of the city Of Lawrence TO the amount
ylOOp00 issued IN is7U to aid In erecting the
tate university, lls In thu state treasury as
art Of the invested pernsnent school iund OF
be state Nothing has been paid on these
onds, neither principal nor interest, since
W.. In lsSa the legislature passed nAcf re-
snplng the city OF Lawrence from It's liability
pom The payment Of lhe amount paid BY !
he school fund commissioner Tor the bonds
nd requiring the poaid VI Rsssltsto Issue 10
he school fund commissioner like amount
bonds running twenty years, the interest =
hereon 70 bs paid annually from The Income
I the university endowment fund. The sot
10 reduced the rate Of interest until such
sleass to per cent, per annum lsee. session
Tvs Of 1854, chspteri ~, page 81 hut, although
early twelve years have passed since the !
naciment OF tbs statute, the city Of Law
pnce has not accepted w provisions, and the
onds remain In The state treasury. Az the
onstltution iorblds dlmlnltiou Of the pefma- /,
emit school fund II Is doubtful whetu9r the pro-
i.ion reducing the rate o. interest wss v
al, but the city OF Lawrence not having Ut,
,mpted 70 carry out tts part Of ths agreement,