Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-10
DWELLINGS, LAST Wall.


pOftsut tasf sanrs sitantion .ianll H., ,isIn
this i'm portAnt Industry. iou are eeIsr,el "
the report Of the fish commissioner for valu.
sble Information on this subject. liberal
appropriation for the encouragement Of hsl
culture wonlibe agood Investment for the
state and cannot DO too urgently recon-
mended.
COURT OF APPgALs.
There Is demand for the reappointment Of
judicial districts aud the creation OF court
81 appeals Ia every propoAal for making .
court Of appeals made public 80 Tar, there 10 4
provision for making thu fnalsiy Of the courts
decisions depead upon the .moua.o o, money
Involved or upon the disposition OF the court
to have IT. decision reviewed, The present
executive himself endorsed this plan In his
former message; but further reflection has
convinced him It would be unjust; and II 10
cartainly hoped that hnslty Of decision shall
not DO LETT VI the option Of judicial fayorltlsm
for partlculAr lawyers or particular litlgants
OF classes Of litiyAnts; nor depend upon the
amount In litigation
The same trlbunAls and the same proceed
urs should b. open to the poorest a. to
the richest citlaon in the same. class
OF cases. A real estate case which III.
yolye, tds llIigant's all, though u but 800
In value, should have the same chance Of VI.
cspius Judicial error or caprice, and Nirhi.g
Justice ct last, ~ a Gaze involving the roal es-
late Of great syndicate valued Ut millions
Should court Of appeals b. created, Its jurls-
diCti0n should be fuAl ~ 10 cases Of the same
clsss, no matter how much IL involved nor
how willing the judges may be ~ have II sent
higher only In this way can equal Justice 10
done to rich and poor.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
The seeretAry Of stase calls attention to the
urgent necessity fot an early appropriation
fof two new boilers for the west wing Of tho
state house aud for repairs 10 the heating Hpa.
ratus, The old boilers are burnt cut, and 50
highly dangerous that the lives Of mombers VI
the house Of representatives. VIII DO In con.
slant peril until new boilers shall have been
put In aud the necessary repairs made.
Tbs secretary VI stats also recomme nds that
tho state shall Own Its own electric light plant
ton II which the executive b ,artily concurs,
srArE PRINTING.
The statute seems 10 require that majority
Of all the meMbers OF eacl house must concur
In the election OF state printer. Tho ques.
ton IL one u statutory and constitutional IN
and the question having been
bent Of The Office declined to incur the risks
Of . possible decision against his lills ths
business interests iayolyed being 100
Frest TO mako 1t pradent " take any
such risk. lle, therefore, rendered HIS
which was accepted. As either
The resignation or the previous state Of things
created i vacsncy, the executive appointed
The present incumbent 10 fiji the vacancy, and
he qualified and IL now aching under that ap.
pointment
RAILR0ADs
The report Of the board OF railroad commits.
sioncrs for 1894 has not been received
The board hAvln9 no p1NVr under The stat
lto TO enforce It's decisions and having no
right to even entertain any compliant, except
n to Transportation beginning and ending
Within the state and the supreme court the
United States having settled that the federal
,ourts may enjuin the enforcement OF schsd
yle OF rate, even wheh fixed by the legislature,
4 /, rather difficult To perceive OF what bene
81 the board Of railroad commissioners can bv
10 the people.
R0Aps AND HIGnwAYs,
Better rosds are 50 lily nseild How to care
Tor the unempl yed Is a pr blem, and 1t might
be wise to devise plan Tor giving The oppor-
tunity Of earning living by improving the
Highways There need be No bonds We're
,crio issued ~ the wok progressed, and In
redeem II, the scrip wsnld be worth par and
would serve AZ the purposes Of money. II tho
ioslre exists to do what u 80 impe ratlyuly re-
CURED ths way 10 accom- plish II eau be reat-
lly found. Al present not only thu sick and
HELPLESS but large numbers OF ablu b0dlUd
men, denied chance ~ earn wages must be
supported by private generosity The public
funds arc either not available at all Tor this
purpose, or are of necessity doled out 10 away
which deters needy and deserving people
from applying for assistance. II public work
gould b. undertaken directly by municlpnl!,
tlaa perhaps more relief might be Afforded
MILITARY AyyAlRa
The report OF tho sdjutant general will give
you detailed information concerning this
department OF the government, and, ~ the re-
port contains some matters VI Importance to
The state. your attention IL called TO II directly
sud 4 detailed statement Is therefore unnsc
ssseyy hsrs
fAAxPs
Knowledgv Of socal conditions has greatly
within decade, and II Ia now no
l,nger debalsblo that q large number Of men
ave out Of employment through u, fault OF
Ihulr own. Yet our statutes In regard To W.
grants. emu ted In The iays Of our almost uni
10 sal ignorance VI AllQt Il nov wCll known, |
sayupe'y treat the mehls unemployed poor o.
criminals for being 1ennIltsi nld out OF
work. In The c0aiilnn Of Industry OF present |
D ieyailina. II Deyef before, these provisions
Seem rlm1,t dab llcai For this rca'on the
governor some MODlns ny, lssncd circular
70 police boards directing them not 10 i'm
prison men Tor poverty alOnei to imprispn /
them cnly for tAo commission Of suno
actual crime when gully Of H. Ihe
desi,n was TO ennbe men t0 travel
In search Of work allbout being arrested for
not having found It, The supreme court. or
majority OF the bench. has sinf0 decided that
these outrageous statutes aru constitutional;
but might Is not always right and for me
very reason lhni thee statutes have been held
valid they should ut onco be repealed or
amended II l. loo true n the unfortunate
poor that "ihe world Is hot their friend, nor
The worlds law"
FEDERAL RELATIONS,
Your attention Is directed TO tho Increasing /
tendency Of the federal courts 10 dnw To
entire administration of Affairs Of
Inc states and 10 constitute Themselves gen
eral gunfd ansOf tn state governments Adj
hitting The sovereign power OF tine STATE,
through It's legislature, to fix rate' Of trans.
the United stnlcs supreme court
bas decided that. MEYER helos-, after The mem
ated upan a law nSlng tush iatra and have
aracted II Into law, With the prpyal " the
solitary IN ~ 1T lug as . federal
court may dlsr,glfd The decision OF bOlh the
ppl. latlyc and executive branches Ol lhe state
government and ~ hat matter, NJ the judi.
,jary department also. and sub lltn'lng MS
lpInlOn Tor Theirs ~ TO wh0ihuf lh9 ialca
liked arc reasonable, may enioln NE eMofce
nent u the law ~ appointing, receivers lor
fnilfoad colniane-, the federal cQuhs con
ii.ling usually, ~ ! am informed, o. but
single judge, ah0il b as To such companies inc
,lnte goyernm,n altogether. the BANK com
missioner cites MI Incident when ,efyes to
how the nrfuRint N iecency Of eUup VI lheso
tribunals towards TIC sovereign states which
mpudenlly keep up the arposrance Of lple.
peildent government yithln tho tcifltorlal
hi lsdctlon Of thls almighty Judiciary "Tle
lliicers OF bank says the commissioner In
Ms fppor,. "suTm Ing from the critical exam
nation made by the commissioner that apall'
,aton won d be- made by him Tor mo np0nr
nent Of o receiver proceeded lomake Gpplica
Ion In the federal court, apl secured lile mp
continent VI q receiver who1e bona al g,een
prepared ia advance and who wa ln'lallen
Is such receiver by telegraph" This was done
without notice to tbs bnnk commissioner
lnder whose sunrryl ion the 1t 70 SUPP 0sed
/ had placed ils hlnklng Institutions Dur
ng the great railway STRIKE Of the past sum
mel. the fedefal courts lsifppd tee roHer
ghieb Inc constitution Of The unl.d Suites
tests exclusively 10 the executive and leglale
i've departments Of the government, and,
inder Their own direction Iecrnlttd, armed
md turned l0ose " oYeirun ito ainls Of Ran
IA, military force subject 10 neither the
1re.ideni Of the United states nor The gov
,rnor Of kama, bu, to the federal judiciary
,lone. They wero called deputy marsbnl', but
sero to engage In no service forwblch any feea
rave been fixed by congress. and hence their
'eceipi Of any compensation whatever was
rhine Tor an act of congress expressly pro-
1ldes that -ihe following ana 10 oineI CON.