The advocate., 1897-01-20
LEEDY'S MESSAGE.
The Governor Advocates Economy In Pubic
A6slEs and Measures Which VIII
Afford Relief TO the People.
On Tuesday, January IL, Governor
Leedy delivered the following message:

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our more pretentous sisters Of the east con-
gratulate the state OF Kansas upon the many
simple blessings that have fallen to us In these
adverse times. While those who clamor for
aims in the streets OF the crowded cities are
many, those who seek assistance from our
ready public bounty are few While the failure
OF great commercial institutions brings sad ca
lamity to the chief capitals where fortunes ac-
Cumulate, the less imposing, but quite useful
repositories OF Kansas savings, are giving graf
flying evidences OF stability. While, according
to the press Of the nations most populous me-
tropolis, her children linger In the street un-
taught, except In the lore Of the pavement; un-
fed, except at the hand Of charity unhOused,
except In the kennels they dispute with crea-
lures scarcely lessmiserable, the commonwealth
Of Kansas, rejoicing in public school system
which is the most grateful heritage We receive
from our fathers, and the best legacy we can
leave to our children, fnds ample house room
and school room for every Kansas child and for
such struggling waits as come to US from where
penury and parsimony stalk side by side. There
are no tramps in Kansas, except those birds Of
passage who fit by us, grim reminders OF the
conditions In older communities.
With cheerful audacity that almost chal-
lenges admiration. Grub street scribblers on
veAal press which panders TO the most vicious
instincts OF semi-civlized foreign colonies like
New York city and Chicago, with semi-barbaric
splendOr at the apex and semi-barbaric SqualOr
at the base of their social fe have offered their
puny and presumptuOus criticism OF those whose
shOestrlngs they are not worthy to unloose.
The dogs Of Egypt have barked at the Pyra-
mids unanswered for 80 centuries. When the
accused doge stood before the Venetian coun-
Gil he said MY defense is your accusation"
Let Grub street rail on. They well know that
Kansas was pillar Of cloud by day and pill
lar Of fire by night before an oppressed people
In the nation darkest hour. We shall keep those
fres alight In our camps and that smoke as
cending from our hilltOps till this is indeed
government OF the people, and for the people,
and by the people.
For she failed you not In the early day, and she
failed you not in the late,
Nor forgot you how the balance was poised on
our youngest state,
And how with the fate Of Kansas was linked the
nations fate"
Financial Condition
In full and exhaustive report the state
treasurer sets forth the financial condition,
which shows that at the beginning Of the fiscal
year July I, 1894, there were &S42 a2625 on hand,
and that the receipts during the fiscal years
ending June 80, 1896 and 1895, were 4S9s, ,002.S9,
making total of g. ,419.O6 The disburse-
ments for the two years named above were
&, 1856, ,ss9.96, leaving balance in the treasury
June 80, 1906, OF 1904, $50 10 The report for the
year ending December 81, 1906, shows that the
balance ON hand was S363, ,9SS. S8, and that the
permanent school fund amounts to G,0l6,9 6,993. 10.
January /, 1s90 our state bonded Indebtedness
was $7S8SO0 On March l5 1895, S36,5O0 was
paid and on July 1, 1896 $4,000, which leaves at
present bonded indebtedness OF S682 600, &49,-
900 OF these bonds are owned by the permanent
school fund, 1000 by the permanent university
fund and the balance, S224000, by individuals
and corporations. On July /, 1897, and July /,
l698 $40 900 In seven per cent. bonds become
due. The state treasurer in his report recon-
mends that the whole amount be refunded In
four per cent. bonds and sold to the permanent
school fund. The suggestion meets my APP
proval for the reason that any increase Of our
state levy at this time to meet these bonds
would work o hardship on our tax payers and
the further fact that, In these days when many
unsafe and questionable bonds are being
hawked around an investment OF this kind will
protect this fund that has been set aside for
the educational purposes of our state
Charitable Institutions.
No class Of people should receive the pity Of
their fellowmen more than the inmates Of our
charitable institutions. Many Of them have
been reared In luxury, some Of them are waits
OF the streets and the harvest OF our present
economic conditions, yet all Of them are human
and born in the likeness of their Maker. Their
care and comfort are sacred duty imposed
upon US by humanity and all the better ele-
tnents OF our nature. Some Of these institu-
tions are filed with those to whom the sunlight
Of MONDAY and the darkness of midnight are
the same, Others are unable to enjoy CONVEX
sation with their fellow-heings, and nothing
takes the place Of the senses which are most
gratifying to humanity. Some OF them are
bereft OF reason and struggle through hallucna-
lions against imaginary evils Some are born
into the world bereft OF reason or sense, and
are thrown upon our pity and charity
from the beginning. consider 1t one OF