The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-15

which is the most grateful heritage we receive
from our fathers. and the best legacy we can
leave to our children. finds 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 u.s. grim reminders of the
conditions in older communities
With cheerful audacity that almost chal-
lenges admiration, Grub street scribblers on a
venal press, which panders to the most vicious
instincts of semi-civilized 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 life. have offered their
puny and preSumptuouS criticism Of those whose
shOestringS they are not worthy to unlooSe
The dogs Of Egypt have barked at the Pyra-
mids unanswered for 30 centuries. When the
accused dOge stood before the Venetian coun-
Gil he said: My defense is your accusation. -
Let Grub street rail on. They we'll know that
Kansas was pillar of cloud by day and a pill
lar Of fire by night before an oppressed people
in the nations darkest hour. We shall keep those
fires alight in our camps and that smoke as
cending from our hilltOpS till this is indeed a
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 a full and exhaustive report the state
treasurer sets forth the financial condition.
which shows that at the beginning of the fiscal
year, July /, 1894 there were 1872 1926 p on hand
and that the receipts during the fiscal years
ending June 30, 1895 and 1896 were 81 s9S. O92 49,
making a total of IS. 74O.4I9O6 The disburse-
s, 1875 $685. 6, leaving balance in the treasury
June 80, 1896, of 1904. 529 TO- The report for the
year ending December 81, 1895 shows that the
balance on hand was 1868 S3S. 80, and that the
permanent school fund amounts to s., Ole 993. 10.
January l, 1895 our state bonded Indebtedness
was SIS, 500 On March 10, 1895 $3.50 was
paid and on July l. 1895 go. 900. which leaves at
present bonded Indebtedness of s6S2, 600, $40
600 Of these bonds are owned by the permanent
school fund, SO 600 by the permanent university
fund and the balance, 1924, 600. by individuals
and corporations. On July /, 1897. and July 1,
1898, 1920 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 ap-
proval for the reason that any increase Of our
state levy at this time to meet these bonds
would work a 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
II n,
care and comfort are a sacred duty imposed
upon US by humanity and all the better ele-
mentS Of our nature. Some of these inStitu-
tions are filled 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-beingS. and nothing
takes the place of the senses which are most
gratifying to humanity. Some Of them are
bereft of reason and struggle through hallucina-
tions 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. I consider it one Of
the most essential duties OF an eX-
ecutive and the Coordinate branches
Of the legislature to see that the best Of treat
ment be accorded them. that those who care
for them should be kind. attentive and take an
interest in their work. that their food should
be clean. wholesome and plentiful. that the
sanitary conditions Of the buildings where they
are confined are conducive 70 t4tlr health ln3-
The professional duties be administered by aS
good talent aS the state possesses: in short.
that the Cravest duty that we have 70 discharge
Is in the care OF those who are unable 20 care
for themselves and are placed in the iEstitu-
lions Of our state aS wards OF the state.
a visiting board for al the charitable. educa-
tional and penal institutions Of the state. with
power TO come and 20, and report abuses 10 the
governor. would be a good thing. SeveEal
states have adopted this system of supervision
Of the different institutions. in order 10 guard
against the treatment often accorded inmates
BY the negligence Of the officials in charge.
would be pleased TO cooperate with you
along these lines in order TO more fully protect
our I1nforrunates than under the present law.
where the board Of charities goes on a specified
date TO visit these institutions. and has no
chance to obtain knowledge as TO the exact
conditions Of the inmates when not present
and the treatment accorded them by the en-
ployes Of the institution
1 have been handed the tenth biennial report
Of the board Of trustees Of the charitable insti-
+utions. which in addition to the information l
have already received, gives me the basis for
the recommendations which l shall make for
the different institutions; however, there are
several Of them, and their wants are many. It
IS a custom for the committees Of the two
houses on penal and charitable institutions TO