The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-11

q the value of $780, ana e.
Euents Of the natisral Euaro ana <F5
batteries OF artillery thoroughly crsaEll-
me law provides that f'there snail Be a.
annual muster ana camp Of lnslEilctsQn
Of the kaHses nationsll guard. me eft-
luLtlnt genera ana fs5ltl1Ell-A enc
do not believe that il VIII be possible 10
maintain the present high state q et-
uclencS OF the BuaEQ unless s4cn en-
campment can be held ~ we maintain
an Organized guard ~ ui dz should oa
an e1lclent one ana L It's etlcleilcE &C.
pends upon the holding OF an encal1n-
neDr such enc2mprlent should be held
especially In view OF the fact that L s.
adfutant general informs me that the ap-
preparation required for all Of the Fur-
encampment, would be much less IA
that OF any other state maintaining such
organization
0uantren Raid Claims.
BY the provisions OF chapter 1s0. laws
Of 1897, the state assumed the payment OF
claims for losses sustained by citizens -oL
ne SlatS % -nAdllse-S " -Ltf<-StlA u -
state % bands OF guerrlllas ana lllz-fssls 80
derss during the years 1851, 1852, 1855 1854
and $3.50, and provided that the state
auditor should issue on demand 10 cach
claimant, his heirs or his legal represents
auVes, certificates OF Indebtedness bear
ing interest at FOUR per cent per aIlIs-tn
from July 1, 1857, for the amount Of his
claim as assumed which certificates were
made payable in ten equal annual In
sfaIlments cOumencinc on the hrst day
of January. 1890. In accordance with the
provisions Of the statute, warrants OF the
auditor were issued. and the obligations
50 evidenced are entitled to payment as
any other claims against the state These
warrants were paid with the exception
OF those maturing February / tSso ana
February 1, 1893. The amount now o09
on these claims Is S15.S42-S5- The credit
Of the state having been pledged to their
payment, an appropriation should be made
for such purpose.
Irrigation In Western Kansas.
semi-arid lands In the west IS one OF
great importance, in which the general
government has been taking an inter
est and In which II VIII IN all pfopatDlllty
take increased interest in the future. The
question OF the natural flow or water IN
our Kansas streams IS an important one.
/ would SUGGEST the passage OF a law
making the forestry commissioner Dy
virtue Of his Office, commissioner Of ir-
bic him to prosecute and defend suits
looking to the protection OF riparian
rights along such streams.
Bills Must Not Be aOmnibussed."
The constitution provides that Sin all
cases where a general law can be made
applicable, no special law shall De
enacted This provision OF the cohsIlIu-
ton has been largely ignored and many
laws OF a special nature have been passed
at each session OF the legislature. The
people can hardly be expected 70 nave
the high regard for the institution they
are supposed 10 entertain, when law
makers themselves are gullJy OF us open
and willtul violation. 10 such an eX-
tent has this abuse grown that another
provision OF the constitution, requiring
that every bill shall be read on three
separate days in each house, unless in
case OF emergency, but the reading OF
the bill by sections on its final passage,
shall in no case be dispensed with" has
been openly dlsregarded; and at the
close Of every session a large number OF
these local and special bills have been
''omnibused. passed without any know
the legislature of what they really con-
tanned; and IN many cases the executive
has not had time to examine them, and
they have become laws without his sig
nature Dy reason Of the eXpira ton of the
three DAYS, within which they were not
returned 10 the legislature. me leg1s-
lature should correct this fragrant and
growing abuse. I shall feel 1t my duty
TO veto every local bill sent me after the
18th Of February.
Economy In Expenditures.
For years there does not seem to have
been any concerted action relative to
expenditures for the maintenance OF the
provide for such buildings as from time
to time might be necessary to meet their
priations were made by the last legisla-
ture for the construction or completion
OF buildings-en1b racing the state house.
university agricultural college, normal
penitentiaTy, refOrmatOry, and five Of the
eight institutions under the control OF
the DOafq OF cnaflIles- appropriations
now asked for ike purposes and for main
tenance are largely in excess or those
asked Two years ago Inc Quesllon o. the
erection OF new buildings and mainte-
nance Of our several public institutions
IS one or great Importance and calls Tor
very serious consideration The state
cannot afford to be parsimOniOus ia max
ing needed provisions for the maintenance
Of these Institutions and the care OF
those dependent upon the state; neither
can it afford TO be extravagant and
profigate. Boards having charge Of the
separate Institutions have entered into
rivalry over appropriations. Every board
has naturally desired for its own insti-
tuition its full share, and to such an eE-
tent has This zeal for their institutions
frraa 1nr
various state boards have maintained
Hobbies at the capital for no other purpose
institutions in which they were inter-
ested, without any reference to the gen
to be appropriated for othrs.
For many years # has been the custom
DroDriatfons to reduce the amount asked
for and those coming before II seeking
asking for larger amounts than were
actually needed with the expectation
that the same would be reduced, ana IN
many cases the leglSlag lre mas cut down
such amounts below the actual necessi-
ties of the case This has occurred to
Such- an extent tlaI OLlen the succeeding
legislature has been obliged 10 make aP-
preparations to cover such deficiencies
Estimates for the erection or compile
made W-lh some degree of certainty and
with an intelligent conception Of the
buildings, and the persons charged with
the expendfture ought to BE- ned to =
strict compliance with the statute pro-
ilibiting the expenditure Of a greater sum
than that fixed by the appropEia tions-
i hereby transmit TO the legislature
estimates IN detail as to the amounts. nee
essary to meet the requirements Of the
different departments Of state and the
state Institutions. for the two years end
ing June % 1873 believe they are
reasonable and should have the sane
ton OF the legislature Direct appropria-
lions should be made in ali cases. so that
the public may know the exact amount Of
expenditures to be made for specific BsIr-
poses. The effect OF large approximations
Is sought. IN many eases. TO be avoided
by the levy OF q certain tax. without AE-
ing the amount appropriated. An ap-
preparation that needs any cover or con-
cealment should not be made. II the leg
islature would make appropriations Of
direct and specific amounts leaving the
the assessed value OF property in the state
was ascertaineds the public would be ap-
prised Of the sums to be expended. de-
dciencies would be exceptional and stamp