Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-09
FOR NEW CAplTAt.
Scheme Of Senator Young for More Central
Location.

FOR NEW CAplTAt.
Scheme Of Senator Young for More Central
Location.
Topeka, Dec. 31.-The biennial de-
mands for Legislative appropriations
Tor the complexion of the state mouse
moves ex-State Senator w. n. Young
OF Montgomery county to revive the
ancient question of capital removal.
Senator Young was "a member of the
legislature of 1897 and 1899, and, In
hds paper, the Independence Populist,
this week, declares THAT he consented
TO vote for an appropriation of $780,
600 ito complete la state house in 1899
upon 'the statement of Senator T.. J..
Anderson of Shawnee county that that
sum would be sufficient to complete
the work for all time to come, and NO
more would ever be asked. Now, he
Says, he Is surprised ito learn that still
another appropriation of $780, 900 will
be asked this winter. and at the rate
the work of completion has been pro-
crossing for the Iaist twenty years,
men will become gray headed and
bowed with the tnfirmities of age be.
fore the completion is completed"
He says the work and material al-
ready put in the state house are shod.
dy, and while the inside of the big
house is yet barren and barnlike, the
outside has begun TO crumble away.
Senator Young says dhe remedy 4
capital removal and a fresh start. To
pay the expense OF the change he
wants the state to embark In a town.
site speculation. On this subject he
says:
''My own opinion is that 1T is about
time to stop the subsidy. Indeed, at
best our State house is "a sort of hodge
podge construction, wearing out and
beginning to crumlble ait the ends be.
fore the center fs finished, and 1 have
a PLAN to suggest that will furnish the
people of Kansas with a new and
modern capitoD without a cents ex-
pense ito the Taxpayers. Let the
state advertise for bids to furnish O
tract of land five miles square and
containing twenty-five square miles or
1000 acres. Let this tract be located
not less than $50 miles from the east
and west ends of the state and seven
ty-five mile from the north and south
borders.
'4Then with a requirement that the
site be located ON high and we'll
drained ground, locate this new
capital city where 5000 acres of land
in "a. square body is offered the cheap.
est. Plenty of small towns will be
glad TO furnish It free to the state,
without doubt,
''Then let he state reserve for public
buildings NOT less than square mile
IN the center Of this tract and pro
ceed TO divide the rest into building
lots and sell a Emited number each
year at auction TO the highest bidder.
little to vest in purchaser only after
he has put certain amount of im.
provements upon the bolt. In this way
the state can easily realize or midi
lions from the sale of these lots. That
would erect buildings three times a
good as wte have now and in every way
modern and up TO date for the usea
for which they were intended"
Deavenworth, Kas., Dec. 31.-Smaal.
pox has broken out at the Soldders'
home and the entire institution waa
placed under quarantine last night
There aTe two fully developed
cases of smallpox and several more
Veterans in Company G show signs o1
the disease. The news that smallpox
was IN the camp caused quite a stdr
the home and a number of veterans
wanted to leave for tlheir old private
homes. This was mot permitted. II,
case there is serious epidemic ait the
Soldiers home 1t is desired by the
officials to keep ct from Speeding oo
onIo. pl,aoes Two mec,r, veterans arr