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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
Merit System and Grades
Should Govern.
HANDLING STATE CASH

Governor BaiIey's message to the Ieg<
islature delivered this afternoon was as
follows:
To the Senate and House of Represents
tives:
No legislature has ever convened in
our state under more favorable condf-
tions than those which surround you at
this time. The business and commercial
interests of Kansas have never been
upon a stronger or more substantial
basis than now. No state in the union
has absorbed more of the general pros-
perity than has come to the whole coun--
try during the past six years than has
Kansas New life, new hope and new
energy have come to our people as the
result of these conditions, and the in-
crease in value of nearly all real and
personal property has largely enhanced
the wealth and commercial Importance
of the state.
Having been elected by the people of
Kansas as their governor for the en-
suing two years, it is the consciousness
that viii have your hearty co-Opera--
ton in doing those things which viii
build for Kansas that nerves me to
meet the responsibilities confronting
me-
In compliance with the law, I here
with submit such suggestions and rec
concentrations as to me seem proper.
Agriculture.
With all due recognition OF the vast
ness and Importance of her other COM
stantly developing resources. and her
unSuspecting possibilities as revealed
by each passing year, the basis Of the
states material prosperity must be her
agriculture-the utilization of her soils
wonderful fertility and favoring climate.
That Kansas. with her comparatively
sparse population. already leads all
other states in the production of such
commodities as wheat, alfalfa. and the
sorghums, and ranks with the foremost
in the output Of corn, is suggestive of
her capabilities. The official statistics
indicate that, in the decade just closed.
the increase in value of farm products
has been nearly "A per cent, and Of live
stock more than 8 per cent, or, for all
combined, Bis per cent.
The promotion and record Of our farm
industries were early in the states hiz-
tory entrusted to the state board OF
agriculture which fortunately from its
beginning, in methods of practical help
fulness, the thoroughness and reliability
of its statistical work and the high or
der of its publications, has rendered an
invaluable service to the growth and
development of the agricultural inter
ests Of the state. The high standard oE
the work done under the administrator
Of the present secretary justiies such
appropriations as are necessary to maine
tain the usefulness of the hoard
The opportunities afforded the stats
for needed agricultural experimentation
by the possession of the Fort Hays land
make judiciOus such appropriations as
are necessary to establish and equip t1a
work there on a proper basis for great
est future usefulness The past two
years it has been well demonstrated tha&
portions Of our state are adapted to the
Continued on Sixth pa1a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13

The buzz and hum of voices slowly
died away The members in the aisles
went to their seats Little groups of
spectators dissolved and fell back to
the rear of the hall.
The house will come to order.' said
the secretary of state.
Tt was just trihe after the noon hour
and the thirtieth regular session of
the lower house of the Kansas legisla-
ture was ready for work
Rev. A. J. Pyle, who was slated for
chaplain, offered brief prayer
Then producing the official list of rep
resentatives as declared elected by the
state canvassing board. Secretary Bur
row gave them to w p Mason. chief
clerk to be read As he read the mem
bers presented themselves at the
speakers desk and subscribed to the
oath Of office. administered by Chief
Justice Johnston.
1t has been more than decade since
any Kansas house has been so over
whelmingly Republican as the one
which began business today. Only a lit
tie margin of thirty members appeared
on the fusion side-fusion edge. rather
for the ninety-five Republicans filed
nearly the entire floor.
S. S. kirkpatrick Of Wilson county
was also absent He was called to
Guthrie. Okla, last night by a telegram
announcing the serious illness of his
daughter.
AS soon as the swearing in of the
members had been completed Cyrus
Leland nominated Bevington of Jewell
for temporary speaker. 1t was seconded
by jerks of Franklin. and Bevington
was elected by acclamation
Secretary Burrow appointed George J.
Barker and Cyrus Leland as a commit
tee to escort Mr.. Bevington to the chair.
which created ripple of amusement.
Emmons Of Riley nominated Adams
of Butler and Dunn of Pottawatornie as
temporary secretaries.
PRINGLE is ELECTED
Chairman Bevington then called for
nominations for spea ker and Hayden Of
Nemaha named j. T. Pringle of Usage,
simply naming him and making no
speech George J. Barker seconded
Pringle's nomination, which brought out
applause.
Broadbent of Wyandotte presented S.
i. Hale of Rush as the fusion nominee.
Bnd the roll call commenced.
Hale voted for Priugle. and Plingle
voted for Hale y. p. Waggener voted
with the minority for Hale
The vote stood; Pringle %: Hale. 27
Barker of Douglas and Hale of Rush
were appointed as a committee to escort
Mr.. Pringle TO the chair. where he took
the oath of Office as speaker.
MR. PRINGLE'S SPEECH.
AS he took the chair Speaker Pringle
said
LAS / take this chair 10 which you
have elected me, 7 wish to thank YOU
most sincerely for this expression OF
confidence and good win which you have
given me
IT trust that whatever of difference
there may have been between US, it may
be forgotten to the end that the work Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
HOUSE OFFICERS.
Assistants, Doorkeepers, Sergeant a
Arms and Others.

The nominating committee of the
t'rlngle caucus has made out the fol-
lowing list Of clerks and minor officers
but ". P. Mason. chief clerk, has not
yet decided upon the assignment Of
work for his force
Chief Clerks force-John c. Fry, l.
" Arnold, P. l. Swartzel. Charles
Spencer. J. W. Campbell, Clyde Alphin
Duffy DOYLE. Geo. Angle. F. A. Munsie.
Mrs. 3. ". Hanna, Fred Cirtweu, Miss
katherine Clough, Mrs. Myrtle Parks.
w. D. Stewart.
DooTkeepers-J. A Dodds, r. W
crawford. John Sims. Lewis Bevington.
PhillD FTaa!o N Miller Lyndon Hazen. John
Janitors-G. 3. Merritt, director: Lyle
Anderson. VIII Southland. VIM. Ran
som. Ed Hudson. VIII Castor, George
Jackson. Judge Lee, Kirk Putnam,
James Hudson
Assistant Sergeants at Arms-Ed
McGinivey, w. P. Cowlick, George Dun
can, A. c. Hilligan. Richard Roe S. D.
Thomas, O. w Heckethorn, NJ L. Saw
yer, A p. Maltby, August Schmidt. c.
Q. Ritchie. Duane Clarke, Roy Wright,
John Kitchen
Assistant Postmaster-A G. Han
back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
DOLMAN IS SECRETARY.
Former Topeka Man Figures in
Railroad Election.

st. Joseph. No. Jan. ia very i'm
portant meeting of the Union Terminal
Railway company of St. Joseph was
held today at which G. F. Swift and
Albert H. Veeder of Chicago and John
Donovan. S. S. Brown and John Dolman
of St. Joseph were reelected directors.
G. F. Swift was reelected president;
John Donovan, vice president, and John
E. Dolman. secretary of the company.
More than a million dollars are soon
to be expended in Improvements IN st.
Joseph by the Union Terminal. regard
less of the fate of the proceedings now
pending in the federal court to condemn
certain property belonging to the Bur
lington road for track purposes.
John E. Dolman was formerly a resi-
dent of Topeka. and worked in the Rock
Island Offices under N. A. Low. He is
a brother of ex-Probate Judge Lew Dol
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
IN TEE sENATE.
Session Begins at Noon With Ii eu
tenant Governor Hanna Presiding.

At u o'clock today Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hanna took his place in the chair
provided for president of the senate and
announced:
THE time fixed by law for calling
together the senate of the state of kan
sas having arrived, I now declare the
body to be in session. and the chaplain
will now invoke the Deity"
Chaplain L. T. Parker made a good
impression in his first prayer before the
body before whom he then stood as the
nominee Of the Republican side Of the
senate. He said:
20 Lord, we recognize the fact that a
legislative body should not undertake
the transaction of business without sup
plicating for thy blessing upon its ac-
tions and we now bow our heads before
thee. We thank thee that none have
left this body since its last biennial
gathering and we pray for the one who
is now absent on account of illness.
May thy blessing rest upon him and
guide him back to health. May thy
blessing rest upon the presiding officer
be so guided in their deliberations that
the highest and best interest of their
constituents be subserved. Amen"
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED.
Senator Allen then arose and offered
the name of Senator CLANCY for tempo
rary secretary. He was chosen and the
senate proceeded to the election Of per-
manent officers. On motion Of Senator
onded by Senator Householder. Demo-
cratic member from Cherokee. the fol-
lowing persons were placed in nomina-
tion and elected:
Senator W S. Fitzpatrick for presl-
dent pro tenn. Charles NJ. Sheldon for
secretary, J F. Neighbor for sergeant
at-arms After that the other norni-
nees Of yesterdays caucus were elected
under Suspension Of the rules
Resolutions were adopted as follows:
A resolution announcing to the house
of representative that the senate was
in session; q similar resolution announc-
ing to the governor that the body was
in session: resolution that the rules
of last session govern the present one
until new rules be adopted; resolution
of regret at the illness of Senator Full
lington and his wife; a resolution that
the hours of meeting be 10 a. m and 2
D m until further resolution; a reso-
luton that each senator not a chairman
Of a committee be permitted to appoint
a secretary: a resolution that the chair
men of the principal committees be al
lowed to appoint clerks and stenogTa-
piers. resolution that $40 be allowed
each senator for postage; resolution
that the senators retain the seats occu-
pied by them at the last session of the
senate; a resolution that the sergeant
alarms be directed to have q. telephone
located in the senate.
EMPLOYEES SWORN IN
The new employees were then directed
to stand before the desk and were sworn
in BY Lieutenant Governor Hanna By
the time the line of superf1uities had
been arranged about the front of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13

which give the defendant any legal
right to have these questions considered
by the jury. Nor is it the opinion of the
court that either the progress of Chris
tian civilization the principle of the
Christian religion are involved in the
issues in this case. unless it be said that
Gods command. Thou shalt not bear
the underlying principle which justified
the enactment and enforcement of the
law of libel"
Defendants counsel took exception to
the greater part of the courts instruc-
fionz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
Only One Bid.

Detroit. Mich, Jan. 1S.-Only one bid
was received by the municipal coal
commission in response to its advertise
ment. and the common council, IN spe-
cial session. instructed the commission
to go into the open market and buy
coal st cash at best prices available.
The one bid received was for only 5000
tons Of soft coal. to be delivered be-
tween now and March.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
WILL BE COLDER.
That Is the Prediction of the Weather
Man.

The forecast of the weather bureau
is for cooler weather Wednesday. The
cold in the northwest will be felt in
Kansas.
The forecast is generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Cooler Wednesday
and north and west portions tonight"
The minimum temperature this morn
ing was Is. The wind has been south
west blowing 4 miles an hour. The
hourly te~eDeratures recorded today
,s-ara as follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
Frozen Id Death.

Remington n. J.. Jan. 1s.-Gilbert
Decker. a years old. son of Rev S D
Decker, pastor of the Quakertown NJ. E
church. was frozen to death a short dis
lance from his home. He left Clinton
where he had been visiting. for Quaker
town. and his body was found on the
road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
IT is OPEN.
Kansas Legislature Assemblies
at Noon Today.
Secretary of State BurrOw Calls
to Order.
MEMBERS SWORN IN.
Mr.. Pringle Is Then Elected
Speaker of House.
Delivers Brief Address Making
Plea for Harmony.
SENATE is IN SESSION.
Lieutenant Governor Hanna
Presides at Opening.
Preliminary Business Disposed
Of and Officers Elected.
Delivers Brief Address Making
Plea for Harmony.
SENATE Is IN SESSION.
Governor Hanna
Presides at Opening.
Preliminary Business Disposed
Of and Officers Elected.

'"Whacki Whack! Whack!"
The gavel in the hands of Secretary
of State Burrow fell upon the wooden
block on the speakers desk in Repre-
aentative hall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
eremnaratnraa al Iarga Citiaa.

Chicago Jan 1s-7 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York 10; Boston. IA; Phila- I
desphia, p; Washington, 10; Chicago, /
s. Minneapolis g. Cincinnati, 8: st. Louis,
20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-13
GOV. BAILEY'S MESSAGE.
Advises the Legislature of Needs
of the State.

Advises the Legislature of Needs
of the State.
Approves of Recommendations
Made by Different Boards.
STANDS Blythe PAROLE
Believes, However, It Should be
Systematized.
Merit System and Grades
Should Govern.
HANDLING STATE CASH
Thinks That Local Banks
Should Pay State Interest.
Would Have Improved System
of Checking Remittances.
Advises the Legislature to Pass
a New Tax Law.
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Continued on Sixth Page.)
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When Lincoln county was reached in
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-17
SYSTEM ON THE EARN.

System and order are laws Of ma
ture. Too many Of our farmers disobey
these laws, by doing their work in a
confused, unsystematic manner, hav-
ing everything and about the farm
yard kept in q 3isorderly way, allow.
ing buildings to become ragged and
lettering, and carrying on the general
management carelessly and recklessly.
System and order are necessary in
every trade or profession, and not least
IN farming. They are essential as
aconomizers Of labor and expenditure,
as well as promoters of happiness and
comfort. The man or woman who
loes not plan may toll necessarily from
early morning till late at night with
out accomplishing as much as he or
she who has worked Systematically for
4 much shorter period. Have definite
plan Of work. If there are several to
do the work, let each one be assigned
1 certain part of it, thus avoiding con-
fusion and delay. Have a place for
tools and implements, that they may
easily be found when needed. See that
all machinery is in running order by
the time the season for it's use has
come 1t is well to have machines
looked after before putting away after
having been used. Keep buildings and
yard in order and neatness, and farm
life will be more pleasurable and profit.
lblp-GuStov NJ RrUcp in The Emit
omist.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-17
g IFADS 60 3
A'%:::A TANCIE s.
7 ~ CD

New fabrics are drifting in all the
time One of the latest arrivals is a
metal printed challie.
The universal use of small flowers
is one of the most noticeable style fea-
lures Of the millinery world.
Trimmings rest entirely upon the up
per or under brim, and the latter have
decided tendency to roll upward.
Irish poplin is one of the new ar
rivals. Strapped with satiny broad
cloth of the same color, it builds smart
frocks.
A wreath of small pine cones and
needles was the novel yet exclusive
trimming on a new and very smart
gray hat
Cart-wheel rosettes are another dec
orative idea much used for palmer
hats, but they are not graceful
trimming at all.
Figured grenadines made up over
shot silks are lovely. These figured
grenadines are essentially dainty and
pretty for summer gowns.
Pompons of very small flowers are
one of the new trimming ideas this
season. They are especially effective
in combination with rosettes Of lace.
The old-fashioned lowered delaine
of our grandmother has come again.
We call it now wolfe de laine. 1t is
sheer and cool, like voile, and daintily
lowered.
Demi-season hats Of tulle OF chiffon
are in high favor for present wear.
They have little or no trimming, de-
pending entirely upon their shape and
draping for their effect.
For utility wear rough straw braids
and those OF loosely woven soft mate
rails are best form, and wings quilts,
velvet ribbon and soft silk scarfs are
much used in their decoration.
A new silk gauze goes by the eZ'
pressive name Of vaporin. And Swiss
mohair is one Of the loyeliest OF the
newer fabrics. 1t is crisp and durable
and wonderfully thin and sheer.
Challie is very good this year be
cause it is Of the favored family OF the
sofs, clinglng stuffs. And the meta.
print adds a new beauty. 1t is JUS
misty powderlug of the fabric seem
ingly with star dust. There is NJ
tawdry effect of metal Only Just
Simmer and CLEAN row and then Of
silver gold
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-17
CARE or THE BROODER.

Use dry sand, sawdust or even paper
on the floor of the brooder, changing
frequently. An occasional scrubbing
with soap and water will aid in keep.
ing the floor sweet and clean Polish
up the glass and allow the chickens
the benefit Of the sunshine whenever
possible.
A hydro-safety lamp is much better
than q common oil lamp. Trim the
wick and fill the lamp as often as there
is the least danger Of the oil becoming
exhausted. 1t does not pay to run the
risk of having the light go out and the
chicks become chilled If lime is used
in the brooder, sprinkle plentifully
with some non-irritating substance to
prevent injury to the feet Of the little
chicks. AS the brooder is the home OF
the chicks and they are confined eX4
clusively to it for the first few days,
during that time it requires extra care.
Small trays for feeding are useful,
both for keeping the feed from be-
! coming filthy and for preventing it
from becoming mixed with the litter
on the floor. A small fountain should
be used for watering the chicks. [
usually take a small tea plate. pour
it about two-thirds full of water and IL.
vert a saucer in the centre, or a bowl
Inverted will do as well. Sometimes
1 use fiat dish and cover with q
stone, leaving only sufficient room Cor
the chicks to insert their heads and
drink This keeps the floor compare.
lively dry, which is a great help to,
ward keeping the brooder clean.
An occasional airing and summing
will sweeten the brooder wonderfully.
Take an old scrub brush and some boil.
ing sOapsuds, scour out the brooder
and leave in the sun until thoroughly
dry. Turn so that every part viii
come in direct contact with the rays
airs. c. D. Barrett, in New England
Homestead. ---------
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-17
COY :B0VdOIt'
CHAT

Lady Curzon heads the list OF those
who received decorations from King
Edward on the occasion of the durbar.
The Queen Of Boumana. Carmen
Silva. IS a poet and story writer. She
is also q very sllIllful operator Of the
typewriter
Mrs. A. Lloyd Smith is the President
Of a company organized with capital
stock Of 100000 to propagate Eastern
oysters In WIlapa HarDoa, washing
ton.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has her
proudest moment since she wrote Eer
Battle Hymn OF the Republic She
is a great-graudmothc" for the first
time.
A petition TO Parliament asking for
the franchise has been presented by
OG,SO0 women, textile workers OF the
English counties Of Lancashire, York.
shire and Cheshire.
At the time Of her marriage forty
years ago Queen Alexandra received
nineteen pianos as wedding presents.
Every one OF these elaborate instru.
ments Is still in perfect condition.
Mrs. /. II. Grencwald. of York, Pa,
is the only woman weather forecasicr
in the United States, and has just
completed her sixteenth year as the
official observer at that meteorological
station.
A nun of the Dominican Order, and
native Of Morayia, is the most dlstin-
guished scholar now attending the Uni
verslty Of Prague. The professors say
that she is the most gifted woman they
bave ever known.
A marriage was recently solemniZed
in England that attracted considerable
attention, not only because Of the high
social position of the two persons most
Intimately concerned, bat also because
the small boy who attended the bride
as page happened to be her grandson.
shopping" as American women un.
derstand the term, is unknown in Eng
land. In King Edwards domain every
one who enters a shop is expected to
buy something. Failure to purchase
is likely to result in the query why"
from the salesman, for there is no tour
! Ing desired in English shops.
Calumet, Mich, boasts of the only
Finnish newspaper woman and news
paper published in this country. She is
Just now organizing a stock company
TO form a womans store. All the stock
holders are to be women, and will be
expected to purchase their goods at
the company's store, the profits of
which will revert to the shareholders.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-17
ASPARAGUS FROM SEED.

BY starting with rooted plants a year
is gained. But with some farmers q
little money counts more than a great
deal Of time, and rather than pay n
couple of dollars for the root they will
go without. Sow, seed early in spring.
in 4 bed by itself, making the ground
rich, but avoiding weedy manure
Keep down the weeds, and transplant
the asparagus the following year, set
ting them n good distance apart and
deep enough so that harTows and cul-
tivatOrs can be run over the surface.
Salt is Of no use, but nitrate of soda
is one of the best chemical manures.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-17
CONCERNING AUNTs.

- So all the long afternoon the aunt is
on hand to amuse the little people;
'" hh.alsO to inculcate, not too mildly,
try tpf unselfshness and Orderliness,
such times that she takes the
Z. pJ1ehnity to tell Johnny to close his
lips; she puts Mays fingers under in
stead of over her spoon; she shows the
two shutting children how to walk
Thus, silently, patiently, disgustedly
very often, does the Buffer fulfill her
functions; looking on and watching the
children while they play locomotive
cara with chairs that screech over the
keeping the peace when the boys scrap
for the same picture book and the girls
take Solomon's plan for sharing a doll;
doing her part in fetching and carry
ing; pulling mittens over pudgy and
apparently boneless little hands; but
toning CATERS; finding mislaid hats; af-
terwards putting all these garments
awayk and washing dirty faces and
squirj ming ears; and when at last her
brothers wife wakes up refreshed and
ready for the evening fray, retiring
from the scene, tired out; glad that she
had done her duty to mother and chill
dren; truly fond of her little nieces
and nephews, but feeling, perhaps Gn-
articulately) that there is something
to be said for acknowledgement De-
land, in Harpers Bazaar
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-17
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pin acting as tooth; thus you can adj
just the harrow to any uneven width
Of row, cleaning the entire space at
one trip. Take a trace chain four feet
long, staple the ends to side pieces, one
third way back; this not only prevents
the horse from raising the front end
from the ground, but spreads the har.
row, thus counteracting its natural
tendency to close AS an orchard tool
they are unsurpassed, as they can be
closed up while passing n tree, thus
avoiding injury.-The Epitomist.