The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-27

sentative from the southeast portion
wandering rapidly toward the dense
forests just prior to the aforemention-
ed unmarried woman" Oh joy Oh
glorious sight!
The following is the eruption, perpe-
trated by a Fort Scott constituent, which
melted the solon from Bourbon to his
rash act:
AS one of your humble constituents
and believing that I voice the senti-
ments of all the married voters Of the
state regardless of party, sex, or color,
I desire to suggest some needed legisla-
tion that will rebound to your honor and
to the honor and prosperity of the whole
state.
To acGuaint you with just the legis-
lation we desire. let us state some we'll
known facts in regard to our own pro-
greSsive state which is known to origl .
nate and lead upon all great questions
of the day. It is an undisDuted facc
that our state is making more rapid prog
ress in a II the things that tend to make
the people prosperous and happy than
any other state in the union. but with
all these blessings we are not increasing
in population in proportion to our needs.
as statistics show to our modification.
This condition, which is no theory, de-
mands the wisest consideration of our
4 legislators. It would be useless to send
/ out emf grafton boards to invite foreign
ers to augment our population when we
have all the resources within our bOr-
ders to bring about this cOnsummati ton
! so devoutly wished for. We have with
in orr bounds not less than seventy-flve
thousand old bachelors and an equal
number OF old maids who are wasting
4 their sweetness on the desert air
NOW this deplorable condition which
cOnfrOntS US can be Immediately rem
edied by necessary legislation, by a bill
something like this: That all unmar-
ried males over the age of 80 years shall
pay for the present year q separate ta1
Of $50, which shall be doubled each year
as long as they may remain single: that
all unmarried females over the age OF
/ % shall pay the sum of s. per annum.
to be doubled each year as long as they
may remain single. That the money
accruing from this tax be appropriated
as pension money TO pay the old vet
Grams of this state, who have labored i'll
season and out of season. by olacing
their flags upon the parapets of victory
and progress by raising large families.
That the head of each family who have
4 been born and raised in this state six
children shall be paid 800 per anum.
and families Of over six shall receive SIS
for each additional child.
we further demand that a speciai
/ bill be passed forthwith to give our gov
ernor a good hard legal jolt for his
/ derehctiOn and bad example in this mat
ter, and tnat be be taxed $500, with the
same provisions as the others. with the
additional condition that if he remains
/ subject 70 this law for more than one
year that he shall be ineligible for sec
ond term.
I'VE most earnestly pray. desire and
demand that you Immediately draw ur
the necessary bill or bills to carry out
the great reforms above indicated and
have them passed through the legisla-
| ture and made Immediately effective
and thus with our entire resources de,
| veloDed and the additional incentive
/ offered to our old veterans there can be
no question but what our DoDulat ior
/ viii take a bound in numbers and keen
pace with our progress and will likely
outstrip it
Representative Mclaughlin of Chero-
kee county stole a few moments from
the congested session last evening to in
troduce a resolution wringing the nara
tive of that multi-whiskered animal, the
| British Lion The annefita of this 1.ile