The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-10
HOCH ON REFORM.
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port of She state board OF agrlculture-
That board. under the able management
inealcuIable benefit to the state and its
abroad that the people of other states and
countries have adopted its methods as a
pattern for their own The efficiency OF
this valuable and necessary department
of state should be maintained and in
hands Under the law the board is re-
oufrcd to supervise the taking in March
Of this year. through the township assess
ors the states decennial census, and
subsequently tabuiate and publish its re-
turns OF population and Industrial Stats
tics in detail. Doing this necessitates the
employment OF a large extra clerical
force Tor several months, the expense of
which will need to be provided for
The state board of horticulture has also
assumed important proportions. us par
quite as important as the board Of ag-
riculture Suggestions for the consoltda-
ton of these two boards have frequently
been made. I regard them both as I'M
portant whether under one management
Protect the Flag.
The ladies OF the Daughters of the
American Revolution viii ask you TO pass
n law in harmony with that already upon
She staf11fe hooks of many other states,
to prevent the dissertation of the Amerl-
can nag, and I heartily indorse their ef-
Extending Suffrage.
In 1899 Theodore Roosevelt, then govern
or Of New York. said in his annual mes
sage. i call the attention Of the leg
tslature to the esirability of gradually ex=
tending the sphere in which the Suffrage
can be exercised by women, ana am
glad to follow such an inustrious example
ipal Suffrage has worked no III to wo-
manhood or to the state, and it seems to
be satisfactory to the people.
Pure Food
No subject is of more vital Importance
to all the people than the subject OF pure
food. The processes for the preservation
Of meats, canned goods and other articles
OF daily diet with deleterious chemicals
are alarming. In every department OF
food supply there are practices along
these lines destructive to the health of
the people. You can render no greater
service to the people of this state than IN
the preparation and passage of a good
Concerning Certain Boards.
Grain Grading Commission.-Two years
ago the legislature created what is now
known as the grain grading commission,
500 and expenses for their services This
work can be done in a little while by
the grain inspector and his assistants and
this commission, in my judgment, should
Medical REGISTRATION think the state
board of medical registration might well
health. When the board of registration
was established it was perhaps needed,
but its limited labors may now easily be
performed by the board of health.
Barber Board.
The barber board under the law oper-
ates only in cities having more than 5000.
istence at ALL these conditions should be
reversed because competition in cities
viii contribute 70 toIlsoIlai Cleanliness 70
a greater extent than in the smaller
towns, and the people in the towns and
lection as the 1nha bltantS OF the larger
places. This board should either be abOI-
ished or its benefits extended to the
smaller places.
Educational Boards.
have never been able TO see the inn
portance of the two separate boards
tr-r1 aff Tralrr zfc al
education and the state text book COM
mission, and 1 recommend the consolida-
be known as the state board of education |
TO be composed Of five members and con-
tendent of public instruction, the cham
cellOT of the state university the presi-
gent OF tne state normal school, the pres
1qenL OF the state agricultural college and
the fifth member to be selected by these
four gentlemen in connection with the
governor Of the state This board to per-
form all the duties of the two boards
named above and to receive such com
character of the board thus constituted,
removed as it would largely be from fac
mand the respect of the people.
Control of Educational Institutions.
am strongly of the opinion that one
stttuttons would be a decided improve
ment over the present system of a board
Of regents for each. It would greatly sim
tween the specific boards which charac-
terize the present method OF manage
ment
Building a State.
In the building OF a state the work is
always more or less crudely done. Imper-
lection is not fault-it is a natural re-
suit of conditions. First, the capital is
established and the capitol erected; then,
reformatory and eleemosynary institu-
tons are established. Every institution
creation of a new board Of management,
or the enlargement OF the duties OF some
this process OF gradual development how
in the course of time the mana cement of
these various and varied state institutions
vision Add to these natural causes and
effects the additional defects in govern
1HSistdi dHalrS everywhere the result OF
political mismanagement, in which useless
orlces are created merely to crafty par
I1San or tactIonal interests. and provide
sinecures with which to reward petty
politicians, and you have the story of i'm
perfection which characterizes the evoI1I-
exception to this rule and our method Of
managing the states institlltiors vThiIe
not so defective as in some states. sadly
needs a complete OVerhauline. We now
have nearly all the institutions. in kind.
We viii ever have. The work Of the ft-
ture VIII be chiefly to enlarge these insti-
tutions as the growth of the state may
bic government. Some Of the boards Of
management should be consolidated, 9TH
ers reduced in number of officers and
still others abolished. I ferventIv hone
that this ideal will be realized at ans
llnle, ana am sure IT Will be some time.
~ WOutu marx an epoch IN the history OF
the state II this legislature would accom-
piish this result. "A commendable step in
me Iisnt direction was taken four years I
RgO at which time the elaborate. law
known as The Code Of Charities ana
corrections OF the State of Kansas was
enacted-the act which gave legal ex-
isIence TO the board n trustees of the (
state charities and corrections as it is
now constituted. This law, while excel I
lent IN many particulars is defective in
many oJhers In my judgment Theoreti- /
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pave business and professional side AS
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