The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-24

the state stitutions and not an article
should be manufactured there to be
placed upon the market in competition
with the products of the b of free
citizens. h binding Irvine plant does
not come within this restriction, for the
reason that there is no factory of this
at Hutchinson would be different.
Nearly two thousand men are employ
ed in these plants and they upport
their families by their b in the salt
plants. More than that, thousands of
dollars, some of it Kansas capital, is
invested in this Industry and to estab-
fish such a state plant would De to re-
duce the earning capacity of this zap
ital. But the greatest objection to such
a, measure would be the placing of free
labor in competition with onvict labor,
something that is r~epugnant to a re-
public"
The Horton Headlight says: Brown
county is at present getting all kinds
of ~notoriety from its many statesmen.
Representative S. E. Brown has intro
duced a number of bills, but the most
famous is the An act to regulate the
price Of COUNTY printing in Brown
county, This bill alone is enough to
cause his name to be heralded down
through the coming ages. Brown eV1-
IDENTIFY thinks that the average news
paper office is a gold mine, and he
should help to check the Capitalization
of wealth in the newspape fraternity.
His bill fxes the price of public print
ing at 80 per cent of the present legal
rate.
'eThe cause of Browns activity in his
matter is that he has been pounded
black and blue for getting a salary bill
through the last legislature, and wants
to carve everything in sight He IS IN
about the same condition as a Il that
has been teased until he is ready to
charge anything and everything. He is
at war with everything that has a wage
attached to it."
~ TT@-oII 81 G saTFhn Loo.
islature will pay all it's employees from
the beginning of the session. This IS
graft. It isn't much graft, and 1t won't
make any difference in the state tax
ty as that which keeps two ~doorkeep-
ers Whe only one is needed
.'The legislature made a good start
when it refused to hire employees who
weren't needed;i has done many Things
to Indicate a sincere intention to give
the state an example of a model leglS-
Iatrre. But the other day the senate
decided to double up on its employees,
and now both houses have voted 70
date the pay roll from the opening OF
the session, regardless OF WheH the ell
pIoye was hired"
From the Clay Center DisDatch: Ihe
bill introduced proposing letting tne use
Of the state funds to the highest bidder
will doubtless cause a roar OF protSSt
from all over Kansas The thlng most oe-
sired by Kansas in this line just now Is
a law permitting the state funds to re-
main in the counties until needed by, the
treasurer at Topeka Here is something
the Commercial club might proftably in
Rent Mnrdock saws in the Ell Dorado Re
publican: Legislative calendars of both
Senate and house are loaded with freak
bills, local bills, crazy bills; and II they
were all enacted into laws 1t would be
practically impossible for any bank TO 90
business, any railway to run or any man
to live in the state for any length Of time.
paw his taxes and keep out of Jail. But
then IS per cent OF these bills will be kill
ed and things will continue to go on as
usual
The Concordia Blade says: "Represen-
tatfve Policy of Republic county, who is
a man Of great good sense as well as a
gentleman Of honor, has a bill that is in
tended to compel property owners to ex-
terminate the gophers or pay for having
it done. The gophers are a great pest, but
hard to get rid Of"
The Atchison Globe says: Every tel
egram from Topeka pictures Stubbs in
the attitude of wiping with a sponge some
item of expenditure off the slate. Those
who believe in Stubs have every reason
for thinking the state is a million dollars
richer since he was found