Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-07-28
PLEDGES REDEEMED.
Records and Recommendations Made
by Republican Administration

Topeka, July 16.-The state officers
are now preparing their biennial re-
ports and the recommendations they
are making for new laws by the next
legislature insure the enactment of
e number of reform measures. The
officers whose terms will expire next
January will have served the state
for four years and they have become
we'll acquainted enough with the needs
of their various departments to make
recommendations which are valuable
They realize the needs of their Offices
and if the legislature will follow
their suggestions the state probably
will be in better shape from the stand
point of good laws than it has been
in years
In his message 20 the legislature
of 1905, Gov Hoch recommended
number of good laws and many of
them were enacted. 1t is understood
that many of the measures he recon-
mended and were not enacted into
law will again be suggested to the
legislature next winter. Among these
are the good roads law. The gov
ernor believed and still believes that
the state ought to spend more money
in lettering the conditions of its
roads. Several good roads measures
were introduced in the legislature,
but all of them met with defeat.
The governor also recommended a
primary election law and he will re-
commend the passage of such law
by the next legislature. He has paid
a great deal of attention to the work
ings of primary election laws in
other states and will be able to re-
commend a law which will meet with
the approval of the people of all
parts of the state. He is not pledg-
ing prospective members of the 1egis-
lature to vote for the measures he
favors, but he will be prepared to
suggest for their consideration a
better measure than they have con-
sidered.
J. r. Burrow, secretary of state,
will suggest the enactment of laws
which will result in a saving to the
state. One of the important meas
ures which he will suggest will pro-
vide for the state publication of the
revised edition of the statutes. This
work has heretofore been done by
private concerns and the cost to the
state has been enormous. The state
uses about 1000 copies of the revised
statutes every time they are revised
and this number of copies cost about
$4,000. Mr.. Burrow believes that
this number of statutes could be
printed by the state at a cost of
about $4,000 and that the cost could
be paid by the sale of copies which
the attorneys in the state will need.
He has recommended that the gov
ernor ask the legislature to enact q
law requiring the reporter for the SUI
preme court to revise the statutes
every two years to be printed by the
state printer.
These columns last week mentioned
z. E. Wyandt as editor of the Girard
Press. Mr.. Wyandt, who bolted the
republican ticket because Gov. Hoch
did not turn out an old soldier and
make a place for Wyandt as superin.
tendent of the soldiers orphans
home at Atchison, edits the Girard
Independent-News Mr. Wasser, the
| publisher of the Press, is one of the
pioneer republicans OF Kansas ant
always supports the ticket and the
| principle which prompts him to dc
so is not based on Office seeking de
| signs.