Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20

transportation to bona nde railroad en-
ployees and their families and excluding
all others.
see no good reason why an anti-Iobby
law should not be operative during the
first week OF the present legislative ses-
sion, and rid the legislative nails of these
onIciouS oOstructioniStS.
, | approve the recommendations of the
attorney general that the law authoriz-
ing the county attorneys to hold inquisi-
tons pertaining to unlawful sales OF in
| toXicating liquors should be re-enacted.
! 1t is also a wise sugSes ton that the per-
| sistent violator OF the prohiOitory law
should be dealt with as a felon.
| 1 recommend that whenever it becomes
necessary to appoint assistant attor-
| ney general in any county in this state,
! the pay OF the county attorney shall cease
| during such time as it is necessary for
! the Attorney general to act.
| / recommend to your careful considera-
ton the report OF the Kansas Educational
Commission This report covers the
| needed school legislation comprehensive
| ~. a similar commission should be
! thorized by law 10 revise, rewrite and
codify the school laws and reports there
| on to the next session OF the legislature.
! But some OF the more important needs
of schools, more equitable distribution
! of railroad taxes and practical method
| of saving 10 the school fun the estates of
persons dying without heir or will
The unsatisfactory condition under
which we secure our text books for the
| public schools has given just cause for
| agitation for state publication OF these
! books There is no doubt whatever that
! the labor and mechanical work can be
| done better in Kansas than elsewhere,
| but the question of securing manuscript
! of the right quality and character is real
! ~ the vital issue involved.
l especially recommend an extension of
the laws restrictly child labor. and the
! enactment of an employers liability law.
/ Such a law should be drawn along the
| lines of federal legislation on the same
/ subject and l think it would be only just
/ to provide that il injured persons, or their
/ miStOOk remedy n
! the technical question as to whether the
/ federal or state could should afford them
relief, the state of limitations should not
/ run until that question was determined.
The primary election law has been the
most important triumph for the preserva-
/ ton OF popular government which this
generation has Witnessed. There is no
/ good measure which can long be denied
( 10 the people while this effective law is on
/ the statute books. 1t brings back to the
people absolutely the right to make and
unmake their public servants.
/ The improved sanitary conditions and
7 character Of food products are so marked
as 10 cause most favorable comment
! throughout the state. l recommend that
+ the INSPECTORS force of the board of
health be increased and their authority
/ / recommend that the State Board of
Health be provided with sufficient means
to make q statewide campaign for the
purpose of holding public meetings in ev
cry city, village and hamlet in Kansas to
give the people instruction in the best
b
, tuberculosis.
The time has come to take hold of for
| eStTy development in Kansas in a prac-
| teal way. l recommend one state forest
! or, who is a graduate of some reputable
| agricultural school, and also has taken
/ a special course in forestry and is up
| to-date in practical work of tree planting
| in this part OF the country, with salary
| of $4,000 per annum, and an assistant
with a salary of $1,000 per annum. The
state forester should give lectures at
! Farmers Institutes and prepare and dis
| tribute bulletins pertaining to tree Gull
! ture; and, in general, his work should be
| along the lines so successfully followed
! by the experimental departments OF the
| State Agricultural college.
! The State Bar Association has prepared
n new and revised code of civil procedure
! designed to speed court litigation. Able
! lawyers have freely given their time to
this work. 1t merits your careful consid-
! Grafton.
The one great reform in court proce-
! dure is to abolish veXatious and costly
| delays. Some states withhold the salary
! of judges who delay decisions beyond a
| limited time. Kansas can make no mis-
| take by doing likewise. Appeals on tech
nical errors, which are not material or
prejudicial, should be prohibited by law,
| and appeals on technicalities which the
supreme court decide have no merit
should subject the appellant to substan-
tial costs.
/ recommend a reapportionment Of the
! legislative districts of Kansas providing
| that each county entitled to representa-
ton under the constitution shall be repre-
| scncd.
Some state laws provide for the recall
of derelict or incompetent officers. The
evil aimed at is serious, but the remedy
seems cumbersome and expensive. The
sam result can be much more speedily
accomplished by authorizing the removal
Of such undesirable public servants by a
civil action such as Is now the law relat-
ing to the removal of mayors and other
officials for non enforcement of the pro-
hibitory law.
The business management of the peni-
should be vested in the Board of Con-
troll.
Tho state school fund holds the bonds
representing the state debt The invest
ments of the present sinking fund should
he sold at once and the proceeds applied
to the hluidatiOn of the debt and the
reference library bureau has been es-
tahlished in some states for the disSem-
ination of useful information to students
of poiiti al economy. both in and out of
the legislature. advise the enactment
of such a law.
! recommend that the Offices of the five
deputy oil inspectors, who receive SAL
ary and expenses amounting to SO per
month, be abolished. l am advised that
these officers are not necessary to the
proper transaction Of the business con-
nected with that Office.
I recommend the enactment of a law re-
QulrlnS the publication OF receipts and
expenditures of all moneys used for cam
paign purposes. with appropriate penal
ties for its violation.
omnihussing legislative bills is absolutely
forbidden by our state constitution. and
urge YOU to abolish this most vicious
practice.
urge upon you the utter futility of
most of the characteristic special legisla-
tion which eretOfore has occupied so
much valuable time in the LEGISLATURE.
The limited duration of the session gives
no time to waste on enactments which
the courts will not and cannot recognize
as valid laws.
In time Of prosperity the tendency is
towards eNtraVagance in public as well
as private affairs. This tendency should
be repressed. Kansas has ample means
for every wise and necessary purpose but
not one cent to waste or Squander.
The legislature of COS took determined
ground to rid the pay roll of all useless
employees. I doubt not you can do still
better without the least impairment of
lecislatice efficiency. The money which
YOU appropriate belongs to the Kansas
tax nayers and YOU should watch its eX-
penditure as carefully rs prudent men
watch their own expenditures.
\ majority Of Your number were elect
ed upon specific PLEDGES to enact certain