The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-02-17
Centen niaI Appropriatiop.

The bill appropriating 5000 for the purpos
of erecting q buildng At Philadelphia, aud pay
ine tbs expense of exhibiting Kansas products
has been defeated in the House. The defeat !
| to bs regretted, for Kansas shsnld make guot
showing in this grandest exhibition of the centu
ry. But fhe result is not in the least surprising
1t is partly owing To the delnagogue, G. W
| Click, of Atchison, who seems to think that b
controls the fate, either r COOL or bal. of ever!
measure that comes before the House. Oni!
$4,000 was asked for, and the Committee report
ed in favor of appropriating this amount; bu
Click jumped up and moved to amend by max
ing IL $4,000. From that moment, a fight wa
commenced that was fatal TO the whole scheme
and Click could not remedy it by agreeing
take the 81, 900, after be found that be had over
reached himself
But Clicks course was hut a part of the troub
lie. He has economy ON the brain, and pitches u
for cutting down everything, no matter what IN
justice may be due thereby; and his sudden lib
rrality in this Centennial matter created snspi-
cion that there was job in it. N"twithstana
ing this, liberal appropriation would probably
have been made, but for the hands through
which the money would probably have had TO
pass. The Estate Board of Agriculture" was the
institution that was to manage it. We have
much respect for Mr.. Gray, the able and indus
trious Secretary of the Board, if he were alone,
or had better associates. But as at present con-
the people. II is even little harder Job than il
used to be, for fnenbers of The Bsssd, IKE Mr..
Click, to force through sppropzistions for the
ring to gobble up.
In the debate ON the Centennial Appropriation
members boldly denounced George T. Anthony.
President of the Board, as thief and robber. 1t
is well that the Constitution protects member
Of the Legislature from being held to account
elsewhere for words spoken in debate, or the i'm
maculate George T. would ere this have had them
in the hands of the Sheriff for such an outrageous
assault upon his integrity. We have 8 sort of
indistinct recollection that We once got snapped
up for q too free expression Of our views upon
that subject. Every year, for some years past.
there has been an appropriation by the Legisla-
ture, Of which this man Anthony has had the
handling IL used to he, regularly, an appropri-
alton Of $4,000 or 600 for immigration purpos-
es, under the auspices of the State Board of Ag
and the next Auditors Report would
show that the money had been paid to George
T. Anthony, for immigration purposes"-no item
izrd accounts, but, you bet, not q dollar of the
left unexpended. We once called
attention to the fact in the Senate, and denounc-
cd it q steal, when Anthony was present but-
tor-holing the members to make another appro-
priation; and We have always suspected that
this was the real grievance that led to our arrest
when we laid ourself open to it outside. Others
are beginning to notice the game, and to become
tired of this constant bleeding the Treasury.
1t may seem hard that the appropriation should
,e defeated because of the dstaste to one man.
But people are not wont to set foxes to guard
heir lighthouses. If the Governor will keep
ternally appointing one certain ring upon each
md every occasion, he must grin and bear it if
he Legislature refuses to supply the wherewith
. carry on the enterprise. And if the Agricul-
ural Society can find but one little clique CON-
etent to manage its affairs, it must expect to
ave its rations cut short. We trust, if the Leg
ature appropriates anything for centennial
urposes, that it will designate the men who
iall take charge of it, and not trust anything |
rther in the rat-hOle that has been swallowing
P appropriations, year after year. As We sug.
,st in another article, which was intended for
st weeks paper, but was crowded. out there Is
sameness about this little matter that is beeou-
x monotonous.