The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-30

THURSDAY. OCTOBER so. 1884
MR.. KELLOGG ANDFHE NORMAL

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MR.. KELLOGG AND TIE NORMAL.
From Saturdays Daily.
To the Editor Of TIE NEWss
Until this Week,s issue Of the EmporIa
Democrat had always supposed q az !
was friead Of the State Normal school,
and that that fact WAS reasonably veil
known In the years 1876 and 1877
there was strong opposition in The legis-
lAture to making adequate appEopria-
tion for the Normal school Hon. @. V.
EskFidge and Hon. John 10y in the
house and Hon. VIM. Martindale In the
senate worked diligently for that pnr-
pose In the session Of 1879, with but par
tial success The next winter Hon.
Almerin GilIett IN Tie senate. and Hon
A. w. Plumb and myself in the house
undertook the same difficult task with 9
like result. I never knew until that
paper was pnbliAhed, and the appearance
therein OF an article over the signature
Of N. Whitllesey, that the good inten
tions OF any member Of the Lyon county
delegation in the Legislature for either Of
those years was questioned. AL worked
Industriousfy aud to the best OF their
ability tor the Normal school. IA
Because Of the evident unfairness,
injustice Z, and untruth Of that
article, took little time yes.
terday afternoon 20 look at the
record Of the legislative proceedings re-
ferred 70 IN II, and also 70 sec Mr. Whit
tlesey. with results a. shown by brief
article which wrote last evening for
the Republican. and which here ap-
pend for publication in TIE NEWS.
Yours respectfully.
L. B. KELLOae.
TEE FACTS IN THE CASE
To the Editors OF the Republican:
In the Empona Democrat OF this
week - y communication over the sig
nature OF N. Whittlesey. directed
against my name ss q member
Of the Legislature. which is so pslpably,
and as / am constrained TO be-
lieve, % maliclouSly false, that l was
unwilling 20 believe Mr.. Whittlesey a
party 20 the defamation without further
proof than finding his name attached
thereto on the printed page of that
newspaper. did not care TO think or
say of N. Whittlesey that he was IN
truthful without At least giving him an
opportunity 70 explain how he came to
be misleed In the matter. / therefore
called upon Mr.. WhittleseY this after
noon and he and together looked over
the Legislative proceedings In the senate
and house Of representatives, concerning
the senate amendment 70 the Normal
school bill referred to In that article.
and We discovered that the statement In
that article that;
Mr.. KeIlogg's motion prevailed, and
the house concurred in the senate
amendments, was the exact opposIte of
the truth. Here IL the record Of the &C
ton OF the house on that occasion:
Substitute for house bill No. 90, an
act TO reorgAnize the State Normal
school at Emporia, and to provide for
the sale Of its lands, was read.
Mr.. Biddle moved that the house
non-concur In the senate amend
ments.
Mr.. Kellogg, Of Lyon, moved to amend,
by moving that the house concur in the
amendments, which was accepted by
Mr.. Biddle.
The question recurring on the motion
IS of Mr.. kellogg, OF Lyon, the yeas and
nays were had with the following re-
Yeas 50; nays 80. Gsn,lemen voting
in the affirmative Were:. Messrs. Adams
of Morris, Arnold, Baker, BAllaine, Beck,
Belts, Bishop, Boggs, Bohrer, Bower,
BradIsh, Buchanan, Campbell OF Shaw
nee. Clark Of johnson, Clymer, Coch-
ran, Congdon, Donhauer, Dixon, Dob
yns, EJRerton, Flick. Fry, Gilmore,
Hamilton, Hendrickson, Hogeboom,
Holllnger, Hubbard, Ruey, Johnston,
Kellogg Of Lyon, Kellogg of WOodson,
Kspiinger. Kunksl. Long Of Ellsworth.
Love, Mastin, Mitchell. Mohler. More.
house, Palmer OF Butler, Plumb, Pres
StIllwell, st. John, Tomlinson, Veale,
Webb, Woodland, and Speaker Wood
Gentlemen voting In the negative
were; Messrs. Biddle. Bull, Carson,
Chase, Clark OF Leavenworth, Collins,
Cooper, Davis Of Brown, Davis OF Mia
mi, Day, Ely, Emlen, Gabriel, GIlkeson,
Green, Harold, Jennip. Kellogg Of Leav.
enWorth, Diehl, Mckay, Palmer Of jew
ell, Pilkenton, Roe, Smith of Douglass.
Smith of Marshall, Smith of McPher-
son, Smith Of Smith, Stall, Stewart, Still
ings. Tracy of DonIphan, Watkins,
Wheat, White, Willis and Williams.
Gentlemen absent or not voting were !:
Messrs. Adams Of PaWnee, Alden. Baer,
Baldwin, Blair. Campbell OF Lynn,
Crowell, Cunningham. Donahue, Ellis
on, Elder, Fletcher, Geffs, Guy. Hart,
HewIns, Hibbetts. Huddleston, Humes,
Humphrey, James, Lockwood, Long of
Mcdonald, Nc Millen, Merritt, Oliphant,
paraona parals, RnUSru Starch Tracav
of Miami, Wood OF Cofey, and Wright.
And 90, lsss than q mSiorlty having
voted In favor Of the motion, the motion,
which was to concur with the senate
amendmentB, was lost.n-IHouae Jour.
nal Of 1877, pages 1165 and 1160 -,
You will now Judge. of my surprise
when state that Mr.. Whlttlesey In
formed me that he did not write the
communication, and that his name was
signed 20 Il without his knowledge or
consent This will more fully appear by
his voluntary statement, written by lis
own hand and given to me, as follows;
EMPoRIA, Oct. "a, 1884
have Just looked oyer the records and
find the statement Ne To Kellogg's mo-
ton 70 concur. was not correct, but the
reverse. / did not write up the state
ment AID nv name was put TO II with
out my Knowledge or consent.
N. WHITTLEsEY.
Having now shown the nntruthfulnesl
of that article. now wish to call YOU
attention to the dense ignorance Of thG
unknown writer of that communication
The object of the article apparently is x
show that / was endeavoring by Iha
motion to concur in the senate amend
menis. TO hasten to the law that prUvI-
sion declaring that no appropriation
should be made for the Normal schoo
in the future. What was in fact en-
deavoring 70 do by that motion was e
obtain an appropriation for the school a
that identical time. and to wipe out tina
very provision against future appropria
tions for the Normal school. as will b
seen by the most cursCry Inspection o
the amendments themselves, as given II
the proceeding of the senate. journal o
1877, page 760:
Senator Gillest moved 10 amend by
inserting as section 4. the following:
Section There is hereby appropFI
aled, out Of any money in the TREASURY
not otherwise appropriated, as follows
To wit: For teachers wages and curren
expenses of State Normal school at Em
porla, for months of March, April, Ma,
and June, 1877. 81. 500; Tor teAchecs
wages aAd current expenses for SAT-
school 70: year ending June 80. 1875
$1,000; for teachers wages and cuTreu
expenses for said school for year endIn
june 80. 1870. $500; to be expends
under the direction of the board {
regents for the support and MAR
tainunceof the said Normal schoo
including necessary repairs IN the bulk
ing.
Original section 4 to be sectio
and Amanded IN, atrikinv N,