The advocate., 1891-04-22


Agricultural college ge.,,,,..,,,.,,,.,,,, N0lO SO
Deaf and dumb asylum ,.,,..,..,,.,, 10000
olAyo NORMAL hcnOOl, OOl,,,,t,,,,,,,,,,'s,ss JlUlbm
stats house n,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,o,,,,, 980O0 90
Total. sl7o,aol.os
Some of these were allowed, and no institu-
tion was left TO suffer. Even the state house
got 100000, enough to complete the dome,
lay floors, build steps and finish ten COM
mittee rooms, 80 that rent can be hereafter
saved.
ENORMOUS NussTATEMENTs.
II the Senator will look carefully at his
statement that the $26, 1924 deficiency in
the executive appropriation is for the pay Of
officers created two years ago, no may blush
AZ the enormity Of his misstatements. 10 Is
not true, as over $4,000 was for tho state
veterinarian, $4,000 for the police commits
Sioners, while the fish commissioner and the
state libearian both came in that bill. IL
would have been better TO have attempted
accuracy somewhere than 90 make continu-
GUS blunders, even II the Topeka Capital
was ready with an endorsement Of the man
ifestO before les delivery.
The exceeding grace with which tho Sena-
tor explains certain other financial matters
is only exceeded by his statement Of the an
nual tax levies since 1867, in which he shows
his inability TO comprehend what the actual
levy has been in years gone by. Sec your
taH receipts each year since 1867. He also
inbinuates chat tho present assessment OF
the state is the highest in its history, when
IL is a known fact that our assessment is do
oreasing and that the House consented 20 q
levy One-tenth OF a mill higher than would
be necessary II IL was not very probable that
the assessment of 1893 will be much less
than the present one. All OF the things
which seem TO have escaped the eagle eye Of
the Senator, would al a book, and have
not time to review them.
ALL oHARaEs PROVEN.
When the Peoples party last fall charged
extravaganza and mismanRgement upon the
Republicans of Kansas, ID made no charges
which have not been proven. Taking the
Senator's own footings as true, and we have
the legitimate expenses Of the last biennial
period swellod TO the sum Of S3,0OO,O0O, in
Guiding the deficiencies, while the "extrava-
giant" action Of the present House has cut
them down TO q triHe over 100000 after
deduCting the deficiencies. These are things
30 plain that he who runs may read and
make no mistake.
THR WORLDS FAIR DILL.
So far as the worlds fair bill was con-
Cerned, the Senator knows that the body Of
which he is a member never passed one un-
I'll so late in the session that not a quorum
remained In tho House. There was always
connected with the Senate bill a rider which
created a new state Office az we'll as a
worlds fair commission. Il was bill in
which the amount to be appropriated was
never questioned in either House, but in
which Senate statesmen attempted TO create
a new permanent political Office at the risk
Of failure Of the appropriation. II any
body is responsible for the failure of that
bill IL was not the House, because that body
never attempted TO make political meas
ure out Of the bill until the issue had been
forced by the Senate.
IN CONCLUSION.
In closing, | wish TO ask the Senator what
was done by tine Senate TO work reforms in
this state2 Your party promised railroad
legislation. Did you make any effort to get
any3 II not, why not? Did you ever read
the platform Of your party Of 1902 Why
did you refuse TO even consider any of tho