People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-31
VOL. iii.
SH0WALTER'S HASH.
Considers it Worth from $500 to
$3.50 Per Day to a Servant of
the State of Kansas.
What il Costs to Examine Banks in Kansas
A Clear Recipe for Maintaining Goldfish
AristOcracy.


last week concerning the structures of
the Topeka Capital on the increased
appropriation for the ensuing year.
Mr.. Briedenthal said:
II observe that the Topeka Capital
is disposed to criticiSe this apprOpri-
alton, and intimateS that the excess
will probably find its way into the
TOpOlObampO scheme. In this con-
neCtiOn | desire to call attention to
few facts connected with the past ad-
miniStratiOn of this office. The ap-
preparation for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1898, was as follows: Salary
for bank commission 81, 800; salary for
depaty, 81, 200; for travelling and Incl
dental expenses Of bank commissioner
and deputy, $500.
"On taking possession Of the Office
March |, with four months of the ifs
cal year unexpired, ! find but S65 of
the $500 to the credit of this depart
ment, Notwithstanding the fact that
one clerk of the department was paid
by the governor out of his contingent
fund, thus making it necessary to
have a deficiency appropriation of
$1,000 in order to continue the work
OF the department for the remainder
OF the present fiscal year.
II estimate that there should be
about 500 examinations made during
each year and the cost of making
same and maintaining the depart
ment will not be less than $40 on an
average for each bank, hence the ap-
prOpriatiOt Of $4,000. That this ap-
preparation is not excessive is demon
strated by peruSal of the following
statement taken from the sworn
vouchers on file ia the Office of the
state auditor, showing the work done
by and the expense of the department
for the months of January and Febru-
airy of this year.
Here follows the statement from
which Mr.. Briedenthal deduCts the
following result:
"The total number of banks in the
state is 45O, to examine which, on the
above basis, would cost s26, ,O9i, which
amount would be required to make
the department efficient under Repub-
lican rule.
IAN explanation of the foregoing
expense account of the deputy conn
missioner is found by an examination
OF his vouchers, showing the route
Travelled and the points visited, which
shows: January l, 2and at Topeka,
hotel, S.; 4th, Topeka to WELLINGTON,
fare $3.50; hotel, 81; 5th, 9Th, 7th and
Sth at Wellington; 9th Wellington to
Topeka, fare $3.50, hotel 50; 10th, no.
tel at Topeka, $3.50; Topeka to Wei.
llngtOn, fare $3.50, hotel $3.50: 18th,
Wellington to Selden, fare sl2.75:
sleeper, s2.75, hotel $3.50; Selden to
Hoxie by team, hotel 81; Selden to
Riley, fare $3.50, sleeper 1925; l4th.
Riley to Wellington, fare, s5.25, no,
tel, 81; 18th, Wellington to Salina
fare 4.6O, hotel, 81; 10Th, Salina to
Sllvan Grove and Lucas, fare sI.SO,
team to Plainville So, hotel self and
man, $3.50; 17th,, Plainville to Hin
City, fare S1.O5, hotel, 81; I7th. Hill
City to Norton, team $50; 18th, Nor
ton to Clay Center, fare $50. hotel
-; 18th, Clay Center to wellington
fare, $3.50, hotel, 81; Wellington to
Wichita and Winfield, fare, S2.O6 no.
Tel, 81; 2lSt, Winfield to Wellington
fare 70 cents, hotel, 81; 22nd. hotel at
wellington, 81; 23rd, Wellington to
Topeka, fare $3.50, hotel, So; 2lth, To.
peka to Clay Center, fare s2.7O, hotel
$3.50; 18th, Clay Center to Wakefield
and return, fare 50 cents, hotel $3.50:
18th, hotel, 81; Clay Center to Wei.
Ilngton, fare s6.33, hotel, $3.50: 2Sth
Wellington, hotel, 81; 10Th. hotel
wellington 81; 3Oth, Wellington to
Sallna, fare $3.50, hotel 80; 3lst, Sail.
ma to Victoria and return, fare $500
hotel 81, February l, Salina to Tone.
ka, fare s2.45, hotel 81; Ind. 3rd and
4th, Topeka, hotel Sc; 5th, Topeka to
wellington, fare $3.50, hotel 81: 9Th
hotel at Wellington, 81; 7th, yelling,
Ton TO Wichita, 9OcentS, hotel 81: St6
Wichita to Clyde, fare 1896: Clyde IN
CoRcordia, fare Is cents, hotel, 81 d:
Stn, ConcOrdia to Topeka, fare $3.50
nOtel, 2.15; 10th, Topeka to yelling,
Ton, 1are $3.50, hotel 81: llth and 10Th
motel at Wellington, 81; 18th. Wei,
nngt0n to Topeka, fare $3.50, hotel 50.
10Th and l7th, hotel at Topeka, 81:
iotn, Topeka to Wellington. fare
800, hotel, 81; 10Th, Wellington to
Kansas City, fare $50. sleeDer s9 o..
Motel 81; 10th, Kansas City to Area,
ana, fare $3.50, hotel 81; 2lst and 2Sd.
motel s., 23d, Arcadia to Kansas City
Iare $500, hotel 81; 24th, Kansas Civ
10 Topeka, fare 81; Topeka to Wei.
IlngtOn, fare $3.50, hotel $3.50: 9th
wellington to Salina, fare $500 no.
tel, 81; Salina to Tescott and return
Iare sl:l2, hotel $3.50; March |, Sail,
ma 10 Topeka, fare S2.45, hotel. 81
Examinations were made by dpnntv
January l3 at HOxie; Nth, Lucas and
Klley; 10th, Lincoln and Plainyille:
ilth, Plainville, Hill City and Ora
nam, 18th, Idana; 24th, at Wakefield.
Slst, at Victoria; February 4th at
North Topeka: 10Th, Arcadia: 2Stb at
TeScOtt. -''l "'
Mr. n Showalter resides in yelling.
ton. There are eleven banks in Sum.
ner county that have not been exam.
med since 1891 ranging from Nav i6
TO November l6. Mr.. Showalter has
visited Wellington thirty-tive times
since some of these banks have been
subject to examination, but he has
tailed to examine them. One of
these banks is located in Wellington,
where he has been twenty-five times
and spent over forty days since it has
been subject to examination.
An extract from section thirty.