Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-29
READY TO SAW WOOD.
Kansas Governor al War
With a Woman
HER OFFICIAL HEAD CUT OFF
She Accepts the Situation Like a
Trained Politician AID Will Fight

TOPEKA, Dee 80 Mrs, Mary T. Lease
was yesterday removed from the state
board OF charities by Governor Lewell-
ing. Mrs. Lease objected 20 the appoint
ment OF Democrat i'm one Of the state in
stitutions, and said he would have 20 be
dismissed or she would have 60 go The
governor promptly removed her The re-
moval has created sensation in the Pop
ulist party. Governor Lewelling had this
TO say of the matter:
81 do not want to say much about ID. /
want you 10 be careful 10 quote me cor
rectly. ] have removed Mrs. Lease in the
interest Of harmony and good govern
ment. There seems To be some lack Of
harmony in the charitable institutions OF
the state and considerable trouble in the
board, and concluded that Mrs Leases
removal was the remedy, and | accord
ingly removed her. That's all have TO
say about 1t this afternoon"
And She Went.
Mrs Lease, who was up 20 Q o'clock
head of the state board Of charities was
IN the city TO confer with the Populist
leaders about the recent election of George
4. Tauber TO be steward of the deaf and
dumb asylum at Olathe by the votes Of
w. n. 1iOustnOlutT anu w. -. W ate, tne
Republican mem bers of the board.
"Either he goes, or j CO." said Mrs
Lease, and she stamped her foot TO en-
phasize the assertion. This was before
her removal was announced.
'It is question OF principle with me.
First, am Populist Of the middle-of-
the-road sort, and don't believe in appoint
ing Democrats 10 office. Next. good Pop
MI liat hay Va haau ieypora1 and lastly nm
opposed 10 Tauber. because he was APP
pointed TO secure the beer-drinking ele-
ment of the state for the Peoples party
next year. Lam not that kind Of a Pop
ulist. I do not believe In compromising
with wrong In any shape or form. 1t is
certain Tauber will have TO be retired OF
shall quit the board"
Removal Was Unexpected.
The removal OF Mrs. Lease was thor
ough surprise 1t is not believed the re-
moval was wholly caused by the row in
the board, for that has been OF long stand
ing and was open and notorious.
That somebody had TO 20 has been
known for some months, for Mrs Lease
on the one side and Mr.. Householder and
Mr.. Waite on the other could never har-
moniously work, but IL was not intended
TO let IL be Mrs. Lease until yesterday,
when intelligence was brought to the
governor that Mrs. Lease had not buried
the hatchet.
The removal means the administration
has accepted Mrs. Leases challenge to
battle The contest will be full of fire
and interest
Mrs. Lease takes her removal like
trained politician. She said to reporter:
ayes, have been officially informed of
my decapitation. / had had hint that
II was coming.
Sympathetic Worker "Downed"
"But Governor Lewelling ought 20 have
told you the reason. IL was because /
went TO him yesterday and made demand
upon him mot a request, mind you)-a
demand that at the expiration of the term
of Mr.. Yoe. a Republican member, next
April, j. r. Kennedy, Populst editor Of
Wilson county, be appointed. / know
that with Mr.. Kennedy on the board we
could run the institution In business
like way and get rid OF the political
schemes to which the board now resorts.
The governor seems 10 like that way of
administering our state charities.
"But IL Is all right. II Governor Lewell-
Ing can stand il can. / will saw wood
and wait, as the politicians say. am no
politician, but you may congratulate
Governor Lewelling upon downing the
best friend and most sympathetic worker
the Peoples party has in the state Of
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