St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-30
MRS. LEASE NOT OUT YET.
TIE LADY PoLfT.clkN or Ki,RSAS
FIGHTS BACK.
REFUSES TO STEP DOWN

At the Call of Gov. Lewclling-
She Has Concluded to Stay In
and Give the Politicians all
tho Trouble She Can-The Gov
ernor Says lie Has a Precc-
dent for the Removal.
TOPEKA. Kan, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Lease
at noon sent Gov. Lewelling, by mes
senger boy, the following letter:
TO Hon. l.. ID. Lewelling, Governor of
KanSas-Dear Governor: Dlsclaiming
any intention of questioning your sim
certify. the wisdom Of your acts or the
integrity of your purpose, l beg leave
TO remind you that YOU have, as
chief executive of this state, tried
and sentenced me without according
to me that which the laws OF our land &C.
cord to the vilest crimlnal-''the right
of defense" Were l an employee OF
yours. your right to perpetuate this act
OF injustice might depend upon your
inclination. AS it is, recognize the
fact that am an employe of the state.
accountable as such to the people of
this state for my official record, and for
them, as we'll rs for myself. demand a
statement and investigation of the
charges preferred against me, that l
iittfS OppOi ~
the manifest justice of your decree or
defend myself from the imputation of
hireling politicians. Most faithfully
yours, MRS. LEASE,
President Board State Trustees.
President Board Trustees State Char
table Institutions.
Mrs. Lease, it will be noticed, inten-
tionally signs her double official title.
Tonight Mrs. Lease said to an Asso-
ciated Press representative that, not
withStanding Gov. dwellings, sum-
mary action, she still considered herself
member of the board, and at the rcgu-
lar meeting in January she proposed to
be present and take her usual place.
The announcement made by Mr.
Chevault that l have employed attor-
neys to make the fight in the courts"
she continued, "is mistake. l have
employed neither Gleed, Ware & Gleed,
r. NJ. Chenault, nor any other lawyer.
MIR. Chenault, l believe, is posing as
my lawyer, but am about to wire him
to keep quiet and await developments
There is no cause for excitement or
frenzy. Nobody is hurt except Gov.
Leweiling, and l guess he is able-a
least he thinks soto take care OF
himself. The real reason for the
attempt at removal, 50 far as l
csn see, is because l would not
agree to introduce machine poll
tics into the board. On this account l
became obnoxious to Mr. Householder
and Mr.. Waite. There we clashed, and
the governor has chosen to take the ad-
vice Of the politicians and let me out
if he can. But we'll see about that. l
am not out yet. Gov. Leweiling claims
the arbitrary right of removal. Then
why has he not removed Kelley and
zoe, the Republican members, long
ago? This would have given the board
absolutely into the hands of the Popu-
lists, and harmony would have been
insured. There's where the trouble
has come in. The Republicans stand
in with Householder and Waite.
l asked the governor some time
ago to remove the Republicans and ap-
point PoDulists, but he claimed that he
had no power to remove until the ex-
piration of their terms of appointment,
because they had been confirmed by the
senate. If he could not remove the
Republicans, how can he remove me?
The same law applies. | would have
resigned long ago ii this war had not
been made OIL me by Householder and
Waite. Bur, as l knew my cause to be
right. | made up mind to stay and give
the politicians ali the trouble | could by
continuing my labors for the better
management of the institutions"
Gov. Lewelling was then seen and
told that Mrs. Lease denied his right to
remove. With bland smile. he said:
Does she? Well, she has been re-
moved. and her successor will be ap-
pointed this week. The question of my
authority to remove her has been set-
tied by the supreme court in the case of
Railroad Commissioners Anthony and
Mitchell, who declined to recognize the
right OF the executive council to re-
move. In these cases the court decided
plainly that the appointing power is the
sole judge of the cause of removal"
OF course, all the state officials indorse
the governors action, but among the
rank aud file of the party dissatisfac-
ton is the ruling spirit. Everybody is
Oh the tip-toe of expectation now,
awaiting the regular meeting OF the
board OF charities, which will take place
i'll January, at which Mrs. Lease says
she will assume the position she claims
is hers by confirmation OF the Kansas
senate-tnat of president Of the board.