People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-11-03
GENERAL REMARKS.

geant-at-arms who accepted pay. cost
S64S: the 66S Republican assistant SER
geants-at-arms cost S6,O12, besides ST.
46O.20 for sandwiches, etc. There are
yet about 100 Republican assistant SER
geants-at-arms unpaid, most whom it
is supposed will accept pay. The call
ing of the militia cost nearly 81. 200,
court martial trial of Colonel J. w. T.
Hughes (Republican) for insubordina-
ton and disobeying his commander-in-
chief, cost in round numbers Sl.7jO.
The above figures show that the cost
of the legislative war On the Republi-
can side is at least $1,000 more than on
the Populist side. They also show
that the total cost of the war is about
$4,000,
The legislative war was bad thing,
surpassed only by the present extra
session of our national congress. And
while the Poulists are unanimously
firm in their convictions that the course
pursued by the Populists is right, the
majority of Republicans think the Pop
ulists were wrong. 1t should be noted
in this connection, however, that the
chairman of the last Republican state
convention did then, and is now openly
cOndemning the course pursued by the
Republicans. and during the war a
number of prominent Topeka repu0li-
cans with some others. counselled the
surrendering of the Douglass house to
the Populists. Thus it will be seen
that while the Republicans are to some
extent divided on the Legislative war
question, the POpulists present solidI
unbroken front.
In this article, however, inasmuch as
there is difference of opinion we will
not charge or credit the expenses of
the Legislative war to either political
party, preferring to refer this question
to the people, not fearing the result.
1t was a matter of common remark
during the last legislature that Repub.
licans were endeavoring to pile up ex-
penses by pretended Investigations and
otherwise, as much as possible, so that
when they adjourned they could make
the charge against the Populists that
this was the most expensive Kansas
legislature ever known" Their subse
quent actions proved this to be only
too true. The Republican members lac
not yet left Topeka on their way home
before they commenced making th'
charges.
From the way all of the state depart
ments are running there will be yer!
few or no deficiency bills for the mex
legislature to take care of. The stat
tax levy of 3.S mills, made by the Pop
ulist administration for 1898. is tn,
0 smallest levy since the organization o
the state.
The notorious Botllin Impeachment
0 trial. Republican, cost the state S}6,
1876. which is nearly three time III
. cost of our late legislative war. bu
our Republican friends forgot all abou
that.
The 1000 copies of tie Douglas
house Journal cost Sj.96l65 or SL3
per copy, and $500 copies of the Dun'
IS more house joutnll cost s., 233.lS or S
cents per copy
Superintendent S. II. Snider, of tn
insurance department, is endeavorin
to collect with good prospects of su,
cess reciprocal tax due TIE state frol
insurance companies to the amount {
Il over SjS,OOO, and also about $1,000 j
court fees due the state from clerks {
the district courts of the state both {
which former superintendent failed
collect.
90 In the laborious task of preparin
= the foregoing facts and figures n
81 only aim has been to thew to the lii
lie and let the chips fall where they may
&c DANIEL c. ZERCuER.
p Topeka, Kans, October %, 1898.