Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-01-03

1t should also be remembered that
the fees of the secretary of states Of
flee for charters, etc, have been re-
duced more than so per cent. in order
to conform to the requirements of the
statutes.
Owing to the demands made by the
peoples party, the reduction of salaries
of state and county officials by local
bills is quite an impartant item. The
peoples party having never had control
of both houses of the legislature have
been prevented from securing a general
bill reducing the salaries of county Of
licers. However, special bills have
been passed reducing the salaries of
part or all of the county officers in the
following counties: Brown, Jewell,
Lincoln, Osbtrn, Montgomery, Frank
lin, Manu. Sumner, Bourbon, Clay,
COffey Usage, Mitchell, Smith, Sher-
man, Marshall, Cloud, Washington,
Dickinson, Cherokee and Crawford. In
few cases the representatives of the
above counties were republicans, who
favored reduction because of the agita-
Uion along that line by the peoples par
ty, being compelled to do so by public
sentiment.
1t is difficult TO determine accurately
the total amount of such reductions
! from the fact that nearly one-half of
them are fee offices. But careful con-
servatlve estimate Of the total reduc-
ton made in the above named counties
is Sl22, 925 per annum, and in two years
will amount to $244, $50.
| From the foregoing, therefore, we
present another table as follows:
Amount saved in secretary of states
| Office in two years ..................S 1,052 10
| Amount saved by special bills reduce
ing salaries of county officials in
Amount saved by items shown in
previous letters ................l 1915, 9ls 90
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As soon as an adjustment of tax lev
les can be made to correspond to re-
duced expenditures there will certainly
be perceptible decrease in taxes.
Republican newspapers have given
wide circulation to the matter of es-
capes of inmates from the Topeka In
sane Asylum lately, endeavoring to
create an impression that such escapes
are on account of the new employees and
were not common under former admin
istrations. These unfortunate people
must be allowed to go about the
grounds, generally accompanied by at
PENDANTS. and get the fresh air if they
are expected to be cured. They will
very naturally wander away or escape
at times as they are not accountable tor
their acts, and such has always been
the case and always will be. Laying
aside the fact that the present superin-
tendent is republican and that only
fifteen populists out Of 123 employees
bad been appointed by the board of
charities prior to December, 1893, the
following are the facts: Under repuo-
lican rule for Ave months, from July l,
1892, to December l, 1892, there were
thirteen escapes of inmates. From
only ten escapes of inmates. This
shows a material reduction in escapes
since even a few popullst employees have
been appointed. learned a little in
formation a few days ago from re-
publican newspaper reporter which in
substance is as follows: Il never could
get any items from the Topeka Insane
Asylum until lately, but l have made
arrangements to get the news out there
regularly now" l understand the re-
porter to mean that he had some re.
publican friend who would give him
tips now, and especially on any point
calculated to reflect on the populists.
THE AUDITORS BOOKS.
5 In the state auditors office. about
r 1854, there was new set of book.
5 adopted and some changes and i'm
4 provements made in tine system of keep
: ing the accounts in that Office In TIN,
9 matter of school lands there were bal
0 ances to tue amount of $40 ,655.42 which
Q were not carried forward on the new
{ set of books, and so far as the book
show no one can tell what became O