Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-06
MRS. LEASE IS LET OUT
Removed From the Kansas Board
of Charities.
Lack of Harmony In the Board-65v
ernor Lewelling Concluded That
Mrs. Leases Removal Was
the Remedy Needed.

TOPEKA, Dec. 29.-The Populist camp
was thrown into the widest excitement
Thursday afternoon by the action OF
Governor Lewelling In removing Mrs.
Mary E. Lease from the state board OF
charities. This was done after a long
conference with his associate state Off
GERS and other leaders Of the Peoples
party and was no doubt in anticipation
of the war which Mrs. Lease was pre-.
pairing to declare against the state ad
ministration.
To a reporter, Governor Leweliing
said: 81 don't want to say much about
it, and want you to be careful to qnote
me correctly. j have removed Mrs
Lease in the interest of harmony and
good government. There seems to bt
some lack Of harmony in the charitable
institutions of the state and considerable
in the board and ! concluded that Mrs
Leases removal was the remedy and &C
cordingly removed her. That's all }
have to say about it"
Don't you think you have stirred up
a row?"
MAY be have. but guess there will
be no great trouble grow out OF it,"
Mrs. Lease, who was up to 2 O'Clock
Thursday head Of the state board OF
charities, was in the city to confer with
the Populist leaders about the recent
election of George F. Tauber to be stew
ard of the deaf and dumb asylum at
Olathe by the votes of NJ. A. House
holder and w. S. Waite, the Republican,
members of the board.
aEither He Goes, or Co."
Either he goes, or l CO." Mrs. Lease
said TO a reporter, and she stamped hei
foot to emphasize that fact This was
before her removal was announced.
1T is a question OF principle with me
First. am Populist and Of the middle
of-the.road sort, and do not believe IL
appointing Democrats to Office. Next
good Populists have been ignored, ant
lastly, am opposed to Tauber, becaus,
he was appointed to secure the beer
drinking element Of the state for the
Peoples party next year. am not that
kind Of a politician. | do not believe in
compromising with wrong in any shape
or form. It is certain that Tauber will
have to be retired or l shall quit the
boari."
The removal of Mrs. Lease was de
cided on suddenly. Wednesday there
was no talk Of it in the state house oil
IN Populist circles anywhere. 1t is moi
believed that the removal was who'll,
caused by the row in the board, for tina
has been of long standing and was opeI
and notorious. That somebody had t
go, has been known for three months
for Mrs. Lease on the one side ant
Mr.. Householder and Mr.. Waite on tht
other could never harmonize, but it wa
not intended to let il be Mrs. Lease unit
intelligence was brought to the goyerno
that Mrs. Lease had not buried tn
| hatchet, but was getting ready to max
> another assault through the newspaper
r upon the administration. She, in con
: versation with we'll known Populis
! within the past 45 hours, stated that sh
{ was not satisfied with the terms Of peac
> made for her with the governor. Sh
said that Governor Lewelling and tn
entire state house crowd ought TO b
:, it.rnAa down and that she was loade,
would make trouble. She said that sh
proposed to go after the governor on az
I count Of good many misdeeds, an
\ especially on account of the appointment
: of Artz and Todd.
. 1t Decided the Question.
When this reached tle governors ear
, 1t decided the question Of removal in hi
mind, and instead of letting out House
holder and White, he let out Mrs Lease
The removal means that the administrs
tion has accepted Mrs. Leases challeng
to battle and the contest will be full o
fire and interest.
Mrs. Lease takes her removal like
i trained politician. She said to a report
er: "Yes, have been officially informs'
: of my decapitatiou. I had had hin
: that 1t was coming. But Governo
: Lewelling ought to have told you th
! real reason. 1t was because | went t
him and made demand upon him, 40
a request mind you-a demand that a
; the expiration Of the term OF Mr. Yoe,
Republican member, next April, J. R
Kennedy, Populist editor Ct Wilso
|
, Mr.. Kennedy on the board we could ru
r the inftitutions in a business. like wa
and get rid Of the political schemes (
which the board now resorts. But tn
: governor seems to like that way of al
, ministeiing our state charities.
1T was not q month ago that he cam
) to us with a demand that we remov
Carter from the surerintendency of tn
deaf and dumb asylum. said to hir
that he had no right TO make such a dc
|. mand; that we, the board, were re
,, sponsible for our appointments, and tn
party coul not afford to have such Al
, institution as the deaf and dumb asylur
, mixed up in small politics. But the ma
jority OF the board did the governor
bidding and now they are all trying +
find way to reinstate Carter. But
is all right. If Governor Lewelling cal
tand it, can. will saw wood an,
rait. as the politicians say. am n,
iticiaD, but you may congratulate
GSvernor Lewelling upon downing tn
had friend and most sympathetic an
cory ial worker the Peoples party has |,
. the sAate Of Kansas"
MrN Lease said II was rather early I
> talk abSut state nominations, but pref
. ent signs pointed to Lewelling's renom
| nation
I win Pay January Interest.
. New YORK, Dec. 29.--It is announce,
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