The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-04-27
TOPEKA NOTES.

TOPEKA NOTES. |
LETTER NO. IL
Special to the GRAPHIC.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, April oath
The First district republican congress |
siOnal convention met at Valley Falls |
April 18th, and endorsed E. n. Nor |
rill for governor and Frank l.. Brown |
for secretary of state, after which Case
BrOderick was nominated for con-
gresham. The convention then passed
the Minneapolis resolution upon the |
money question, recognizing gold,
silver and paper for money with such
restrictions, ETC., etc., rs at all times
will maintain the parity ETC., etc., of
the two metals. To this Is added land
we mean all we say" No doubt all
the republicans in the state will hail
with joy the glad tidings that this
money resolution is not simply bum
come. The convention also condemned
the Cleveland administration for its
bold attempt to inaugurate a British
financial policy OIL American soil. But
us the Capital has been all along ELL
dorsing this policy it evaded being con-
demDed also by changing the word
financial policy" to Fiscal policy in
its report of the convention. The
Capital is corker when it comes to
distorting news and facts, and it is no
respector of parties either VIXEN such
fact are liable to put it in Il bad light.
&**
The Capitals boomerang about the
incompetency of our school fund cOu-
missloners is still widening like unto
waves from pebble dropped into
still pond. The following puts the lie
to the '.Majah's'' charge that worth
less Kearney county bonds had been
purchased 10y the present board. There
have been SO many mlSStatementS and
lnsinuations made against the populist
board of school fund commissioners i'll
regard to the bonds of Kearney county
recently purchased that State Superin
tendant Gaines on the 14th inst, wrote
Il letter to Ii. Ill. Cochran, county treas
urer of Kearney county, for Il descrip-
ton of all the refundlng bonds that
had been issued by that county and alst
asked If any had ever defaulted, TO
which lie received the following reply:
UARTLAND, kAs., April 10th.
II. n. Gaines, Topeka, Kas.
Dear iSir:-1Our letter of april 14th
is before me, i'll which you say the
| School Fund Commissioners would be
grateful Tor date of issue, number and
face of all refunding bonds of kearney
county. and il any bonds have ever
def;lulted, and the reason Of such defal-
cation.
All refunding bonds issued 10y kearney
county in 1888 have been declared il
! legal 10y U. 5. Court of Appeals at st.
Louis.
kearney county refunding bonds issued
May 18Th, 1891, S26, 70J. 90 Nos. l to,
ii inclusive, series 3. These bonds are
good and interest is paid promptly.
Cannot give face of these bonds as Our
Court House burHeL january 18th, last
with nearly all our records. The 1888
bones are all registered in state audi
tors office. These two series Are all the
bonds ke.irney county ever issued.
Most respectfully,
w. IL. COCHRAN,
County Treasurer.
The bonds purchased by the populis,
board on january L til, 1894 are mum
bers to % inclusive, series b. ISSUED
May 10Th, 1891 and are genuine as the
above letter shows The fraudulent
bonds were purchased by the boarC
composed of State Superintendent
Winans, Secretary Of State Higgins
end Attorney General Kellogg.
Superintendent Gaines says repub-
lican and IL prominent one, stopped
him OF the street and asked linn why
he did Mt go after the past adnlini5lra
tiCiis on the bond deals, citing MI
Gaines 10 clues by which he could dis
cover the matter OH the State TreaSur
er's books. " it'll this Zip General Lift,
and Nh Gaines soon found that 81 ,60t
had beeen illegally drawn fl0m Til,
school fund as follows:
1.-The first is warrant No. 155, datet
July Gath, 1890, for $500. purportins
to be paid for the purchase of bond
issued dy school district ~, in MOrrl
county.
second No. 517, October 6, 1890, fol
4
, trict 20, Crawford county.
The third is No. $50, November 18th
1880, for $500. for bonds from schoo
district No. IL, in Logan county. TIL
( total amount thus received was 81 $50
which was paid by U. 5. Savings bani
, of this city to II. d. MCKINLEY. TIL
warrants upon the state treasurer wer
all drawn in favor of Mckinley a
, agent.
Mr.. Gaines and Mr.. Little foun,
Il record of the warrants above men
toned. but found no record of any sue
; bonds having been purhcased.
The books in Superintendent Gaines
office showed no record of any transac
ton, and he says it was an utter impos
. sibility to detect any croOhedness b
the records OF the meetings Of the com
miSsiOners.
On August 5th, 1892, the treasurer
books show that Geo. w. Winans de
4 posted in that Office $500, ION accoun
b of funds enormously drawn from til
u permanent school fund" On Deceir
o Der 7th, 1892, the books showed de
t post of 81, 900 by Mr.. Winans- an
e for the same purpose.
These two deposits make up the tots
e of the amount drawn by the thre
e orders, which were signed by Attorne
General kellogg, Superintendent Win
ans and Secretary of State Higgins.
Messrs. Little and Gaines aske
County Attorney Stafford to at once be
- gin prosecution and issue warrants f.
the arrest of the three ex-Officials, VIII
= ans, Kellogg and Higgins. This wa
not done, as the County Attorney gle'
fully ioformed them that the statute {
d limitation would prevent Grimm;
action. There is no denying that VIII
g ans is guilty. but by the lapse of tin