People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-04

~ S"aN NhANS ohN cooioil hihioCAA lNld-
tive to the facts hereinafter given.
By reference to the statutes, the read
er will observe that the law has re-
mained the same since 1868, In rela-
tion TO the fees Of the secretary Of
states Office, which, for a certified
copy OF any law. resolution, bond, rec
ord, document or paper deposited or
kept in said Office, is ten cents per
folio OF one hundred words, and for
certificate and seal, fifty cents. An
ordinary charter contains about five
hundred words, which, for making a
copy, is 30 cents. Add to this cost OF
certificate and seal, fifty cents, max
ing total cost Of s1.OO. There is no
fee allowed by the statute for filing
or recording"
The Republican party have always
prOfesSed great love and charity for
the old soldier and we append here
two extracts from Mr.. Zercher'S let
ter which very focibly shows their
hypocrisy;
G. A. r. Posts.
Hurlburt Post No. IS. Barton Co. May rs
1897, Legal Fees, sl.OO; Fee charged, 800
Burr oak Post, Jewell Co April II. 1857, Legal
fees, sl.00; Fees charged, 800
Circleville Post, No. l46, Jackson Co. Jan. q.
1884, Legal fees, s.OO; Fees charged GOO
Clubs
Topeka Club, Topeka Jan. 20, ISIS. Legal
Fees, sl.G0; Comp.
Shawnee county Republican League. To-
peka, March 10, 1888, Legal fees S.OO;
Comp.
Henry Clay Club, Wichita, Feb. G, lSSS, Legal
fees. slOO; Comp.
Here we have them on record as
having charged G. A. r. Posts 500 a
piece for charters-a dollar more than
legal fees-and remitting the legal
fee to the sporting and political clubs.
Old soldiers, how do you like your
party Of honesty and patriOtism?"
The same unlawful charges are to be
found against churches, cemetery and
charitable institutions, and the dis
elimination between the rich and the
poor organizations is as bold as that
which characterizes the above com
parison. In closing Mr.. Zercher says
'"Think Of the spectacle here pre-
sented. The next to the highest po
sitiOn of honor and trust under Oul
state government debased to selhsl
ends for at least the last 10 years
Actually cheating and swindlinl
churches and charitable institution.
for pelf. Would not a church cOllec
tion basket or a pOorboX be in dangei
from such men? Ought not thc
blush of shame to come to the cheel
of every good citizen of Kansas on ac
count of such perady and impOs.
tiOns?
Not content with rObbing churche
and charitable institutions they eX
act a tribute on places to bury ou
dead.
There is no way Of even estimating
the total amount Of unlawful fee
charged on the chartered institution
Of Kansas, which number over 10000
but they amount to many thousand
of dollars.
The reader will not fail to remem
Der that the fee charged by Republ
can officers went down into the pocE
ct Of the secretary Of state, while u1
der POpulist rule these same fees &
into the state treasury.
The state board OF railroad assessor
having met and adjourned until Ma
22d for the purpose Of ascertainin
some facts regarding the value Q
property and to give the companie
more time in which to file their II
ports. The State Journal OF this cit
like all other Republican tools, ca
see nothing in it except politics an
jumps at the suppOsitiOn that it
for the purpose OF reducing the al
sessment from last year. We can al
sure the Oyerly-zealOus Journal that
need not lose any sleep over the maj
ter as our present state officers hay
shown themselves equal to the tas
they were elected to perform. 1t ha
not been week since these corporal
tools were screaming like idiots b,
? cause the board Of railroad commits
sioners were contemplating reductio
OF freight rates, asserting that
would bankrupt the railroads, no
they are bowling equally as loud les
, the board OF assessors reduce the al
seSsment.
Auditor Van Prather says in hi
letter TO the county clerks:
: "The law says property must i
assessed at its actual cash value. bu
no penalty is attached, hence it
never done: and if it was VIC woul
= have alarge sum Of money piled Il
; in the treasury not needed"
The present administration hs