The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-31
MAY ENJOIN Them.
Breidenthal May Stop the Pay
ment of the $4,000
To the Cholera Fund Grabbers
by Injunction.
MAY RECONSIDER 1T.
Executive Council Likely to
Rescind Their Action.
How the Other Two Thousand
Dollars Went.

The members of the state board of
health known as the Cholera Fund
Grabbers" are likely to experience some
difficulty in getting hold of the $s, 900
the executive council has placed at their
disposal
Chairman Breidenthal, of the Populist
state central committee, who yesterday
expressed himself as opposed to that
kind of a grab. is now talking of enjoin-
ing the state board of health from using
any OF the $4,000.
The law passed by the legislature
through which this special appropriation
of $4,000 was made to be used in keep
ing cholera out of Kansas provides that
before this money can be drawn from the
state treasury the board of health must
make an itemized statement Of all ex-
penditures, and the voucher must be APP
proved by the governor.
An examination of the records in the
treasurer's and auditors offices will
show that in using the $4,000 of this fund
which was sQuandered to protect US
from the cholera II New York last year,
the money was drawn on ordinary checks
and not an item was mentioned for
which it was used.
From the demands Of the law on that
subject it might be expected that every
item purchased in the way of disinfec
tants and other expenditures would be
money was drawn, but not an item Is re-
corded not even the smell of carbQlic
acid or any other disinfectant fingers
about the records.
Chairman Breidenthal now proposes to
see that the law is complied with in
ing $4,000 Is used, and If an attempt IS
made to draw from this fund without I'll
ing the required itemized statement
The state board of health has already
used all but $3 OF a special sanitary fund
of $500, which was appropriated by the
last legislature for that purpose and the
record of where it went shows that the
largest part of it went directly into
the pockets of the members of the
board of health. Here is where the $497
went: II. D. Hill $25, J. P. stewart 1925,
i. M. Powell $515, Frank Swallow $95,
L NJ. Powell $50. p. DAugherty IS, A J.
Anderson Sc, J. w. Jenney $11.75, II. A.
Dykes $97 60, J. 2. Stewart SO, Thos.
Kirk Jr. $3.50, E. Swartz 81. Balance
of fund on hand $3.
All but two OF the persons drawing
from this fund are memb bers of the board
of health. DR.. L. NJ. Powell, who is not
a member of the board, was paid 500 Is
for making analysis as state chemist, and
Thos. Kirk Jr., not member, got $3.50
for other services.
State Treasurer Biddle said today that
he believed the fund could not lawfully
be used for other than the purpose for
which it was intended by Legislature.
and that was the reason he voted mo"
and had his protest entered on the
record.
About the state house today it was
freely stated that the four members of
the executive council who voted to allow
the board Of health to use this fund
would now like to vote the other
way and would declare that they
never had taken any such ac-
ton were it not for the fact
that Governor Lewelling and State Treas
urer Biddle will protect themselves by
insisting that the record stand but will
allow the other members OF the board to
vote with them on a reconsideration if
they so desire.
1t is possible that a special session of
the executive council may be called to
reconsider this action.