The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-22
TO ARREST MR.. BIRD.
Administration to Force the Labor
Commissioner
OUT OF HIS OFFICE INSTANTER

H He Will Net Resixn-PrOspsct OF .
Warm Fight
Governor Morrill, says Labor Commits
sioner W. G. Bird must give up his Office
because he extorted money from the
clerks in his Office.
Yesterday afternoon Labor Commits
sioner Bird and Chief Clerk John Speer
were called before the governor
Governor Morrill, after hearing what
both had to say asked Labor Commits
sioner Bird for his resignation.
Commissioner Bird refused to resign
and Governor Morrill, said, "You must"
Mr.. Bird replied, mo, sir, have done
nothing wrong and don't propose to re-
sign"
Attorney General Dawes, who was
present, said: "You must remember, Mr..
Bird, that you accepted this office from
Governor Morrill, and you can hardly re-
fuse to turn it over to him on demand"
''That is true; l did accept the Office
from him, but when l am innocent of
any crime 1 don't propose to withdraw
under fire." replied Mr.. Bird.
Governor Morrill, then turned to the
attorney general and said: MIR Dawes,
you will please make out the papers for
the arrest of Mr.. Bird for violating the
When Governor Morrill, gave that d.
! rection to the attorney general Mr.. Bird
said he had not had time to consult his
| friends, and he would like to have time
to consider the matter.
Nothing has been done towards placing
Mr.. Bird under arrest today. When seen
by STATE JOURNAL reporter Mr.. Bird
refused to talk about the case for publ
cation, saying he was preparing a state
| Oh h(
would have ready for publication either
! this afternoon or Monday.
1t now transpires that Mr.. Bird had
| notified his chief clerk, Mr.. Speer, that
his services would not be needed after
July l and he had appointed Charles E.
Bigelow to the position.
Bird made the change, it is said, be-
cause Mr.. Speer did not fill the position
in manner satisfactory to him.
1t is also said today that the real fight
on MIR. Bird is not in regard to the salary
question, but that he is union man and
has been using his influence in the man
| featuring towns of the state to have non
union men displaced for union men.
The section of the statute under which
Governor Morrill, proposes to have Mr..
Bird arrested, and thereby GUST him from
office, is section [2344] of the General
Statutes, which reads:
Oppression, partially, etc.-Every per
son exercising or holding any office of
public trust, who shall be guilty of will
full and malicious oppression, partiality,
misconduct or abuse of authority, in his
official capacity or under color of his Of
fee, shall, on conviction, be punished by
| Imprisonment in county Jail. for term
not exceeding one year, and fined not
exceeding one thousand dollars
EDWARDS COUNTY KICKING.
Complains That the state Printers Trav-
cling Men Charged Up Things Wrong.
The county commissioners Of Edwards
county recently ordered County Attor-
ney Dyer to come to Topeka to investi-
gate the charges that Frank Hamilton
of the Hamilton Printing company had
been making entries that resulted in the
county being short of supplies credited
to it during the term F. H. Hanson was
county clerk, the clerk being involved in
the affair.
The Hamilton Printing company ex-
planned to Mr.. Dyer that it sometimes
happened that Mr.. Frank Hamilton
their travelling man, had supplies with
which he filed parts of orders.
They said sometimes the bill would cal
for three gross of lead pencils and the
bill would be marked "ship one gross
which they said indicated that the trav
cling man had filed part of the order by
supplies he had with him. It was also
explained that sometimes supplies were
shipped from one county to another t.
I'LL orders where one county wanted
something which had been refused by
another.
The Kinsley Mercury commenting OF
this explanation says: This sounds
rather fishy and we believe the matter
will bear investigating. 1t is possible
of course, that the transaction was al
right but on the face of it it looks ir.
regular to say the least"
have recently obtained samples Of
the chief baking powders in the market
and have subjected them to careful
chemical examination to determine theil
purity, wholesomeness and leavening
power. As the result of my tests l fine
the Royal Baking Powder superior tt
the others in every respect 1t is en-
tirely free from all adulteration and I'M
wholesome impurity, and in baking il
gives off a greater volume of leavenine
gas than any other powder. It is, there
fore, not only the purest, but also the
strongest powder with which l am &C
quainted.
WALTER S. HAINEs, N. D.,
Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board o.
Health.