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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

Sol. Miller of the Troy Chief con-
dennis John Speer for squealing on
Labor Commissioner Bird for de.
Quoting Sl6.66 per month blood
money from his salary. He lets the
cat out Of the bag like this:
"Speer was appointed, not because
he was competent, for he was unable
to perform the duties of his office, but
simply to give him place, because he
was poor, and was an old standby and
deserved something. We all approx
ed of it, and were glad that he got the
place. But he was not qualified to
discharge the duties of the position.
1t was almost a sinecure. He had no
one to provide for but himself, and
the salary was big pay. Considering
that he was receiving 81 900 year for
doing next to nothing, but merely for
his beauty, he was foolish to squeal
because the man who was responsible
for the office, and who gave him the
place, demanded 5000 of it."
How many men are on the pay
rolls OF this business" administra-
ton just for the sake of giving them
a placer We're these places created
for the purpose Of giving fat jobs to
deserving politicians If so, how
does that tally with Gov. Morrills
antipathy to paternalism2 We have
known John Speer personally and
intimately for several years, and he
is a good citizen; but we know a
whole lot Of good citizens who are
just as deserving Of good jobs. Is
this the end Of government-to give
good jobs to party servantsl And
then how mean to give a deserving"
man sinecure and then steal part
of it away from him. Here is office
brokerage defended. To what
depths have we descended under
this business" administration!
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
The Rice County Eagle brings

The Rice County Eagle brings
this pointed arraignment against the
present administration:
1.-THE state of Kansas has been re-
deemed less than six months and the
people now have pretty well defined
idea of what redeemed Kansas signi-
tled;-a governor with no respect for
decency or lava user Of the states
money unlawfully to pay political
henchmen. A squandering of the
peoples money for Investigations, and
by arbitrary removals from office for
the sake OF spoils for henchmen, with
out cause. 1ndulgences for the com.
mission of crime sold, and the bene-
hciries plying their criminal vocations
openly and detiantly. Drunkenness
in high officials and indecent assaults
upon unprotected virtue 90 unrebuked
and peculatiOn-downright stealing
has become a matter of almost every
day occurrence. And now extortion is
added to the list Of other crimes-the
redeemerS begin to fleece each Other,
The labor commissioners name is
Bird, knocking bird probably, since
ne seems to initiate the precedent
set by his superior.l He has two
clerks whose salary is established by
law and from each he has exacted
1855 of their salary each month
until they would stand it no longer
and kicked. In the midst of all this
corruption and dishonest practice,
bringing shame and disgrace to the
state, the Kansan has one grain of
c0mfOrt-the administration never
registers from Kansas when awav
but always from the west"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
Slnklnl Funds.

Concerning the article on sinking
funds in last weeks VOICE the Mail
says:
We agree with the general trend Of
the Voices article. But Bro. Naugle
is wrong in some of his fgures-thOse
with which we are especially familiar
and We have not had time TO verify
the Others. The bonded indebtedness
of the Wellington school board is
$4,000, instead of S64,5OO. And the
county Santa Fe bonds amount to
sl72,600. instead of $4,000. The
Rock Island bonds are the sl45,OOO
item, hut no sinking fund levy will
have to be made for these bonds for
several years. But the sinking fuld
levy for the sl72.6OO in Santa Fe bonds
must be made this year. We missed
it last year by less than a month.
We stand corrected on these hg-
ures but it only makes our point the
stronger. We obtained our inform
alton from the county, city and
school treasurers, but it seems they
must have made a miscalculatioa.
Since that time the school treasurer
has paid $4,000 bonds, reducing the
total to S75,5OO.
The Mail very properly adds:
There is also another feature of this
subject which the Voice overlooked,
which is section eight, of the same
law from which it quotes, which reads
as follows:
SECTION S-If any county, township or city
treasurer shall neglect or refuse to perform
the duties impt sed by this act, he shall BIZ
deemed guilty Of felony, and upon cOnvic-
ton thereof, shall be punished 10y fine OF not
less than one hundred nor more than one
thousand collars, and Imprisonment in the
penitentiary not less than one nor more than
five years.
The investment of these sinking
funds is a question that demands the
careful consideration of our county
officials and especially of County
Treasurer Spencer as he is the officer
charged by the law with the duty of
these investments.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

lgnatious Donnelly has written a
new book, american Peoples
Money" The VOICE acknowledges
the receipt OF a copy which we have
just finished reading and are free to
pronounce it very able and enter.
tanning production. 1t is written in
Donnelly'S own style and is a com.
plete refutation of the gold standard.
IT the latest thing out. 1t can be
had in paper covers for Csc, pub
!ished by Laird & Lee, Chicago
The VOICE will supply all who may
want it at the publishers price.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
Official State Papers Fees Cut


Topeka Capital.
The suit brought by the Kansas
Breeze against Secretary Of State Ed
wards to compel him to pay for official
state printing at the rate Of 81 per
square instead Of so cents per square,
as he had ruled, was yesterday decid-
ed against the Newspaper by the SUI
preme court.
A brief statement Of the case is as
follows: Up to the year 1879, there
was no such an institution as the
''oficial state paper" All matters
requiring publication in a newspaper
were turned over to the state printer
and by him caused to be published in
paper which he might at will desig-
nate as the official organ Of the state.
The law defining the state printers
duties and fixing his compensation for
all sorts of work contained a section
which provided that he should receive
90 cents per square and % cents per
square for subsequent insertions for
such advertisements, notices, etc., as
he should cause to have published for
the state.
In 1879 the legislature passed an act
creating the official state paper"
providing for its election by the exec
utlve council and defining its duties.
When it came to the question of pay
for the work performed the law sim
ply stated that the paper should re-
ceiye "the rates established by law"
The section which fixed the pay for
this work 10 the state printer was not
Repealed,
Judge Horton and Judge J. L.
johnson, who appeared in court
as attorneys for the Kansas
Breeze, ,eJ up in their brief that
when the act used the words ito be
paid for at the rates established by
law" it clearly referred TO the general
law Of 1868, which fixed the pay for
egal printing at 81 per square. They
further contended that the secretary
was making special law which could
apply to the state printer and no one
else his guide for the payment Of a
state official paper" which was no
where mentioned In the act.
On the other hand, the attorney
general, who appeared for the secre-
try Of state, contended that the sec.
tion In the state printer law had
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
Council Meeting.

The city council met in regular ses-
sion at the council chamber Monday
evening Of this week with the fol-
lowing named members present: &c.
limo, Christensen, Maddy, Hunter,
Garland, Wilson and SaylOr. Mr..
Christlanson was excused on account
of the sickness Of his child. The
regular routine business was transact
ed. Among the bills presented was
bill presented by George TOOley for
damages sustained by his garden and
yard because of an overflow of water
from the water system. 1t was not
allowed. A little sQuabble resulted
over the allowance of certain other
bills but they were finally allowed.
The reports Of committees were
heard, and the committee appointed
to secure a suitable place for a fire
house and council chamber was con-
tinued with instructions to rent the
Standard building on East Harvey
avenue for that purpose aud to super
intend the moving Of the apparatus.
Mayor Sayage's vetOes of the ordi-
nanceS regulating the salaries of GER
tain city officials and he one to eStab-
lish a new order in which the mayor
shall make his appointments were
read. The vctOeS were lengthy and
in some paragraphs very expressive.
Petitions were then read asking for
the appointment of A. A. Raglan as
chief of the new fire company and al
so one asking fof the appointment of
Webb Davis to the same position.
Each petition was signed by a rum
Der OF members of the old fire COM
pany who also signifled in their petit
tion their desire to serve in the new
company. After some discussion,
these petitions were passed until the
next council meeting, to allow all
who are DESTROYS of serving in the new
fire company to make application in
dividually, and to allow the council
men more time to investigate the
comparative ability of different ap-
plicants to serve. The verbal appli-
cation of Sam Davis for the chieftin-
ship was presented by Mr.. Garland.
The resignation of 8. T. Neubert
was read, Mr.. Neubert setting forth
the fact that he had been notified by
the company Of which he Is an en-
ploye that he must quit all offices of
honor or trust while in utheir employ.
Mr. Neubert's resignation leayes the
council with but one more than a
quorum. They now have seven men,
bers and as it was last night, with
one absent, all those present were
compelled to vote the same way or nc
business could be transacted.
After a little more miscellaneous
work the council adjourned to meet
next Monday evening.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

The Caldwell News retorts to the
VOICES thrust that one of the re-
deemerS was found in an alley dead
drunk, at Topeka, that he was
promptly discharged. The state
treasurer was not fired, Bro. Simons.
On the other hand the governor
apologized for him.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

The scandal which has engulfed
Col. W. A. Harris is certainly very
unfortunate. There are few men in
Kansas who have the elements Of
craftsmanship more largely develop
ed in them than Col. Harris. This
scandal whether true or false will to
some extent mar his hitherto unoues-
toned availability.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

Senator Blackburn of Kentucky,
says he has learned one thing, that
it is next to impossible to make
Roadway with the cause Of the peo-
pie against unlimited capital and
unlimited federal patronage.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

The Republicans and Democrats
Of Kentucky having both declared
against silver it is said that John
Sherman and Grover Cleveland are
dancing hornpipe together "down
east ION the gold bug platform.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

Gov. Morrll is about as success full
in preventing prize fights as he is in
preventing the sale Of whisky. He
sent out orders to the sheriff that the
mill at Galena should be stopped.
But it came off on schedule time and
in the opera house. He made the
same order regarding the Gardner
Dixon mill with the same result
Crawford County Democrat.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

Gov. Morrill, and Attorney, Gener-
al Dawes are making "grand-stand
play" just now to head off the law
and order convention at Topeka this
week. Atchison, Wichita, and Pitts
burg saloons are closed.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

We are informed that the bankers
have Pleged the Sound Money Lea
que 100000 to food the country
with gold bug literature, and that the
money comes from Democrats and
Republicans alike
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

When you see a man walking down
the street on hot summer day with
kid gloves on, set it down in your note
book that he is either fresh from COL
lege or the farm-Topeka Press.
Or some provincial lawyer clothed
with judicial authority.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1895.

Ben Clover has got back to his
old tricks. Ten boys have recently
escaped from the reform school and
the Topeka Press surmises that Ben
has been asleep again.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
War with japan.

Tacoma, Wash, July 1.-Authentic
advices haze been received here by
the steamer Oscar, from Vladiros.
took, to the effect that Russia has
missed $4,000 troops at that point
ready for any attempt on the part of
Japan to II owe against Russia.
The divorce case of Mary E. Spence
VS.. John Spence has been filed.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

its constitution in Independently
coming its own money.
America cannot only carry out
the letter and spirit Of her own con-
stitutiOn by making the silver dollar
Unit of value but in doing so COM
pete with and Overwhelm Europe in
the worlds commercial arena, and in
doing which become the richest, the
haPpiest and the most prosper Gus
nation OF people on Gods footstool."
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

10y VIRTUE Of an order of sale issued to
ID me or oi said District Court in the above
cut ued "a ton. VII
o. MONDAY. the 9Th day OF AUGUST, A. D 1855
Betw. en- two and three o'clock D. m. of said
day. at the front door Of the court house in
the city OF Wellington, in the county Of SUM
ner and state OF Kansas. offer & public sale
and sell 70 the highest and best bidder for
cash in hand, all the following
real estate, to-Wit;
The South half ll.l OF section twenty-nine 2g)
in township thlrty-three (yD south OF range
four ~ vest OF tine 9th principal meridian,
lying nd situate in the county OF Sumner
and state Of Kansas.
The ab0ye-Gescribed real estate Is taken as
the property Of said Defendants and Is d.
rected by said order OF sale TO be sold, and
will be sold without appraisement TO satisfy
said order OF sale.
Witness my hand this I'd day OF July, A. d,
1906.
SIS. WO0DC0CK,
Sheriff of sumner County. Kansas.
HARRIS & yERxILLloS, Att'ys for Plaintiff;
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04
First Publication in VOICE July 4, 1851
Sherif's Sale.
No. T3.

No. ITO.
Inthe District Court Of Sumner county in the
state OF Kansas.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-04

Washington Carlisle, /
Elizabeth j. Car
Isle. The Alliance
Trust Company, ,
Frank Hagerman. ,
Loudford 3. Ladd, !
1has. $. fairchlid.
Harry r. Mooney. |
ambition h. Whit
ncy. Receivers OF /
The Alliance Trust |
Company Milton
Smith. BenJam n !
Smith and aenry
Drdln. Defendants. !
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-20
MIachIevouH.

The young men who tied the two door
knobs together last Friday evening, on
Union street, and then rang the door-bells
OF both houses and awaited results, had
better keep out OF the husbands way for
short time. 1t might seem funny to see
and hear two ladies trying to open their
respective doors and mumbling over some
words about "letting go of the knob, !"
and the like, but when the master of the
house took hold OF the knob inside and
said, What in thunder you dom out
there " at the same time giving fear
full yank ard then falling backwards over
the wife and children, who had accumu-
lated 10 the entry, tho fun ceases. Cut
ting the rope just as he pulled of course
accelerated his motion, but he was up in
moment and made rush out of the
door, down the stoop and to the gate ;
but be stopped there, for the gate was
also tied, and before it could be united
the rascals were out Of reach. No one
would have blamed him at this particular
moment II he had INDUCED In few very
hard words, but after mature thought he
remembered time when just such little
tricks were INDUCED in by himself and
comrades and he really smiled when he
had quieted down. Still, be don't like
too much OF such work.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-20
For TIE RECORD


Alexander A. Burroughs, of West
Amwtll, has had the misfortune within
the past three weeks to lose all but six of
his hogs with the cholera, and he thinks
that five of the six will die. lie says the
one that is not sick has no ring in his
nose. The sick hogs all had the patent
rings in their noses. Is it possible that
the rings or the manner of ringing the
hogs has anything TO do with bringing
about the diseased
Some fifty years ago our fathers used
TO say that the hog should not be "rung :"
in the centre of the snout, for If the ring
touched the scam between the nose holes
the hog would die, or at least would not
do well. The writer has always practiced
placing ring each side of the seam or
gristle, on the tip of the snout.
Will some one having had experience
with the cholera give his ideas on the
subject9 ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-20

"A special meeting of the Excise Board
of this city was held last Saturday even
ing, A bill of costs, &C., in the recent
liquor cases, was ordered certified to as
correct aud presented to the Council.
The following resolutions were pre-
sented and adopted unanimously:
RESOLVED, That the Mayor be requested
to instruct the police officers OF the city to
pay special attention to the places where
it is understood liquor is being sold with
out license, and to furnish us with all
information in their power that may lead
to the conviction of the proprietors of any
such places; and further
RESOLVED. That the Executive Commit.
tee of this Board be authorized to offer a
reward, not exceeding twenty-five dollars,
to any person furnishing evidence that
will lead to the conviction OF any person
for selling liquor without license, within
this city.
In accordance with the above resolu.
tons, the committee decided to offer a
reward of ten dollars for evidence that will
lead to conviction.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-20
Accommodations.

II was something of this nature which
came over one of our prominent lawyers
one evening last week and caused him to
make serious blunder, or singular in
cident. In going into his Office he did
not as usual remove his rubbers, thinking
he would go out soon. His son-in-law
came in, in the meantime, and took his
rubbers off. When 1t came time to de-
part, the father-in-law, thinking he had
gone through the usual practice In remov-
ing the outer foot-gear, began 10 pull on
those of his son-in-law's, which, though
they pulled little harder than usual,
were eventually secured on either foot.
Lawyers sometimes do cool pieces of
work and the son in-law thought this one
of them, but said nothing. He did rot
kick; ii was no use; it was too late.
He smiled and SO did pa when he at last
found out that be was wearing two pairs
of rubbers and that one pair of them be-
longed to the absent relative, who had
been forced b. his mistake to plod home
through the snow, rubberless. 1t was a
good advertisement for the rubbers, as
there are good many makes which would
not have stood the extra amount of stretch
required TO get them on over the under
pair.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-20
Board OF Frceholders.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders of this coun.
ty was held at Pennington on Wednesday
OF last week.
Chairman McCrea, Of the Finance Com
mittec, reported that SO, 800 was paid out
last month, and from the present condi-
tion of the county finances he recommend
ed that no bills, except those necessary,
be paid this month.
The Asylum Committee reported visit
to the Morris Plains Asylum and found
everything 10 the usual excellent condi-
ton. Patiepis on hand at last report,
So; admitted since, 8; discharged, /
died, ] total number now on hand, SO.
A letter from A. q. Hulsizer, addressed
TO Holdren Hewitt, who was recently en-
powered by the Board to act as Assistant
Game Warden, was read. Mr.. Hewitt
presented bill TO the Board at its last
meeting, which was refused. The letter
states that the Board has no power to ap-
point an Assistant Fish and Game Ward.
en-, and, therefore, no power to pay.
A bill of $40 was presented by Alexan-
der Sutton for injuries to bis horse in
stepping through hole in a bridge in
Tewksbury township in September last.
The bill was voted down.
A motion that the Freeholders hold
their service bills over this month, thus
enabling the Board to pay some small
bills instead, was lost, and the service
bills were taken up and passed.
The County Clerk was authorized to
purchase new ballot-box for Union town.
ship, the old one having been destroyed
by fire.
Adjourned to the second Wednesday
10 March.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-20
Sandy Ridge Items.

Yes, that blizzard paralyzed us COM
pletely for the time. We are only just
beginning to crawl around again and to
crawl through snow-cuts from four to
seven feet deep at that.
The social that was to have been held
il the church on Friday evening, Febru-
AIRY 8tb, was blown-nobody seems to
know where. Services on the following
Sunday were dispensed with. Nobody
came.
Van Dolah's school also got showed
under, all except the teacher, for two or
three days.
Cyrus Van Dolah had horse badly
kicked one night recently, while standing
in the stable. Mr.. Van Dolah thinks the
bone of the leg is fractured, but that the
animal will come out all right in time.
On Wednesday afternoon a heavy to-
bacco wagon, drawn by two horses, made
its way from Stockton to Sergeantsville.
The driver said he had driven from New
ark since Monday morning. How he
managed 10 do 1t is a mystery. The
drifts must be lighter down that way.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-20

The Art amateur grows more in.
teresting with each number. What with
its charming color plates (two are given
this month" Sunset in Connecticut, ="
Winter landscape with snow illumined
by the sunset glow, and Chrysanthe-
NUNS ~, its practical Working Designs
for China Painting, Wood Carving, Nee
dlework, etc., and its instructive articles
on Drawing for Reproduction, +" "Flow-
er Drawing In Pen.and ink" "Artistic
Anatomy" y" Landscape Painting, "The
Painting of the Head in OIL" "Glass
Painting" "China Painting Design
ing for Bindings, !" +" Wall Paper Design
ing" Needlework and an "Inexpen-
siye Country House." 1t is indeed indis-
pensable to the artist, the teacher aud the
art student. Ali these articles are well
illustrated. Besides all this there is an
article on Carolus Duran, an account OF
AN Art Students Year in Paris" ORA
perry Studies by Jules Lefebvre and Jan
Monchablon, Drawings by Martin Rico,
Carolus Duran and J. L. Sargent, and
Engravings by Charles Baude from paint
ings by Trotter, v. Gilbert and Maris
Royr. My Note Book is especially inter
esting. Price, So cts. Montague Marks,
Publisher, % Union Square, New York.