Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-03-21

They had discovered, or heard az
Thought they smelled Doodle In One ~
the camps, aud they rushed to that
camp With force that Threatened ~
carry everything before them II wsS
only by means OF the sharpest kind az
strategy that they did not saddle A
scandal upon the state, to begin win.
Tue republican state platform
promised the people an honest and
economical administration Of the state
government. D'''''
THE appropriations lof the leQisla-
turel aggregate over three and a GUAR.
ter millions of dollars, And then Ii IA
nOastea That the tax levy is not in
creased, but remains as it was before.
when things were prosperous, and crops
good.
CoWARDLY COMPROMISE.
Zone of the very first acts or the leg
lslature was the appointment Of 4
swarm Of clerks and other subordinate
officers four times as many as were nee
essary ut any tune, and placing them
upon the pay roll for the entire session
and long before the services Of any Of
them were needed
There was great ado made about
abOlishing useless offices; but Il re-
suit was, that just one Office was abol-
lshed-that or state veterinarian,
which many persons insists was really
q necessary office.
ION the other hand, not less than
twenty two new salaried or feed offices
were created, that the people must pay
for.
IAN appellate court was created,
with six judges, each judge with clerk
and stenOgrapher, making eighteen
offices right there. There is no dispute
that the supreme court is OVer-crOwded
and behind with the work; but this APP
pellate court ia but temporary make
shift.
MOST sCANDALoUs PART.
But the most scandalOns part Of it
was the terms upon which the court
was created. The senate would not
permit the passage Of the bill without
4 provision that at least two of the
judges should be members of the
The house meekly yielded to the
cheeky demand But after the pass
age Of the bill. it was discovered, to
the general CONSERVATION, that the
law with that provision would be UNI
constitutional
but bargain was entered into be-
tween the governor and the calamity
pirates in the senate, by which the I'M
constitutional provision should carry
out its intpnt in the appointments to
the court. 1t is even said that u part
of the demand was that a certain sem
at0r, who assisted in creating the
offices, should be one Of the judges.
The bargain was carried out.
ONE OF THE WORST SCANDALS.
zone of the worst scandals CON
nected with Kansas Legislation Las
been the appointment Of members to
offices created by themselves. Out of
the six judges Of this new court, one
has been given to senator, one tn
repre- sentative, and one to the father
of a representative. We say nothing
against the ability or the worth of the
majority of the judges, but the practice
Is pelnicious. Another representative
has been appointed to another of the
new Offices created. Besides, three
senators and we do not know how
many Representatives were appointed
to offices while the legislature was ia
session. AT least two Of the senators al
ready held appOintive offices. One Of
them Is a drunkard, and thereby gave
good cause for removal; but as he was
the chief agent in the performance OF
certain underhand work, he will hard
y be disturbed in his position. "Busi-
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