People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-16
Defends Corruption In fii0h Places

Defends Corruption In High Places.
The arrest Of Governor Morrill, at
the instigatiOn Of Warden Chase for
an improper certidcatiOn OF the war.
rants OF three state house EMPLOYEES
:Or a months pay is pretty piece of
Pop petulance on the part OF a dis
graced office-holder. The governor
promptly cashed the warrants out of
his own pocket as soon as the error
was discovered and the fact was we'll
known, but for pure spite-work Chase
and his outfit We're willing to make
the matter the subject of a criminal
charge. -MOnitor-Press.
We said some time since that if
Governor Morrill, should advocate
stealing horses, he might count on
the Monitors support. That decla-
ration seems to be borne out by the
facts. This circumstance is not ex-
actly stealing horses, but it is bad
enough. The Monitor calls it an
Improper" certifcation of warrants
of three state house employees"
This is somewhat mixed with gall.
These people were not state house
employees at all. Governor Level.
ling was running the states business
at that time and paying the states
employees. Mr.. Morrill, was run
ming a little side-show, entertaining
his political friends, answering their
pleas tor patronage and replying to
kilograms ofcongratulation. He i'm.
agined he was governor and the de-
fusion was not dispelled until the
Topeka Journal and Leavenworth
Times (both Republican papers,
called his attention to the fact that
paying the expenses OF his private
jamboree out of state funds was an
illegal appropriation which might, if
the law were strictly enforced, land
him in the penitentiary. Then his
private secretary implored the state
auditor to "destroy the vouchers"
but the state auditor did not care 10
be made into 'Dack-saddle," even
by one so great as the governor and
refused. ..... .tt
An Improper certi6cation oil
warrants!" That's goodl Maddux,
the defaulting postmaster at Geuda,
improperly" certified his reports to
the department, but he was punished
for it. There is no justification in
the fact that "the governor promptly
cashed the warrants out of his own
pocket as soon as the error was dis.
covered" Maddux made his bonds.
men good, we are told, as soon a:
he was caught, but the query tina,
puzzles the people of Kansas is
would either Maddux or the gov,
ernor have done this if they had no,
been caught" There is some doubt
too, as to whether the governor
"cashed these warrants out Of hi.
own pocket" The employees who
drew the money on the warrants are
said to have turned their April sal
airy back into the treasury to make
up for that Improperly" drawn out
Since the governor has so far failed
} to pay in the S65.7l improperly
drawn for furniture, rent, supple:
and telegraph tolls during the same
period, we rather opine that his sub.
ordinates have had to put it up. Oh
what great mistake that these war.
rants were not drawn for "extra SER
vices during the legislature" then
as Governor Morrill, suggested, the
steal would not have been discov.
cred.
And, then, Mr.. Monitor, why
should not Chase retaliate on the
governor Is not the administration
/ doing everything in its power tc
make Chase out scoundrel and a
scalawag1 Is there any valid reason
why the prosecution should all b.
! one wayi This endorsement Of cor.
, ruption in high places is what breeds
i it. If Mr.. Chase is guilty, let hin
(; suffer. And, if Governor Morrill, i.
|. guilty (which he concedes), let hin
e suffer also. The man who steals :
sack Of -four to feed his starving fam
lily has far more justification thar
did the governor Of this state foI
paying his private bills, aggregatinl
S375.00, out of state funds.