The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-13


Prohibitionist aud that He VIII Stand
on Any Platform the Republicans OF
the state Put Up - The Declaration
Causes q Great Deal OF Surprise In
Topeka,
Topeka. Kan. May 1.-THE Kansas
CITY Times correspondent here sends
the following to his paper:
James a. Troutman today made the
startling admission that he was not run
ming for the Republican nomination for
governor as a Prohibitionist- Il be-
lieve in prohibition he said in CONVEX
sation with the Times correspondent
'1but that is not the only principle OF
the Republican party. I am making
the race as a Republican, and the plat
form which the party in its wisdom
adopts will be satisfactory TO me.
Mr.. Troutman expressed hismsef as
stated in response TO a question Lroui
ton campa ign.
.9rben YOU are not making prohibition
a suecialty9" the reporter suggested
l0QeSC d1u ilOl, ACPAAC1 -'-A.
man with some feeling. And I might
incidentally remark that 1 have never
been in sympathy with third party pro-
hibitionists. / have always VoUeo the
Republican ticket straight, no matter
what the candidates thought OF the
prohibition question. That's my idea
of Republicanism."
.Tsn't Governor Morrill's vascillating
oI,;S, ,; y, OF rIG .
OF opposition to his renomination?" ask
ed the reporter.
"Well, no." was the answer.
What is another cause?"
81 don't care to say anything in this
connection. 1t would put me in the at
titude of making an attack upon Gov
ernor Morriil. The relations between US
now are most pleasant, and i want 10
keep them that way"
''Do you travel around any in the
interest Of your candidacy?"
Yes; I am out most of the time.
Don't people shoot these questions
at your"
Yes, sometimes"
How do you manage to stand them
Off"
by declining to answer their ques-
lions as DO yours
do they ever ask you If you will en-.
force the prohfbitory law If elected?"
Mr.. Troltman did not reply. After
a moment the reporter asked?"
shall I say that you declined to an
swer this question, too?"
You may say that my position on
prohibition is known TO every citizen Of
Kansas ard have TO promises to make
IL.
hibition law cannot be enforced where
local public sentiment is opposed TO e.
What do you think about that PROPOSE
tion?"
That is a question which do not
care to discuss at this time"
AT this juncture Mr.. Troutman, like
most of the Republican politicians, is
trying TO dodge the question of proh!
bitfon. II is a notorious fact that no
candidates can win the Republican
nomination for governor on a declara-
ton that, If elected. he will enforce the
law, and no candidate since St John
has ever committed himself, although
prohibition has been a Republican hob
by all these years Morrill, is the only
governor who has ever had the courage
to say that the law is a dead letter in
it. and for that single statement the
prohibitionists gave him such a fright
that he has not yet recovered from IL.
The truth is that the politicians are
afraid to make an issue of prohibition.
The candidates appear willing to ac-
cept a nomination on ny sort of plat
form the politicians may see fit to adopt
1t IS known that Governor Morrill, Is
Y-ti aa1N III IL
judging from Mr.. Troutman's evasive
answers 70 pertinent questions, he is in
the same boat with him.
1T IS NOT TRUE.
Topeka, Kan, May 12-According to
a PopuliSt story, Governor Morrill, has
been paying State Accountant Challil-
or $500 per year in excess of his Salarv,
an arrangement 20 that effect having
been MADE between the two at the time
Chalhnor's appointment was made The
story is absolutely without foundation
Not dollar can go out of the state
treasury for any purpose except on the
Endorsement of the state auditor, AMI
the latter's records give the charge a
complete denial. 1t is presumed the
report that Challinor was receiving ex
cess salary stared from the fact that
Governor Morrill, at one time appropria-
ted $500 out of the contingent fund and
paid il To the state accountant In
February 1895, the legislature passed
an act providing for the immediate
appointment OF a state accountant ana
fixed the salary at $500 per annum.
The same legislature passed an appro.
priation bill to pay his salary, but
an oversight neglected to make
=, 1,n,r 81,
of the fiscal year, which left a hiatus
of about four months for which no pro-
vision had been made, though the gov
ernor was commanded TO fill the office
for this period. He paid this four
months salary out of his contingent
fund.
CANKER WORM DANGER
Topeka. Kan. May 12-Mr Fred
Wellhouse, president Of the Kansas Hor
ticuhural society and the largest apple
grower in Kansas, said this morning
the damage done TO fruit
in Kansas by the canker worm:
The danger is now over. The can
ker worm neyeTtworks after the middle
OF May. 1t has already quit in most
portions ~ Kansas. cannot give the
extent of damage they have done. but
il is considerable. particularly in the
belt ranging from north TO south on the
eastern line of the state. In my own
orchard they stripped forty acres Of ap-
pie trees. hut none OF them were bear
ing. We were busy spraying the bear
ing trees snd did not get around 70 the
"a YOUNG
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