The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-29
A MAN OF THE RIGHT KIND.
What President AIbaugh of the State
Board of Charities
SAYS ABOUT KANSAS CIVIL SERVICE.


gardIess of P0IItIc%-Interestins
Figures About the State Institu-
tiOns.
Morton Albaugh of Kingman. presi-
dent of the state board of charities, is in
Topeka today to assist in celebrating
Kansas Day in fitting and proper man
ner tonight.
"There are not many changes being
made" said Mr.. Albaugh; sin the per-
sonnet of the institutions We are not
making a clean sweep on party lines for
party's sake. I don't believe in that
sort of thing. We expect while
we are in charge of the charitable
institutions of the state to run them on
purely business basis. Of course when
we have to lose some one from incom-
potency or by his resignation We put In
Republicans where they will do just as
we'll
"If l want man to work for me and
he does his work in just the right way,
and is satisfactory in that particular, it
doesn't make any difference to me
whether he agrees with me on the silver
question or the tariff question, or
whether he voted for the same man 1
did or not. He can stay with me just as
long as he is satisfactory employe and
l need him.
81 think the same principle is good
enough to apply to state.
THE Populists made a big mistake
when they turned out experienced pso-
pie and filed the institutions with mex
perienced persons for party's sake. We
all know that and it would be a great
pity and great shame if We did not
profit by the mistakes they made
when l used to read the STATE JOUR-
NAL and see how it pitched into those
kIr how linz I
thought it was pretty tough on them. but
tell you it did an immense amount of
good. 1t is the privilege and the duty of
the public and the newspapers to lnves-
tigate and constantly stir up the public
institutions if they are not being run
right. If man doesn't watch his en-
ployes they will get asleaat careless. If a
state doesn't watch its employees they
will get careless, too.
"In the eight charitable institutions in
the state of Kansas there are in round
number 2, 440 inmates. 1t costs monthly
about $4,000 to run them and they en-
ploy in their care in the neighborhood of
$50 persons. The monthly cost of main
tanning the Topeka insane asylum with
its 750 inmates and 100 employees is $S,-
900. The asylum at Osawatomie has
1000 inmates and 149 employees and its
monthly expenses are $4,000. 1t costs
$4,000 per month to keep the reform
school at Topeka with its 220 inmates and
80 teachers and employees.
SAT Atchison the Soldiers Orphans
home costs the state $1,000 per month.
1t has 135 boys and employs % persons.
That was one place the Populists showed
good sense. They kept the Republican
Superintendent Faulkner and had 10
trouble at all. Faulkner is the best in
stitution man in the state.
"The deaf and dumb asylum at Olathe
is costly institution. With its 230 in
mates and 49 employees, most of them
high salaried teachers who have been in
the work for years, it costs the state
$4,000 a month to run it. The Populists,
luckily, didn't disturb the teachers there
enough to hurt anything.
There is another expensive institu-
ton at Kansas City, the blind asylum
High salaried teachers must be kept
there, too, aud with its 90 inmates and %
employees it costs Kansas $1,000 per
month.
"The Girls Industrial school at Beloit
and the imbecile asylum at Winfield are
about the same size and each costs the
state about S. 200 a month. Each has
105 inmates and % employees.
Next month we will let contracts for
two new buildings. One of them will
be- an administration building to replace
the one burned out several years ago, at
the insane asylum at Osawatomie. 1t
will cost about $4,000.
ssThe other building will not be very
extensive and will be a sort of industrial
school in connection with the blind asy-
lum at Kansas City.
''All of the institutions now have Re-
publican Observation-Disclosures
men,"