The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-25

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| your place Immediately. This will,
! therefore, be notice 10 you that you are
| today removed from the state board of
| charities. Very respectfully,
L. D. LEWELLlN, Governor.
Mrs. Lease replied the next day as
| follows.
| SaS:
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 29-Dear Sir
| Disclaiming any intention Of question
! ing your authority, the wisdom of your
acts, or the integrity of your purpose,
1 beg leave TO remind you that you have
| as chief executive of this state, tried
| and sentenced me without according to
me that which the laws of our land ac-
cord to the vilest criminal-the right Of
defense. Were I an employee of yours,
| your right to perpetrate such an act of
| injustice might depend upon your incli-
nation. AS it Is, 1 recognize the fact
that l am an employe of thes tate ac-
coun Ia BILE as such to the people of the
state for my official record and for hem
| as we'll as for myself / demand state
ment and an investigation of the charg-
es preferred against me, that 1 may
have an opportunity to concede the mani
fest justice Of your decree, or defend
myself from the imputations of hireling
politicians. Most respectfully yours.
MARY E. LEASE.
President State Board of Charities.
In an interview with the Times cor
| respondent Mrs. Lease said:
when accepted the position as pres
ident Of the board / took an oath to DO
my duty, and when Governor LeweIl-
ing saw that 1 was going to do my du-
ty, regardless of the wishes of the ad-
ministration, he proceeded to annoy and
harTass me through his servile tools,
Householder and Waite, the other Pop
ulist members Of the board"
Continuing Mrs. Lease said: 1.-The
old crowd must go. The present ad-
ministration have been more corrupt
than any Republican administrator
that ever disgraced Kansas. The mis-
sion of Governor Lewelling is TO make
appointments to further his own polit-
ical ends, regardlesst of consequences.
When he finds an appointee whom he
can not use re disposes of him.
Il will not go into the long story of
all the blunders Governor Lewelling
has made, Reference to Labor Com
missioner Todd is enough. This ap-
pOintment was senseless and unpardon-
able. and had nothing, not even respec-
liability, behind il, / belong 20 the
Knights OF Labor in which Todd, for
some reason or other unknown to real
friends of organized labor has gained
membership, and 1 tell you he has no
standing in the organization; not so
much as he has in the Peoples party,
which is next TO nothing.
ITO show you what this appointment
has done for the peoples party, let me
refer you to the vote Of Sedgwick coun-
ty. In 1892 the Populist State ticket
was given 1.160 votes in that county.
by our labor organizations; at the last
election in November the Peoples party
ticket received only eleven votes from
that source. Thus the labor vote of
the Peoples party in that one county
was practically wiped out in a single
year, all on account of Todd. The
same thing may be said of the vote in
other counties. OF course Lewelling
will retain Todd in office. That is a
part of the suicidal policy he adopted
when he first became governor, and
when politician starts out 10 commit
suicide he generally succeeds. If the
present administra ton is renominated
1 will cave the state"
After bitter fight in the courts Mrs.
Lease defeated Lewelling, and continu-
ed TO hold her job, serving until the
expiration of her term but they never
made up. Lewelling tried TO once, but
failed. He approached Mrs. Lease in
a crowd and wanted TO Shake hands
with her. She drew herself proudly up
placed her hands behind her back. and
said ..cornfully: THE handle of Doug
las is his own"
From that day until the day Of the
Wichita conventionthey never address
ed each other, so Mrs. Lease said
Chairman Briedenthal Of the Populist
state committee. said tonight that he
would give a good deal for assurance
that Mrs Lease would support the Re
publican ticket this year. 1T would
make Us lot of votes" he said
To Stop Failing CT the Hair in One Week
In ninety days. use DANDERINE. If