Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-30
sHAKEUP IN MISSOURI INSTITUTIONS
IN PROSPECT.
FREE SILvERITES TO GO IN.
GOVERNOR STEPHENS ADDING TO
HIS POLITICAL MACHINE.
Appointing CuratOrs Who VIII Parcel
Out Positions in the Interest OF
the Democratic Pnrty-kan-
sas Outrage to BE
Duplicated.

jefferson City. Mo-, May 29-CSpeciaI)
The policy OF making political machines Of
the state institutions has undoubtedly
been inaugurated by Governor Stephens.
Many persons here wondered why the gov
ernOr appointed Curators for the various
state educational institutions Just prior to
the close of the present school year. Va
cancies have existed. or rather the terms
Of at least two of the CurdtOrs of most of
the state institutions expired last January.
and they should have been filled then, but
the governor saw fit to wait until just pre-
ceding commencement, when the work OF
the school year has been nearly completed.
when he appoints new men to step in and
close up the work. They are not familiar
with the work to be accomplished, yet
they must wind up the work of the entire
year.
The secret of the whole matter has been
let out and that is shown from the char
acter of the appointments and from hints
dropped by parties close to the governor.
Free silver men have been appointed in
most instances, especially where the law
will admit. On all the educational boards
of the state the state superintendent of
public schools, John r. Kirk. is ex officio
Il member. and, he being a Republican, it
Is found necessary TO appoint a majority
of the members on the board who will do
the bidding of the governor.
Republicans will now have a hard time
to hold their places. Already ii has been
announced that there is TO be shaking
up of the faculty of the state university
because it is largely made up Of Repub-
publicanS, or, as il has been put New
Englanders.' \ prominent Democrat a
few days ago voiced the sentiments of
the Democrats and IL Is supposed of the
governor when he said: Il don't believe
in keeping Republicans in good positions
who fight us. and especially when there are
good Democrats TO take their places
Professor Inman +. Page. who has been
TO be slated by the machine to go. to make
place for a Democrat. Page is an able
man, and has been at the head of the col
ored school here for several years. His
full one. but he is believed to be slated to
go, simply because he is Republican and
has worked for his party, or at least has
not aided the Democratic party
The state board of geology is supposed
to be so constituted by recent appointment
to Oust Professor Charles X. keyes from
tiOn of an out and out Democrat to fill his
place. keyes is good man, but he came
from Iowa, and was elected because of his
ability, and his politics was not consid-
Democratic party since he has been in
Office and therefore he is classed Re
publican, and he will go.
Changes will be made in all the normal
schools all over the state Regents have
been appointed recently for Parkville and
Cape Girardeau, besides Lincoln institute
and state university Bringing the educa-
tional institutions into politics only shows
the desperate means the Democrats must
resort TO in order to hold the state against
the Republicans at the next election
An indignant public may finally cause the
governor and his free silver cohorts to re-
Cede from their present plan of corrupting
the state educational institutions by plac-
ing them in the hands of Democratic ma
chine bosses.