People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-21
HAS SAVED VAST SUMS.
Splendid Showing Made BY the State
Administration.

Administration
special to the Kansas City Times.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. lO-The Popu-
list campaign book has gone to the
printer and will be issued This week.
1t will be plain statement of facts
embracing comparisons between the
present administration and past
administration and every PROPOSE
ton made therein will be backed by
figures that can not be disputed.
The Republicans of Kansas are
represented by tickets in every
county in the state this year, and
are making necessarily awkward
campaign for those tickets. Con.
trary to their old custom, they are
not INDUCING in any stump speak
ing, for the reason they haye moth
ing good to say for themselves and
nothing bad that they can safely say
in public against the present ad-
ministration and its management oil
state affairs.
The only thing along this line that
has been said at all was the state
ment made IN Kansas City Re-
publican organ a few days ago con-
corning deficit in the treasury,
caused, as it was alleged, by the fact
that the Populist legislature, through
incompetency, failed to make levy
sufficient to pay the running amount
Of the state. That statement was so
absurd and VIGOROUSLY untrue that
even the Republican politicians have
argued against its REPETITION. The
fact of the matter is, and the party
who made the statement ought to
know it, that the levy made by the
last legislature will not become
operative for use by the treasury I'M
til next January. The shortage has
occurred under the levy made b. the
Republican legislature of 1895, and
hence if any incompetency has been
manifested, the blame should fall on
that body. That there is likely to
be deficit there is no doubt, but
there would not be if the Morrill, ad.
ministration had not depleted the
treasury and spent the usual reserve
maintained for contingencies.
BIG RESERVE FUND sQUANDERED.
When the Lewelling administra
ton went out it turned over to the
Morrill, administration a reserve
fund of over half a million dollars
but when the Morrill, administration
went out it turned over less thar
100000 to the Leedy administra
ton, 1t has never been clearly un.
derstood what became of this differ
ence of over 100000, but it ha.
been charged to extravaganza. L
crippled the Leedy administration
at least to the extent of causing
deficit, and hence the non paymen
OF the warrants of state officers 70,
one month. Even this could hav,
been avoided had not the treasurer
used $4,000 in the payment of
maturing debt that bore heav1
rate OF interest. If the Republican,
had not squandered the reserve there
would now be enough money in thu
treasury to pay all the expenses o
the fiscal year and enough left to pa,
Oh some more of the interest bear.
ing obligations of the state.
This was the only charge publicly
made this year, and it is safe 10 sa,
It will be the last, for it ha. served
TO dig up some of the strange doing
OF the last administration that tn,
Republican leaders would rattle
see left to rest in peace in the dus
Of the archives with other sins tina
they hoped would have escaped tn,
eyes of the people.
MUCH JoIBERY CONES TO LIGHT.
But to return to the campaign
book. Its purpose was not to eY
pose the shady transactions of tn
former. administration. A few O
them, however, were so glazing tina
they will be dealt with in the cam.
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