Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-10-13
lands Is SMOOTH.
The Warden's Report Is Constructed
10 kislead the Miners. M

= q Pipp. Of Ossxs City. Throws sop
light % the abjsct-Ths sale Of Pes
itsstlsry Goa, Has Iasssessd Under
the Populist Admiaistrstioa.
In making his report TO the governor
Warden Lands, of the state peniten
uary says: s
referring again for . moment to Tn.
mine discussion with reference to the
sale Of coal, want TO call your atten'
ton to the fact that during the last
two fiscal years there has been sold,
oil told, 6s9,6SS bushels, q against =
o6Ao4l bushels reported in the bien.
nisl report published by MrLynch for
the two fiscal years preceding
Mr.. Lynch was the republican war.
den under the Morrill, administration.
The fiscal year ends on June 80 Of each
year.
E G. Pipp Of Usage City, who 10
perhaps the best informed man In the
state on coal statistics, takes up the
report and shows how Warden Lands
attempts to work ''con" game on the
coal miners Of Kansas Mr.. Pipp says:
Taking the statements Is put by Mr.
Lands 1t leaves the impression that
considerable less coal was sold under
his wardenship than under that Of Mr..
Lynch's yet the reverse OF that state.
nsnt 10 true, and that 10 why papers
quoting the statements Of Lands can.
not be relied upon. He IL shrewd; he
puts his comparisons In such way 81
. take credit TO himself that 10 due
ptherA
Tho fiscal years included In Lynch's
-sspsrt covered from July 1, 1894 to
July l, 1895; the years included In
Landis report covered from July l,
ios6 70 July l, 1898 During that
whole time there were three wardsns
n charge Of the penitentiary; two Of
them were populists and one repub-
liean. Lot Us sec what the records Of
~ three ere as shovn BY the auditors
books 10 Topeka
Lynch, the republican warden, did
rot 70 In until June 81, 1898; and 80
his report included 10 months Of the
wsrdenship Of bis populist predecessor,
4r Chase, and 10 months Of his own
wardenship Mr.. Landis went In Feb.
rusry l, 1897, and his report included
seven months Of Mr.. Lynchs admins
tration and II months Of his own.
The following are the sales by the
three wsrdens during their admins.
tration within the four years referred
70 In Mr.. Lsndis statement:
Sod by Chase (populst) from July
1oM 10 July |, 1905 $50. b9a ~
sold by Lynch (republcan) from July
!. 1893, TO July |, 1895. ............. 2,72o2O
Total ......"..................lb 7, ss7 "
The above sales, taken together, con.
stituted the biennial report made by
Warden Lynch.
eold BY Lynch (republican) from July
!, 1904, to February I. 1897 ..........S $685. 90
lid BY Lands (populist) from Feb
rsary I. 1871, To July I. 1904 .......... 2d22Ii2
-
Iotsl ...."",..,,".,........ I20, 862 IL
Monthly average for Lynch, s6e2ea
Monthly average for Landis si,5a7z
Now this shows that, while taking
fhe last two years and comparing with
the former two, there has been re.
duction, but the low sales In each
period were under republican rule; the
republicans in each case putting less
Il competition with our miners than
did the populistA
In the first period Of two fiscal years
the republicans cut down the monthly
average by over $1,000 q month. In
The second period OF two fiscal years
Lands increased Lynch's average
nearly three.fold. Yet the smooth
lands makes his report to the gov.
srnor land to the people in campaign
time) so that 1t appears as though he
had made an actual reduction.
A proper comparison would be that
part Of the entire four years which was
snder populist wardens with that part
Of the four years which was under re.
pu blican wardens
UNDER PoPuLIsT wARDENs
Amount Monthly
sold average.
Chase IL months ...".....s3i b9a52 s2eosA
Aanuis' u months ......... 20, KITE Lb4277
Total, 70 months. .,,... .t8l, 82a8 81 t2lSLW
UNDER REPUBLICAN WARDEN
Amount Monthly
sold averages
Lynch, 10 months. ,.." go. s2S, ssS. 10 tlsMM
The republican average was about
1900 below the populist average. And
yet this is the exact period to which
Warden Lands refers in his report, in
which he makes 1t appear that 1t was
he who cut down the sales in the in.
terest Of the miners.
Continuing Mr. Pipp makes the fol.
lowing charges, which are fully SUP.
ported by the records:
That the present populist admins.
trstion put convict coal on the market
u ol.0S or less,
That their product has fallen into
Ne hands Of the railroad companies
md other customers OF free miners
That the price under the new law Ia
y least sS cents ton less than under
he old law.
That the populist party ignored its
platform pledge Of 1895, promising to
lree the miners from convict competi.
hon. Worse, we charge 1t with giving
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