The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-07
Secretary Bush Draws a Line
in the Matter
Of Filing Nominations in His
Department.
1T MUST BE REGULAR
Petitions Must Be Full and
Sworn To.
Osborne County Pays It's Bonds
in Advance.

Secretary of State Bush will put a
stop to the hap-hazard manner in
which nomination papers are prepared.
When nominations are made by con-
Ventions the chairman and secretary
of the convention make affidavits to the
nominees and this document is filed
with the secretary of state. This year
there are but three tickets entitled to
places on the ballot in which nominal
tions were made by conventions The
fortunate ones are the Republicans,
Democrats and Populists. Even the Free
Silver Republicans must secure petit
tions or stay off the ticket.
1t has been the custom to accept petit
tons without any formality whatever.
but Secretary Bush came to the con-
clusiOn that this was not right and he
had an interview with Assistant At
tOrney General Smelling who agreed
with him. There must be $500 names
on each petition and Secretary Bush
will require the person who circuiates
the petition to make affidavit concern
ing the genuineness of the signatures.
All who circulate the petitions will be
required to make the following affi-
davit: Il personally circulated the
above petition for signatures and each
and each and every person whose sig
nature appears thereon is personally
known to me to be a legal voter of the
state of Kansas"
Mr. Bush thinks that the affidavit
should include an obligation from each
voter that he will vote the ticket for
which he petitions but as the law does
not give him authority to make such
regulation e Will not attempt to do so.
Taxes Overdue.
T w. Caffey of the state auditors
office has just completed a schedule of
the counties which are in arrears with
state taxes.
His statement shows that there is due
the state from counties as taxes, $644-
O52.SO. This amount, however, repre-
sentS taxes of 1897 which are not ex-
pected for month or two.
LeaVenWOrth county is farther in ar
rears than any county in the state.
Leaving out the taxes of 1897, which are
not yet paid, the county still owes the
state $27, 211. Logan is the only county
that has paid all the 1897 taxes but the
county owes the state for other years
$50. In a desire to make a good record
this year the treasurer of the county
has forgotten the past.
The counties which are now in ar
rears, leaving out of consideration the
taxes for 1897, are:
Allen, Anderson, AtchisOn, Barton,
IOIONIls 0ullGAs OAdSe, clay, corey,
Crawford, Elk, Ellsworth, Haskell,
Jewel, Johnson, Kearny, Labette, Lin
coin, Mcpherson, Mitchell, Montgomery,
NeOsha, Osborne, Ottawa, Pratt, Reno,
Republic, Rice, Russell, Shawnee,
Smith, Stafford and TregO.
The smallest amount any county is
behind is Franklin which owes but
$2.58
Pays in Advance.
Osborne county is establishing an
enviable reputation for promptness with
the state treasurer.
There has just been received at the
state treasury money to pay bonds
held by the permanent school fund
amounting to $2,264, due from school
districts in Osborne county. The pc
culiar part of the transaction is that
the bonds were not due. Part of them
would fall due next year and part of
them were to run until 1902.
School Bonds Purchased.
The state school fund commissioners
have purchased the following bonds:
School district No. 16, Allen county,
$4,000.
Board of education, Belville, 81, 500.
School district No. 80. COffey county,
$500.
School district No. IL, Wyandotte
School district No. lis. Washington
county, 5000.
Served With Anderson.
Major A. P. shreve of Governor
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