The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-06
RUINOUS.
More Injury Done the State
Agricultural College
BY the POpulist Senate Open
ing the Way
For Turning Out All the Pro-
fessors and Teachers.
THEY HAD A CHANCE
To Save One State Institution
From the
Biennial OYerturn That is So
Disgusting to Citizens,
And They Failed to Realize Its
Importance.
For Turning Out All the Pro-
feSSOrs and Teachers.
THEY HAD A CHANCE
To Save One State Institution
From the
Biennial OYerturn That is SO
Disgusting to Citizens,
And They Failed to Realize Its
Importance.

The name of Carl Vrooman as regent
for the State Agricultural college was
rejected by the senate yesterday anu d
good opportunity for enforcing civil ser
vice. on a small scale at least was
sacrificed by the Populist senate. Fro
fessors and teachers will now De turn
ed out of the college as soon as the new
administration comes in and the lhsti-
tuition be seriously injured
The firing of teachers from our
state colleges every two years by a
crowd of rapacious politicians is a grow
ing nuisance which the people would
resent if there were any constitutional
method to do it. OF course, if the Popu-
lists come into power again In Two
years all the professors soon to be ap-
pointed by the Republicans will be DIS
charged and so the pendulum Will
swing back and forth until the college
becomes thoroughly demoralized ana
discipline and learning is at an END.
What the people of Kansas want Is
stability and quiet in it's educational
institutions. They do not care Wnlch
party puts the teachers into the colleges
nrovided the teachers are allowed to
STAY there The Populist senate has
behaved like lot of children in this
matter.
A few days ago Governor Leedy sent
Carl Vrooman's name for regent of the
State Agricultural college to the senate,
hut withdrew it. One messenger from
the executive office delivered the noml-
nation and as he left the senate an
other messenger asked him to have the
appointment withdrawn This was
done and the governor sent for Senator
Campbell, who, in response to request
from the chief executive, polled the
senate and reported that enough MEM
bers were favorable to Vrooman to IN
sure his confirmation The governor
then returned the nomination to the
senate.
Previous to this the governor had re-
ouested the senators to repeal the law
providing for the appointment of leg1s-
lative Investigating committees and
said that unless this was done he would
make no appointment for the college.
A number of the senators and Popu-
list leaders have been insisting that the
special session should do nothing
towards taking the offices away from
the Republicans, although they have
made no move toward establishing civil
service as a remedy for the present
lamentable condition of state affairs,
and they have been successful in carry
ing the day on this proposition, but
many of the senators proceeded on the
theory that death had removed Aarrl-
son Kelley as a regent of the agr1cul-
tural college and claimed the rlSnt 10
name his successor on the board. This
was the main reason why senators
wanted Vrooman confirmed. Following
the governors request that the investl-
eating committee law be repealed, the
senate had stormy session
At $3.50 the senate ordered newspaper
men and all senate employees except the
<,1, = nd
they did so. The doors were locked and
the secret session began.
Senator Young's motion that the SEN
ate proceed with the consideration of
nominations from the governor, was
carried. and Senator Jumper took the
floor He was agitated somewhat and
sailed into his speech with much vigor.
He suggested that it would be unfair
to confirm Vrooman as a member of the
board and leave unconfirmed members
of the board of charities and other
officers Il think we had better con-
firm all or none.'' said Mr.. Jumper.
Senator Hessin CRep.) said he believed
it was not the proper thing to elect
Vrooman. "I'n vote for any reasonable
man but I will not vote for an anarch-
ist,'' he said
Senator Titus thought Vrooman was
too much of a socialist for the place and
advised that he be not confirmed.
This betrayS the ignorance of senators
on these two points. II a man is an
anarchist in theory he can't be a So
cialist, for an anarchist is opposed to all
law while a socialist wants more law.
The vote was 16 to 16 and the vote to
confirm was declared lost
Senators voting for the confirmation
were:
Benson. Braddock, Caldwell, Camp
bell Cooke, Crossan, Field, Forney,
Hart, Helm, King, Lupfer, Pritchard,
Ryan, Shaffer, Young.
Senators voting against Vrooman
were:
Andrews, Anderson. Battey, Farrelly.
Fulton, Hanna, Helmicx, Hessin, John
son, Jumper, Lamb, Morrow, Stone, Ii
tus Ward, thinner.
Senators absent and not voting were:
Coleman, Lewelling, Mathews, Reser,
Sheldon and Stocks.