Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-02

| June l1-Sa!ts 49,. acknowledgements. 10
June 1.-one box cigar; ................. c,m
June 1--IIalt dozen tablets tmciicinc,. ......... IT
June i2-0nc box cigars Observation-Disclosures. . "a
June lS-nne box matches OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. o.
June 1i-one box cigars . On
June 1s--one box cigars . ~
Total =. 10
1t will be noted that a jury of twelve men
divides up very evenly between three
packs of cards. and there seems to have
been an unlimited supply Of cigars. hut
that half pint of ''Old Crow" TO some
minds at least. must appear ridicu'ously
Inadequate to the occasion.
| There is an institution in Topeka known
as the "Workingmen's Home and Gospel
Mission" which in reality is a restaurant
al which meals are served at rates aston
ishinsly low. Meat Is not served, as it IS
forbidden on h~ygienic grounds. Coffee and
tea are not excluded. but cereal drinks
are preferred. Vegetable dishes are served
at Il cost of / cent each each. Two pieces
of bread cost l cent. butter costs l cent.
coffee l cent. soup l cent. \ hungry man
can get all he needs to eat at a cost not
to exceed { cents. and he will be furnished
! IL d ~ 4 ne itttlS pl'' al tilt tOSl OF "
cents. The superintendent Of the mission
says: We started in here the middle of
December. mourning All indebtedness of
scSS to do so. Wa have reduced the indebt-
edness TO 500 and are now receiving a self
supporting income and will soon be able
10 get ont of debt entirely. We pay So Il
month rent and now take in about s. 4
day on the average. which is sufficient to
keep us going. our aim is to furnish pure
food. well cooked. at just what it will cost,
and. outside or labor. We figure on 4 profit
Of - Ia per cent on what We serve. Our
society has similar branches in al Of the
large cities. The one az Denver PAYS a
profit Of 5l0o Il montlI. 1t cost $4,000 to
get started in Chicago. hut it is now on
a paying basis. W. now have here from
fifty to eighty people a dav who take meals
with us. and no one IS turned away who is
too poor 10 pay for his meal. The doua-
liable meals
In an interview published yesterday
Webb MCNall said that no insurance COM
pany which got into litigation with the in
surance department would he allowed n
license TO do business in Kansas. Thi. is
but additional evidence that the Kansas
superintendent regards himself as superior
to the law. and that he is willing TO en-
ploy duress ard intimidation in order TO
enforce obedience to the orders which he
may issue against the companies-either
for the payment Of money into the peck
cts Of Kansas officials or some other spe-
| cies Of blackmail. The insurance compan-
les have an equal right with every citizen
to invoke the law and the courts for pro-
lection against injuries. But McNall says
not. He says that If they so into the
courts for any purpose not approved by
him he will revoke their licenses. And in
this he is not only transeressing the con-
stitutional rights of the insurance com
panies, pat he also is wilfully disohsying
the statutes provided by the people of
Kansas Tor the government OF his own
! department. Chapte, l5a. OF the session
laws of 1889. provides that II the insurance
superintendent shall find. after an exam
i%nation. that any insurance COMPANY is
insolvent he shall at once revoke the l.
ceuse OF such compaEy-"the expenses Of
said examination 10 he horne by the com
pany. but shall not eNc"er; the travelling
and hote! expenses az the superintendent
or his authorized ieputy"-and then the
act makes reservations rs follows:
Provided. however that the superin-
tend-nt shall have no power or authority
10 refuse an insurance company a certia-
cate OF authority 10 DO business in ,he
state. il such company i solvent and has
fully complied win the laws o: the state;
and, provided. further. that such super
intendent of insurance snail have no power
tc revoke or suspend The certificate Of au-
thority of any association or corporation
.-ansactins Insurance business. if such as
: ISOLATION o. corporation il solvent ana
COMPLIES with all the laws OF the state
McNall is refusing and revoking licenses
without making even a prstenSe that the
companies are either !nsolvert or IN dis
obedience TO any lGw Of the state. !e
revckes thes. licenses because the com
panies refuse 70 pay his examiners an
enormous per diem salary when under the
law they are only entitled - collect hotel
bills and travelling expenses Ard now the
question is. how long does KANSAS intend
70 stand this iaw-hreakinS official who has
made his office Il stezcl II the nostrils OF
the people?
The report tina, Colonel Ed Little had
wounded himself by ctreiessiy dropping a
r!sto. 20 the floor makes pertinent 4 letter
from George Esthen=ye r. a Ee.!el!i!e boy,
who is a private in tic Twentieth Kansas.