The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-10
Public Continues to Demand q
Thorough Examination.
Wellington Asks For Appoint
ment of New Committee.
NO ONE is SATISFIED.
People Will Not Re Silent In
Face of an Outrage.
May Be Made Uncomfortable For
Betrayers of the State.

The city of Wellington has Joined in
the general uprising against the 1oca-
ton of the new state insane asylum at
Parsons and citizens of that town will
unite in a demand upon Governor Stan
ley for an investigation of the charges
of Doodle which have been filling the
air since the announcement of the To-
cation was first made public by the leg
islative committee.
EX-Representative E. T. Hackney be-
lieves that under the provisions of the
state law the governor can cooperate
with the speaker of the house and the
lieutenant governor in naming a legis-
lative committee to conduct an invest
igation of the proceedings of the asy
lum committee.
These investigating committees have
in the past been appointed to inquire
into the official acts of public officials
but the law has never been taken ad-
vantage of in the conduct of an in
vestigation of special committee work.
In addition to all this Attorney Gen
eral GODDARD holds that the action of
the committee is void because the mem
bers were named before the law auth
orizing the appointment of the commit
tee became effective by publication.
The asylum committee was appointed
by the speaker and the lieutenant gov
ernor March 3. The law was published
in the official state paper March Is.
This was after the legislature adjourn
ed. 1t is cOntended that the committee
was named without due warrant of law
and that the work the committee has
done is therefore void.
There is one way out of this latter
difficulty. The speaker and lieutenant
governor might now name a new COM
mittee or reappOint the present COM
mittee, and the vote might be again ta-
ken or a new committee might investi-
gate the sites and then locate the asy-
lum.
The law provides that the committee
to locate this asylum has until June 80
to complete its work. The present COM
mittee has adjourned having filed with
the secretary of state its final report
locating the asylum at Parsons.
The question raised by the people of
Wellington places the controversy in a
new light Mr.. Stanley declared that
he was in favor Of probing the matter
but was unable to discover any means
whereby he could proceed. The ap-
pointment of a committee would give
the administration the coveted oppor-
tunitv to expose the alleged fraud.
The state officers have all said openly
that they favored an inquiry into this
matter for the purpose of exposing the
boodlers.
Wellington's representatives expected
to see Governor Stanley during his Wis
it at Wichita and present this question
to him for final settlement. They We're
disappointed however, and are expect
ed to visit Topeka this afternoon or by
the first of the week.
The committee is being severely crit
icised in all parts of the state. The
towns which were defeated are not
more active than others which made no
attempt to get the institution, the hon
or of the state being placed above the
location of a state asylum Fair play
is demanded and the letters from var
ious prominent men in the state re-
quest the governor to go to the bottom
of the deal.