The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-06
A WAY OUT.
The State Administration Has
Figured Out
How 1t Will Get Along Without
Money
IF THERE is FAILURE
10 Provide Funds by the
Legislature.
! THERE is FAILURE
Gov. Stanley Will Depend on a
Notary Commission.

Since there IS 4 probability that Gov
ernor Stanley will have to call special
session of legislature or that ii will be
necessary for the state government to
run without pay for a year and a half,
the state officers have been casting
about TO see how they could make both
ends meet and get along without draw
ing any pay. If there is no executive
and judicial appropriation made, after
July 1 there viii not be a cent in the
state treasury to pay the expenses of
any OF the state departments or the
salary of a single judge of a district
comes the state will have to be run
without money. To meet this emergen-
cy the state officers have been casting
around to see what they can do .'on the
side" TO help them out
Governor Stanley will probably issue
nlmSeH commission as notary public
and take dispositions. With a little ad-
vertising he can secure sufficient work
IN that line to pay his incidental expen-
ses, and Col Gordon will let him stand
OF his board bill till the legislature
meets again
All of the force of the governors Of
fee viii be discharged except the pri-
Vate secretary, Henry Allen. who viii
look after all the clerical work To pay
MS expenses MI Allen viii buy a State
Journal route and deliver papers each
afternoon He will sleep in the state
house and keep up the fire in cold
weather.
State Superintendent Frank Nelson
and Auditor Cole Will go in together to
earn their living. They will start
night school, in which Professor Nelson
viii teach elocution and Auditor Cole
will teach penmanship- Mr.. Cole writes
good hand and thinks he will be
success as writing teacher.
State Treasurer Grimes is not worry
- :
pull through. He has a ''stand-in'' with
the Mulvanes and can get a job sweep
ing out their bank nights and mornings
any time he wants it, He will move
his bed into the state treasury in order
TO guard the money
Attorney General GODDARD still has his
law practice to fail back on, and he is
not at all troubled about the future
Secretary of State Clark is more ser
iOusly affected than any other state Of
hcer, but he is fond of fishing and he
figures that during the summer he can
catch enough fish in the Shunganunga
to keep him and in the winter he Will
find a place to work for his board
OF course the clerks and assistants
will all have TO be discharged and the
state officers will have to do the work
themselves. There may be times when
they will have TO lock the state house
up for awhile and go out in the harvest
fields or some such work. but they fig
ure that they will pull through some
how.
The executive council will take turns
about sweeping out the state house cor
ridOrs and once month they will hold
a bee for a general cleaning up They
will also have to take turns about
hauling the coal up to the state house
and shoveIing il into the coal bins
There IS still one matter that is max
ing troubl-and that is the postage
stamp question 1t takes lots of stamps
to run a state government. and the
postofice department viii not do bust
ness on tick That will be considered
by the next meeting of the executive
council, which VIII doubtless find way
out