The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-14
VIII Try to Embarrass Governor
Stanley.
Show Inconsistency In Insur-
ance Department
CHURCH'S EXAMINERS.
Failed to Turn Money Into State
Treasury.
MeNalI Was Ousted on Similar
Grounds.

Charges will be fled with the COVER
nor probably this week against W. v
Church, state superintendent Of insur-
ance. One of the principal allegations
will be that Mr.. Church's examiners
have collected from insurance COM
panies moneys which have not been
turned into the state treasury.
Although there is no law specify
ing what shall be done with the sums
collected for the work of examiners, yet
one of the principal charges against
webb NIcNaII was that he had not turn
ed in the money his representatives col
leeted.
While the members of the Populist
state committee do not believe Cover
nor Stanley will heed the charges yet
they propose to embarrass Stanley as
much as possible and have adopted this
method of doing 1T.
Some time soon charges amendatory
to the charges against the Republican
members of the board of regents of the
state agricultural college Will be MED
by S. A. Black, or some one represent
ang him. A number of points were omit
ted Intentionally in the original dOcu-
ment presented to the governor but the
ground will be entirely covered in the
amendments.
The PopuIist state committee has con-
cluded that proceedings as outlined
with reference to the above mentioned
charges will at least place Governor
Stanley in compromising attitude be
fore the people. The committee calls
attention to the fact that when the
against McNan the governor
sat as a court and prose-
Cutor, too. He read the charges and
thereafter made an order which had
been written prior to the hearing, re-
moving McNau from Office. Special
attention was called to the fact that
fGs'
fees which they did not run into the
treasury. This was criticised severely
by Governor Stanley in his campaign
prior to the election. Yet, the Republi-
can administration seems to have fallen
sntO the same rut.
When the governor heard the Nc
Nall charges he was attended by J. A
Troutman, who was supposed to repre-
sent Arthur Capper, the individual who
fled the charges against McNaIl. 1t
develops since that Mr.. Troutman was
requested by the governor to prepare
the charges for which he received 500
from the governors contingent fund.
Special attention was given the work
Of McNal's road agents. 1t was said
that thousands of dollars had been col
1ected for alleged examinations but not
a single cent had been turned into the
treasury. 1t was charged that McNau
and his examiners had deposited the
money SO collected to their individual
credit in Topeka banks
Recently Senator r. T. Battey and
w. c. Austin completed an examina-
tion Of the Kansas Mutual Life Insur-
ance company which was made as a re-
suit of a question raised by Governor
Stanley. AS the mortality rate increase
the company receives, in one class of its
policies, the right to increase the as
sessments- This was done upon a
policy held by Governor Stanley He
called the attention of Superintendent
Church to this matter and inquired if
the company had the power to take
such action.
1t is now claimed by the PopuIist
state committee that proof can be fur
nished that President ]. P Davis of
the Kansas Mutual wrote the letter
asking the department to examine his
company under pressure. That is to