The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16
Republican State Committee In
yestigates Local Conditions.
Concludes Opposition in Shaw
nee Is Due to Patronage.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
Chairman Albaugh Says County
Has Been Favored.
Claims That Stanley Admins
tratiOn Is Very Friendly.

Shawnee county has received more |
patronage than any other county in the
state from Governor Stanley's admins |
tration, according to Chairman AL
baugh. The number and money value
of the offices to the individuals in Shaw
nee county, he says exceeds that Of any /
county in the state, even Sedgw1ck, the
home of the governor.
These are the conclusions reached by
the Republican state committee officials
after an extended investigation of the
subject of patronage under the admins
tration in the state made by Chairman
Morton Albaugh. The committee is not
positive but is of the opinion that Bour-
bon county has received a greater num-
Der of offices but the total paid annually
to the holders thereof is not as large as
that paid in Shawnee county.
He says Shawnee county people in the
state house alone draw S., 500 from the
state annually. The office holders &C
credited to Topeka are as follows:
A. A. GODDARD, attorney general
per annum s<'oVV
John Stanton, state architect, per
annum ...s..--.... ......-.-...... 2,4OO
John Dudley, custodian, per an
mum -...........-- ---.------ 1,zUO
Al Mooney, state house engineer,
per annum ..-.... " 500
JanitorS and firemen, per annum.. 2,40U
IS. 500
The state committee has been cogniz-
ant of the opposition in Shawnee county
to the reelection of Governor Stanley
and almost the first work the new COM
mittee did was to make an investigation
of the local conditions.
After reports We're received from the
various wards and precincts and the ut
teranceS of the local politicians on the
subject had been tabulated it was the
conclusion of the committee that what
ever complaint has been made against
the governor was due to the subject of
patronage.
It is generally well known in this city
that there has been a feeling among
some of the Republican politicians of 10
cal Importance that the governor was
unfriendly to Topeka and that shaw
nee county could get nothing at the
hands of the administration"
Some Of the local leaders have been
| harsh in their criticisms, a fact which
! caused the state committee to inquire
| into the conditions and ascertain what
| could be done towards Strengthening out
| the tangle.
A party of local RepU blicans was tax
| ing lunch at one of the prominent places
| in this city a few days ago when the
conversation turned to things political.
One of the men said that Stanley comes
| from Wichita and would always favor
| his home town. Another charged that
the governor had always been unfriend-
| ~ to Topeka.
This conversation was partially
prompted by the refusal of the governor
| to sign the report of the committee on
| resolutions concerning the Semi-centen-
NAL exposition.
The governor claimed at the time the
resolutions were up for consideration by
| the committee that the location of the
exposition to celebrate the organization
| of the Territory of Kansas should be
left to competition and that the city Of
| fering the most financial inducement
should be awarded the honor. This a
majority of the committee declined to
! accept and preferred to incorporate the
association at once. The governor he
| lieved that the Incorporation should be
postponed until a later date and until
such time as the various cities seeking
| the honor of being designated as the
place for holding the exposition should
be able to get their affairs in shape so
that they might be able to make an Of
fer for the exposition.
AT the time it was charged that the
governor was favoring other towns
particularly Wichita, as against To-
peka.
The governor merely laughed at this
insinuation at the time. He said later:
I am not favoring any town. 1 dc
not care where the exposition is held
[ do believe, however, that if the loca-
ton were left to competitive bidding
much more available cash could be Sc
cured to carry on the work.
1t was charged that the defeat of o
P. Updegraff for member of the state
live stock sanitary commission was due
to the fact that he is a Topeka man
The state committee has investigated
this charge and announces that this i:
a himsy pretext; that such was not tht
fact; that there were other reasons
which prevented the appointment of Mr.
Updegraff, the principal one being tina
the great body of cattlemen in tht
southern part of the state united i.
recommending the appointment of thu
man who was named to the position
which Mr.. Updegraff sought And, tn,
committee feels that failure in the rec
ognition of Mr.. Updegraff was in n,
sense due to his residence in Shawne
county.
The action of the committee in figur
ing that Mr.. GODDARD is indebted in an
way to the administration for the posi-
ton which he holds is hardly Justice t
Mr.. GODDARD, who went into the fight 70
the nomination, on his merits and won
The state committee has further foun
that Shawnee county has representa-
tives in every institution of the state
At one of the state institutions a fey
days ago, says Mr.. Albaugh two me
from a western Kansas county resign
ed. They were the only representative
of that county in the patrona ge list bu
the places were given to Shawnee coun
ty men. AT all of the state charitab l
; institutions, at the penitentiary, re
: formatofy and all other institution.
Shawnee county is represented and I'll
committee will see to it that some mis-
sionary work is done among Shawne
Republicans to change the prelude
which has been created, so the commit
!. tee officials think. through a 1nisappre
hension of the facts
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A Good Cough Medicine.
Tt speaks well for Chamberlain's Cone