The Columbus journal., 1902-10-29

my me on the farm. permit me to say
that I regard the work Of the agricul.
tural department of this and other
state universities of equal importance
with other departments. The farm
and the interests connected herewith
feed the world. The rapid increase
of population viii In the future make
greater demands for food to sustain
life and the comfort of the teeming
millions than the past has ever re-
quired. What could methods and skin
In farming used fifty years ago do
now to supply the needs Of the In
creased population! They would fail
The demand Of our day is for - much
brain power and intelligence on the
farm. the raising Of stock and the
handling Of these vast interests % In
any other av0cation OF lfe.'
Hold Them 70 Their Record.
No matter how hard the fusionists
may try to veer away from the issues
Of the campaign on the state ticket,
they will be tried at the ballot box on
those issues.
It 30 happens that one of the princi.
pal issues is the record Of the last
fusion administration. That 10 some
thing the fusionists would like very
much to turn their backs on. and for
the reason that 1t is q record Of incom.
potency. dishonesty and nepotism
such ~ would make the expert plum.
derers Of Tammany Hall turn pale
with anger.
Here is the record In part and Il 10
no wonder that fusion politicians
should want to keep the peoples at-
tention from It:
Two hundred and twenty-seven rela.
uves and friends of fusion odlcials and
leaders given bed and board and often
clothing in the state institutions q
the states expense.
The entire appropriation expended
and unpaid bills amounting to $149. 900.
Pigs bought from "Your Uncle
Jake" Wolfe by the fusion superin.
tendent of the hospital for the insane
at Lincoln out of state funds 1T $12l
per pig.
A substitute hired for an incompet.
ent physician at the soldiers home at
Grand Island and money paid him
clandestinely from the drug fund.
Laces. linens and fancy underwear
purchased for the daughters and
daughters-in-law of the commandant
Of the soldiers home at Milford and
charged as groceries to the state.
More than $500 worth Of timber
cut from the state land at Milford and
the money embezzled.
Private house rent and ONCE rent
paid in groceries stolen from the state
by a fusion physician at the soldiers
home.
A fusion newspaper occupying three
rooms and furnished light power.
fuel and rent free In the normal school
at Peru at the expense of the state.
The record destroyed. the funds
plundered and much state property
stolen In the institute Of feeble
minded youth at Beatrice.
Bogus clothing and butter deals In
the asylum for the insane at Hast.
ings. which robbed ihe state treasury
of more than $4,000.
Chemicals purchased for expert.
mental purposes in the laboratory Of
the institute for the blind at Nebras.
ka City with that department closed.
Text books changed with the sea,
sons OF the year in the Peru normal
and large commissions flched from
the students.
Drugs. cattle. hogs. and farm prod.
ucts belonging to the state sold at the
institute at Beatrice and the money
stolen.
A man appointed superintendent Of
the fish hatchery at South Bend who
accentuated his inc0mpetency and ut.
ter unfitness by evicting the hnny in.
habitants of the aquarium through
the medium of exotic vegetation.
This is only part Of the very bad
and very vulnerable records Of the fu.
sion administration, but 1t Is enough
to cause even fusionists to stop and
reflect before they undertake to vote
this same element Of treasury lo0ters
back into power.
The last fusion administration went
into ONCE on the promise of honesty
and economy. II they didn't keep the
promise it was because 1t was not
worth keeping. They kept everything
else they got their hands on and If
they let that promise go It was be.
cause 1t was q liability instead of an
asset. Seriously speaking. the return Of
the fusionists to power would be
public misfortune. To again place
them in position where they could
loot the treasury. prey upon public
interests and make lodging houses out
of state institutions for q multitude of
political hangers-on. to the shameful
neglect of the unfortunate inmates.
would be to exercise the right Of
franchise to public detriment.