The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-18
Kansas Politicians Speculate on
the Grand Total.
Estimates Run from 10000
to $4,000.
MR.. BAILEY CHANGES.
Modifies His Guess Of $50, 900
and Places It Lower.
George Clark Thinks the Total
Will Be $4,000.

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The politicians are doing considerable
guessing on the probable vote in the
coming Kansas election. The Kansas
City convention hall people are running
another guessing graft and they are
sending cut free tickets to some Of the
politicians to get them to make esti-
mates and this is what has aroused the
guessing fever.
Early in the campaign w. J. Bailey
estimated that the vote would be up to
that of two years ago, which was
presidential year, when the vote was
above 350,0OO. Recently, however. Mr..
Bailey has modified his estimate and
places it much lower.
The estimates now run as q rule from
900 to $4,000. T. 8. Slower, chair
man of the Republican speakers bureau.
made guess short time ago and
placed it at 291, 1872. Mr.. Slower, how
ever, is using a magical combination.
When looked at in the right way his guess
makes three elevens in row. The two
middle figures make eleven. as do also
the sums of the first two and the last
two figures. He thinks this sort of
combination ought to win prize.
Secretary of State Clark has been do
ing some figuring on the matter and is
generally regarded as pretty good
guesses. His estimate is 310,254. Harry
Richter, lieutenant governor, guesses
that the vote will be 300, 100.
making estimates this year. Four years
ago. which was an 4'off year" like the
present one, the vote was approximately
1000. but this cannot be taken as
criterion for this year. 1t is the general
impression that the Republicans have
sure thing this year and this will tend
to lessen the vote, as both sides will
takS less interest in the election. On the
other hand all county officers are to be
elected this year, twice as many as ever
before. and each one will make an ef-
fort to get out all of his friends. This
will have a tendency, especially in close
counties, to bring out a full vote. Con-
sequently there is a good deal of un-
certainty about making estimates.
State Treasurer Grimes believes that
article in the State Journal of TUESDAY,
which asked some pertinent questions
regarding the reasons why Bourbon
county was not given credit for a remit
tance of nearly 81. 200 to the state treas
ury until more than two years after the
remittance was received at the treasury.
casts sinister reflections upon his off,
cial conduct.
The article in question was not intend
ed to 6isparage in any way the personal
character of Mr.. Grimes. It did not
blame him personally for the Bourbon
county matter. Mr.. Kelly is the one
who said 1T is one of those things you
sometimes run up against that cannot
be explained" and that it was credited
+. to some other county. Mr.. Grimes wants
it understood, however. that he is re-
sponsible for what happens in the
the following communication to the
State Journal:
Topeka, Sept II. 1902.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
I respectfully take exception to the
article which appeared in your paper
Tuesday evening wherein you fnsinuate
sinister reflections upon my department.
Wage YOUR warfare upon your political
N q q R11ffa molina ff0n- hnf
give you due notice that neither by in
sinuation nor innuendo will 1 permit
aspersion against my official conduct
nor against my department.
Now for the fourth time your paper
has rehashed that Bourbon county item
with no apparent purpose that can
discover except to discredft the depart
ment of the treasury.
If you desire to make any specific
charge of official wrong doing in my de-
partment, please make it sufficiently
definite and certain that there can be no
doubt of your legal responsibility for
such charge.
very much desire to be at peace with
your paper, but I want it distinctly
and all my assistants in the treasury
are my acts and I am responsible for
| them.
I gave your paper an explanation of
that Bourbon county matter before, but
seeing that you have published the
| alleged irregularity four times, please
be good enough to publish my expla-
nation again. append it herewith:
IFrom late issue of the Journal1
1T was an error about the amount be-
| ing credited to some other county. That
| mistake sometimes happens but in this
case think the amount was not credit
! ed at all but was carried in our long
| account until we found where it be-
| longed.
| THE fuss that is being made about
! this matter is all rot. Neither the state
=
| and it was all Strengthened OUT
| why did not this amount you were
| long show in the monthly examinations
of the state treasury made by the state
/ officers?" Mr.. Grimes was asked.
Because" het said. 1--WE are only
charged in the auditors office after re-
/ ceipts have gone to that ofnce, and we
are always long hundreds of dollars
! on every examination. The way this
| business is conducted is this: When
ever remittance is received from a
1 county treasurer he is notified immed-
| lately that we have his remittance. The
| draft is sent to bank and record is
made of the date and the bank to which
| it is sent for collection. 1t sometimes
/ happens that drafts are not honored and
it has always been the custom to wait
| receipt for the amount. After ten days,
j If the draft is .honored, receipt is made
! out in triplicate- It shows the exact
purpose and amount the remittance is
meant to cover, and we cannot make
out the receipt unless we know the pur-
poses to which the county treasurer
sending IT wants to apply it.
''One receipt is sent to the county
treasurer. another is sent to the audi
tors office, and the third goes to the
clerk. The auditors Office does no;
charge US with the amount until we is
Teceints ts Of the treasurer once for tn, the
ten days prior to an examination are
4 not shown in that examination because