The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-18
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the auditors books call for we are all
right.
but you see we are bound to be long.
especially during the season when the
state taxes are coming in. Sometimes
we are carrying thousands Of dollars in
our long account that has not been
credited to the county remitting It, be-
cause it is not credited until the receipt
is made out and we know the draft Is
all right.
Mr. Hef1ebower was carrying the
Bourbon county remittance in that way
when he turned the Office over to me.
and it was only part Of thousands OF
dollars that had been receipted for.
When discovered that the bonds that
had been sent were 1899 bonds and
could not be legally. received for 1898
treasurer. and we had considerable cor
respondence about them. which finally
resulted in our sending the bonds back
and asking to what funds we should
apply the balance of the remittance
We received no instructions, and that Is
why that Fort Scott remittance ran
along SO long in our long account and
was not discovered until the state au-
ditor notified the Bourbon county treas
urer that he owed a certain amount on
school lands. As the county clerk down
there had given the county treasurer
credit for paying all that he originally
sent up here, the state auditors state
ment was disputed. and in that way IT
was brought out how this money ought
to have been applied.
'T wish to say here that did not in
tend to throw any special blame on the
county clerk of Bourbon county, be-
cause he followed the practice of many
county clerks, that of giving the county
treasurer credit for remittance as soon
as it was made instead of waiting until
the state treasurer issued the receipt. /
did not know either the clerk or the
treasurer of Bourbon county. and l. do
not desire to throw blame on to them
unnecessarily, although it appears that
they gave out something in an attempt
TO get my department into trouble. The
county treasurer in the first instance
should not have allowed the county
clerk to give him credit for the remit
tance until after credit had been given
him.
Very respectfully, F. E. GRIMES.
Last week the State Journal published
an interview with Col. d. r. Wagstaff.
police judge of Salina. in which Colonel
Wagstaf stated in substance that T. T.
Kelly would be scratched on election
day by a good many Republicans of Sa-
line county. A Kelly organ called the
interview fake. It is needless to say
that the interview was correct.
In the Salina Union of Wednesday ap-
pears further interview with Colonel
Wagstan, in which he says:
Il would like to see Thomas T. Kelly
defeated in Saline county by 1000 ma
jority this fall Why don't you fellows
put out supplement publishing a full
account of the official findings in Kelly's
defalcations? That last paragraph, that
none of the records were missing OF
mutilated and all were in Kellyss own
handwriting, knocks his attempted de-
fenSe clear out. I'd like to see those
findings in every Republican voters
tence tackled on below: Do you want
to trust such a man with the 81, 900 900
of the school fund. the heritage of the
school children of Kansas p,
the fight against Kelly, as our paper
won't publish thing against him ana
is always scratching around to make
some excuse for him."
Beloit, Kas., Sept 1s-The fusionists
of. Mitchell county have selected the
following ticket: For representative,
Henry Birt. Populist; county clerk, Dan
Forrest r. Giants. Populist; sheriff, J. c.
Eresch, Populist: county attorney,
Frank Lutz, Democrat: treasurer, FREQ
Curtis, Populist: probate judge, s. M.
N. Keeler, Populist: surveyor, N L
Wilson, Populist; coroner, Dr. D. S.
O'Brfen. democrat; register of deeds.
I. NJ Woodward. Populist. The utmost
claimed by the opponents to be an un-
usually strong one. The resolutions op-
pose the constitutional amendment Civ
ing members of the legislature an jim
crease In their salary. and favor the re-
turn of United States Senator w. A.
Harris
The fusionists of Labette county yes
terday nominated the following ticket:
County attorney, W. s. Hyatt; probate
judge, William Burns; clerk Of the dis
trict court, John Bero; register of deeds,
John Newberry; sheriff. J. D. Jones (;
! county clerk. A. H. McCarty;- county
superintendent, Mrs Kate Southwick:
county treasurer. L. O. Williams;
coroner, DR. ]. B. Allison; representa-
tive, M I. Davis; commissioner, D. s.
Romine.
Noah L. Bowman fusion candidate for
congress in the Second district, was in
Topeka last evening comforting with the
; fusion committees
Word comes from Wichita that Con-
gresham Long Is rapidly recovering from
his Illness and will resume his campaign
speaking at the Wichita reunion next week
If his Improvement continues.
It is expected that there will be warm
union tomorrow which has been set aside
as political day. Both the Republicans and
fusionfsts were invited to send speakers
there and both have done so- Gov. Stan
| ley and Congressman Curtis will represent
the Republicans and w H. Craddocl and
| Cyclone Davis of Texas will speak for
(, the fusionists John Curran, secretary oi
/ the Populist state committee, says they
supposed that W. J. Bailey would be there
and that Mr.. Craddock expected to meet
| him there.