The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-12
WILL TRY IT OVER
Lawrence Wants to BE Relieved
from 100000 Bonds.
We're Given to Secure Location
of State University.
ONE LAW WAS PASSED.
Town Was to Be Relieved After
100000 Paid in Interest.
Since Then No Interest Has
Been Paid.

1t is reported that the city of Law |
renee is preparing to make determined |
effort the coming winter to get the leg |
islature to release it from any liability |
for the 100000 worth Of bonds which |
the town issued in order to secure the |
location of the State university there |
The bonds are held by the permanent
school fund but both interest and prin. !
cipal have long been defaulted and
Lawrence has refused to do anything
about it.
Assistant Attorney General Hamilton
has been looking up the history of the
bonds and their present status and has
prepared brief setting forth the whole
matter. He says that the records of the
| legislatures both state and territorial,
| from 1855 to 1879, show the decided inn 1
press which Lawrence left upon the
laws of the state. In the early days no
/ town in the west was as powerful as
Lawrence 1t was the center to which
many of the leaders from the east
f1ocked during the days OF the border
wars, and there they remained There
were the Thachers, and Robinson. and
Haskell, and Speer, and Walker, and
score of others who did much towards
shaping the early history of the state
The Lawrence bar for many years ran
the political, social and educational
/ center.
At every legislature the people of
Lawrence pulled in the interest of their
town. There was a spirited rivalry for
the location of the Sta tie university, but
Lawrence promised $fcJ,000 towards the
erection of the buildings and the legis-
lature located the university there. The
bonds were voted ard sold to the per
manent school fund. For several years
the interest was kept up and then Law
renee began to grow weary 1t had the
| university and a new generation began
to look upon it as belonging to Law
renee.
At length law was gotten through
| the legislature providing that when the
city Of Lawrence had paid interest to
the amount of the face of the bonds.
s100, 900. the bonds themselves should be
Cancelled. provided the regents of the
university replaced them. with a similar
amount of bonds to run for twenty
l-yeaIs, the interest on which should be
paid out of the university endowment
fund. Then Lawrence refused to pay
! anything more on the bonds. They are
still held in the permanent school fund,
but several interest coupons are unpaid
land both interest and principal have
been defaulted many years. No new
their place. so the provisions of the law
passed for the relief of Lawrence have
not been fulfilled
In the meantime Lawrence has beels
enjoying all the benefits of the univer-
sity. State Auditor Cole thinks that
the bonds ought to be paid. 1t is said.
however. that Lawrence will make an
other effort the coming winter to get thA
legislature to release the city entirely
from any further obligation in the
matter
J. r. Burrow, secretary of state-elect.
will not risk trying to break in a new
force at the beginning of the legislature
There IS lot of hard work to be done
II. 1,o IN fI1a 0f
tary of state during the legislature, so
Mr.. Burrow has announced that he will
keep the present force for two months
at least. There is good deal of wis
dom in this sort of a decision. Most of
1 Secretary Clarks force have served
through two sessions of the legislature
/ and know what is to be done. Then A
J. Wnitmore, chief clerk in the office, is
thoroughly familiar with every detail in
all departments of the office, and can
manage the whole thing. He is one of
the most competent men in the state
house
Congressman Curtis left hurriedly last
evening to return to Washington Just
about the time that Congressman Long
reached ToDeka Mr.. Curtis received a
dispatch recalling him east. 1T is nee
essary for me to be in Washington Sat
urday on business connected with the
department of Indian affairs he told
reporter in Kansas City as he passed
through there last night "I will b.
back in Kansas by the middle of next
week to remain until am elected to the
United States senate unless there
should be some very important business
to take me back to washington. I ex-
pect to win the senatorial fight"
Relations between the Emporia Ga
zette and the Lawrence Journal are be-
/ coming strained. Here is an ultima
tum issued by the Gazette: Notice to
the Lawrence Journal: You are skating
T0r-ir7
ness. DO you want few plain remarks
printed about the public and private life
and career of George ]. Barker? Well,
you are breeding scab on your nose,
Mr.. Man
George J. Barker was up from Law
renee yesterday afternoon looking for
/ o1Iarters for the winter IT wanted to
I get mat the Copeland" he said but 7
am told that practically everything is
/ engaged until after the senatorial cleo
ton I really can't wait that long SO
Tn afraid I will have to go somewhere
| else The senatorial contest may drag
along a good share of the session. but
the speakership business can't do that
Tt may not make much difference what
sort oe speaker the house has. but it
will have to get a speaker of some sort
early in the game, and, confidentially I
4 am more interested in the soea akership
business than / am in anything else
The Pringle supporters are becoming
scared" 1t is announced that Frank
Grimes has decided TO support Barker
for speaker
There are three contests over county
offices on down in Lyon county. The
ballots will have to be recounted, and
now there is a dispute as to whether
one contest board shall go through the
ballots once and decide all three con-
tests by single count. or whether there
shall be a new board and a separate
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