The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
IT COSTS MONEY.
Governor Stanley Says His Job
Isn't a Snap.
Has Spent $1,000 a Year in
Excess Of Salary.
HOW THE MONEY MELTS
Mrs. Stanley Required to Give
Away Much.
Handkerchiefs Donated Often
Equal Daily Salary.
IOW THE MONEY MELTS

cost hirn to live a thousand dollars a
year more than his salary has amount
ed to while he has been governor. In
other words, the honor of be-
ing governor of Kansas for
four years has cost him $4,000, besides
the loss of his law practice, to say
nothing of the income his law practice
would have yielded him,
'Its hard to tell where the money
goes,'' said Governor Stanley in speak
ing of the matter, but it goes. You
wouldn't suppose 1t would cost SO much
but there are innumerable little drains
which take a steady flow of money.
Everybody who wants contributions
for anything comes straight to the gov
ernor's office.
Here's an instance of little things
you wouldn't think would amount to I
much: Mrs. Stanley receives requests
nearly every day from church societies
or some such organizations for hand
kerchiefs for bazaars. That seems
like a little thing and you wouldn' t
think it would amount to much, but
do you know some days there are so
many handkerchief requests that It
takes more than my salary for that
day to pay for the handkerchiefs? %
Governor Stanley isn't a rich man by
4 any means but at the same time he
owns enough Wichita real estate TO
help him keep even on the expense OF
beng governor
The handkerchief expense is one that
/ Governor Bailey may escape. The
value OF s81gh a handkerchief at
church bazaar lies not in its intrinsic
value but in the fact thar it comes
from the governors wife and as
there won't be any governors wife los
/ awhile anyway, Mr. Bailey may escape
such requests
since attention has been directed to
the fact that some of the state en-
ployes are spending much Of their time
in Governor Stanleys interest, ana
that some Seventh district country
postmasters and rural route carriers
are working for i4aue. attention Is also
directed 70 the prominent paiu ees.s1fa
federal officers are taking IN p0l11cai
affairs. For instance, United states
Marshal W. H Mackey is now director
general of the Barker forces in tie
speakership fight 1t IS sad tnal tsls
Barker conferences are usually neld IA
Mackey's office and A1acl1ey IS doillS
what he can to line up members OF the
legislature for Barker
Heretofore Mackey and Secretary OF
state George 4. Clark have always
trained together, but they are doing so
no longer They have been lifelong
friends in Geary county, but Clark mas
always taken the lead. Mackey was
scarcely known outside of Geary coun-
" and the Fifth congressional district
until he became a candidate Tor United
States marshal. Now he has become
an irnDortant factor in state politics
and is doing much of the guiding Of the
Burton wing IL its efforts to elect Con
gresham Curtis to the United States
senate.
senator T. A. Noftzger will push the
measure in the coming Legislature pro-
viding for decositing the funds IN the
state treasury in the banks of the state
This has been tried several times, but
the influence of the state treasurer mas
been sufficient to defeat it. In an inter-
view in a Kansas City paper on the SUD
ject Senator Noftzger says:
The present law provides that all the
funds shall be kept in the state treasury.
but this never happens. The treasurer
receives checks from county treasurers
deposits them in banks for collection,
and receives into his own pocket interest
| on these deposits. The state might just
as well have that interest State treas
urers have another way of making
money, too. When the general fund IS
exhausted, they pay warrants on 1t out
!, of other funds. carrying the account un-
til enough money is collected IN the gen
/ eraI fund to pay them. Then they take
| principal and per cent. interest from
the general fund, replace the principal
in the funds from which they borrowed.
and pocket the interest. The state loses
nothing. as it would have to pay inter
est on the warrants If they were marked
not paid for want of funds and cashed
doing business. People have Winked at
this custom because everyone knows
! that so much money shouldn't be locked
! up in the state vaults. The treasurer
! now receives $500 a. year salary, which
is not enough for a good man, and must
give a. one million dollar personal bona
The result is that he IS under obligations
to many friends, from whom losses could
| not be collected should he default. and
! he tries to make good salary out of the
Office"
l Governor Stanley's movements are
bothering his opponents just now. Last
Saturday a dispatch was sent out frons
St Louis say that Stanley was there
that day to confer with some of tii+
worlds fair officials regarding the Kan
sas building and was very much niffed
because none Of the officials were there
to receive him. AS Stanley was in his
office III day Saturday and has not been
in st. Louis for three months. It seems
that some wires got crossed soTnewherc.
fCsovernOr Stanley did go east Saturday y
} might, however. giving orders to his lieu>
l tenants to say nothing about the trip,
8 and he did not return till Monday noon.
This is now Duzzling the managers of
7 the sen5 torial candidates. They are
afraid he has been to Chicago making
2 reciprocity with some Of the big manu-
I facturers who are Interested in the Ma
tionaI Reciprocity league, Of which Gov
2 Srnor Stanley is president
E. c. Croker. Chase county's young
9 representative-elect is fast becoming
5 one Of the bic. cattle men of the state.
' In company with his brother it is said
that he has made $30, 600 in cattle in the
2 past few months. The Crocler brothers
t have just closed a deal for six t.aousand
t acres of land in the southeast part OF
Chase county
]. c. harrington. of Strong City, is g
candidate for place On Inc livestock