The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-12
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4 BUSINESS
Different Views of Kansas
Officials Given.
BAILEYS IDEA ON SUBJECT
History of Statesmen Also
Affords Abundant Proof.


The Topeka Capital says: Governor
Bailey said not long ago in public ad-
dress that a man should not depend upon
politics exclusively for {, living He
should have money enough. independent
Of any political job TO live upon COM
fortably and should play politics either
as recreation or from patriotic mo
tives. Jim Orr. who has, money. and
who, as mayor OF Atch,son, is having his
first taste OF Office holding. says a poor
man has no more business running for
Office than lie has keeping race horse
Ii has been repeatedly said and proven.
that there is no money in holding Office
in Kansas. With the exception Of that
OF state printer, no Office in the state
pays 4 proht on the investment Not
all OF the incumbents OF the state printer
job have saved money cut of il. John
Parks laid the foundation Of his comfort
able fortune in the Two years that he
held it, and ". Y Morgan is said TO have
saved great deal OF money from its
profits. One can count. however. a dozen
state printers who are no better OF hnan-
cially BY reason OF its enormous profits.
One OF the state officers elected last
fall spent $500 in making a race for
the nomination and election. None of
this money was spent nIegltImately 1t
went TO pay his campaign assessments
ana his legitimate personal expenses In
return be secured an office that pays
$500 year for two years. II he is re-
elected he viii have TO make another
campaign at equally great expense. Mean
while he has been forced TO neglect his
private business. he has become a mark
for every graftr and every solicitor for
charitable purposes. and the cost OF his
living has increased enormously.
Il is also significant that no man who
has failed TO succeed in business has ever
figured very long or extensively in Kan
sas politics Plumb died immensely
wealthy The ingalls, estate inventoried
close to 100000. OF all the Populist lead
ers who figured largely in the overturning
OF Kansas Harris is the only one who had
money 10 begin with. and Harris is the
only one who has not dropped completely
out Of sight. The parallel may also be
drawn on the governors who have served
the state during the past twenty years.
st. John brought no money to his Office
took none away and has made none since
so far as anybody knows. Martin was
fairly we'll fixed but his property deprecl-
ated immensely while he held the office,
and he left it much POOR than he came.
BGHck came the Office wealthy and has
KEY l. 10
when he was elected and retired 10 the
forgettery. The place did nothing for
Iewelling. Leedy wandered in from OBJ
security and returned to IT, Morrill, the
only one Of that long line ever heard of
nowadays. brought the prestige OF money
and keen business acumen and kept IL.
Stanley went away poorer than he came
The story OF Kansas politics reads Ike
the foregoing on every page. No man
has achieved eminence and kept It I'M
less gifted with the business acumen that
made him a success before he was elected
TO Office. Extending the comparison 10
the men who are in the saddle today and
we ind that Governor Bailey a 100
acre farm in Nemaha county the richest
farming section Of the state. j. W. Mul-
vane is a banker and a lawyer and has
all kinds Of interests that bring him good
returns. Cy Leland owns a big store AZ
Troy. anelevatOr or two and several big
farms. Lieutenant Governor Hanna has
made a fortune ga recent years on west
ern Kansas land. Secretary OF State
Burrow is "a big banker and farmer q
Smith county. Mort Albaugh owns a BIZ
interest IN the Wichita Telephone com
pany and has always had rnoney-raak-
ing newspaper. Charles Luling. Insurance.
superintendent. VAS one Of the leading
insurance men OF the state. Henry J.
Allen Owls three newspapers. ali money
makers
Seth .. Wells has a Newspaper that
nets him much more than fhe Office Of
auditor Pen ion Agent Wider s. Met
calf does big MORTGAGE business AZ
Lawrence. Henry :. Bone makes twice
as much practicing Jaw as he gets from
the state Tom Kelly was a successful
merchant az Paoia long before he got %
h. state treasurer James NJ Simpson
runs big farm a Mcpherson ard looks
after the internal revenge collectors Of
fca or the side Frank + Brown r. the
telephone king q Kansas. George 4
Clark OWES enough farms and nswspa-
rers 20 make him ~ independent living.
There are Others 4 list % those who
work politics fer p living all not be
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