The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-21
ONLY A FEW LEFT
State Officers Not Earning Their
Salaries Now.
But One of Them All Is i'm the
State House.
CLERKS ALSO GONE.
Apparently Too Many People
Draw Salaries.
1t Doesn't Matter, However,
CLERKS ALSO GONE
1t Doesn't Matter, However.
They Get Their Pay.

The amount of work that is being ac-
complished around the state house these
days is not setting the world on fire. In
some of the offices nearly the whole Of
flee force is away. In some instances
they are off on vacations or for pleasure
and in others they are on semi-official
business.
State Treasurer Kelly is the only state
officer on duty. Governor Bailey and
Attorney General Coleman We're here
Thursday, but both are gone today. This
state of affairs is by no means uncom-
mon however. 1t sometimes happens
that all state officers are away. 1t hard
~ ever happens that the clerical forces
are so generally depleted as they are
at present, though The Office of the
secretary of state is about the only one
with a full working clerical force on
hand
In the governors department, Cover
nor Bailey himself has gone to st. Louis
to help the Kansas Worlds fair COM
mission get part of the patronage of the
st. Louis exposition. His secretary, IT.
]. Bone, has been in Colorado on his
vacation for several weeks. Governor
Bailey had an engagement to make a
speech at Waverly today which he could
not fill on account of the ST Louis mat
S West to go there for him. Judge
West spent part of today in the COVER
nor's office and viii be back early to-
morrow. Harry ]. Brent, the governor 8
stenographer, is taking short vacation
at Manitou. He got E. r. Simons to
take his place, however, while he was
gone, so Mr.. Simons' is running the ex-
ecutive department today.
In the office of the secretary of state
the full clerical force is on duty at
VtTa GOLF has
been in New Hampshire for several
weeks.
In the office of the state superintend-
ent of public instruction, the bond clerk,
T. J. Hays, Miss Laura Payne, the
statistical clerk, and Miss Nellie Tutch-
er. the stenographer, are on duty. Su-
perintendent Dayhoff himself is in
Hutchinson. He has been in his office
less than a week in nearly two months.
Assistant Superintendent Dyer is in
Wichita. Mr.. Dyer has a good excuse
for being absent, however. His wife is
dangerously i'll with typhoid fever and
he is at her bedside.
The state auditors office is more
nearly deserted than any other, except
the governors office. Out of an office
force of six persons, only one is on
duty. Auditor Wells is at home in Erie.
He spends much of his time there. As
sistant Auditor Nation is moving. Ike
JONES' chief clerk insthe office, has been
away on his vacation 1Of some tlme.
Captain A. Gibson, land office clerk,
and J. S. Rogers, bookkeeper, are down
in Neosho county, while Mrs. Gilleat,
the stenographer. is visiting in Mont
gomery county. This leaves Irving
Cole, bond clerk, the only one on duty
in the auditors department. 1t will
be interesting to note whether Auditor
Wells holds up any of the vouchers of
his office force for n-performance of
duties as he did that of Price Raid
Commissioner Allen.
In the insurance department three of
the force are on duty and two are away.
Assistant Superintendent c. w. Barnes,
Chief Clerk Ike Lewis and Assistant
Clerk H z. Trovilla are at work Su-
perintendent Luling is in St Louis and
his stenographer is in California on
vacation Mr. Luling is on official bust
ness. but it is because he is holding two
state offices at once. He is today act
ing as Worlds fair commissioner, for