The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-28
Some Resolutions Quoted

Some Resolutions Quoted
And the people OF his own county pass
ing the following resolution:
Resolved. That We condemn the action
of T. r Kelly in boiling the call of the
county central committee and hoiulng
rump convention. and that said action
IS confession on his part that ne knew
IL TO be useless to try 10 override the great
majority that turned him down al the
polls IN 1902 and that his action In try
ing TO steal tie representation OF this
county in t1e state convention Is In
keeping within his criminal record as
county clerk Of this county. which makes
his denomination for state treasurer. un-
der the cry Of reform and honest meth
DDS. an astounding Inconsistency ana a
humiliation to the state Of kansas ke-
membering the statement OF Kelly at the
time OF his nomination at the last state
convention that he would disprove the
findings OF the Miami county commission
eTs against him. and finding that he mas
so far made no effort to disprove said
findings. but on the other hand has so
far acknowledged the same as to pay
back into the county treasury part OF
the sum frauduientiy taken by him.
therefore We ask the nomination OF some
completed man of integrity for the onice
of state treasurer. and we hereby IN
struct our delegation TO Wichita 10 use
all honorable means for the accomplish
ny - " GEORGE T.. ROBINSON.
chairman Republican Central Commit
tee. Miami county az ,,no,r
Secretary Republican Central Commit
tee. Miami county,
Who Raised the Taxes?
And let me read you an extract or two
from a pamphlet published by Repub-
licans showing up the conduct OF few
more OF this boss buster railroad COM
bination. This pamphlet Is entitled Who
Raised the Taxes2 State Taxes In
Kansas Were Raised Last Year
The State Board OF Equalization was
composed OF State Treasurer Kelly. Sec
retafy Of State Burrow. and Auditor
Wells This board took the assessment
of the property I'm the counties as report
ed by the county clerks and raised IL
about seven per cent. making a net In
crease of Szz.s30Ss. and increasing the
total state tax to be paid into the state
treasury from 81 ss7 3S4 in ls-i2. to Z.tso ~.
in 1909. an increase Of sss3.iH. or of al
! per cent
The valuation OF the railroad property
was made by the Board Of Railroad As-
/ SCISSORS. composed OF the three mem he 9
OF the board Of equalization and Of the
lieutenant governor and the at;orne~ gen
erai The property Of the farmer. the
Z merchant aud the working man was
rsised In assessment by the board of
equalization. The as.cssed value ~ the
railroad property in the state was ac-
tualIy decreased by the board Of railroad
ASSESSORS Both boards Wers mad" 10 OF
state officers who beloneed to the faelen
With Treasurer Kelly and the senate. The
comparative statement of tn" assessment
of railroad property In the state for is-s!
and 1913 shown by the printed reports of
the auditor Of state. taking into consid-
Grafton the nev railroad property re-
ported 81 1919. IL as follows:
+ Total railroad as
I sessuent, 1879 In
/ cars cars A-.....s''..-.. sss.Sss % q
Total railroad as
I sezsment. 1$1. ir-
Guiding Pullman
: cars ...-----.-s-s-- -sassfS-sb5t.V
Deduct new rail-
read property ard
additional Pull
man cars report
ed ln 1T3 over
that OF Igg -. S7.IziE