The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-18
WHY He is SORE.
Sidelights on Dolley's OppOsi-
tion to Bailey.
Governor Vetoed His Pet Gar
nishment Bill.
MAKES A STATEMENT.
Gov. Bailey Said 1t Discriminate
ed Against Laboring Man.
GrOcerS' Association Also Makes
Action Basis for Opposition.

One reason why J.. N. Dolley, repre-
sentative from Wabaunsee county in
the late lamented legislature, is against
Governor Bailey and why he is a lead
ing member of the Grand Council of
the Boss Busters union. is because
Governor Bailey vetoed his garnish-
ment bill last winter. AS a result Mr..
Dolley is trying to organize the gro
GERS of the state against the governor
through the Retail Merchants associa-
ton
This is the bill which the laborinR
people of the state lined up solidly
against when they found that an at
tempt was being made to get such a
thing on the statute books. In speak-
ing of his reasons for vetoing the bill
today Governor Bailey said:
1T has been the policy in this state
since its beginning to give people var
ious exceptions from debt. The man
who owns property has his homestead
exempted. The professional man also
has his books and instruments exempt
ed. The farmer has a certain amount
Of stock and farm implements, but the
only thing the man who works by the
day or the week-tf1e common laboring
man-has exempted is his wages from
has to protect his family, but this bill
was intended to fix it so that the
debtors of the laboring man could
swoop down and gobble up part of his
i wages by garnishment PROCEEDINGS,
while the man who lives in a six or
eight thousand dollar house as his
homestead, and the lawyer with wall
liable library, and various other classes
would still have big exemptions given
them. WhRnRVQT a
to make a general reduction in the re-
demption business l will help it along,
but 1 don't propose to be a party to
beginning on the poor labaoring men
first.
Another reason why vetoed the
i bill was becauseI was assured by com
petent legal authority that it was class
legislation. 1t fixed things so a grocer
could go in and collect debts from
laboring men and shut out other
classes who might have bills against
the same man. It Disseminated in
!, favor of the grocer
Il received dozens and dozens of tele-
grams and letters from all over the
state protesting against that measure.
They came not only from individuals,
but from labor organizations also And
had only three or four requests in
favor of the measure
Labor Commissioner Johnson says
that the laboring people of the state
were strongly opposed to the measure.
and it was through the State Society
of Labor that they became aware that
an attempt was being made to get such
bill through the legislature.
Criticism of Governor Bailey for
VetOing it will only make him stronger
than ever with the laboring people. 1t
did not propose to permit one. class to
do injustice toward another
The Merchants Journal. which is the
. organ of the grocers, this week makes
; an attack on the governor. The attack
is evidently inspired by the Hoch move
ment. The paper is edited by Charles
P. Adams, of Adams Bros printing
house. who also publish the paper In
its leading editorial it says:
! Governor Willis J. Bailey cannot be
reelected governor of Kansas without
two good hard fights, that's certain. His
. first fight will be in the Republican
convention against Ed Hoch of Marion.
If he wins there, he will in all proba-
. bility have ex-senator Harris to beat in
the election. It is believed that if Hoch
does not beat Bailey, Harris Will
No stronger or more popular Repub-
lican than Hoch of Marion could be
Bailey and his friends realize this and
. for that reason their efforts to stife his
candidacy have been tremendous
Hoch's firm and persistent refusals to
become candidate have only resulted
, in redoubled efforts to make him a can
; didate regardless of his wishes.
, ''Nine-tenths of the grocers and retail
erS of the state are against Bailey. Not
L
! machine faction; not because he is a
, friend of Cyrus Leland and Senator
2 Long, but because Bailey promised tc
) be friend of the grocers of the state
r and then assassinated the garnishment
bill in the last days of the legislature
after it was too late for the measure
to be passed over his veto. BY that
} act he forfeited all claims to the
friendship of the retailers of Kansas
So long as Bailey is governor, the gro
r GERS have nothing to hope for. Bailey
2 is against them. and they are against
Bailey.
''It is probable that one one knows
2 Ed Hoch's sentiments on the garnisn-
2 ment bill. But he is certainly an hon
est, clearheaded, cleanhanded man, anc
; can depend upon the enthusiastic sup
g port of the Kansas merchants, if il
comes to a question of Hoch or Bailey
a AT the annual banquet of the Gro
:. GERS association of Hunporia, strong
t | speeches were made denouncing Bailey
b Frank Kenney, a former friend o
t Bailey and a prominent Emporia gro
: Ger, told why he was opposed to Bailey
8; denomination, and L. G. Wilcox follow
= ed with speech in which he said tina
: he knew that all Of the grocers in tn.
!. western part of the state are fighting
Y Bailey.
IF Bailey thinks the retailers of Kan
sas have forgotten, he is mistaken
= Missouri Valley League Averages.