The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15


record while county clerk that he i'm
mediately paid back the money which
they found he had stolen from Miami
county by means of raised, forged and
duplicated warrants. Mr.. Kelly is
ALWAYS in the frame of mind to be
/ satisfied" with the result of any in
vestigation of his records so long as
he is permitted to run at large and
given an opportunity to practice MS
peculiar methods of getting at public
funds.
Holton Recorder: Affairs down at
the state house as they have been de-
IveIoped the past few days forcibly re-
mind us of a justice of the peace trial
back in the early days of eastern In
diana. A worthless fellow was caught
stealing sheep and the evidence was
so strong against him that he offered
to give back the wool; he had eaten
up the mutton. At the preliminary
| trial before the justice of the peace
he did not deny the theft, but plead in
justification that two of his respect
able neighbors were known to have
| had veal for dinner a few days before.
The justice after due elaboration re-
marked that the fellows defense was
no good; that he had not heard of any
one losing any calves, and if any had
been stolen he could not see how that
would be any excuse for the defendant
| stealing sheep, and that if all the
calves in the neighborhood had been
stolen that would only make the ne
|
sheep so that people would have
something left to eat. The fellow was
bound over.
Holton Recorder: T. T. Kelly has
been called a thief, an embezzler, a.
boodler. a forger, and nearly every
BILE by a hundred or more responsible
newspapers and yet he has not prose-
cuted single one of them, simply be-
cause he knows his official record will
-fo fazf 0f a inv Cf loo
ton.
Parsons Sun: The Topeka Capital
had not reached this office at press
time but the Sun predicts that this
mornings issue of the Kelly organ
will come out in defense of the state
sis of which was given in last nights
issue of this paper, as reported by
State Accountant Rowett-
Leavenworth Times: While no one
attributes to c. C. Coleman the pro-
pensities which have made Folk so
great a favorite in Missouri, the at
torney general of Kansas has an OPP
portunity to win the lasting gratitude
of the people of this state and their
indulgence upon some of his own sins.
There is corruption at Topeka, and 1t
has not been confined to the past two
years alone. Let Attorney General
Coleman push vigorously the specific
charges which have been made, ire
SD6cI1V6 OF the pT0JuQlC0 that HAS
grown upon him through association
with his gang. Let him hunt down
all the boodling and put the boodlers
where they belong. He can do it.
Will he do It?
Troy Chief: The Topeka Capital
says that Governor Bailey once drew
his salary from the safe treasury six
days before it was due. Therefore, in
the opinion of the Capital, he is as
bad as Tom Kelly. 1t might also have
added that the Capital once drew
$4,000 more than was coming to it
from the city treasury and paid it
back when compelled to. The attempt
of the Capital to make light of Kellys
crime and the effort to pass it up by
accusing others of wrong doing, is
child's play.
In commenting on State Accountant
Rowett'S report, the Miami county
Republican says:
More of the infamy of these tran
SactionS is revealed in that part of the
report which states that Kelly refused
to furnish some of the books and pa
pers of his office for investigation, and
that considerable number of the
pages were missing from a record
lookout or torn out. Just think of
public records being mutilated, in the
face of such reveal tionsi If the pages
that are there would tell such a story
of crime, what would the pages re-
veal that are gone? The only answer
Mr.. Kelly has for these startling dis
closures is to make unsustained
charges against Governor Bailey, Nor
ton Albaugh and others whom he as
sumes are responsible for the unearth-
ing of his own scoundreIism. It would
be like returning the fire of a battery
OF heavy guns with pop gun. Kelly
is again condemned by his own rec
ords and by his own actions
Pratt Union: Say, voter did you read
about those twenty-eight trips of
State Superintendent Dayhoff to his
home in Hutchinson this year? He
charged hotel bills while he was at his
home. He charged Pullman fare on
his trips He swears that business call
ed him to Reno county all those times.
He is required under the law to visit
each county once in two years. Reno
seems to be in a hard row for schools.
Concordia Blade: Tom Kelly will not
help his case any by trying to cast a
shadow on the good name of Governor
Bailey. as he does in his latest lex
plana ton" Tom Kelly is not fit to
sit under the same roof with Governor
Bailey and no one knows it better than
Tom.
Holton Recorder: Has Mr.. Hoch
read those bankers dispositions taken
in the Coleman-B urrow-Dayhoff-M Mac
Lehman cases; and if so does he really
and candidly still think that the Repub-
lican who should refuse to vote for
Kelly and the school fund commission
party where he belongs?"
Barber County Index: Did you read
the latest about Tom Kelly and his
connection with the Comanche county |
bond deal? It is charged and support |
ed by dispositions that Kelly loaned |
state money to buy the bonds. Are |
you going to support the transaction |
with your vote?
Troy Chief: The Kansas City Jour
nal thinks it is truly wonderful how |
The Chief came to print the facts re- |
garding Tom Kelly's steahngs a day
ahead of the Topeka State Journal |
which was credited with the exposure