The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
ORGANIZE FOR WORK.
Price Raid Scrip Holders to Move on
Legislature.

Fifty people, most of them from out
of town, representing about $2Os,OOO
worth of Price raid scrip held
meeting at the ThrooD hotel MONDAY
afternoon, and organized for a cam
paign before the coming legislature
Tor the payment of their claims.
The following letter was approved
by the meeting, and ordered sent:
Topeka. Kan, Dec %, 1904.
Hon. E. W. Hoch. Marion. Kan
Dear Sir: By direction of meet
ing of the holders of Price raid scrip,
held at the ThrooD hotel December To-
1904 representing q majority OF the
scrip now outstanding, we present 10
you the following resolutions adopted
ut said meeting:
s'Resolved, That the incoming Gov
ernor, Z. w. Hoch, be requested 10
recommend in his message to the leg
islature the payment of the Union
military scrip and Price raid scrip,
claims audited by the commission as
provided for by the last legislature
Respectfully submitted,
G. w. VEALE. Chairman.
A NJ. HARVEY,
r. H. SEMPLE,
J. NJ. MEADE,
T. p. MOORE,
JAMES L. ALLEN.
The people present at the meeting
elected Colonel George w. Veale of
Topeka. president; L. G. Beal of To-
peka. secretary, and the following as
members of a legislative committee:
A NJ. Harvey, r. H. Semple, J. NJ.
Meade. J. L. Allen of Kansas City and
It. p. Moore of Holton.
1t is expected that the G.. A. r. posts
of the state will take up the fight in
behalf of the holders of Price raid
scrip, and try to influence the legisla-
ture to provide for the payment of
these claims. Several of the posts
nave already passed resolutions re-
questlng their representatives in the
legislature to favor the proposition in
every way possible, and the other posts
will doubtless follow suit. Nearly all
or the holders of Price raid scriD are
old soldiers. or the heirs of old SOL
diers-
The people who are looking after the
association insist that the report that
tne script has been bought up by spec
ulators is false A. NJ. Harvey says:
There is comparatively little of this
script owned by spectators. The larg-
est amount of the script owned by any
one party of SO 1000 worth which is in the
possession of Mrs. Beadle of Kansas
CITY. Several women, whose husbands
We're storekeepers at the time it was is
sued, have quite a quantity of the script
which was taken in by their husbands
In the course of business. There are al
together about 200 holders of the script,
which would make an average of 81, 900
apiece"
In addition to the SOS. 900 of script for
winch tne state mas assumed liability,
and which viii undoubtedly be paid,
there is also outstanding a lot of in
terest script. which was issued without
full authority Of law. and which prob
ably the state will not recognize.
The Price raid script was issued at a
time when it was expected that Price
was about to make an invasion of Kan
sas. The state raised an army of about
1,400 men. and these men had to equip
and provision themselves. 1t is to pro-
vide for REIN buhsing these people that
the Price raid script was issued. The
government once investigated the case,
and paid out 100000 to Price raid
claims, but a lot of the claims were
omitted and the additional 5000 900 is
to make up the deficit.
1t is regarded as doubtful whether
the present legislature will allow these
claims. There are only two ways to
get the money; one is to issue bonds.
and the other to make a levy sufficient
to pay the 100000. The state issued
bonds to pay the Quantrell claims, but
that was a long time ago when things
were not very prosperous. 1t is likely
that the state would simply increase
~the taxes a little for one year, and pay
of the old debt. The incoming admins
tration, however, has announced apolicy
of retrenchment and small appropria-
tons, and for this reason it is regarded
as doubtful whether the Price raid
claims will be favorably considered.