The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-02
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appropriation bill that came before the
house. He had graft of his own. He
wanted to pass a 100000 appropriation
for a monument to the soldiers of
| Kansas, to be erected at Lawrence.
And what do you think that memorial
| was to consist ola gymnasium at the
| university. Think of taking man to
| Lawrence and inside of a gymnasium
| and saying, This is a monument OF
Kansas to her old soldiers Naughter)-
That graft was very heavily sat down
/ upon. Then he wanted $50, 900 for a law
| school over and above the regular ap-
preparation. He got 900 and obtain
| ed this by voting for other measures
of similar nature engineered by 9TH
er representatives And yet he cried
extravaganza with all his might and
main. And as a reward for his part,
| the Boss Busters Justify cried that he
should be made senator, chairman of
the state central committee and many
other things because he had worked so
hard against extravaganza"
That Cosmopolitan Sketch.
The recent character sketch of Mr..
Stubs which appeared in the Cosmo-
politan magazine served as fuel of the
rarest kind for the fire which Mr..
Waggener poured full blazing into the
boss buster crowd. He ridiculed the
story which claims that because
Stubbs did not get a $4,000 appro-
pria tion and Atchison county did get
one. that Stubs started the fight on
Bailey and cleaned out the ring, and
spent $500, 900 in doing so. Mr. Wag-
gener said that the truth of the mat
ter is that almost eighteen years ago
Atchison gave $40, 900 for the soldiers
orphans home located there, and 1t
was agreed between the city and the
state board of charities that some day
a $4,000 turnpike should be built be-
tween the corporate limits of the city
of Atchison and the home. Bale
Waggener secured the appropriation
last year after numerous attempts by
previous representatives had failed
"JuSt recently" continued Mr.. Wag-
gener, "Stubbs sent out a flaming
casts his first ballot this fall to cast it
for the Republican ticket. He ap-
peals to the young men to look at
the line of illustrious presidents from
there. Not a word does he say about
Burton. Not a word does' he say
about the carnival of crime which is
rampant at Topeka. He by his silence
is condoning the loOting of the sacred
school fund. Yet he is calling for
young men to vote that ticket He is
calling for young men to humiliate
Bailey. What if a young man gets up
in the political ranks? What is there
for him? Some Hoch. Curtis or
Stubs will put up the necessary $780,
900 to knock him out of his place OF
position and power.
''These charges today are coming
from Republicans and Republican
journals Don't go away from here
That is not the case.
1T has ceased to become a question |
of politics, but a, question OF men, |
Think of that sacred school fund. |
tune may come to you-sickness, |
death-but you know that your child |
may have an education. The people |
of Kansas have all been proud of it. |
Now what do we find, but that the
school fund commission has stuck its |
long felonious fingers into the pockets |
of pOsterity and is snatching the
money to pay for the education of |
children yet unborn. The utmost |
attended all those transactions. |
1t was all done under cover of dark |
ness, at night, and the clerks who We're |
connected with the deal were en5oined |
to maintain the utmost secrecy.
Things need a revision and a
change. Joe Folk for Kansas is
mended the latter's course. You ought |
to rise up and put in a man with |
in one hand and a scalping |
knife in the other and let him clean
out the guilty"
MIR. waggener than confined himself
to the fight between himself and DR..
PIUmmeF, of Muscotah, for senator.
He stated that he himself paid $2,70o |
taxes each year, while Plummer's val
uatlon was only SIS and his taxation
81 cents per year, and he had the tax
receipts to prove his statement.
Major Harvey Speaks.
At the conclusion of Mr.. waggener's
address Major A. NJ Harvey was in
troduced. He too f1ayed the state Off
misusing funds. Though a candidate
against Curtis, he did not take up the
congressional situation at all.
C. D. Havens acted as chairman of
would give Curtis mighty close rub
at Mayetta, and that town is recog-
nized as one of the present congress
mans best strongholds.
Good Meeting at Whiting.
Whiting, Nov. 2.-The City Hall was
well filled Tuesday afternoon with far
merS and residents of this city VINO
turned out to hear Major A. NJ. Har-
vey, candidate for congress, against Mr.,
Curtis, and B. P Waggener, candidate
for state senator, discuss the state is
sues. Both speakers took occasion to
rap the present state gang at the state
house, charged with misusing money.
Major Harvey, who was lieutenant
governor under Leedy, and a major in
the Twenty-second Kansas regiment in !
the Spanish war, took the prominent (
share of the programme. He said in
part:
ut is an unfortunate thing for par
ties to be controlled by factions. but
it is a calamity to have such an or
ganization as Burton builded around
himself to make himself United States
senator. But 1 wish to say that 1 re-
greet to speak of his misfortune-and am
even sorry to have to mention his name.
If had my way entirely should close
the book and seal it down forever.
"A number of the present state Off
GERS can be fairly charged with being
party to some of his political ma chinery.
Last year the board of equalization
wanted one half million dollars more
to use for state purposes than ever be-
fore. The state taxes were already
high. Bailey said it was an outrage.
But the board laughed at him and made
the assessment. They didn't see fit to |,
raise the taxes of great corporations,
but put it upon the farmers and homes
of Kansas. That itself speaks Burton.
But that was not all. They went to
Nemaha and Miami counties and made
in favor of the latter be-
oanSa Tom Kelly lived fhera and apa-I