The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27

grounds for the charges laid against
them. The Sun has been criticised by
a few. men, for not coming out in I'M
qualified support of certain candidates
on the Republican ticket. The Sun has
made frequent declarations of it's inten-
| ton to support all honest candidates on
the Republican ticket and herein the
declaration is reaffirmed. But, it may
as we'll be understood here the Sun can,
and will not sanction the election to
office OF men who, without even so
much as denial will rest under the
penetrating rays of such searchlight,
! as has been trained on the Kansas
state house by the State Journal. Their
silence on a matter of such momentous
Importance to the state at large is suf-
fcient to verify the Suns former sus-
| picions of shady dealing.
: This paper, as all other reputable
publications should, regrets that it has
cussion of graft on the part of Kansas
state house by the State Journal. Their
be inseparable with each office, is in
suited by any act either open or covert
that renders necessary this, or any 9TH
er disclosure.
Instead of relieving the situation
which at best is embarrassing, the ex-
PLANTATION of Mr.. A. A. GODDARD, the mid
die man, or broker through whom the
Comanche county bond deal was con-
sumInated. renders matters more COM
plicated. The strings appear to be tight
ening with not an effort on the part OF
clear their respective records. Why.
men have been ousted from office, and
Joseph Folk has prosecuted alleged
boodIers for offenses not whit less
fragrant than that charged against
members of Kansas official family. Mr..
Godard's explanation has served this
much. He, acting as an individual mad
right to engineer the sale Of those
lar of profit possible, but his defense
Of the men acting for the state, has
merely resulted in additional evidence
of the tort, committed by members OF
the board. AS explanations and fresh
exposures follow, the shadow OF wrong
darkens and the threads of damaging
evidence draw closer.
Again the Sun asserts that T. T. KEEL.
Iy, J. r. Burrow and C. c.. Coleman and
Superintendent I. L. Dayhof owe 1t 70
the public to furnish proof that will
completely vindicate themselves, other
wise they are unworthy the support
they are about to ask of the voting
Republicans of Kansas.-Parsons Sun.
The charges in brief are these:
That there are two state boards COM
posed of practically the same set OF
state officers, the attorney general, the
secretary of state, the state treasurer,
the state superintendent One OF these
boards has the right to raise or lower
the assessed valuation of a county
over or above that returned by the
county assessors. The other board
buys bonds for the state school fund
1t is alleged that Conlanche county
had some bonds on the market, which
were being hawked aoout for much
less than par, though they bore SIX
per cent interest. 1t is alleged that
the bonds were not salable to the
state school fund because Comanche
county had bonded herself over the
Is per cent of her valuation as pro-
hibited by law. 1t is alleged that
these gentlemen above named-or
such of them as compose the board
which buys bonds for the state school
fund bought these Cornanche county
bOndS-not at the discount at which
they had been going begging in the
regular market, but at par, and that
they deliberately cut Gown the inter-
est on these bonds which were bear
legged that Comanche county now has
bonds in the state school fund on
which the interest has been defaulted
andI4the further purchase of such
bonds would seem to be criminal care
lessness, cheating the children of this |
state in most shameless manner. !
1t IS further alleged 6nat an $4,000 |
as commission for this sale by which |
the state was loaded up with those I'M
worthy bonds.
Such charges against public men |
should not be idly mace. The public |
has a right to assume they are I'M
true, and inspired only by malice, until |
the governor himself, who knows their |
truth or f2lSity, takes action in the |
matter. This does NOT mean that the |
State Journal is a party to the malice.
The story was probably handed to the |
State Journal by responsible men and |
printed in absolute good faith.-Em-
poria Gazette.