The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-24

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shall show an accurate, full and com
plete statement of the supplies puTchas-
ed Tor the various institutions under
the control OF the said board, the man
ner and mode OF such transactions. ana
such other records and accounts as salq
board may deem necessary; and said
record shall be open to the public dur
ing business hours
Sec. 4. The executive council of the
state, on application made in writing,
signed by at least two members of said
board Of trustees of state charities and
corrections. shall furnish all necessary
books, blanks, stationery, Office supplies
and furniture as are furnished other
state officers and which may be requir-
ed by said board of trustees of state
charities and corrections in the conduct
of its business H
"Sec. 5. No member of said board Of
trustees Of state charities and correc-
tions shall receive any compensation in
addition to that now allowed by law for
said services"
The minority report of the commit
tee of the senate signed only by SEN
ator Griffin, the senator from Speaker
Stubbs' district. recommends that the
board of control bill as passed by the
house be passed.
The Stubbs board of control bill
passed by the house provides in part:
Section 1.-The governor shall,
within thirty days after the passage Of
this act, appoint, in the same manner
as is now provided by law for the ap
pointment by the governor of all state
appOintive officers, three electors of
the state, no two of whom shall re-
side at the time of their appointment
in the same congressional district,
neither shall either of the appointees
be selected from a county in which
any institution mentioned in this act
is located. as trustees for the above
named institutions, to be known as q
board of cOntrols of state charitable
institutions, to wit: Said members
shall hold offices as designated by the
governor for two and four years re-
SpectiVely; subsequent appointments
shall be made as provided, and, except
to I'LL vacancies, shall be for a period
of four years. The board OF control
shall at all times be subject to the
above limitations and restrictions. The
each biennial period shall be elected
by the members of the board. OF con-
troll. Each member thereof shall re-
ceive salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars per annum, from the time he
shall enter upon his duties herein
named, payable in the same manner
as the salaries of other state officers
are paid. The governor may remove
any member of such board of control
for good cause shown, and fill the
vacancy caused thereby in such man
ner as herein prescribed for the ap-
pointment, of the members OF this
board of control. The board of con-
troll shall elect and designate in writ
ing one of it's members as treasurer
thereof. to WhOm all moneys D6IOtlS-
ing to the board of control shall be
paid, and who shall. %Inder the order
of the board of control, pay the same
to the state treasurer, according to
law, taking therefor proper receipts
and vouchers
mo member of the state board Of
control shall be eligible to or be
candidate for any other Office of profit
or trust in the state during the term
of his service as a member OF said
board, nor for a period of one year
s.Sec. 3-Said state board of control
shall be provided by the executive
council with suitably furnished offices
in the state capitol building, at To
peka KAN and said board of control
shall employ a competent secretary,
who shall receive a salary not 10 ex-
ceed two thousand dollars per annun,
and said board of control may also
employ a stenographer and such other
clerks as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this act
Waggener Goes After Stubbs.
senator Waggener offered an
that after 1906 the people
shall elect the state board of control
Senator Dolley opposed it and said the
governor is responsible for the care of
institutions
Senator Waggener said: This ad-
is against machines Last
wear this state was thrown into con-
Now there has been built up po-
litical machine most strong and pow
erful and now you wish to strengthen
it. The machine is ruled by czar.
You wish to place power in the hands
of one man to increase the strength
of that machine"
Senator Young said: ''Wait until
the people demand a chance to elect
this board. as they did in the case Of
the board of railway commissioners f." /
Senator Waggener said: who is !
the self-appointed boss ?" Senator
read from Hoch's Marion /
speech regarding party machines and
against boOdling with Office and the /
paying of political debts with Office"
I'VE have been in session here two
months, but the governor has made /
no appointments but has withheld
them as a menace over our heads.
ment is to stay the hand of the party
menace and power and give the peo- /
pie power to ch oose.'
Senator Dumont Smith said; This |
is only an attack on the governor. 1t
Is unfounded. We should just as well I
elect the warden of the penitentiary-' =
You charged the governor with
bossism and czarism, said Senator
Young.
81 did not refer to the governor"
said Senator Waggener. We all know
who the boss and the czar is
If you intimate you should say who |
it is, said Senator Young.
Il will say" said Senator Waggener.
1T is the Hon. Walter Roscoe Stubbs. z +
HAS he been here debating to this \
senator" asked Senator Young.
He has been before the senate |
committee and he has urged and de- |
the passage Of this board of !
control bill said Senator Waggener. |
This morning a senator ons this floor /
told me he was taken down to the /
governors office and the demand was |
made on him that he vote for this /
board of control bill"
The gallery went wild at Senator
Waggener's open ana erect attack,
and cheered and applauded.