The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-07
STUBS WAKESUP
Issues a Manifesto Against
State Treasurer Kelly.
Points Out Some of His Recent
Misdeeds.
lie ATTACKS A FACTION
Calls It the Kelly-Burton-Mul-
vane Crowd.
Says They Regard Public Office
as Private Graft.

naenl Wnlcn IS sort or declaration OF
war on State Treasurer T. T. Kelly. |
while at the same time intended to be a
defense of Governor Hoch.
/ Speaker Stubbs endorses in a general
way all the charges which have been
made against Kelly from time to time.
He says that Kelly, Mulvane and Bur-
ton are all in the same crowd, and that
they belong to the wrong school of poll
ties, and regard every public Office as
a private graft
Mr.. Stubbs' statement is as follows:
There has been a great deal of news
paper space used recently in trying to
t create the impression that Tom Kelly
has been prosecuted. Governor Hoch
has been charged with all kinds of
crimes because he compelled Kelly to
furnish a bond to protect the states
| funds, and Kelly has been described as
| a great hero because he furnished the
bonds. l have noted with considerable
interest the maneuvers, movements and
manipulations of the Kelly forces. Rep
reSenting as it does every atom of
strength and power possessed by the
Kelly -Bupton-M -Mulvane Organization,
supported by the great corporations
that have received fair treatment from
them, together with some very good
citizens who have political grievances,
or for some cause or other are opposed
to Governor Hoch. The ridiculous story
that Kelly was prosecuted and the fact
that some persons actually believed it,
shows how easy it is for an organiza-
tion, with followers in every county in
the state, and few newspapers, to Gre
ate false impression.
j. Facts in Kelly Case.
THE Kelly-Mulvane-B Burton crowd
would have you believe that Kelly is
. the biggest, brainiest best fellow in
the state. honest to the core, and that
! through malice, envy, hatred and jeaI-
ousy, he has been maligned, misrep-
resented. bounded, prosecuted and in
: jured. What are the actual facts in
the case?
First. The crowd represented by
Kelly has had possession of the state
treasury for six years.
Second. Kelly stated openly and
boldly during the last session of the
Legislature that he had paid a large
, sum of money for his bond and that it
t would not be fair to him to take the
= public funds from his control so soon
S as was contemplated by the house bill.
r Third. The amount of public funds
which the state treasurer has had
S most of the time recently has been
worth to some one, on a two per cent
per annum basis, from two to three
thousand dollars month. Does any
one think for a moment that the banks
got all the benefit?
Fourth. The last legislature appro-
priated two thousand dollars to pay for
another bond under the new deposi-
tory law, provided, that a surety COM
pany bond was given. Kelly used this
two thousand dollars to reimburse
himself for obligations incurred for his
old bond under the old law, long be-
2 fore the depository law was passed. Is
/ there an intelligent. fair minded man
!. in Kansas who will contend that this
! is the act of an honest, straightforward
man?
5 Fifth. The Republican state plat
form pledged the people to adepository
2 law: Tom Kelly was elected on the
/ basis of that pledge. He was an en-
: ploye of the state during the legisla-
\ ture, and was bound by the most bind
t ing and sacred obligations that any
5 man can incur to support the state.
Disloyal to His Oath.
WAS he loyal to his oath and obli-
I cations? An answer that is absolutely
indisputable is found in the fact that
l the Kelly Mulvane- Burton crowd in
the senate held up the house depository
; bill for weeks and dickered for time
{ that the bill should take effect. The
/ house depository bill provided for TAX
ing effect April first this year. At the
| outset Kelly demanded that the bill
should not take effect until May, 1906,
then came down to September. 1905,
and finally compromised on July 1,
1905. If the treasury funds were of
mo personal benefit to Mr.. Kelly why
did he and his friends make such
desperate battle to delay the time
when the depository law should take
| effect? What crime can man COM
NIT that is worse than to betray the
. trust reposed in him by great state
q and try to defeat beneficial legislation
! when he is under solemn oath to sup
5 port the state? Is it any wonder that
Tom Kelly is charged with dishonesty
$ and criminality2 Is any one surprised
: that Governor Hoch was anxious for
: Kelly to give a new bond to protect
Z state funds? Would Governor Hoch
? have not been open to severe censure
| if he had not prepared himself for any
= emergency and provided as he did for
!; a new state treasurer, with a good and
q sufficient bond for one million, seven
y hundred and fifty thousand dollars so
: that in case of Kellv's failing to fur
r nish a bond he could install the new
treasurer and put the new depository
= law into operation?
!; Kelly Is Smart.
Tom Kelly is a smart, and a very
pleasing fellow. If the expert exami-
| nation of his accounts now in progress
property from the state, l shall be sur
prised 1 think his troubles come from
| the old school of politics, in which he
has been trained, which recognizes
e every public Office, (not as public
trust) but as a private graft Cover
= ror Hoch has made mistakes, mostly
mistakes that come from inexperfence,
. but he stands out in bold relief, great
l contrast from the politician who makes
money out of public office. Governor
! Hoch stands for the depository law,
, the state printer law, the new railroad
! law, the board OF control law, and all
the other wholesome, economical, busi-
in the statutes of 1905. 1 believe that
these laws, honestly administered, Will
not only save the people of Kansas an
enormous sum of money annually, but
+ they viii bring better care and better
: service to the thousands of helpless in
4 -. -N.fA