The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
ROSE PAYS COSTS.
Contempt Cases Pending will
Now Be Dismissed.
Gave Check for One Hundred
FOrty-four Dollars.
DOESN'T INCLUDE FINE
This VIII Await Action Of Q. s.
Supreme Court.
Gives His Opinion About
Trickett and His Work.
DOESN'T INCLUDE FINE

By the payment of s144. ". ". Rose. /
ex-mayor of Kansas City, Kan, today I
squared his account with the Kansas
supreme court. and the contempt cases (
against him in the supreme court viii /
be dismissed this afternoon.
The total amount of costs in the case
of the state. VS.. the city of Kansas I
City We're. 1898. and in the case against /
W. W. Rose as mayor were S4.45. The |
heavy costs in the city case were due I
to the fact that a large amount of tes-
tinony was taken in this case, and the |
witness fees We're piled up. When |
Mayor Rose came to Topeka today to /,
see about the payment of the costs and |
the dismissal of the cases, he brought |
with him receipts from these witnesses /
amounting to 1853. and these were cred !
tied to him on the bill. When it had !
been all figured out, Mr.. Rose wrote I
his. check for $144 and turned it over to
D. A. Valentine, clerk of the supreme
court.
At first Mayor Rose objected to pay
ing the costs in the case of the state
vs. the city of Kansas City. This suit
was directed not only against Mayor
Rose in his official capacity, but against
all other city officers, and Mayor Rose
thought that possibly the attorney gen
eral would not require him to pay this
Dill. But after conference with As
| sistant Attorney General Fred S. Jack
son he found that the state would in
sist upon the payment of the costs n
both cases before the dismissal of the
cases. So Rose paid the costs in both
suits.
That's rather expensive" he remark
ed when he handed over the check
especially in view of the fact that the
cases did not go to trial at all
I The fine of $1,000. and all the costs in
Cured in the first contempt case against
Mayor Rose, are still unpaid, and noth-
| ing further Will be done in that case
until the supreme court of the United
| States passes upon the questions at is
SUE
In a conversation with a State Jour-
nal reporter, Mr. Rose made this state
ment
1t is true that Tricl1ett has closed
/ the joints. But that doesn't mean that
he has closed the blind tigers. or stop
ped the sale of liquor. The general
I opinion expressed by merchants of
Kansas City, Kan, is that the retail
trade Of the city haS lost 81 600 900 be
cause of TTickett' s crusade. OF course
/ there are merchants who say, and TRUTH
I fully, no doubt that their trade has
not fallen off anyaon account of the
Eclosing ofsthe jniHts. But tt is theagen-
+ eraI belief that the City retail merchants
| have lost at lsast s., 900, zoe.
of course lit Isl a big thing for
/ Trickett He will make from $50, 900 to
| $4,000 out. of his work. That is pretty
I
| court allows him 500 for every con-
| tempt suit. and 53le has about $50 of
| them Besides that he is getting in
come from other sources. He required
| a $1,000 bond from owners of buildings,
/ and the bonding company which fur
! nishes all the bonds charges , per cent
/ instead of the usual / per cent while
! the risk is not nearly as great as an
ordinary risk. Who gets that extra
/ per cent?
! r.f r Oft Of
i Kansas City viii be $4,000 in arrears
4 because of the loss Of the revenue from
4 joints. How can this be made up?
/ There is one injunction from a local
court which prevents the mayor from
! signing warrants for a greater amount
| than the city has the cash to pay. Here
! is this supreme court order which pro-
| hibits the receipt of money from joint
! fines. What's the mayor to do? The
law prohibits an increase in the levy
for the general revenue fund, and W.
are 1evying the limit, mills, and get
ting only $4,000 Our annual expenses
are 1925, 900. Our revenue from licenses,
rentals, etc, bring the total receipts up
to $4,000, and there's the $4,000 de-
fecit
THE only way to increase reos4pts is
to increase the assessed value of prop
erty. We now assess general property
| on a 20 per cent basis, While the rail-
| road terminals of immense value, are
assessed bv the state railroad assessors
at about 10 per cent. We can't raise
the railroad assessment Therefore We
| must raise the assessed value of general
| property.
And right here is where we see the
object of the howl for law enforce
ment in Kansas City, Kan, which the
Kansas City. Mo, papers are making
They want to force us to increase the
takes in Kansas City, Kan, TO such
figure that people viii be scared
faWav They want to build up Kansas
lefty. Mo, at the expense Of Kansas
City, Kan.
Now. if Governor Hoch wants to
make a play for law enforcement,
II whv doesn't he say to the board of
railroad assessors that they shall as
sess railroad property at somewhere
near its real value, ana notIIy the
county officers OF the various counties
of the state to do the same? That
would be real law enforcement 1t
would enable cities of the first class to
pay their running expenses without
depending on the revenue from JOINTS.
ssSome may say. Why don't you cut
tdown the running expenses of the
city, but how can we cut down run
ming expenses $4,000 d year Ran
sas CITY Mo. spends $1.600.Q 900 a year
for the same work We do for S225seoO,
seven times as much as We spend and
fonly three times our population ct
they have the effrontery to tell US to
cut down our running expenses
Il don't believe in whisky, or in
Joints. The majority of the people Of
Kansas city don't believe in them
The only question with us is how best
to regulate an evil Some think they
can make people good by law. but a
great majority of our people believe
that regulation is the BEST way 10
handle the joints j believe in letting
1.-THE joints run under strict rules. and I
don't believe IN letting them run with
out paying well for the privilege.
How will Hoch run IN Wyandotte
/ county," was asked
THE jointists viii all be for Hoch. =
treplied Mr.. Rose. shut I believe that a
/ great majority of our citizens are going
| TO vote against him.