The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
JACKSON ON DUTY
Attorney General to Keep Open
House on Election Day.
Prepared to Answer Questions
Which May Arise.
ALL THE NIGHT TOO.
ALL THE NIGHT TOO
Arranged by Chairman D0lley
of Republican Committee.
VIM. +. Sapp Issues Statement
About the Tax Law.

be open all day election day, and all
night election night, for the con-
venience of election judges. clerks.
ETC., who want to get official informa-
ton concerning the Interpretation of
the election laws.
During the morning of Nov. 3,
General Jackson will have an assist
ant in charge. At noon, Mr.. Jackson
himself will arrive from his home at
Eureka, Kan, and will be in personal
attendance to answer inquiries.
If at any time during the night,
when the ballots are being counted
throughout the state, any question
arises which the judges and clerks in
any precinct are not certain about.
they can lay the disputed ballots aside.
and proceed with the count, while
someone calls up the attorney gen.
eral by long distance telephone, and
finds out what should be done.
So far as known, this arrangement
for settling election misunderstand-
ingS has never before been used in the
state. Usually the attorney generals
office is closed all day, and the office
force is at home voting. By voting at
his home in Eureka as soon as the
polls open on election morning, Mr..
Jackson can catch a train to Topeka
and get here at noon.
This arrangement has been made
by Chairman J. N. Dolley of the Re-
publican state central committee. Mr..
Dolley said this morning:
1.-The Democrats have charged that
the Republicans are going to steal
the election. have made this ar
rangement with General F. S. jack
son so that any difference of opinion
between members of the election
boards. in any part of the state, can
be settled in an official manner. The
Republican state committee is asking
for nothing in the coming election
but fair count and honest de-
cisions by the election boards. BY
making it possible for the election
boards to refer all doubtful questions
direct to the attorney general for set
Element. 1 think, we have demon
strated that we are seeking to have
this election conducted strictly ac-
cording to law
State Treasurer Mark Tuiley has
arranged for big final rally for the
Republican party in Coffeyville next
saturday night: The. Coffeyville peo-
pie were a little late in making up
their minds to- have meeting. and
most Of the speakers working under
the state central committee were
billed for other places. Mr.. Tul1ey,
however, managed to get Judge j. S.
West of Topeka and A. S. Florence of
lola, to speak, and other speeches will
be made by local candidates.
Charles d. WEIGH, formerly of To-
peka, is chairman of the Republican
county committee of Montgomery
county.
Chairman ]. n. Dolley of the Re-
publican committee has this to say
concerning w. H. Kemper's denial
that he is using his position as grand
master of the 1. o. o. F. to drum up
votes for himself as Democratic cam
didate for secretary of state.
"Mr. Kemper says that he might
write letters such as were written to
his Sunday school class. When a let
ter begins Dear Brother and con-
mailed in a grand lodge envelope,
and addressed on the grand lodge adj
dress machine to each and every
1. o. o. F. officer in the state, it
doesn't look to me like an ordinary
letter written to a friend, or even to
a member of ones Sunday school
Glass;
Colonel bill" Sapp of Galena has is
sued statement concerning the state
tax law. in which he presents figures to
prove that the railroads are paying
common plug citizens are paying $780,
600 more; for all of which, Col. Sapp
holds the new tax law to blame.
The following is the colonePs state
ment:
Il see the state tax commission has
deemed it advisable to make state
ment with regard to their business.
The statement was made after / went
to see them Friday, October 23rd, and
it appears in the Kansas City papers.
They tell the people that they pay
less taxes than they paid before; but
they neglect to say that the people of
this state pay over one-half million
dollars more taxes this year than they
did last year. and the railroads pay a
half million dollars less this year than
they did last year.
Let us take their figures. Last year:
the total assessed valuation of the
farms and town lots were 1853 ,154, 90
or 632S per cent of the total taxes of
the state. The railroads last year paid
on an assessed valuation of S77,272,-
445.0 and their per cent of the taxes
were $17.52 for every $4,000 collected.
This year, the farmers and taxpayers
pay on an assessed valuation of 81 ,204,-
426, 1890 and the railroads pay on an
assessed valuation of 1856, 070, $4,000. The
railroads pay $14-54 out of every $4,000
collected which means that they save
and pay $500 less out each $4,000 than
they did year ago.
.'It is estimated that We collect in
this state in round numbers sixteen
millions of dollars for taxes. The new
tax law means that the railroads save
s4se, 100000 per year This amount Is
taken off of the railroads and placed
on the taxpayers who own real estate.
Il challenge the tax commission to
contradict this statement. have their
figures and they know how much the
people are robbed each year and it will
not do to excuse this robbery by say
ing that the railroads are assessed as
high or higher than other states
In presenting my compliments to
them / do not do it as a partisan, but
as a taxpayer. They should have told
all the story. ss.s
Very truly, w F. SAPP
Col. Sapp fsWfpng in some of his hg-
ures. The assessed value of the rail-
roads last year was So millions, not "a
millions This would reduce the per
centage of the total valuation to 1913
instead of II -