The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-28
KANSAS GOVERNORS HOME.
Preferred by His Family to the
Executive Mansion at Topeka.

Ffed by His Family to the
Executive Mansion at Topeka.
Ten years have wrought many
changes IN Kansas. Until 1900 the
crying shame Of the state was that
Its governors were compelled TO live
at hotels or boarding houses and scrimp
on their salary Of $1,000 70 keep both
ends on speaking terms.
For twenty years preceding that time
there was talk Of approprIating sudl-
Client money to buy or to build a Gov
ernor's mansion, but when the Legis-
lature would assemble and some patri-
otto member or Senator would intro
duce the bin carrying such an appropri-
alton oratoriCal fireworks from the ru-
raj Lawmakers, who were trying to
save enough from their per diem Of
So a day to pay interest ON the mort
gage on their farm at home, always
sent the measure to the scrap heap.
About ten years ago the farmers Of
Kansas had paid of the mortgages and
were ready to help put the State in the
list Of commonwealth that believe In
treating their Governors d~ecently."
The Legislature not only provided for
the purchase Of an $4,000 mansion for
the Governor, with a sufficient mainte-
nance fund, but the people, by vote,
amended the constitution. raising his
salary to 5000 a year. This seems
like a dream to former Governors st.
John, Click, Humphrey, Crawford and
Leedy, who are still living and pros
porous and who will remember always
the scanty food and the inadequate IA
~cilities of Topeka hotels and boarding
houses IN the early days, save a To
peka correspondent Of the New York
Herald.
And now, with a mansion richly APP
pointed and with every modern con-
venience, where a Governor and his
family may enjoy life to its full eN-
! tent, Kansas has elected a chief eXecu'
! tive who h~esltates about using IT. GOV.
ernor and Mrs. Stubs and the chill
dren balk at the idea Of having tC
: live there for two or four years. as
; the case may be. They are occupying
the mansion now, at the threshold O
the new administration and during thu
n session Of the Legislature, but the.
are going back to Lawrence as 500
as the first robin appears.
e There r several reasons why tn
Stubs family prefers the home o
Windmill Hill In Lawrence TO the eA
"a ecutlye mansion In Topeka. The prtr
- 800. L. ehaN f1n 1 a XETpnRn nnIll
, recently built, is, in many respects
n finer residence than the Governor
A mansion. 1t stands out In the open
a a forest Of old oak and elm trees VII
plenty Of ground around 1t, and VII
plenty Of pure, fresh air, too.
That appeals to the Stubs famll
= 1t especially appeals to the boys, w
u like to have plenty of room to ron
u and hunt rabbits. There are plenty
u rabbits in and around the Stubs non
IL stead at Lawrence, which, with &
III and dog, the boys have great fun
chasing.
OF Mrs. Stubs has Joined the boys IN
ne protest against the Topeka Idea II
81 tbey must live in the mansion. She
ng willing to stay there during the sessl
~ Of the Legislature, but she Intends
II 20 back to Lawrence in time to |
ey out some flowers and s%uperintend
planting Of garden seeds.
From time to time Mrs. Stubs a
,ts the boys will run down to Lawren
as which is only twenty-six miles aw
be- and look after the stock and home p'
Ike which were left in the care Of the Sc
is ants when the family came to Topek