The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-04
KANSAS GOVERNORS HoMA.
Preferred by His Family to the
Executive Mansion at Topeka.

Preferred 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
lts governors were compelled to live
at hotels or boarding houses and scrimp
on their salary of $1,000 to keep both
ends on speaking terms.
For twenty years preceding that time
there was talk Of appropriating sutfi-
cient money to buy Or to build Gov
ernor's mansion, but when the Legis-
lature would assemble and some patri-
otic member or Senator would intro
duce the bill carrying such an appropri-
alton oratorical fireworks from the ru-
raj lawmakers, who were trying to
save enough from their per diem of
$3 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 decently."
The Legislature not only provided for
| the purchase of an 0000 mansion for
| the Governor, with a sufficient mainte-
nance fund, but the people. by vote,
amended the constitution, raising his
salary to $1,000 year. This seems
| like a dream to former Governors st.
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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 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 eX-
tent, Kansas has elected chief eXecu-
tive who hesitates about using it. Gov
ernor and Mrs. Stubs and the chill
dren balk at the idea of having to
live there for two or four years, as
the case may be. They are occupying
| the mansion now, at the threshold Of
the new administration and during the
session of the Legislature, but they
are going back to Lawrence as soon
as the first robin appears.
There are several reasons why the
Stubs family prefers the home on
Windmill Hill in Lawrence to the ex-
ecutive mansion in Topeka. The prin-
cipal one Is that the Lawrence home,
recently built, is, in many respects a
finer residence than the Governors
mansion. 1t stands out in the open in
forest Of old oak and elm trees, with
plenty Of ground around it, and with
PLENTY of pure, fresh air, too.
That appeals to the Stubs family
1t especially appeals to the boys, who
like to have plenty Of room to romp
and hunt rabbits. There are plenty OF
rabbits in and around the Stubs home
stead at Lawrence, which, with CUR
and dog, the boys have great fun II
chasing.
Mrs. Stubs has Joined the boys In O
protest against the Topeka idea thai
they must live In the mansion. She Ii
willing to stay there during the session
Of the Legislature, but she intends tt
60 back to Lawrence In time to put
out some flowers and superintend the
planting of garden seeds.
From time to time Mrs Stubs anC
the boys will run down to Lawrence
| which ia onlv twnntv-SiY miles awav
and look after the stock and home pets
which were left in the care Of the serv
ants when the family came to Topeka.