The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-26
JACKSON IS BUSY.
VIII Resume Campaign This Week
Story on Miller.

While Governor Stubs is engaged in
his transforming trip through the
sparsely settled southwest counties cf
the state, Attorney General Fred s
Jackson will be doing something in
Pottawatomie and Morris counties by
way of campaigning for his congress
| sional nomination from the Fourth
district.
attorney general will go to Salina to-
morrow to be present at the taking of
evidence by the Standard Oil company
in defense of the custer suit now pend
ing against it, Then turning to poll
| tics, he will speak before the Jackson
club at st. Marys Friday night and mt
White City Saturday afternoon Nor
ris county being the home of Congress-
man j. M. Miller, the address at White
City Will be significant an index to
the popularity of the present incum-
bent in his own community.
While Mr. Jackson is silent, a rumor
of the padding of the mails by Con-
gresham Miller was a topic of discus
sion in the state house today which
finally resolved itself into hypothesis
and mathematics between Dave Leahy
secretary to the governor, and w. B.
Montgomery of the attorneys office
The questions were: HAS Mr. Miller
sent out old 1903 year books or agri-
cultural compilations during the 80 days
of mail weighing thereby increasing the
averages in favor of the railroads %
the government as consequence
Lets see,'' said Mr.. Leahy, there It
is. Each of those books weighs two
and one half pounds and the govern
ment pays cents a pound for carriage
The average created would hold for
every day for four years. That's four
times 365 days and 171A cents for each
book or $227.5 postage paid by the
government on each book mailed now
for every day for four years whether
it is mailed or not
well. then" spoke Mr.. Montgomery,
suppose Miller sent a book to every
Republican voter in his district There
are 10000 of them in his district. Let s
see, that's 80 multiplied by 10000
$151,333 for each of those books mailed.
mo no." interrupted Mr.. Leahy.
congressman are allowed but 800 of
those reports and perhaps he had al
ready sent out most of them seven
years ago. No, you can figure any
way you want to and you will find that
row whether one every day or 80 in one
it is just s227.50 for each book mailed
day out of the 80 days of weighing.
But then" continued the professor,
'thereaIe two ways of figuring the sup
position. Suppose that he had saved
should have sent out, then he would
have kept from the mails what the
railroads had right to get paid for
carrying. Suppose that he is now send
Ing them Out 10 increase the average
weight in favor of the railroads. Which
is better?"
But 1 don't see yet how you figure
four years into this again spoke Mont
gomery. That's two pounds and seven
cents-four years. We'll, it is
S227.50 for each book. You will find I
am right" insisted Mr.. Leahy, closing
the argument.
What is to become of the charges
against Miller is left to HIM to deter
mine 1t is quite likely that if he has
sent out those old and dusty reports.
he has done so with some purpose.
Farmers read them and so do others
and Congressman Miller may have a
very good reason for using them.
However that may be, General
Jackson is not contemplating any
reference to them as vet and remarks
that the campaign is very young.