The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-27

state? In case you do elect leglsla-
ture, will it be in sympathy with the
policy and political interests of the
men who are promoting and financing
your campaign? Do you think Dave
Mulvane, head and shoulders of the
lobby for years before
our state legislature, Sam Fitzpatrick,
political manager for the Standard
Oil Company, and Mort Albaugh, and
a score of other machine politicians,
are spending their time and some
body's money to reduce the taxes of
Kansas?
Driven by public opinion, you seem
to have abandoned, your original
attack on the increased appropriations
for the state educational institutions.
You stated in your Independence
speech that no one would ever hear
you criticise expenditures for these
institutions. Do you not know, as
matter of fact, that most all of the
increased appropriations by the last
legislature were caused by increased
appropriations for the educational
institutions?
Are you aware that the attendance
at the university agricultural and
normal schools increased more than
800 students in 1909, as compared with
the same date in 1907? How would
you provide additional buildings in
which to take care of these new
students, and additional teachers in
this great educational institution,
without increasing the cost of main
tenance? Do you know that the cost
of mainta ming our university agricul-
tural college and normal schools is
among the very lowest cost per capita
of Institutions in their class in the
United States?
MORE TO PROVIDE FOR.
Are you aware that we have several
hundred more persons in the chari-
table institutions for whom to pur-
chase food and clothing and provide
new buildings than we had when the
legislature was in session in 1907?
During twenty-five years large
part of my time was devoted to a
business where the care and main
tenance of employees was a large
factor in the business, and l am will
ing to stake my reputation as a
business man and my honor as a
citizen on the statement that our
charitable and penal institutions are
being managed in a business-like,
economical way, and that the food
supply and the labor does not cost
any more, and, in my judgment, not
as much, as it would cost private
citizen to maintain such institutions
of the same standard.
For instance: AT the state peniten-
tiary, where the prisoners are engaged
in hard work every day, the actual
cost of the meal is less than Az cents
each, exclusive of the cost of service,
and this in the face of the highest
food prices known for many years.
Can you tell me of any private bust
ness man who wohld be willing to
furnish good, substantial food of the
same character at less price?
You are making grave charges
against the extravagant use of my
contingent fund.
1t is your duty as man to specify
the items that have been wasted in
this fund. The books are all open for
your inspection, and if you are as
loyal Republican as you claim to
be you will bring these general
charges which you are making over
the state down to specific items. You
will also be more fair and have better
respect among the voters if you will
give me credit with having maintained
the state fish and game department
out of this contingent fund, which last
year cost the state over $50, 600, and
also with using a large amount of