Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-23

opened my campaign at my home
town one of Gov. Stubbs' state oil
inspectors was there. On being
questioned why he was at lndepen-
dence he gave the excuse Of being
there to inspect oil. l did not pay
much attention to this but the next
day when spoke at Atchison ] found
an assistant oil inspector there. !
| learned later on, however, that the
real reason he was there was to see
how Stubbs' chances were. From
Hutchinson went to Pratt and there
/ / found fish inspector who sent
the report to the Topeka Capital that
| only had a handful in attendance at
the meeting. thought l would fool
the inspector gang SO I left that part
of the country and went to Hamilton
county, the last county in Kansas on
the Santa Fe, expecting to get rid OF
any inspector. But on opening my
speech whom did, see but a grain
inspector sitting on the very front
row. Now who pays the expense OF
me being inspected? You do by the
increase in your taxes" Here he
showed how ridiculous 1t is to have
these many inspectors who are paid
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year when
your own county officers are able
to do the same, work and more. eff
ciently.
Among his other remarks he said:
81 am for President Taft who is a
Republican and a Republican is q
diamond on the shirt front of pros
perity."
He contrasted the administration
of Taft in the decrease Of expenses
Of the national federal government
to the increase Of expenses of the
state under stubb's administration.
He said: "The real issue Of the cam
paign is whether the Republicans Of
Kansas will follow the patriotic lead
ership Of President Tart or that OF
Governor Stubbs, l did not make
this issue but l willingly accept 1t.
said he, "and~that is to make q good
we have had one year of Taft and a
little more of Stubbs. Taft has In
stltuted reforms that will decrease
the expenses of the federal govern
ment $40,O 100000 a year, while
Stubbs has increased the state ex-
penses $1,000, 900 a year "
Here the speaker sailed into the
tax question. He read from the state
treasurer's report showing that the
state tax for Dickinson county in the
year 1903 was increased 40 per cent
amounting to $14,2OS. He showed
that the increase was caused by
stubbs extravaganza and refuted the
claim that Stubs had made that
there was deficit from the Hoch ad-
min;strstion.
He invited the audience to write to
state Treasurer Tulley at Topeka to
corrot crate his statement. He showed
that s612,OOO in money had been ad-
ded to the states income outside OF
the regular tax collections by means
or charter fees and half million
from the government and that this
added to the $4,000 increase in
taxes. made an income for Stubbs
of $1,543, 900 greater than any other
governor had. Out of this the edu-
cational institutions got an increase
of SS50,O00 leaving a balance OF
$1,000, 900 spent by stubbs for extra
commissions, boards and other snaps
for his friends such as are necessary
to the building of a first class poll
tical machine. He quoted from the
record to prove that under Governor
Bailey there were 1927 state employ
es receiving S650,OOo while under
stubbs there were 1878 employees ON
the pay roll receiving S1,4OO,O00.
This is an increase Of officers OF
practically 100 per cent over Bailey's
administration and an increase OF
over 100 per cent in salaries.
Mr.. wagstaff then took up the
state prison question that the gov
ernor brags so much about and show
ed that the governor is spending
more money to take care Of $50 con-
vlots than Hoch spent to take care
of 1850. He stated that he had
visited the pen recently and found
the windows Of the assembly room
filled with potted plants. that the
walls we're adorned with beautiful
pictures, that a pyramid Of palms
greeted the eye as one entered while
a string band made beautiful music
for the eonviets while they ate their
meals. Shortly after he was in
Dodge City and the inmates Of the
Old Soldiers Home sent for him. No