The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-11

and not he. is responsible for higher
taxes.
II think you will agree with me thai
the governor and his appointees spend
the peoples money, and not the legis-
lature True, the legislature by appro-
priation. fixes the maximum, but the
governor and his appointees within the
limit. waste or save.
THE governor, likewise, has the
perogative to veto any item in any ap-
preparation bill passed by the legis-
lature.
II think also. that you will agree
with me, that while the governor in
sisted on nearly three-fold increase
in his own contingent fund and finally
in the third attempt forced it through
the house, he set the example of ex-
travagance that his subordinates were
quick to follow. That by that act, he
disabled himself from enforcing econ
cmy elsewhere.
You know and 1 know that in every
county in this state, the amount re-
quired for state taxes has been vastly
increased. in this county alone. over
$22,G-o. 1t never has been shown that
this state is today better governed
than under those able and loyal Repub-
lican governors, Stanley. Bailey and
Hoch.
ut is also a curious fact that at the
very time Governor Stubs is increas-
ing state expenditures and the burden
the governor criticises and condemns.
is decreasing national expenditures
and national burdens: that While the
governor has increased state expenses
more than million a year, the presi-
dent decreased national expenses more
than forty million year: that while
Stubs disclaimS responsibility for the
act of his Legislature, he would hold
Taft responsible for every act or omis-
sion of congress, including the new
tariff law.
81 submit that while the new law
may not be perfect. it is at least a
revenue producer, turning a deficit
into surplus and with it the presi-
tariff commission so that any imper-
fections NAV be cured and future re-
visions guided by scientific expert
Enowlege. a thing long desired but Sc
cured only by Taft.
Slap at Stubbs' Senatorial Aspiration.
"To be governor of Kansas should
satisfy the ambition of any man. If
chosen. 1 will ask for nothing more.
7 shall not, while governor be a can
didate for any other office. nor shall
the power and patronage of that office
be used for any other end than the
public service.
81 shall go into office. if chosen.
without one single promise save the
one I make here and now: To be the
best governor of Kansas that in me
lies. Whatever of ability, of industry
or determination I have. shall be de-
voted to that object and no other. But
I can not be governor of Kansas with
out your help.
1.-The wise. efficient and economical
government of Kansas is of much in
terest of each of you. It is not the
dollar earned that matters so much
as the dollar saved. Every dollar
wasted by the Stubs administration
must be supplied by the toll of Kan
sans.
eff you care. if you prefer thrift to
waste and economy to extravaganza. if
you are Republicans, concerned in the
success of the party and not of a one
man faction. then I appeal to You and
each of you to help. to do your part.
1.-THE success or failure of my ambi-
ton is small thing, the unity, power
and success of the Republican party is
a great thing