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

No Kansan can fail to feel a thrill
of pride in his state government after
reading the fats in this pamphlet. He
will see that in every department and
division of the government the work
of progress is going on. He will see
the great value the people are getting
for their money. He Will realize that
there is business brains at the head
of the state and business science back
Of it's administrative work.
It is the policy of the present admin
igtration to tell the people what it is
doing and to ask the people for a pub
lie Endorsement If they believe their
public officers are doing not only their
duty but their full duty This admins
tration is asking this Endorsement on
the basis and plea of merit only II
claims no divine, or traditional right
to govern the state. It claims right
governing best.
It Is conceded everywhere today
that Kansas has the soundest and
most enlightened government under
fs being paid to it from ocean to
ocean Is universal other and older
states are following its lead and copy
ing its laws and public policies. The
most enlightened political economists
in the land are covering it with their
eulogies-
In public morality Kansas is now the
standard of all states. In education
It is exceeded by but one state in the
Union In economy of management 1t
h at the Forefront. In achievement it
is second to none. In no state in the
Union do such a large number of citi-
Gems have an untrammeled voice in
their government and in no state does
the Individual sovereign count for so
much.
1t can be said without fear of con-
tradiction that there is more genuine
Democracy in the government of Kan
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than in any government under the sun.
The humblest citizen of the state can
walk into any Office or department Of
the government any hour of the day
and have a hearing. Since the inau-
duration twenty months ago private"
doors have not been shut. The rich
man and the poor man have to take
the same route to ask for their rights
and they have to take their turn
without faVOrS.
The law is potent and supreme in
every foot of Kansas soil The mighty
and the humble get justice alike.
There is no code for the rich that the
poor can not enjoy.
Another singular and highly credt-
table fact in the history of this admin
istration is this, that Notwithstanding
several months of campaign discussion
and investigation not living man in
the state has been able to point to the
expenditure of a single dollar of pub
has not been received.
Kansas has a record that possibly
no other commonwealth under the
sun can boast of. 1t is this, that it has
not a drunkard or a tippler on its pay
rolls. Every man must be At for duty
at all hours and as a result of this
sobriety the taxpayer is getting value
received for the money he contributes
to the support of government.
And this can be said for the present
administration that 1t has made the
state bigger than anything in the state.
It has made it a peoples government
and a government that derives every
power II possesses from the people. 1t
has been made a state in which but
one language is spoken and that is the
plain and honest language Of truth and
frankness.
Every fact in this pamphlet is au-
thentic. It is issued purposely to give
60 the people accurate information as
TO what the state government is doing.
And that it may be entirely accurate
the committee secured the data direct
ly from the heads of the various de-
partments and divisions covered. It is
regretted, however, that 1t had to be
so condensed in the interest of space
that the full force and significance of
the facts can not be conveyed to the
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