The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-27
Gov. Stubs DispOsing of the
HOch AppOintees.
Only a Few of Them Are Left
Now.
BY SESSIONS.
Secretary of State Bounding I'd
Corporations.
Must File Their Reports or Get
Out.

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Governor Stubbs apparently has lit
tie consideration for most of the ap-
pointments made by Governor Hoch.
Just as fast as the terms of the state
officers, appointed by Hoch expire.
and occasionally before the terms ex-
pire Governor Stubs names new men
for the places. In some instances the
men changed have served under
more than one governor.
Governor Stubs has entirely made
over the board of regents of the dit
ferent state schools, the penitentiary
and the reformatory board and prac-
tically all the other offices, except the
board of control. That board remains.
today the same as it was when Hoch
originally named it. But a change
will be made early next month when
T. B. Scherm erhorn returns to private
life and Charles Shukers takes his
place. Bert Logan of Quenemo, has
been appointed on the board of man
ayers of the Hutchinson Industrial
reformatory to succeed r. J. Hopkins.
one of the governors appointees.
Hopkins could not hold two state jobs
at the same time so he resigned as
member of the board of managers Of
the reformatory when he became lieu
tenant governor
The governor has reappointed Scott
Hopkins as member of the board of
regents. But Rodney Edward takes
the place of w. Y. Morgan and Jas.
A. Ikimball OF Salina. takes the place
so long held by J. w. Gleed. On the
tax commission S. G. drummer and
w. 6. Glass will not retain their jobs,
although Glass was once reappointed
by Stubs and then removed. S. II.
Howe remains on the tax commission,
the only one of the original commits
sion to remain.
1t is always regarded as a COVER
nor's right to name his own appointees
when he comes into office and for
good many years the Kansas officials
rendered their designations when the
new governor came in and he could
accept them or not. whether the terms
had longer to run or expired within
few weeks or months. Lately how
ever. the general practice has been to
let the officers remain until their full
terms expired unless there was some
thing which would cause the governor
to ask for their resignation. Stubs
has made no effort to remove any Of
ficials before their terms expired eX
cept Warden Haskell OF the peniten-
tiary, who resigned and Judge Glass.
He waited patiently until the terms
OF the others expired
IS sending warning to all the private
corporations of Kansas to get in their
annual reports as soon as possible and
avoid losing their charters The re-
cent legislature passed a law which
provides that if any private corpora
ton which has not filed an annual re-
port for three years and does not do so
within three months after the law
takes effect shall suffer a forfeiture Of
the charter and the only way the COM
pany can get it's charter back is to be-
gin suit in the court. and show why
it has not filed its report. The com
pany must pay all the court costs. at
torney fees and the filing fees and pen
alties and make the reports as required
by law.
There are about $4,000 corporations
in Kansas. About one-fourth of these
tions not organized for profit and
these are not required to file reports.
But all the rest are proflt-making
concerns and must make reports. Only
about two thousand of the fifteen thou
sand have fled the report required.
The law also puts a penalty of five
dollars day for each days delay that
the CORPORATIONS did not get in their
reports by February % of each year.
A considerable number Of corpora
tons which have charters are dead
now, as the purpose for which they
were organized has been accomplished,
but there are large number of cor
porations alive and hard working
which have been negligent in not filing
the reports.
John Hunt, attorney for Charles Ses-
sions. secretary Of state, in the man
dan1us suits brought by the attorney
general to compel the publication of the
seven bills vetoed or allowed to die by
the governor. filed the answers in the
supreme court today. The defense of
the secretary of state as to why he
does not publish the bills in the statute
book is based entirely on the legis-
1ative records.
In the case of the five bills allowed
to die by the governor when he did not
act upon them at all the legislative
records show that the bills reached the
governor March 13 and that the legis-
latCre adjourned March 10. thus giving
the governor only two days to consider
the bills when the constitution provides
he should have three days
Regarding the veto of the inheritance
tax bill the secretary of state shows
that the governor received the bill
March 10 and vetoed it March IA. There
was an intervening Sunday and the
question on this bill is whether or not
this Sunday should be counted and also
whether the day the governor received