The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-14

| months. To this. question, the En-
poria man was uncertain In fact he
preferred not to guess. Asked if it
| were seven or ten, he could not re-
Rev. J. H. Deberough told of the
Pittsburg needs and presented petit
ton signed by more than fifty south
ern Kansas ministers asking the d.
vorce of the schools.
Professor A. H. Bushey. member
of the board of regents, appeared for
tn Crawford county town. He point
ed out to the committee that shortly
after the Pittsburg school was estab-
lished by the legislature that the EN-
poria school had advertised manual
| training in connection with its sum-
! mer course; had made no mention of
| Pittsburg and thus detracted from the
school. Bushey told of the difficulty in
| advancing the course of study and de-
| clared that Hill had opposed the
equality of the three normal schools.
| Hill Makes Charges.
| Then Hill went to bat. He immedi-
ately waded into the Pittsburg con-
| tingent for stirring UP town strife and
playing politics in the sacred matter of
state educational advancement. He
| declared that Rev. Mr.. Deberough
and his fifty brethren had prostituted
4 their obligations by mixing in the
fight. This aroused the Pittsburg min
| lister and at the first opportunity he
played Hill for his untimely remark.
| Then Hill produced statistics, personal
| letters and records to show that the
administration had been clean and
above board.
| Hill alleged that Pittsburg had not
played fair. He said that shortly after
his visit to that town, the board Of
regents was canvassed and statement
went out as to the standing of the sew
eral members. He declared there was
not one specific charge of neglect of
duty on his part. Then he talked town
row.
"They tell you" said Hill. THAT this
is a fight between Pittsburg and En-
poria for supremacy. 1t is not true.
No rivalry on the part of our
town. It is true that I went to
the Commercial club in relation to this
matter and that several men have come
here to give their moral support to
just cause.
Hill admitted that the Commercial
club had furnished funds for a cam
paign to keep the three normal schools
under one head. When asked by Tay
lor if the divorcing of Pittsburg would
injure the normal, Hill hesitated, but
said that he did not think it would
result so disaStrouSly for EmpOria, ex-
cept that it would let down the bars
and allow other normal schools to
spring up, to the educational detriment
of the state.
Prof. D. NJ. Bowen, of the Pittsburg
school, declared that President WIKI
inson had. once remarked that the state
had left an unwelcome child at its door
and that moral duty compel them to
administer to the infant.
President Hill denied responsibility
of the Wilkinson statement and he
criticized Bowen for making statements
concerning the management of the
school and helping stir I'D strife in the
two towns. Bowen returned compli-
mentS and the argument was flowing
strong when Chairman Cambern chok-
ed off debate.
Nit White, the Emporia hotel man,
made a short talk for Emporia, and
said the interests of the state would
not be furthered by a decree of di-
vorce.
]. L. Haynes, wealthy hardware
merchant, talked for Enporia.
J. H. Glotfelter, former mayor of
meeting. He declared that Emporia was
pleased with the present management
and wanted no change. He paid a
tribute to President Hill and endorsed
his work.
On the roll call, seven members vo-
ted for the Porter bill and two voted
for Emporia. c. A. Stannard and Sem
ator Hostrup, both Insurgents, voted
for the defeat of the bill.
Four standpats. two insurgents and
one Democrat voted for Pittsburg The
Crawford county followers were: Cam
bern. Porter, Brady, Caldwell, Hunter,
Milton, Carey.
Almost as rival of the story of the
good Samaritan is the report of the
meeting of the rabid reactionary ways
and means committee, which last week
loaded pork barrel for the admins
trauon. 1t was when the budget of
the deaf and dumb school at Olathe
was under consideration that the re-
formers received more pie than they
asked. The budget went to the senate
ways and means committee as safe
and sane request. While the appro-
priatiOn was under discussion,
charge was filed that 81 deaf mutes
had recently been quarantined at one
time on the second floor of the school
building, where other members pur-
sued their course of study.
In addition to this charge was a
second which declared that inmates of
the school were compelled to sleep in
damp, widowed and unSanitary cell
of the board of control to provide
proper facilities had resulted in much
sickness and suffering. The charge
started an investigation on the part of
the committee and when H. J. Bow
man, a member of the board of con-
troll, was called before the committee,
he admitted that this condition existed.
He declared that proper facilities could
not be provided with the present
budget.
on motion of one of the members
of the committee the original budget
was increased $12.500 in order that
the administration might repair its
needs and place the school in proper
condition.
This Afternoon the ways and means
committee will take up the Garden
City application for a state normal
school and further the pork packing
job. Sheffield ingalls, of Atchison, an
avowed insurgent, and president of the
board of regents of the State Normal,
is in Topeka. He is said to favor the
Garden City scheme The other Gar
den City boosters, who are interested
in the pork barrel progress are: Judge
William H. Thompson, a Democrat;
Ralph Faxon, a reliable stand pat;
Richard J. Hopkins lieutenant COVER
nor, and an original reformer.