The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-04
Governor Has Been Out of State
Two Months in Four Years.
PAID OWN TRAVELLING EXPENSE
Even When Travelling on
Strictly State Business.
Stubbs Has National Reputa-
ton and Is in Demand.

In reply to the charges of Henderson
Martin against the official record Of
Governor W. R. Stubbs, ]. N. Dolley as
chairman of the Republican state com
mittee, today answered the Democratic
chairman and declared that Stubbs has
spent his time on the job. Dolley says
that Stubbs has not been out of the
state to exceed two months in four
years-an average of two weeks each
year.
Dolley's attention is directed only to
the charge by Martin that Stubbs has
spent his time outside the borders of
the state. He pays no heed to the
charges against Stubbs by Attorney
General Dawson, which are again
hurled by Martin. Neither does DoIley
make answer to the insinuation that
Stubbs was not loyal to Hoch in mis-
1906 campaign for reelection In his
statement DolIey says:
In reply to the statement of Chair
man Martin, of the Democratic COM
mittee, issued yesterday. L take great
pride in advising Mr.. Marin and the
people of Kansas, that never in the his
tory of our state has any governor
brought to the state as much favora BILE
notice from ninety million people as has
Governor StubbS in the last three and
one-half years There has never been IL
governor of Kansas requested to speak
In as many states of the Union on as
many different subjects of national i'm
portance as has Governor Stubbs The
only regret l have is that the duties of
MS once nave made it impossible for
MIN 10 respond to the unusual demand
upon his time from sister states
In ADDITION to invitations from ev-
cry section of the United States to
Governor Stubbs to make public adj
dresses on national questions of the
greatest importance he has mad urgent
standing offers from numerous lecture
bureaus and ChautauQua circuits. that
would have paid him 5000 and up
wards per night for addresses. All Of
which he has refused, prsferring to
give his time and attention to the duties
of his office and matters that concern
ed the people of Kansas.
My observation is that all public
men in this country who ara so fortu.
nate as to have been offered -heSe en-
gagements for large remuneration,
have accepted and devoted large part
of their time 20 lecture work I wish
to further advise Mr.. Martin that
former governors of Kansas Missouri
and other states have devoted several
weeks of their time each year to re-
munerative lecture work, about which
not one word of criticism has ever been
spoken. While refusing to sccept these
invitations for pay, Governor Stubs
has in three and one-half yoars. paid
every dollar of his travelling expense,
railroad fares, meals, etc, out of his
own pocket on all trips including ev-
cry business trip in behalf Of the state
Excluding work directly connected
with business affairs of the stGte, Gov
ernor Stubbs has not been outside of
the state to exceed so days during
nearly four years, or an average of two
weeks each year. This includes all
vacations, speaking dates in
other states, attending the national Re-
publican convention, personal business
trips and everything else The state
allows this much time to all employees
around the state building.
'It certainly affords me great pleas
ure to hold up to the public view, the
two candidates for United States SEN
ator from Kansas-W. r. Stubs, ma
tionaI character, with the most sue
,essfuI administration the state has
ever had and w. H. Thompson. |
What can you say for him p