The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-25
DIR. Crumbine's Friends Court
the Inquiry.
ABOUT TRIPS AND SUPPLIES
Monument in Statuary Hall for
Gov. Click.
Orr and Hendricks in War of
Words.

health and the work of DIR. s. ]. Crum-
bine as secretary of the board, was
ordered today in a resolution which
was adopted in the house. A special
committee composed of three members
of the house and two members of the
senate will conduct the inquiry into
the management of the board, various
alleged junketing trips and expendi-
lures of state funds for thousands OF
tin cups, napkins, paper towels, indi-
vidual cuSpidorS and other articles
which Crumbine distributed in his
pure health" campaigns.
The resolution came from Mike Frey
of Geary county, who admits that he
is not at all proud of some of the work
Of the health board. adoption of the
resolution was secoT - by Stone Of
Shawnee, a friend of Crumbine and an
endorser Of the work of the depart
ment.
In his resolution Frey alleged many
things. He declared that Crumbine and
his assistants have made many junk
citing trips beyond the borders of Kan
sas and for which the state paid the
expenses. Frey also charged that there
was much mystery as to the propriety
and legality of Crumbine's system of
drawing $4,000 annual pay check
from Kansas university as dean of its
medical school, when the 1911 legisla-
ture had appropriated 81, 500 a year as
the doctors salary as secretary of the
health board and had specially stipu-
lated that Crumbine was to draw no
other pay from the state. Then, too,
it is charged in Frey's resolution that
several thousands of dollars of the
states good money has been spent in
the purchase of individual tin. cuspi-
dors, for paper napkins, for paper
towels, for paper drinking cups and
0f her articles and that thaSa
are stored in great piles in the base
ment of the state house and represent
not only a waste of cash, but are an
actual fire trap.
So the Geary county member de-
manded an investigation to know what
it was all about and where the states
benefits were derived. Robert Stone,
who recommended the passage of the
resolution, said that he spoke not as a
victim, but as a friend of the health
department and was proud of it's
work. In answer to a question by
Frey, Stone admitted that Crumbine
drew a $4,000 pay check from K. u,
but insisted that he was doing the
work of two men and receiving the
salary of one man.
DR.. Cummings of Bourbon county
opposed Frey's resolution and declar-
ed that the work of the board of
health was above question.
:. The house adopted the Frey resolu-
committee composed of three house
members and two members from the
senate will be named to conduct the
inquiry.
A statue of the late George w.
Click is to occupy a place alongside
that of James J. Ingalls, in Statuary
Hall, Washington. The house this
morning, by a unanimous vote, adopt
ed the resolution which passed the
n or nd nr6a ra6
the appropriation of $4,000 for the
placing of a statue of the former gov
ernor in the hall OF fame
Kansas was allotted two places in
Statuary Hall. One is occupied by
statue of the late James J. Ingals, a
Republican. Now the Democrats are
to receive recognition and will i'm
moralize Click with a $4,000 statue
in the national capitol city.
Click was the last Democratic gov
ernor of Kansas, preceding the cleo
ton of George H. Hodges. He was
elected in 1882 and served from 1888
to 1885. In addition to his two years
as chief executive of the state he serv-
was one of the foremost of the Dem
ocratic leaders of the state.
There was wordy war on the floor
of the house this morning between
Robert s. Hendricks, of Rawlins
county, and James w. Orr, of Atchison,
when Hendricks attempted to revive a
railroad bill reported adversely by the
judiciary committee of which Orr is
chairman. Hendricks openly charged
Orr with showing favor to the railroads
and declared that he had yielded to the
influence of the railroad lobby in the
house.
''Those statements are untrue and
declared Orr in a scath-
ing reply to the Rawlins county mem
ber mo other person in this body
would stoop to the remarks before this
body of 125 men as has the gentleman
from Raw1ins. The committee voted
unanimously against the bill and the
lobby to which the member from Raw
Inns refers was no stronger than the
one which was sent to influence the
of the bill"
Members of the judiciary committee
came to Orr's assistance and assumed
with him the blame for the killing of
the bill.
II don't care whether the entire COM
n1ittee assumes this responsibility or
not" said Hendricks in reply This
matter isn't going to be settled here,
but there is no denying the assertion
that the bill was killed after the rail-
road representatives had appeared in
opposition to the measure"
The bill in question was introduced
by Representative Uplinger. 1t pro-
vided that death of person injured
on a railroad did not bar the main
tenance of a suit to recover for medical
attention, pain and suffering The
judiciary committee reported the bill
unfavorabIy and Hendricks sought to
have the bill revived and placed on
the calendar. The house voted to sus-
tain the committee report
The special committee appointed to