The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-24

the progressive planks that the other
parties have adopted" she said, and
waited for the applause to subside. TT
,s oniy fair that they be allowed to
lead the playing Of the game to the
end.
The women of Kansas, and of the
nation when we have national suf-
frage. will not go by themselves into
a new party. There are several sad
things in this world-a man without
wife. maiden without a man in
tow, but the saddest is q party with
out women in 1t. The militant suf-
fragist-she should be called the mill
tant feminist-is foreign to us. The
new woman of America will be a bet
ter housekeeper, a more accomplished
home mate, from the fact that she
shares with man his political rights
The women of Kansas will inform
day, and vote as their consciences die
tate"
The State Administration.
w. q. Funk of Fredonia took up the
burden of the Democratic state ad-
ministration. Answering the charges
of extravagance. Fink said in part:
The different state officers and
heads Of state institutions under the
last Republican administration, had
made up and furnished Auditor Davis,
an estimate of the amount necessary
to appropriate for their different de-
pol tAicnlS anu lHSIllullOnS ana tneY
only aggregated $11,3S9, 900; and the
auditor after scanning the matters
carefully could only scale the matters
down 100000. What would have
happened to the taxpayer If the state
had gone Republican, for IL they had
added the same amount as the Demo-
Gratis for new and needed projects the
appropriations would have been $12,-
ooo. 900.
state grain ~ 1~4 r..
publican administration in January.
1912, saved net 1928 and in 1918, net
$77, about the salary of a good gro
cery clerk. and in January. 1914. while
George Ross saved net for the state
$1,266 after SIS new moisture tester
, had been purchased.
why don't they tell you that Gov
ernor Stubbs had q contingent fund
Of $4,000. and that Governor Hodges
has contigent fund of $500. and
has spent only $2.700 Of it in the first
| year.
why don't they tell you that the
state oil inspection department has
turned in $4,000 more in fees in one
year since it was reorganized and 125
Republicans fired and six Democrats
hired.
why don't they tell you that the
banking department is saving $4,000
that the professional receiver for
banks in trouble is as extinct as the
Dodo.
why don't they tell you that the
T, present administration Is saving for
/ the two years over $4,000 each in the
public utilities department and the
state board Of health, and every other
| department has made q saving.
"why don't they tell you Of the
white slave law, the small debtors
| court law, and the nonpartisan judi
ciary law and the Massachusetts bal
| lot law. and numbers and numbers Of
| others whose good IL acknowledged
and never can be computed In dollars
and cents.
| Nor il that all. This appropriation
| though smaller than the one for 1911
would have in 1t, appropriations for
educational institutions and enter
] prises, $631 200 more than the prior
| session Of the legislature. Do any Of
the economy critics Of the Administers
ton wish to cut down the appropria-
| tions for the educational purposes
Let them specify which institution
! they would curtail and how much.