The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-24
HE DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT THEN
H. C. Bowman Made Campaisn
Charges in Board Of Control.
Even Furnished Billiard WITH
Anti-HOdges Material.
"THEY had ME- POCkETED"
Bowman Says He Had Less Ins
fluence Than Girl.

That He Talked Case
to Harm Democrats.
DR.. F. A. Carmichael. superintend.
ent Of the state hospital for the In
sane at Osawatomie, on the witness
stand before the control board In
vestigationg commission just before
noon today exploded the worst Of an
the graft charges brought for CAM
paign purposes against w. e. Brooks
and Stance Myers Of the board OF
controIthat about the contract for
overalls. He recalled the considers.
tion Of overalls in which he particle
pated while the contract letting was
going on, for he, like other heads OF
state institutions, was there and help
the extra two dollars q dozen paid the
Fort Scott firm in December Of last
year was paid for better garments ana
was probably money saved to the
state.
Cheaper garments rip and tear and
wear out sooner in proportion to their
first cost than do better grades. Tho
additional first cost probably meant
money saved the state" was DR.. Car
michaers opinion.
The prosecution" made another at
tack on the overall proposition by In
quiring:
was it money saved to pay two
dollars g dozen more for the Same
Chairman Shouse turned back to
the record Of last Friday and showed
where evidence was introduced then
to show that tho oontract was for .
higher grade material than had pre-
viously been used. The subject was
dropped.
Investigation Is Dragging.
1t looks as though the investigators
might wear through another day,
even with the night sessions. The
commission this morning ordered
Floyd Baker, bookkeeper for the con-
troll board, to total the amount of out
standing unpaid warrants for goods
purchased for the Larned hospital in
order to determine the actual amount
spent In excess OF the appropriations
at the boards disposal Considerable
Of Bakers time on the stand today
was used in showing alleged increases
OF cost to the state of goods bought
by the present board over PURCHASING
Of other years. but as no totals wero
available the commission finally aban-
doned the subject as not essential
since no claims were made Of unusual
increases. The total increase in cost
Of the institutions under the control
board for the fiscal year 1914 over
that Of 1913 was $4,000, with an in
crease of los in population cared for.
State Lost ON Sugar.
The state lost $1.375.75 by failing
to buy sugar on contract last June a.
result of the disturbances in the
market caused by the war agitation
in August. Baker had figured the dif- {
ference out and gave the prices ax
which the staple was offered the
boards at the June joint letting. The
testimony Of DR.. Carmichael later
added to the available Information
about sugar when he said the subject
was discussed in conference by board
members and institution heads and
they decided to accept the prediction
Of the wholesale men present that tho
sugar market would probably fall be-
low the price Of $3.50 at which 1t was
then offered. After that date sugar
was bought at prices ranging from
$4.16 to $500 a hundred in the gem
eral market.
A quantity Of 'heifer-sides" bought
by the board of correction from q
Leavenworth firm. the Schlacker
terrogation. Baker testified that the
Schlacker bid came q little late and
was admitted at the direction of Stance
Myers. 1t was the low bid and some
of the goods were bought for the peni-
tentiary. but none for the charitabIe
1uStltOl1Ou8 MAYOR W.. L. bfOWns
chairman of the corrections board.
was present and asked permission to
make a statement. but was told to
wait until Baker had been disposed
of. Brown will be heard later.
Spotted Faun chewing tobacco
made subject Of criticism by J. e.
Moore, witness Monday, was bought.
said Baker. from the I.eavenworth
house of Stoltx at 27X cents . pound
over the bid OF Chicago house,
which offered it at 22M cents. The
states total purchase Of this article
was TOO pounds. which means that
the board went out Of Its way to the
amount Of 1855 to throw the buni-
ness to q Kansas house.
No objection was made by the ssde-
fense" to the introduction Of this evi-
dence.
Not @Hard % Get A1oGg B1t@s
Harry C. Bowman. aut6of dk ~
criticisEas Of the board NAich pRoc3pi>
later the present invest1fnk4o A1ouf-
ed the commiasion that 70 tpe11ouda1y
was not Z hard man to eet along With
Bowman W4s erOeB-ox4mtuod oxtGn>'
sively by John q. Schenck ON the sti6<
ject OF his frfctioD with various fn&
etitutio nofficials, members Of th0
board and the attorney GeneGal an1
the Interrogation wound mp with tho
inquiry: ~ !.
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