The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-01
Who IS DOING IT?
More Unsigned Circulars
Against State Candidates.
First Is Attack on Henry Allen,
Now on w. j.. Dryden.
BRYDEN'S RECORDS MODELS
State Accountant Says They
Are in Excellent Shape.
But His Enemies Have Sent Out
COwardly Reports.

Altho Kansas has a state law COM
polling the signing of all campaign cir
culars or documents tending to injure
or aid a candidate for office, it has
failed to put a ban on the circulation
of scurrilous and untruthful stories. In
the state house today officials nailed
an unsigned attack on the state insur-
Fance department, which tended to in
jure w. ]. Dryden. actuary. and one of
the most widely known insurance men
of the state.
Many unsigned circulars have been
mailed to Kansas in which charges
were made that the finances of the
state insurance department have never
been audited and intimating that funds
of the state have been misappropriat-
ed. Records show regular audits OF
the department by ]. E. Cation, state
accountant. Not only that, but Cation
today declared the departments rec
ords were right at the top with the
best systems of accounting and book
keeping by state officials. Efforts are
made to check all state institutions
and departments once each year. the
last report is under date of Novem-
Der 6, 1916. In his official review
of records, Cation said:
"As fees are collected by the super
-intendent of insurance, receipts are
issued therefor, duplicates of which
remain in his office in book form. We
have compared his collections as per
these duplicate receipts, with the cor
responding entries upon his cash book,
and reports thereof to the state audi
tor We found that all collections SO
recorded have been properly reported
to the state auditor and accurately
forwarded to the state treasurer, AS
provided by law"
Most Accurate Records.
That was Cations official report. In
discussing his personal experience in
oh ok inc h,a of ha ms ira no
department. Cation today paid high
compliment to the office system.
II can say most emphatically, that
the state insurance department and
the secretary of states office have
the most comprehensive systems and
most accurate records OF any state
house departments" said Cation.
These departments are mentioned
jointly because they annually handle
thousands of dollars in fees and col
lections. An audit of their books has
| always been welcomed and ti.Sir &C
counts have balanced to the penny"
Carey J. Wilson. state superintend-
! ent, declared the anonymous attack
was circulated to injure w. ]. Dryden,
who is Republican candidate for
superintendent. Dryden has been in
the department under three success
| sive administrations and many of the
| present methods of handling the work
were originated by him.
| There has never been time Will
son said, when the department has
not been willing to offer its books to
the state accountant or any authorized
| representative of the state. Every
nickel of the funds is rigidly account
ed for and the unsigned statement is a
| most cowardly attack, tending only to
| inture one of the states most eff
| cient employees"
! This same system of unsigned mud
singing has been practiced against
Henry Allen by his enemies in politics