The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
SPEAKS ON BONUS
John Madden Would Stir PeO-
pie to Sense of Duty.
Committee Organized To Aid
i'm Fight for Justice.

wichita, Kan. Aug. S0.-John Mad
den. chairman of the Citizens COM
mittee of Kansas. recently organized
for the announced purpose of &C.
quainting the voters OF the state with
the soldiers bonus proposition to come
up at the general election November
T. today issued a statement ito stir
the people to a sense OF duty" as he
put it,
You will be called on at the No
vember election to express your choice
on adjusted compensation for the for
mer service men of Kansas" Mr.. Mad
den said. When we entered the war,
$4,000 Kansans responded. OF that
number 2.45O died in service Thou
sands returned MANNED and broken
in health. They all left good posi-
tons and pleasant homes for the rig
ors OF camp and the horrors of the
battle field. When they returned their
positions were taken and they had 20
find new fields for their energies. The
soldiers pay check was eaten up by
allOtments and insurance premiums 20
care for the dependent wife. mother
or sister. and the average amount left
for him would probably not exceed 81
per month.
Vow. when the soldier asks for 81
per Gay for every day of service. can
we refuse it? II We do. can we Justify
our conscience when we consider the
r!fice? Can the state of Kansas
without a benny of Indebtedness.
s:uare herself if she refuses to do
justice to her soldiers? Are the sol
dier memories in every home worthy
of our consideration? Is not 80 cents
on every $1,000 of assessed property
valuation a small amount to pay. COM
pared to the sacrifice the boys made
Every vot~r has in his or her hands
80 means of answering these ques-
tiuns At TIE November election
No Selfish Motives
Mr.. Maiden pointed ont that the
G. ---oTs' committee was organic to
= N this f. hit for justice" Most
o the committee members. he said.
Gr"- sons and DAUGHTERS of Civil war
sold Crs. Many of us had sons in the
World war. and few of us saw our
10 : go to France never to return.
We cannot be accused of selfish mo-
tires in this matter of compensa ton F;
I'll of us are giving our time without
f"N or regard to help. and at the same
time remind tn people Of the state
q afeir duty to the soldier"
The personnel of the executive
hctrd of the Citizen committee, be-
sides Mr.. Madden, is as follows: Mrs.
Charles I. Martin. Topeka; Mrs Cora
& Lewis. Kinsley; William Allen
White. Emporia: DR.. J. r. Ransom.
wichita; John a. Edwards. Eureka;
Toy +. Bailey. Salina; Ed T. Hackney.
wellington: W. w Finney. Emporia !;
Milton Cook. Independence; A. c. Nal
10y. Hutchinson; ]. T. Botkin. wich-
ita: David r. Carson. Kansas City.
Kan; E. o. Ellis. Parsons. and Rev.
Edmund ]. Kulp. Topeka.
IF Kansas puts into the empty
ha:'Js of her World war soldier an
honest dollar for every day of service.
he cannot complain when he makes
his first payment on a little home
he Will have that proud consciousness
thar his mother state remembers" Ne.
Madden said. we appeal to every
voter to make this personai matter.
No party is back of it. It is a non
partisan question. four-sqCare with
our duty to the soldier and the pledge
Of honor made by our state. Our sons
are factors in this great work. Sol
diers of foreign field. they are again
citizens of a great state. We should
remind them that we are grateful by
remembering them. They will re-
spond in kind. and keep sacred the
memory of our work. and Kansas will
hold her place among the sister states
as one that never fOrEetS"