The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-08-31
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you can get away 10 vote.
A slip of paper is handed to you,
or Lizzie Doe.
Lizzie Doe.-What does it mean?
Election Judge.-Search me. Bill
is not here. He'll soon get back. He
is posted on such things. Here he is.
Say, Bill, you explain that printing
on that there slip to Miss Doe.
Bill-It means that if this PROPOSE
ton carries, gets the most votes,
every Kansas boy or girl will get
$1.OO for every day in service dur
ing the World War if the boy or girl
holds an honorable discharge from
Uncle Sam
Miss Doe.-Good Brother Jim
will get $28OOO for he served lust
that many days at Fort Sill. They
got him just before harvest. We girls
had to do the work to help Dad Our
harvest lasted fourteen days and he
had to pay two boys from town over
$40 apiece but Jim was getting 81. a
day, and when insurance, liberty loan
and red cross were paid, there was
I not much left. That's going to be
just dandy for Jim's wife. She can
buy ever so many things she needs
and then they have some debts
/ Where is the money coming from?
Bin-Kansas will borrow this
J money. It will take twenty-five mil
lions. This debt will be in shape of
bonds that will draw not over ~ 90
4 for twenty-five years. 1t will take all
of twenty-five millions to pay what is
3 left of $4,000 boys and girls who
were in the service; over 5000 died
i and 500 did not get honorable dis
| charges.
Miss Doe.-Then we will have to
I pay this money back, viii We?
BiII.-It will cost everybody 39c
3 on every $1,000 of property, every
year for twenty-five years. If the val
i uation increases it will be less than
I 39c and during twenty-five years you
will pay 1915 in taxes.
/ Miss Doe.-When will Jim and the
: other boys get their money?
/ Bill-Along in March or April,
.
: and other officers must get busy thir-
! ty days after election if this thing
carries.
! Election Judge.-Where did you
see all that?
Bill.-In the Republican county
papers all over the state. It's print
ed every week since August 1st.
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pay the 80 cents?
Bin.-In November, 1928.
Miss Doe.-If this carries Jim will
get $2SO.OO early n 1928 and Dad
will have to pay $500 for he has $1O,-
900. and Jim will have to pay SO cents
for he has only $1,000. The 80 cents
is due in November, 1928. That's
right is it?
Election Judge.-Now Bill, why did
not the Legislature pay the $1.OO a
day to the boys while they were at
it?
Bill.-It would be against the Con
55itu9ion. 1t provides that such
questions must be submitted to the
people The Legislature simply re-
/ commends. 1t did all it could do.
Listen to the fine language it used:
''The State of Kansas acknowledges
;, its Indebtedness to and promises to
pay to each person, who was a resi-
dent of the State of Kansas at the
, time of entering his service, the sum
of one dollar per day for each day Of
his or her entire service, which COM
pensation shall be in addition to all
pay and allowances made by the
United States government"
Mr.. Jones.-That sounds too much
like note at the bank.
BILL say it does, and it's up to
US to make it good.
Election Judge.-Well, amt agin
it for I believe the boys earned the
dollar. But I believe the Govern
ment should do it first and the boys
should be paid it if they need it.
Bin.-The Government has not
done much yet and if it did is there
any reason why Kansas should not do
something? The boys who do not
need it are very few and why should
we make a charity affair out of this?
Election Judge guess, Bill, you
are right, but it has not been done
before, has it?
Bill.-There is where you are
wrong. It was done in WashingtOn's
day. Some of the towns even paid in
advance 100000. Big bounties
were paid in the Civil War. Coming
home in Kansas, $4,000 was paid to
the Kansas box1s in addition ~ syn,v