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VOL.TI,NO. 41.
$1.00 A YEAR.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, OCTOBER 10, 189.
OFFICIAL STATE PAPEB,
CHARITABLE IHSTITUTIOHS.
President of the Board of Trustees Draws
a Striking Comparison as to
POPULIST AND REPUBLICAN CONTROL.
Improvements Have Been Made and Money
Saved by the Present Management
Ingalla' Slanderous Tongue and
Sam Howe's Pigures.
In a political document called "Rec
ord Evidence" by Samuel T. Howe (four
years state treasurer) and issued by the
republican state central commitee, on
page 12, he makes this statement:
"Insane " asylum, Topeka, cost the
state for the fiscal year endirg June 80,
1892, $109,269.09, republican officer.
For the fiscal jear, 1893, $104,893 27, re
publican first half, Populist second half.
"For the fiscal year, 1894, $105,093.57,
Populist.
"During the fiscal year of 1894, the
Populists had full control of that institu
tion and in that year cf all others, when
at least u majority of the people of Kan
sas were economizing in home comforts
and in business lines, the professions of
the Populist reformers and retrenches
if I may coin a word chould have
borne fruit; but the expenditures that
year were more than those of the pre
ceding year."
I refer to this to show the "perfeot
fairness" of this republican instructor.
It will be noticed here he takes the
credit to the republicans for the $200
lees expenditure of the year 1893 than
for the year 1894, but does not refer to
$4,175 greater expense of the year 1892.
His claim here that the republicans were
responsible for the expenditures of the
year 1893 is correct; for they had a full
board until April 1, 1893, and by reason
of the further fact that the supplies for
the last half of that year were purchased
in December, 1892. On pegs 13, he says:
"The insane asylum, Osawatomie, cost
the state for the fiscal year ending June
30,1892, $87,837.52. For 1893, $103,
828.18. For 1894, $103,430.71. A glance
at the foregoing table will show that the
Populist expenditures have greatly ex
ceeded those of the republicans.
The insane asylums at Topeka and Oaa
watomie combined cost the state during
the Populiat year of control $13,417.27
more than did the last year of republi
can control."
Here it will be observed Jthat in his
"determination to be absolutely fair" he
makes the comparison with the year
1892, the next to the last of republican
control, and not with 1893, as ha did in
reference to the cost of the Topeka
asylum.
It is trye that there was $2,30283
mors drawn from the state treasury to
pay the expenses of the two asylums for
the Populist year 1894 than for the re
publican year of 1893.
We will first let Mr. Howe explain
this. On page 4 of his "little pamphlet"
he says: "Naturally in a growing state
there will be a slight increase from year
to year in expenditures. Nearly one
half of all state expenditures is occa
sioned by the necassary extension of
charity to certain unfortunate citizens
and as the population increases the num
ber of these needy classes is augmented
and the monetary burden is increased."
Now, let us "assume" that a republi
can wouldn't lie that Mr. Howe is eo
honest and fair that he would not be
guilty of even coloring his figures, so as
to make a favorable showing for the re
public anp, and see what kind of showing
"his" figures would rcske fcr theTopu
list board when the whole truth is told. -
He says of his Osawatomie table "that
a glance at the foregoing table will show
that Pop expenditures have greatly ex
ceeded those of the republicans."
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1893, it cost the republicans $103,32818
to run the Osawatomie asylum. The
average number of patients . was 657
showing a cost of $157.42 for each pa
tient Now, if the administration of the
affairs of this institution under a repub
lican board was wise and this was a rea
sonable cost it would certainly not be
unfair to assume that the same number
of patients would cost the state the
same amount under the Populist board;
657 patients would cost $103,328.18, but
it cost the Populists $105,23071, or
$2,102 53 more to run this institution
than it cost the republicans the preced
ing year.
When we consider the fact that the
Populists cared for an average of 771 pa
tients instead of 657, and that it cost
the republicans $103,828.18 to care 657
patients in 1893, and allowing same cost
for same number under Populiat board,
than it cost the Populist board the dif
ference between $103,328.18 and $105,
230.71 to care for the extra 114 patients,
a cost of $18.44 to keep a patient a year,
while it cost the republicans $157.42 to
keep a patient the same time.
This is the showing made by "Mr.
Howe's figures" for the Populiat board.
The fact is, it did cost the state as shown
by the vouchers on file in the auditor's
office, under the republican board $20 68
to keep a patient a year, more than it
cost under the Populist board. No if
it cost $20.68 less to keep each patient
a year under the Populiat administration
than under the republican, and there is
771 patients in the asylum does not this
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M'KINLEY
TO OK A METI0SI0 PLIGHT THE0TJ0H
THE BTB0HQH0LD OP POPULISM,
How the People Scattered When He
Ground His Protection Organ A Curi
ous Crowd at Topeka.
A meteor of uncertain magnitude and
of more of less brilliancy shot athwart
the sky of Kansas last week and dis
appeared in the direotion of British
Columbia, leaving in its wake a trail of
local politicians and dusty statesmen.
William MoKinlsy, of protective tariff
fame and governor of Ohio, was engaged
by the republican state central com-
mittee to epend a day in Kansas telling
the "ignorant" populace what they
needed and how they should vote in
order to get it That was a happy
thought on the part of the committee,
but it caused some grief before the plan
was finally executed. The railroads
were to furnish the transportation for a
party of politicians to take MoKinley
across the state and back, and he was to
talk a few minutes at each of a certain
number of stations along the route.
About ten minutes at country towns
and forty-five minutes in Topeka and
the other large villages was enough time
in which to persuade the benighted peo
ple of Kansas to turn from the error of
their ways and place their trust in the
apostle of protection. The effect of all
this was to be two-fold. It was to pro
mote the McKinley presidential boom in
the west, and one word upon Mac's pro
tectionTjugle horn was to make the Kan
sas voters fall over each other in their
mad rush to do something in the inter
eat of the Morrill-Blue, banker-lawyer
ticket.
It was a magnificent scheme, but there
was some little clash about carrying it
out McKinley was met at Kansas City,
Ma, by the Cy Leiand committee and
informed that the money question had
taken absolute possession of the publio
mind in Kansas; that the greatest gold
bugs on the republican state ticket were
now advooating "free) American silver at
some ratio," and that in order to do any
good he (McKinley) would have to do
likewise. McKinley replied that he
could not very well do that He said he
was making this swing around the circle
partly in his own interest, that he was
not a free silver man and coulinot
afford to say he was one. It would -ruin
his standing among Eastern capitaUsta
and totally destroy his chances for the
presidency. He could, however, con
scienciously tell the people (and he had
no doubt but that they would obey) to
vote for Morrill, Blue, and the rest of
the republican candidates for congress,
knowing that their recent declarations
on the silver question were not such aa
to bind them to free silver in case they
were elected. (He knows Morrill and
Blue personally). He could manage that
all right and devote most of his time
talking protection. He could present
the tariff question, ha said, in such a
striking way, that the people would not
want to hear about anything else. And
so aver y thing started eff lovely.
FROM KANSAS CITY TO HUTCHINSON.
" The McKinley train left Kansas City,
Mo., (where the governor had delivered
an address to the Priests of Pallas crowd
the evening before) at 7:20 o'clock
Wednesday morning, Ootober 3. It had
on board the old crowd of politicians
who are endeavoring to carry the Mor
rill ticket to victory, and whose very
sight is so obnoxious to the younger
class of republicans, aa well as to the
Populists and democrats of the state
There were Cy Leiand and Joa Bristow,
of the state committee, George T. An
thony, L. U. Humphrey, Sam Peters,
Jim Simpson, L. 8. Crum, and a number
of other hangers on, with the Santa Fa
offioials, George T. Nicholson, F. O. Gay
and Freight Agent Hudson, as chaper
ones, and a number of newspaper men.
At Argentine they were met at the
depot with what the Kansas Oity Star
called "a sullen crowd which did not
wave its hats nor cheer nor display any
feeling save that of curiosity." Here one
statesman in the car remarked, "You bet
that crowd would rather hear Dabs than.
McKinley," and the otheis all agreed
with him. Here MoKinley talked pro-
tectlon for about five minutes. At
Lawrence the party was met by about
2,000 people who listened to another pro
tection speech a little longer than the
one at Argentine.
At Topeka great preparations had
been made. Excursions had been run
from many points 100 miles distant, and
people had been given free transporta
tion in order to swell the crowd. The
whole county had been plastered with
posters. A speaker's stand had been
built on the state house grounds, and
great cloth banners, such as "Welcome
to Ohio's Governor, Protection's Cham
pion," "Redeem the Commonwealth,"
etc, flags and bunting were displayed
profusely. The schools were dismissed
and the children turned out in great
numbers. The Ohio man was escorted
from the depot to the state house by
the Mission Township Flambeau club,
mounted, and commanded by Colonel
Hughes, a number of men on bicycles
and others in carriages. He reached the
speaker's stand, where a crowd of 9,000
or 10,000 people cheered several times
and then held their breath waiting for
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