Kansas State Democrat from Topeka, Kansas • 1

A DEMOCRATIC PAPER WITH A STATE-WIDE CIRCULATION he Weekly Democrat VOLUME 34 217 WEST FIFTH STREET, TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 1914. NUMBER 51 Scrinopskie Opens New Store ial Coiv Spec Kansas History by a Woman respondence From the State House Miss Anna Arnold, the Author Candidate for State Superintendent T. Seaton Isador Scrinopskie, proprietor of the Central Loan Office, 526 Kans. has leased the store room formerly occupied by the Star Clothing Company, 526 Kansas Avenue, and is installing a new front to the building.

Mr. Scrinopskie, three years ago rented the store room which he now occupies, but increasing business has now compelled him to seek larger quarters. The example of Isador Scrinopskie is a good one for young men to follow. He is only twenty-three years of age, and has been in business less than three years but has always been honest and polite with everyone, and by his square dealing with the public and not being afraid of work, he has built one of the largest businesses of its kind in Topeka. He was born and raised in Topeka, and graduated from the Topeka schools.

-In his new store, he will carry a full and complete stock of diamonds, jewelry, trunks, suit cases, gjins, musical instruments, etc. He has employed an expert watch maker md jeweler and will also install a tailoring department. There is no doubt as to the success of the enlarged business of Mr. Scrinopskie in his large, new quarters, 526 Kansas Avenue. W.

C. Kiely The above is the likeness of Hon. W. C. Kiely, one of Topeka's leading Democrats.

r. Kiely is president of the Shawnee County Democratic Club. He is a tireless worker, and always read to do his part for the Democratic cause. All Officials on Straight Salary All Fees to the County Charles Bower's Platform 1912 Along in 1911, suit was brought on behalf of Shawnee county, Kansas, against Dick Thomas then Clerk of the District Court, to recover something like $17,000 in fees collected by him, which were supposed to belong to the county. The case went through the Supreme Court, and was recently decided, allowing Thomas to retain this money, and that the county had no claim upon it.

At that time and during the campaign year of 1912 immediately following, it was popular to run for office on a platform favoring the payment of straight salaries to all officials, and turning all fees collected over to the county or the state as the case might be. Charles W. Bower, republican candidate for Clerk of the District Court here, made such a campaign in 1912, and was elected. But since the decision of the Thomas case recently, Charlie has drawn from the public treasury of this county about $2000 at the fees allowed him under the holding of the Thomas case, from the time he took office until the taking effect, of the fee-and-salary act of 1913, passed by a Democratic legislature and signed by a Democratic governor. Charlie forgot all about his campaign promises of 1912 to turn all fees over to the He took the $2000.

He went back on his campaign promises and representations also, when he took the $2000. What are campaign promises, anyway, and what are they worth this time? Nothing, as it seems, to Charlie. These things, these grafts, we had almost said, must be stopped by law. A Democratic legislature and a Democratic governor stopped the fee-and-salary graft. In the coming election, now almost at the door, would it not be well to remember that, and by your votes, appreciate it? A Shawnee Co.

Tax Payer. I By S. A Political Catechism, Question. Why was it necessary for the Democratic Legislature of 1913 to appropriate more money than did the Republican Legislature of 1911 Answer. Because the Republican Legislatures of 1909 and 1911 provided for the construction of Memorial Building and two new State Hospitals the construction of which were purposely delayed because the Stubbs administration needed all available money to keep from marking state warrants Not paid for want of funds." The Memorial building was partly completed, but nothing had been done on the two hospitals, so the Legislature of 1913 was compelled to appropriate $325,000 to complete these buildings It was also necessary to appropriate the money to take care of $115,00000 of deficits levied by the Stubbs administration The Stubbs administration had been so extravagant in other departments that it had neglected to properly take care of the big educational institutions of the state to such a degree that the most valuable men connected with these instituitons were rapidly leaving and going to other states which pay for tal ent according to what it is worth To stop this, and to provide for the state publication of school books, made necessary larged educational appropriations It is now admitted also by Republican State Chairman Gafford, over his own signature, that in December, 1912, the Stubbs administration was compelled to overdraw its revenues to the extent of $307,000.00 and that within five days after Governor Hodges was inaugurated, and before he had made any expense at all, the State Treasurer drew on the County Treasurers for $494,000.00 more; and he also admits that a part of this $494,000.00 was used to pay the debts of the Stubbs administration, without undertaking to say how much, although Auditor Davis and Treasurer Akers have the books and could easily give us the figures.

During the your years of the Stubbs administration state expenditures were increased to almost $2,000,000.00 per annum and 'the state tax levy jumped from nine-tenths of a mill to one and two-tenths mills or thirty-three and one-third per cent. Question. Has Governor Hodges raised yie state tax levy! Answer. No. It remains at one and two-tenths mills, although he tried to induce the Republican State Tax Commission to reduce the levy this year.

Question. It is charged against Governor -Hodges that any of the state's money has been wasted, spent for unnecessary purposes, or that there has ben any graft "Answer. No. Republican State Auditor Davis scrutinizes all bills and must approve them before they are allowed, and he. has approved all bills and drawn 1 warrants for-every ceht Of money has been paid out of the state treasury.

Question. What items make up the total excess money spent dur jng 'the fiscal year 1914 more than 'was' spent; during the fiscal year 19121 Answer. $313,218.77 increase for educational purposes, which includes the-state publication of school books; $279, 325.72 for the completion of, Memorial Hall and the building of tie' new hos: pitals; $43,194.79 increased expenditures in departments under Republican control. This makes a total of $635,739.28, or $185,522.70 more than the total excess expenditure for that which, of course means that expenditures in. all the other departments of were just less they.

were in 1912. Question. Does Republican State Chairman Gafford criticize these expenditures for educational purposes! Answer. No. He says they were entirely proper and should have been made.

Question. Does Republican State Chairman Gifford criticize Governor Hodges because he spent $279,325.72 to complete Memorial Hall and building the two new State Hospitals! Answer. No. That was all right, too. Question.

Does he criticize the departments under Republican control for increasing their expenditures by while departments under Democratic control decreased their expenses Answer. No. When Republicans increase expenses it is all right. When Democrats increase them it is all wrong; Question. Why does not Republican, State Chairman Gafford SPECIFICAL LY attack Governor Hodges for the excess educational expenditures above referred to! Answer.

Because he knows that the people of Kansas would quickly resent it as an attack upon their educational institutions; and because the Republican state platform of 1912 pledged that party to the policy of state publication of school books. Mr. Gafford 's GENERAL criticism of Governor Hodges, however, is nothing more or less than an attack upon the educational appropriations and expenditures of the present Democratic administration because the excess of both appropriations and expenditures consists almost wholly of these educational items. Question. Will the state publication of school books by the Hodges administration save the people money! Answer.

Yes. It is estimated that it will save the people of the state at least a quarter of a million dollars a year. The new Kansas history is out and is being sold at 25 cents, or 41 cents less than the retail price at which the history used last year was sold. The new primer is now being delivered at 14 cents, and it is easily worth twice that price. The new seventh and eighth grade classics will soon be ready at 29 cents a copy, and iti equal to any 50-cent classic on the market.

The new agricultural texts will be sold at 48 cents per copy less than the people have been paying; and so on down the list as uted. Question. What has become of the fight on the State Board of Educational Administration! Answer. It has collapsed, because the Board has "made good," and the educational institutions of the state have been unified into one harmonious whole, instead of being under separate managements, jangling with each other. Question.

What has been Governor Hodges' attitude towards state institutions in general! Answer. He is the only Governor who has ever visited each of the twenty-two state institutions during his ad- ministration. Governor Hodges has visited all of them once; most of them twice; some of them three times; and some a half dozen times, in order to acquaint himself with their actual needs and conditions; and he has personally seen to it that these institutions have been put in better condition than they have ever been before. i n. Whv should Governor Hodges be re-elected! Answer.

Because he is a business man and has given the people of Kansas a business administration. His years in the Senate and his two era! postal laws. Dr. Chin arrest was Concluded on Last Paiel 3 til III i "1 G. A.

Wleneke With this issue we present to the readers of the X-Rays Democrat G. A. Wieneke, who is a candidate for Marshall of the Court of Topeka. Mr. Wieneke is a German by birth and affiliates with the Luthern church.

He has lived in the city for twenty-nine years and is now working as a salesman in the Crystal Clothing store at 420 Kansas avenue. With this he ia asking you for your vote and if elected he will fill the office according to law. Don't forget that the X-Bays Democrat has a state wide circulation reaching every County im Kaniai af- Miss Arnold has written a history of Kansas, for young readers, that meets the needs of the school room and is at the same time an interesting book Miss Arnold adopted the narrative style in writing her history and she used simple language. The text and the illustrations deal with the upbuilding and progress of the state and picture its growth and development. The history is something more than a collection of dates and chronological record of state officers and their achievements.

It is a live story and shows a careful selection of facts that appeal to the child. The spirit of Kansas is found on every page. W. E. Connelly, secretary of the Kansas Historical Society and the author of a number of historical works, has carefully read and verified the history, and praises it highly.

"Miss Arnold's history is a good book and especially adopted for use in the schools. She has written a connected and interesting narrative and has brought out the points that should be impressed upon the pupils. The book is written in a style that will interest young readers. A most important feature is that the history is accurate." Miss Arnold is the Democratic candidate for the State Superintendent of Schools, and should be elected regardless of politics. The election of Miss Arnold means a great advancement in the public schools of Kansas, and these schools are the life of our state.

Shawnee County Democrats Meet. More than one-hundred Shawnee Co. Democrats met in the New England Building Wednesday evening and listened to several able addresses. Miss Vashti Cecillea Bitler delivered a most able address. Miss Bitler is a charming young lady, and ont could afford to go hundreds of miles to listen to her address.

She is doing great work throughout the state lor the Democratic party, and the Shawnee County Democratic Club is more than thankful to her for her assistance. Grant Harringron also delivered an address, and was followed by Hon. F. F. Whitney, of Topeka, who addressed the assembly on important topics of organization Mr.

Whitney is Treasurer of the Democratic Committee and Chairman of the Shawnee County Dem ocratic Committee, and is working with tireless energy for the election of the entire County and State ticket. The county office force is apparently as large and as busy as the state or ganization. Six weeks ago the Shawnee County Democratic Club organized with only eighteen members, present and they now have an actual working organization of over 1,800 members, including both ladies and gentleman The Club meets every Wednesday night on the second floor of the New England Building. Every Democrat in the county is WATSON NEWS. Miss Reby Harrop is quite ill with malaria fever.

Maurice Hook called on Virgil Wilson Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Murphy called on James Beary and family Thursday. Mr.

and Mrs. James Beary and son Harry called on Edwin Harrop Sunday. Chester McKinney has gone to California where he will make his home for the present. Mr. and Mrs.

Louis Boursaw and son called on Frank Hook and family Tuesday evening. Mrs. Will Nelson, who has been in the hospital for the past six weeks, returned home Sunday. Mrs. Ruth Wilson and sister, Mrs.

Kate Rake, of near Big Springs, were Topeka visitors Tuesday and Wednesday. Don't forget that the X-Rays Democrat has a state wide circulation, reaching every County ia Kansas. Topeka, Sept. 22. -The first text for Kansas schools issued by the State Text Book Commission under the state publication law, is a A History of Kansas by Miss Anna E.

Arnold. Shipments of the first edition of 40,000 copies were sent out today from the state printing plant. This is the first all Kansas school book. It deals entirely with Kansas, was written by a Kansar, and illustrated, printed and bound in a Kansas plant. The book is an attractive volume of 250 pages of the most interesting reading for Kansas pupils.

The author i3 Miss Anna E. Arnold, of Cottonwood Falls. Sne has been a teacher in the country schools and Miss Anna E. Arnold graded and high and is serving her fourth term as Superintendent of Public Instruction of Chase county. She is the author of Civics and Citizenship, the adopted civil government text that has been in use in the Kansas schools.

Her Kansas history sells for 25c. Topeka Journal's Sore Eye Under the headline of "Eyesore in Topeka," Father McClellan of the Topeka State Journal about threw a fit in Tuesday paper bee mse some of the candidates or their friends had tacked the candidates' pictures on some telephone poles. Now, we don't know who stepped on the old man's corns and caused him tc throw a fit at this particular moment, but we do know that two years ago we noted a card or two oh the telephone poles with the name L. L. Kiene for Sheriff, on same, but inasmuch as he was one of Father Mac's pets, he never mentioned the fact at that time.

r' We do not attempt to uphold any candidate in violating the ordinance by allowing his pictures tacked on telephone, telegraph or street car pole, but we want to call the Journal's attention to the fact that mosc of these candid dates are poor men, and why should you single them out and show thac they are law violators simply cause their picture was tacked on a pole, when as a matter of fact the Editor of the Journal knows, or should know, that the Topeka Street Railway Company, and all of these other gentlemen who occupy the streets with their poles have violated the city ordinances of Topeka many times, and the Topeka Journal never saw fit to call attention to same. Why don't you tackle the Topeka Street Railway Company, Mr. Mac, and object to them using the Jackson Street track for -dray purposes? Yei, they pass right by the police station with their loaded cars of freight, contrary to the ordinance. First, enforce the ordinances as to the regulation of the poles on the streets and alleys, and then you will have clean hands! and be in position to jump onto the poor candidate whose picture appears on the poles. Guess if they would put their picture in the Topeka State Journal it might cure your fits.

St William J. Bryan Hon. Wm. J. Bryan, who will speak in Kansas, October 19th and 20th, at Columbus, Fort Scott, Pittsburg, Kansas City and other points.

Reasons Why the Democrats Should be Returned to Power By Hon. F. Hyde, of Garnett, Kansas Two years ago, by an unparalleled majority, the Democratic party came into power in the United States. Time flies, and today we face another of these great epoch-making elections. "Give an account of thy stewardship." Shalt thou be longer steward? Tne Democratic party came into power with one of the greatest platforms ever adopted.

Ne man can read this document and not be profoundly impressed with its value. Would it be made good? Disaster was perhaps anticipated by the ranks of the opposition. The Democrats would hang themselves if given rope enough. The party was hopelessly divided; they could never solve the problems of American life. Today we stand face to face with a new Democ racy.

Although the party is continuous, the Democratic party today reminds us of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and the gracious statesman of their day. The curtain has fallen at last on the Civil war, and the spirit of the fathers of our country and the gracious democracy of Jefferson rests upon us today. The democratic party haa shown in these marvelous two years that it is not merely a party 'of negation, but positive, constructive, endowed with statesmanship. They are next to the sources; they are original. They are able to bear the burden of the country; nay, we dare not commit it to any other hands.

One of the most fruitful of congresses is about to adjourn. They have shown continence, wisdom, sagacity and rectitude. The Underwood-Simmons Tariff Bill, the most perfect tariff bill ever framed, the Currency bill, giving strength to our financial institutions, the Alaskan R. R. bill unlocking the resources of the frozen north, giving our people there hope, and the repeal of the Panama tolls act.

What a roll is this! Enough to render any administration illustrious, while we say nothing of Phillipine independence, the Columbian treaty, and many other measures which are now certain of passage. Who shall estimate such measures? With all this great record, there has been no scramble for political spoils, but the government has been administered in the spirit of Cleveland, the father of civil service, and Jefferson and Monroe whose sole motive' in appointment was the welfare of the government. Who is not proud of the great representative, humble and true president, embodying the best in American life? Who does not recognize the wisdom of our congress, the worth of this administration? We have passed into a new era. Surely the country will return an unprecedented Democratic majority to finish the great work of the 63rd Congress. Don't forget that we will send the X-Rays Democrat to your address anywhere in the United States one year If you are already a subscriber, send as twenty-five cents, and we.

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