Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-07
BUT THREE LEFT.
Few Offices Left for the Governor to Fill
and One of Them May Not be.

TOPEKA, Kan, April 6-Visits to the
governors Office become less and less fire.
quent as the Offices to be filled become
fewer. There remain but three at present
| unprovided for, the judgesnip of the
Eleventh judicial district, made vacant by
the resignation of Judge Chandler, and
the mine inspector and coal oil inspector.
The first named will probably be settled
within two or three days, and either John
n. Ritter or W. B. Glasse be appointed.
While there are several candidates, the APP
pointment has narrowed down to the two
gentlemen named, with some probability
that Mr.. Ritter will secure the place.
Several names have been considered in
connection with the office of mine in
spector, but no one has yet been determined
upon.
The coal oil inspector is still an open
field. While an appointments may be made
in June the evidence accumulates show
ing that the bill creating that office was
tempered with after the vote had been
taken in both houses. There is a belief
that another bill was substituted before
enrolment, making two very material
changes, one changing the explosive test;
and the other far more important to in
dividuals, providing that the state should
use only patent test cup, which would
bring a royalty to its owners, and with
the low test in no way Interfere
with the sale of inferior oils In other
words, the governor believes this bill was
published in its present shape solely for
the purpose of bleeding the people of
Kansas to the extent of thousands of
dollars annually by the owners of a
patent device. 1t is possible that even in
June no appointments will be made.
he state house commissioners are en-
deavoring to settle little matter that
died in the senate with the aid of inter-
ested parties. Some twenty days before
the senate adjourned Senator Wright Sc
cured the adoption of a concurrent reso-
luton instructing the state house COM
ever it could be done with profit to the
state. A few days after Senator
Moody presented concurrent reso-
luton instructing the same board
to employ only a kansan as state house
architect. This was, on motion, lmmedl-
ately referred to the committee on public
buildings. After five or six days an at
tempt was made to raise the resolution
from its grave. when the rash senator
making the attempt was choked off. Later
another senator concluded to go after it
but he soon discovered that he was meddl-
ing with something that would s.relly kill
all his bills if he persisted in his endeavors
10 DF1IS the resolution 10 lie.
Thus time passed and no one was willing
to risk his own measures just for little
thing like making Kansan a state officer
instead of a Kentucky bourbon. The
session closed and the resolution slept
it's last quiet breath of life away.
When the governor sent in his appoint
ments, the names of Mr.. Smith, of Lin
coin, and Mr.. Baldwin, Of Douglas, there
was a guarantee that the state would no
n a lar n.
two days supervision each month. The
work ON the state house has reached
critical stage and several serious errors
have already been made because the archi-
tect was in Kentucky and was weeks
away from an inspection. The errors cost
much money, which the state must lose.
At its last meeting the two new members
brought up the matter of d change. The
subject caused some commotion and
fight for the retention of the foreigner.
The new mem ers did not so seri-
ously object to Kentuckian and
a Bourbon as they did to a
man who had lobbied through the
legislature an Increase of 81 900 year in
his salary, and yet could not place himself
subject to the call of the commissioners
and the contractors. They insisted that,
salary of S. 500 year, the archi-
tect should have an office in this city and
reside here and be here himself where ne
could be called any hour in the day. and
thus prevent costly mistakes, and aid in
pushing the work along. MIR. Smith and
Mr. Baldwin finally concluded to postpone
further action until Monday at the request
of Mr.. Adams, but gave notice that they
would then make the contemplated
changes which they deemed for the best
interest Of the state.
Mr.. Mcdonald, the present architect, is
good workman, and an
expert in his profession, but as his inter
ests are in far away state, and he has
been able to give Kansas but two or three
days in each month, the change can no
doubt but prove beneficial. One of the
in reply to the statement
made that the work could not be done by
another architect. wanted to know what
the state would do for capitol building
if Mr.. Mcdonald should chance to die"
1t is safe to predict that a change will
take place Monday and Kansan be
sworn in state officer.
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