The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-19
PERSONAL AND Political.


Fred 0. Popenoe is expected home
from an eastern trip Saturday.
Assistant State Auditor Mackey was
one of the principals at the cock fight
last night. He held the stakes.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Academy of Science Will be held at
Manhattan. December p, q and 20
F. NJ. Benetel of Montgomery county
one of the old members of the house who
was reelected has joined the crowd at
the Copeland
Harry Richter of Council Grove, who
has been ia both houses Of the legisla-
tHre, is in the city trying to keep in
touch with the gang"
f. @. Powers Of Cowley county, one Of
the mem bers Of the Douglass house who
will occupy a seat on the door again this
winter, has Joined the politicians in To-
peka
Samuel l. Hale of Lacrosse, Rush
county who was defeated for reelection
to the legislature. is mere and Is a candI-
date for place the state board Of
pardOns
Governor-eIect Morrill, and his private
secretary, J. L BrisiOw, spent several
hours last evening with Governor Level
ling and Private Secretary Close at the
executive Office.
The citizens of Hill Top, Greenwood
county, have petitiOned the state board Of
roailroad commissioners to compel the
Santa Fe to open a station aud keep an
agent at Hill Top
The supreme court has issued a pre-
liminary writ Of haDeas corpus for the
release Of J. p. smith, a lottery man
from the WyandOtte county Jail The
case VIII be argued January 4
r II. Chandler Of Chase county who
was elected 30 the legislature on the Re
publican ticket by a majority Of one
v0te. is at the Copeland Mr.. Chandler
will cham Jion new road tax law.
Samuel T. Howe of Topeka, is to read
paper on Taxation and Assessment
before the state board Of agriculture at
its regular meeting. Governor Lswell-
ing is to deliver the address of welcome.
There viii be a meeting Of the execu-
tive committee of the State Temperance
union the first of next week to arrange
for the annual meeting of the union,
which has been called for the 18th Of
January.
State Senator Edwin Taylor Of Wyan-
dotte county, who is known in the com
mercial world as Sweet Potato Taylor
Will read paper about raising sString-
ers'' before the annual meeting of the
state board Of Agriculture
Governor Mckinley of Ohio has writ
ten to Governor Lewelling for copies of
the official ballots and election laws of
Kansas The secretary Of state will for
=
be fled IN the Ohio state library.
The advance sheets of the regular pro
gramme for the twenty-fOurth annual
meeting of the state board Of agricul-
ture are out Secretary Coburn has pub
lished some Of the sayings Of Tom Nc
Neal on the back Of the programme.
1t is the opinion that by resigninp and
being appointed by the governor State
Printer Snow has fixed himself So that
the Republican printer to be elected
January ID can get imrnediat possession
of the Office without waiting until July
as usual
There will be two Demo Pop mem
bers of the house this winter, T. p Viii
son of Kiowa, Barber county. and F. II.
Smith of GOOdland. Sherman county.
J ohm Schlyer OF Hays City, Ellis county.
viii be the only straight Democrat on
the floor.
President Il E Alvord of the Oklaho- t
ma agricultural college. IS to give an IL I
lustrated talk on tcOrnstalkS." before the +
farmers of the state board of agriculture
next month. J. E. Ho4gland of Whit /
ing, is to talk about " he Farmer IN +
Politics and the Fraternal Orders"
Charles Martin of Salina who was one /
Of the efficient Office men Of the Repub- /
lican state central committee during the I
for the position of chief clerk IN the +
lower house Of congress is visiting the I
politicians in Topeka.
Tom AIcNeal says: ST congress would +
op of a few millions which are wasted +
every year in trying to make rivers navi- I
gable which haven't enough water in /
them to make a good heavy dew. and I
spend the money to build reservoirs to +
store water, that body would be more I
useful 10 the country"
Joseph Henley aud Otto Eckstein are
the leading Republican candidates for i
the nomination for representative in the I
Sixty seventh district in Sedgwick coun-
", where q special election is to be held /
to fill the vacancy caused by the death OF +
Major Z. M Lawrence The nominating
convention will be held on Friday.
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