People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-21
PIE FOR TOM GEOGER.
Ex-senator Martin Also Slated For
A Territorial Justiceship.

selected by the attorney general lOl
one of the justices in the Indian coun'
try. He will likely be assigned to
duty in the southern district, if the
attorney general has his way about
the matter Ex-senator Martin, of
Kansas, nas been selected for SINH
lar appointment and will be assigned
TO the northern district.
In the face of what has been gener-
ally expected this is looked upon as a
great surprise. 1t had been put down
as certain that Buck KllgOre, of
Texas, would be recommended for JUS
tice in that country, for it was known
that he has been working along this
line for some time, aided by the Tex
as contingent. But the story is short
and it can be explained by the fact
that the attorney general has heard
so many things about the manipula-
tiOnS Of the Texas crowd in the In
dian country that he concluded to
dispose of the matter as far as it re-
lates to his official acts. The papers
filed by applicants for the judgeships
in that country were examined this
afternoon by the attorney general.
The papers for marshals and attorneys
were briefed and are ready to be
taken up Monday. Mr.. Olney pro-
poses to get rid Of the nuisance as
soon as possible. The continual run
of pie hunters is very obnoxious to
him and he will place his reCOmmen-
dations for the judges. marshals and
attorneys before the president on
Monday evening soon after 4 o'clock.
He wants to get the appointments
announced either Monday evening or
Tuesday so that he will be abSOlved
from the social calls of the applicants.
1t appears that Mr.. Olney has been
seized with violent disgust over the
manipulation for the Texas crowd in
the Indian country, and the many
appeals made to him by Kilgore and
IPaschal and Others coming from
Georgia statesmen have had the effect
of making him weary. 1t seems Mr..
Martin had not applied for the ap-
pOintment in formal way, but he
had a quiet talk with the attorney
general on one occasion. But what
settled the attorney general for him
was the appeal made for Mr.. Martin
by Boston friend, who is very close
to Mr.. Olney and who also made a
statement about Mr.. Martin that
seems to have captured him.
Mr.. George, of Kansas City, had a
strong Endorsement from both Mis-
souri, and Kansas. The supreme
court of each state had recommended
him and many of the leading attorneys
in both states, among them Colonel
ROisingtOn, of Topeka, a SchOOlmate
and personal friend of Mr.. Olney, and
to this was added the Endorsement of
Justice Brewer.
1t also appears that some one called
the attention of the attorney general
to the fact that Mr., KilgOre wanted
the appointment in the northern dis
trict so that he could name a friend
as clerk. In the other districts the
clerk has been arranged for by the
Texas crowd, aud this put him on his
nerve against the plan thus arranged
to take in all the fees in that country.
Besides the attorney general is not
pleased with the reports from the
territories about the rapid prosperity
of the new officials down there. This
had the effect Of turning his mind
against the outfit.
But, who is to be appointed justices
of the Indian country is not yet GER
tain, for the president may interfere
and override the attorney general in
his recommendations, but at the pres
ent time owing to the peculiar cOndl-
tiOns, it is pretty certain that Mr..
Martin and Mr.. George will get the
places settled on them by Mr.. Olney.
Never before did the president have
so many pie hunters around him.
Over 100 Democratic congressman on
his hands and not one of them would
refuse an appointment of any kind.
1t is certain that he wants to aid
some of them, at least he has often
expressed himself in that way. 1t is
known that Mr.. George Is not of this
uumber, for he has not yet been in
congress and is here making his fight
on general principles, 1t is not at all
certain that Mr.. Martin is of the
number that Mr.. Cleveland wants to
aid. On the contrary it has seemed
that he did not care anything about
Mr.. Martin. How he will take to
Olney's Recommendation is highly
prOblematic. His views in regard to
Mr.. George, vino has no Cleveland
record in his favor at the White
House, is also uncertain. 1t is t ue
that the president has often turned
down the members of the cabinet in