Arizona republican., 1896-11-18
PLEASE PASS ME THE PIE.
The Urgent Request of Many
 Kansas PopuiiSts.
The Chiefs R old Conference at To- peka and Discuss Matters of State ate-Governor-Slect Non-Com- initial as to Policy.

TOPEKA. Kan, Nov. 17.-A con- ference of Populist leaders was held here this evening and plans for con- ducting the affairs of the state were discussed. The question of the distri- button of pie was also considered. Gov ernor-elect Leedy came in this after noon and took quarters at the Ma tional. Ten minutes later his room was crowded with hungry office seek CTS, who simply called to "pay their respects" but many of them incident ally called his attention to the fact that their influence and hard work were all that saved his bacon at the recent election, and impressed upon his mind that they were entitled to something and expected to get it. MT. Leedy proved a close listener, but he said little. Two hours after his ar rival, Senator w. A. Harris, of Leavenworth, dropped into town, and close on his heels came ex-Governor Lewelling, the senator-elect from Sedg- wick, Judge Frank Doster happened in from Marion, and Harry Landis, of Medicine Lodge, who will be the next y, serenely. After supper, these leading lights of the Populist party were joined | by Bank Commissioner Breidenthal and Bob Semple, and meeting was held behind closed doors.
 1 The conference was made up almost exclusively of what is known as the anti-Lewelling faction of the party Lewelling, the chief of his wing, was about the only representative of his side present The other crowd wanted to confne the conversation purely to questions relative to the work of the legislature and what legislation should be taken up, so it is said, while Level ling was anxious to find out where he was at in the pie" distribution deal He did not get much satisfaction from the governor -elect, which goes to con. firm the story told The Journal cor respondent by an influential Populis today that it was the deliberate inten tion completely to ignore Lewelling il the making of appointments.
 Just what plans wese decided upo1 in reference ito legislation is no known. The conferees refused to di vulge what had been discussed in tha line Prior to the conference, th' governor-elect was seen, but said h, could not outline his policy at thi time; it was too early. Asked con corning his position on the proposition to call a constitutional convention, h. said:
 "I see the newspapers have alread
 settled that question, so it is not nee
 essary for me to say anything
 He was pressed for an answer, bu
 declined to discuss the question. MI
 Leedy said he had not given the mat
 ter of appointments any particular at
 tention so far, and would not unt December.
 q expect to move my family to Law
 renee this month" said he, "and ge
 them fixed so that they can take car } of themselves this winter. Then I wi come to Topeka on December 1 an open an office, where I shall be glad t
 receive calls from friends who desi1
 to secure office or anybody else wh
 has advice to give me. Until that tim : I will not answer any letters from al
 plicants for office or listen to verb; requests. Just publish this fact, an it may save a number of people co1 7 siderable money. It is expensive 2 them to come down to Leroy to see n , when I will not be in position to tai with them over political appoin
 ments."