The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-06
WHO WILL
GET OFFICE
Under the New POpulist State
Administration.
WI. Upton Likely to Be Gov
ernor's Private Secretary.
FOR STATE PRINTER.
Three or Four Candidates Are
Spoken Of.
An Attempt to Deprive Major
Hudson of the Office
BEFORE YEAR EXPIRES
Candidates For Speakership of
the House.
Ed Little and W. A. Harris for
L. S. Senator.
Three or Four Candidates Are
Spoken Of.
An Attempt to Deprive Major
Hudson of the Office
BEFORE YEAREXPIRES
Candidates For Speakership Of
the House.
Ed Little and W. A. Harris for
L. S. Senator.

Already gossip has begun to float
around as to who VIII hold the appoint
i've and elective offices under the Pop
ulist administration of Gov John q.
Leedy
There does not seem to be much doubt
that W. H. Upton, the secretary Of the
Populist state central committee, Will
be the governors private secretary
Upton has been the manager of the
party in COffey county for some years
and was given his place on the commit
tee at the request OF Leedy- lie also
was one of the first to come out for
Leedy before the nomination was made
and worked for him at the Abilene con-
vention-
There is much gossip in regard to the
office of state printer Some say that H.
H. Snow hopes to get the new board to
recognize him when it comes into office
and that inasmuch as the supreme
court decided that Hudson was entitled
to the office not on account or better
title to it than Snow. but because he
was the recognized printer by the board
and Snow had failed to establish the
better title by thus getting the board to
recognize him as the printer to cut
Hudson out of six months Of the best
part of his term Whether Snow viii
try this or not. he viii no doubU be a
candidate for election
w L. Brown Of Kingman is also men
toned as candidate for the position;
also A. A. Stewart of Manhattan.
Col W. T. Tomlinson of Topeka is al
SO i'm the field.
Some of the leaders of the Peoples
Party are looking over the list Of mem
Ders QI the coming house TO pick out
names Of probable candidates for
speaker =. g. Weilep, of Cherokee
county, was thought BY some To BE- the
strongest candidate for the place Wei
lep IS Democrat and has had c0nsid-
cradle experience ia parliamentary bod
les. He was the appointee of Cleveland
as consul to Sonneberg to succeed Oscar
BlschOm of this city
Ex-senator Edwin Taylor 81 Wvan-
d0tte county is also mentioned for
speaker, as is also W d. Street of De-
catur county and w. F. Brown Of Pratt
laylor represented his county in the
state senate and both Brown and Street
are former members of the house.
There viii be several contests befora
the Joint session over United States SEN
ttor- Many candidates for that posi-
llon are mentioned besides the present
incumbent. senator PETER Some time
ago it was prOphesied by a pron1iuar+
leader in the party that in case there
We're enough straight out POpulists sent
~ tne Leglslature that there was nO
DOUBT that PETER could have his seat
again
There are several aspirants for +ba
p0slllon, however Ex-Governor Lew
ems Col ny. A. Harris, both Of whom
Will represent their counties FL +tp
state senate, are being put forvz-a7,7 ~
tneir friends for the place GEORGE III
munger OF Greenwood county who 1tae
q. a Ce'ilelastle "a before the Abilene convan-
SI9l l, lor governor, is also a candidate
nile IL is thought that in case the sft-
e..tlon t,..l should Justify him coming into
lIe race, that E. e. Little of Ahflera
w no has been working so hard On fbs
stump Tor the ticket and who was turn
ca down for congressman at large b,
/ ne A 3llene convention. woald also come 7
l4to lne contest. Ex-senator John
has been trying to arr9naea thg
situation 50 that he could Get back n
lne senate ever since the cannaier1 +
opened -i- -i'e'lsA /