The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-25
A MAN OF DEALS.
Leland's Sacrifice OfMOrriI and
Its Results.
ForsoOk His Political Friend IN
His Extremity.
GOV. MOBRILL'S DOOM
Sealed by the Action OF the
Party Boss.
LELAND Comes Forward Leading
a New FavOrite,
BUT AN OLD FOSSIL
Whom the People VIII Find
Equally Unacceptable.
.eBoss" Leland No Leader, But a
Fustian Hero.
Sealed by the Action OF tn
Party Boss.
Leland Comes Forward Leadlhg
a New FavOrite,
But AN OLD FOSSIL
Whom the People VIII Find
Equally Unacceptable.
.eRoss'' Leland No Leader, But a
Fustian Hero.

Governor Morrill, weary with all his
trials. and especially with the uilllils-1
1na of Cy Leland yesterday Wheh 1ii7
latter told him his continued eIloilS ~
forea a denomination would only end IN
irreparable injury to the rep
uarfv has gone to his home at HlaWa-
~ III has tried to be all thing to All
men. and the end was ineVllaole ulS-
aster.
There is an old saying that misfor-
times never come singly- In the case
at hand this is true. For months al4
months there has been a constant oe-
rnand ali over the state that GoVerho'
Morrill, be retired from the guperAa19 19-
rial chair at the expiration OF ms pres
ent term The prohi5iuonists detesl
him and the resubmissionists desp's'
him
There has been trouble time and
again over appointments pQlll-elal-.
proved Unsuitable i'm their DEMANDS
and REQUESTS Governor Morrlu heo
not the strength Of character 70 ignore
them. and now like an avalanche there
has come down upon him the E6all1a-
rfOn of the fact that the boss OF the
Kansas bosses has given him the mar
be heart and left him to fight his bat
ties alone.
some say that they believe the gov
ernor viii pull himself together ana
win yet. but those who know only lausn
ait such q suggestion
1t is a patent fact that every ap-
pointment of any consequence made
under this administration has come
about ait the hands of Cyrus Leland
and the few papers that have been sup
porting NORTH all along, nave peen
b0ught or Influenced by Cy leland
else are controlled by hlm through
promises of future reward
Now that the boss has told the gov
ernor in So many words that he. cannot
support him for another nomination,
an these appointees, all these papers.
controlled 10y Leland. viii be turned
with a singular unanimity against
Morrill, and for the man whom Cy Lee
land creates or brings forward to ill the
vacuum
Among this class might be named
George Clark and Mort Albaugh. mem
bers of the board of charities, editors
of Republican papers, and holding their
Offices by the grace of King Cyrus Then
there is Mulberry Kelly. state oil in
spector and next friend to Leland.
Adrian Reynolds of the Sedan Times
Star. lately appointed on the board of
regents of the state AGRICULTURAL coll
lege and q dozen others ALL EVERYONE of
them speaking from interested motives.
Not supporter has Cy that he hasn't
Lit Crum is one of the minor bosses.
who ranks next to Leland. He has
pull on the Third district and stands
in we'll with the old Perkins crowd of
that district, which has long preserved
Its organization. and that VIII be turn
E4 0EA4 AGAINST AOLIl4I. lIlLiAEIlCeS All
over the state Wlll pc brought TO bear
I'm such q manner as to no longer per-
init of the mention of A1Orrills s name i'm
connection with the nomination
The governors position on the mat
ter of the enforcement of the prohibi-
tory law was originally at the bottom
Of most of his troubles. no begin with.
there was Leavenworth- Governor
AIorrill. il was said would not enforce
the law there because he had a bank
there and the town threatened to do
saloons in that city BE this true, or
not. Governor Morrill, never attempted
to enforce the law
Atchison's saloons were first closed.
then opened closed. then opened again.
wichita was campaigned against with
the famous Tiger Bill" Then the 9TH
er side got the governors ear-0r got
him by the ear. the board was changed
and Tiger Bil' went
So it has been 1T could not be de-
termlned from one week to another
what the Vacilating governor would
do.
Then there were the politicians. Most
of them would rush about the state
tearing their linen and raVing about
the incapacity of Morrill,. but when thew
came down to Topeka these self same
politicians have meekly stolen into the
gubelnatorial sanctum. cast a sweet
6Mlte AZ Joe Brlstow or Professor Hill
and walking into the inner office Of the
governor, have slapped him on the back
and assured him that 1.-The state was
all right-that there was not the slight
est doubt of his unanimous renomina-
Even Joe Bristow knows of many
men who have come in and told
hlm Just how the situation was-how
Morrill, has been losing ground day bv
Gay and have then made their stories
over altogether when retelling them to
the governor
Il Is then no wonder that after the
sudden revelation made by Leland. he
snouLq pc Worn and weary. refuse to
pertake Of his dinner yesterday and re-
turn to his home to rest up.
When a Journal reporter SOUGHT him
just before he left the city. Governor
morrill, was reclining upon the sofa ia
his private office upon the plea Of III
ness. He refused to talk JDon rba --e-
cent unpleasantness and studiollsIv re-
Trained from any mention OF matters
political
To return to Cyrus.
He was in no enviable mood v7ha-,
he reached Topeka night before lasf
He had just gauged the feeling at Re
lott as to MOrrin and the latter's re-
nomination and he had just been de-
1eated in his fight against Topeka. Pif-
Ierly does the Republican boss hate
1opeka because the daily press have
exposed his methods and the city is the