The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-14
TANT FURNISH OUT
IF az Is RETAINED AS SECRETARY
) THERE'S BOUND TO BE TROUBLE
{ is Not Unlikely That in the Event of His
Retention Police Commissioners Jocelyn
and Spencer Will Resign-Furnish Said
TO Represent a Faction in Whose Inter
est He Wants to Bun the Police Depart
ment-The Other Two Members VIII
Not Stand it. Governor Leedy Made
Aware of the Facts


There was a report in circulation yes
terday that ]. NJ. furnish had been re-
moved from the police board by Lieu
tenant Governor Harvey, in the absence
Of Governor Leedy. The report, like
: many Similar rumors is not true, or if
L is Mr.. Furnish or his friends do not
know anything about II. Another re-
por. was that be had been removed from
tns office Of secretary Of the board, but
not from The heard. This report is also
untrue 50 far as any knowledge by Mr.
Furnish. his friends or the police depart
naat g concerned. The fact is, that no
word mas come here 10 justify either one
CT the reports.
That there is some trouble in the po-
lice department there IS no doubt, and
! ihac il vii! lead either to the removal Of
NJ. Furnish from the board or his trans
'@fer frozn the office OF secretary. there IS
a,s0 no Coub. The fact is. Mr. Furnish
ic no. quite III harmony with the other
TWO members of the board and if his
power is not abridged the other TWO gen.
ing Populist who offices not three blocks
away from the Eagle office Informed a
reporter for the Eagle day before yester-
day tna5 Mr.. JoceIyn and Mr.. Spencer
had practically agreed TO resign unless
Governor Leedy would remove Furnish
from the board or remove MIN from the
Office Of secretary. This man said that
FU1ns1 is a disturbing Element in as
much as that he is supposed 10 be stand
ing in with the Populistic faction that
wanted 70 control police affairs for fac
tional irstead of general interests. II is
also supposed that Mr.. Furnish is con-
trolled by Sheriff Cone by reason Of be-
ing cour. bailiff under him, and that sup
position or suspicion is the cause of
great deal Of annoyance in the police de-
pa.-ment. Then, again, Furnish being
sec-e tarI has certain official power 10 ex-
ercise which can be used 10 the great
embarrassment Of the board in the pur-
suaEce of their policy If he 50 desires,
ana il IS feared by the other two men,
bers that his desire is leaning in that di-
recsiCa. II is said that Messrs. Jocelyn
and Spencer are not insisting on the al
s5lure removal of Mr.. Furnish from the
board, bus they are insisting on his being
given the third place where there is
nothing to do. and give the secretaryship
70 Mr.. Spencer, thus giving the latter
and Mr.. Jocelyn absolute authority as
long as they agree. That Mr. Jocelyn
and Mr.. Spencer agree there is no doubt
They are not only in harmony with
Themselves. but are in absolute harmony
with the chief and his suhordinates and |
as the Populist above mentioned says, |
they are in harmony with the people.
This same Populist says that Joe Fur
nish is Rufe Cones candidate for sheriff /
next year in case he himself should fail, |,
land that he seeks TO make the police de-
rartmeht a machine TO further his inter- |
ests along that line. The other two men |
seem 20 be opposed to the use of the po- /
lice department as a factional machine |
ard hence are opposed to Mr.. Furnish |
working it towards that end. Mr.. Fur |
nish had his attention called to the mat
ter by a reporter for the Eagle and he
did not seem inclined to talk much about
Il. Joe is not fond Of talking TO report
ers, anyway; he thinks they are all enc
mics 10 the human race and he looks
very wise and remains very silent when
they aocost him. Rufe Cone looked very
wise also when the matter was mention
ed to him.
The probability is no change will he
ia5e until Governor Leedy returns from
Texas At that time it is probable that
AR. Furnish Will he relieved Of his du-
ties Of secretary and Mr.. Spencer invest
ed with them. If not there viii be troU-