The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-22
How it Strikes Them All.

governor Leedy has more lnHue1ce with
this administration than he has with his
party. Harris was not Leedy's candidate.
The man elected state printer was not
Leedy's candidate. This is suggestive.
When Mr.. Leedy delivered his inaugural
address he received an ovation OF which
any nan might be proud. AS the people S
governor he seems 10 be popular favorite,
| but as the political head of this admins
| tration his wishes are treated with abous
| as much courtesy as would be those of an
| alley scavenger an the Court of St James
| 1t is plain that there are men in the Popu-
| list party who have more influence with
| the governor of Kansas than John W.
| Lee6y. IL takes but little mental penetra-
| tion to read between the lines Ed Little
was appointed private secretary soon after
Mr.. Leedy's election. Little and Brown OF
KiLgman are friends. Leedy openly de-
| clared his desire to see Mr.. Brown made
state printer. The police commissioners
| appointed Tuesday for Kansas City, Kan,
| indicate that w. A Quarles will be chief
| of-police for that city during this admins
| tration. Quarles held this same position
under Governor L. d. Lewellins. Mr. Lew
cling was yesterday made one OF the board
| of railroad commissioners The message
was the voice of Little and the appoint
| ments are the hand of Lewelling. Level
| ling influences are in the saddle with the
administration. but the Populist party OF
Kansas stands one hand in arm with
Breidenthal and looks uneasily around
| The nomination of Harris lines up the
| squads and they answer to about the fol-
/ lowing rank on call: Leweiling, Brown,
Little and Leedy vs. Breidenthal, jerry
| Simpson, Harris, etc. Jerry Simpson stood
| in an ante-room OF the senate chamber TO-
night and received the news of the nom-
| ination of Harris with trap-door grin on
| his face He pulled his old SLOUGH hat over
on one side of his head, famed his hands
| into his new side pockets and said: Cad!
| didn't think we'd do it so easily 1 told
| the boys when came up I guessed would
| have to see what I could do for my friend
! Harris and they laughed al me. / guess
I they think Jerry is still able to be heard
| from" Brown, Lands. Little, Dennisol.
| ct al, couldn't be found. John Bre:den-
| thai surrounded by few of his personal
| friends, sat down in his office, delivering
! himself of expressions that wouldn't look
we'll in print Breidenthal has been too
valuable to the Populist party to get any
| thing in the way OF fat Office. He is
| the only chairman the party ever had
| that won out on anything. and that's good
| enough. Senator King addressed the eau
Gus saying: Your decision is mine.
can't preach at my own funeral. 1 love
you. Goodbye The nomination is made
| but the fight is not over by any means.
1t won't be for the next two years. Last
night saw the political career of more than
| one man go sprawling into the grave. There
will be skeletons at the pie-board here
after.
At a session of the Popuist caucus last
night new members of the steering COM
mittee were chosen, as follows: First dis
| trict, DIR. Marks, Jefferson county; Sec
| ond, ]. c. Simmons, Franklin county;
| third, T. NJ. Barley, Elk county; Fourth,
| W. ID. Trueblood, Usage county; Fifth, j.
]. Marty, Dickinson county; Sixth. w Nj.
| Metzler. Sheridan county; Seventh, c. w.
| Fairchild, Kingman county.
| This is the committee in name. In fact,
| II is: W. F. Brown of Pratt, d. NJ. Bark
I lev of Elk, and H. c. Weilep of Cherokee
| The duties of this committee were outlined
| specifically in the caucus and they were
| made responsible for the legislation. They
| are to go over all bills introduced and have
| such as are considered important and ur-
| gently necessary advanced on the calen-
| dar for early action.
The caucus adopted a ruling that no res
olution should be introduced in regular
| session without first being submitted to the
| censorship of this committee and all non
| ESSENTIAL and dilatory resolutions coming
| from the other side of the house should
| be summarily squelched. This course was
decided upon by reason of the fact that
| the Republicans out-witted them in their
| own tactics yesterday afternoon and they
concluded, in name at least, to abandon all
I buncombe work.
The sense of the caucus was taken regard
| ing the Endorsement by the legislature OF
| F. D. Coburn, the present secretary of the
state board of agriculture, for secretary OF
agriculture in McKinley's cabinet and one
of their own members said after the caucus
adjourned that some of them acted as If
| they had no sense at all.
The matter was brought up by Mr.. Tay-
| lor. Populist of Edwardsville. 10 see If the
! Popuiist members would permit a resolu-
! ton commencing Mr.. Coburn to go through
! without fighting or voting against il. But
| |. some looney had walked in with an arm
| load of dynamite and dumped it right in
| the middle there wouldn't have been any
more of an explosion.
/ y. P. Tapscoff, the giant of the west,
rose up and sent his voice drifting down
with the following: Mr.. Chairman: This
caucus air not hyer to boost goldbugs into
| Office. 1t air hyer to do business and
stand on this floor to say no agin such. y
| This is probably the first speech Mr..
| Tapscott ever made.
! An old Dutchman from southwest Kan
sas. who always wears a pair OF old-fash
! toned spectacles. showed them up into his
4
elected he abboindt man vrom Nubrasgy
unit he write voitpuk ledders all ober dis
| gundery. and eef We heIb Mister Cob Urn
cob dot latter OF vame. he dske dot same
| glup unit wipe US so moocb horter ven de
a., next eiegshun COON Iount I move Nr.
| Goburn be not in il"
| Mr.. Jaquius opposed the matter, for po-
| lItical reasons Mr.. Fairchild of Kingman
said: Gentlemen. I never get so low as
| Ia let political belief prevent me from rec
| ognizing and commencing merit in a man
| OF opposite political convictions. / am In
| favor of letting Inc resolution 20 through -
Mr.. Weilep. Speaker Street and c. L.
| Brown a very genial free silver RepublI-
| can. from Cowley county, favored indors-
I ing Mr. Coburn. bat there was no getting
/ that caucus TO agree to let resolution oi
/ that kind get through the house.
| Anyone Who thinks the campaign ended
with the election might find room for a
/ change Of belief by thirty minutes spen;
! in representative hall.
| II is sometimes temporarily forgotten IN
| the scramble for official crumbs. but that
| correcting pessinisric sentiment OF being
/ "sgn" the Republican party crops out ev-
| e-lastingiy with great majority OF them
| It's their nature That's Why they are
! Pops. And the fact that they are here al
/ the expense OF the people OF The state
| doesn't prevent them from lambasting
/ the great octopus OF their dreans- the
money power"