The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-23
SNATCHINC BUNS
A Big Kansas Colony Now in
Washington
Shrieking '9Gimme Something
Mister" to Mckinley.
WHAT EACH WANTS.
One Man Wants Job Because
He Painted
A Lot of HideOus DaubS on the
Side of BOxcarS.

The appointment of J. L. Bristow as
fourth assistant postmaster general has
removed the doubt that existed in the
minds of some of the Republican lead
ers as to whether Kansas would be
recognized at all by the Mckinley ad
ministration, or whether the state
would simply be marked "Populist' on
the map of the national Republican
headquarters and abandoned The
next place to which the Kansans will
turn their attention is the first assist
ant secretaryship of the interior. Ex-
Congressman Thomas Ryan is making
a canvass for the place and has the
backing of the congressional delegation.
The appointment of Mr.. Bristow will
no doubt injure Mr.. Ryan's chances,
and while there are perhaps many
members of the Republican party who
are not particularly gratif1ed to think
that BristOw was successful, yet they
will be pleased if it will have the eff
feet of defeating Ryan. There is a
strong undercurrent in opposition to
Ryan on account of the long time he
has held office. Very little is said by
the members of the party, but there
has been quite a lot of quiet kicking
among leading Republicans who have
remained at home and viewed the
scramble of the rest at Washington.
Two of the most important federal
offices in the state will no doubt go
to the present applicants without any
opposition. These are the offices of
United States marshal and district at
torney. Lit Crum, who is Cy Leland S
man." has no rival for the marshalship
and l. f Lambert is conceded the at
torneyship This will leave the fight
to center around the pension agency
and the office of collector of internal
revenue K. E. Willcockson is in
Washington with the crowd that is
there fixing things and is said to be
trying to fix things for the collector
ship. This is the place that George
w Findlay has been working for all
along. and Findlay has Joined the
Kansas colony a Washington, so that
in case he is ultimately turned down
he viii be the first to know it. Sill
Dixon, who ran the corn train from
Sedgwick county to St Louis with the
Mckinley pictures on the sides of it, is
also at the capital. This feat he thinks
entities him to be a servant of the peo-
pie He wants the cOllectorship as
reward for the enthusiasm that his
daubs created for Mckinley. 1t will
be remembered that lightning struck
4 the train before it started and some
of the wiseacres Immediately set up the
cry that the unkind treatment of the
| train by the elements was prophetic of
the fate of the boOmster
Marsh Murdock and S. S. Kirkpatrick
are both after a Mexican consulship.
They are both on the ground and are
each of them ready to make the most
itself Marsh is for free silver but
thinks he ought to be rewarded for
deigning to remain in the party.
Frank Flennil1en is at the capital
working up a scheme to have the work
| of the clerk of federal courts for the
district of Kansas divided between two
men instead of consolidated as at pres
| ent In the event this is done he
would hope to get one of the clerkships
Charles Martin of Salina, who was
reading clerk in the house for time
| and who acted as promoter to the
| speaker of the house during the late
session of the Kansas legislature, ar
rived in Washington a few days ago 1t
| is said Mr. Martin would like a place
as one of the reading clerks in the SEN
ate No changes are likely to be made
in the senate's clerical force till the
| regular session in December. and 1t is
now rumored by some of Mr.. Martin 5
friends that he will be offered a good
position under Mr. Bristow in the post
| office department.
There is not much likelihood that the
| changes in the federal offices in Kansas
will be immediate All that can be
accomplished by the applicants at the
present time is a personal call on the
appointing powers and a presentation
| of the applicants Endorsement.
J. r. Burton is expected to leave
Washington for Kansas tonight. Mr..
Burton went on to support the Bris-
| tow boom. Bristow and Leland in re-
| turn are to see that not only Leland
men get the poStoffices in this state,
| but that also men are appointed who
will fix it that representatives and
| state senators are nominated by the